Competitions · New Zealand

New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2024

Auckland · 28 September 2024 · 10 events · 71 competitors · 93 personal bests

Chris Mills won two of the ten events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Andrew Feng by 0.03 seconds. 71 competitors produced 93 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Lachlan Gibson set the Clock single continental record: 2.16.

Two wins

Chris Mills — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.03s

closest final — 2×2, Andrew Feng over Ram Thakkar (राम ठक्कर)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Chris Mills	6.34	7.17
2×2	Andrew Feng	1.51	1.78
5×5	Alexander Vujcich	43.30	44.63
7×7	Richard Yiheng Tao	2:48.91	2:50.95
3×3 blindfolded	James Macdiarmid	24.54	—
3×3 one-handed	Chris Mills	11.16	12.40
Clock	Edwin Shen	3.26	3.87
Megaminx	Alexander Vujcich	25.70	29.87
Pyraminx	Elyas Eyou	1.36	1.48
3×3 Multi-Blind	James Macdiarmid	42 of 47 cubes · 58:48	—

The PB harvest

93 set · 23 still standing

Edwin Shen — 3×3 one-handed single 11.38: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Adam Chen — 2×2 single 2.27: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Ethan Xu — 3×3 single 10.45: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
Daniel Mao — 3×3 single 11.06: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
Thomas Kilbey — 3×3 one-handed single 17.67: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.
Clark Xu — Pyraminx single 5.23: into the top 14.6% of the event's history.
Kalvin Lum — 3×3 blindfolded single 1:06.63: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.
Eli Purdie — 2×2 single 4.23: into the top 29.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

71 competitors · 534 results · 10 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Chris Mills won it with a 7.17 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

1B2 D2 R2 B' D2 B' U R2 F L' D F2 D2 B' F2 L B'
2B2 D2 U' R2 U B2 U' L2 F2 D' F2 U' F' D' L' B R2 U L' F
3U' D' B D2 R' L D R2 F' B' R2 U2 F' R2 F D' L' D2 F'
4F' U2 R' F2 L2 F U2 F U2 L2 D' R2 U R D B2 L' B2
5U B U2 L' D' F2 U' F2 U' L2 B2 L' B F' D B' L F2

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

71 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.