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NZ North Island Championship 2021

Hamilton · 13 August 2021 · 16 events · 155 competitors · 254 personal bests

Tom Nelson won four of the 16 events (3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Caleb Hall by 0.00 seconds. 155 competitors produced 254 personal bests, 74 of which still stand today, and 63 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Edwin Shen set the Clock single continental record: 4.22.

Four wins
Tom Nelson — 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind
0.00s
closest final — Skewb, Caleb Hall over Isaac Latta
254
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Adrien Auvray Matyn6.777.44
2×2Alexander Vujcich1.511.99
4×4Angela Braganza27.7030.82
5×5Ben Kirby53.3756.69
6×6Ben Kirby1:48.121:49.82
7×7Ben Kirby2:55.333:04.48
3×3 blindfoldedTom Nelson29.42—
3×3 one-handedChris Mills13.1814.22
ClockEdwin Shen4.226.85
MegaminxJames Macdiarmid35.9839.70
PyraminxAshley Foster2.642.85
SkewbCaleb Hall2.744.22
Square-1Adrien Auvray Matyn7.248.61
4×4 blindfoldedTom Nelson2:30.55—
5×5 blindfoldedTom Nelson4:17.61—
3×3 Multi-BlindTom Nelson26 of 30 cubes · 1:00:00—

The PB harvest

254 set · 74 still standing
  • Simon Geertsema — 3×3 single 6.40: into the top 0.77% of the event's history.
  • Cole Campbell — 3×3 single 9.86: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
  • Caleb Hall — Pyraminx single 3.89: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
  • Benjamin Bucksmith — 2×2 single 2.34: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
  • Anonymous — 2×2 single 2.52: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
  • Cole Campbell — 3×3 one-handed single 16.07: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
  • Ethan Xu — 2×2 single 2.73: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
  • Luke Heath-Edwards — Clock single 7.15: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

63 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,438 people who made their debut in 2021. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

155 competitors · 1268 results · 16 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. Adrien Auvray Matyn won it with a 7.44 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

155 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.