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NZ North Island Championship 2024

Taupō · 19 July 2024 · 16 events · 63 competitors · 131 personal bests

Alexander Vujcich won three of the 16 events (4×4, 5×5, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Richard Yiheng Tao by 0.07 seconds. 63 competitors produced 131 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Alexander Vujcich set the 4×4 single national record: 20.43.

Three wins
Alexander Vujcich — 4×4, 5×5, Megaminx
0.07s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Richard Yiheng Tao over Chris Mills
131
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Chris Mills5.076.24
2×2Jack Maddigan1.151.60
4×4Alexander Vujcich24.0126.72
5×5Alexander Vujcich44.5648.46
6×6Richard Yiheng Tao1:47.301:49.37
7×7Richard Yiheng Tao2:40.322:43.31
3×3 blindfoldedJames Macdiarmid20.57—
3×3 one-handedRichard Yiheng Tao10.7112.25
ClockBrandon Harris3.604.72
MegaminxAlexander Vujcich28.3429.59
PyraminxAdrien Auvray Matyn1.261.86
SkewbAdrien Auvray Matyn2.813.51
Square-1Adrien Auvray Matyn4.475.65
4×4 blindfoldedTom Nelson2:45.56—
5×5 blindfoldedJack McDougall14:20.00—
3×3 Multi-BlindJames Macdiarmid39 of 49 cubes · 1:00:00—

The PB harvest

131 set · 31 still standing
  • Adrien Auvray Matyn — Square-1 single 4.47: into the top 0.11% of the event's history.
  • Brandon Harris — 2×2 single 1.34: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
  • Jesse Brooke — 2×2 single 1.62: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
  • James Moore — Pyraminx single 3.98: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
  • Ashley Foster — Megaminx single 55.95: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
  • Jack Maddigan — Clock single 7.16: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
  • Taiga Kitamura — Pyraminx single 4.96: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.
  • Kian Wilford — 3×3 single 11.84: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 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

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

63 competitors · 722 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. Chris Mills won it with a 6.24 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

63 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.