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Ōtepoti Winter 2023

Dunedin · 12 August 2023 · 10 events · 30 competitors · 57 personal bests

Jasper Murray won six of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Adrien Auvray Matyn by 0.17 seconds. 30 competitors produced 57 personal bests, 12 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Jasper Murray set the Pyraminx average continental record: 1.52.

Six wins
Jasper Murray — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Pyraminx
0.17s
closest final — 2×2, Adrien Auvray Matyn over Connor Johnson
57
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Jasper Murray7.047.59
2×2Adrien Auvray Matyn1.902.53
4×4Jasper Murray29.8432.34
5×5Jasper Murray50.4453.76
3×3 one-handedJasper Murray10.1211.41
ClockAdrien Auvray Matyn4.425.17
MegaminxJasper Murray40.5547.21
PyraminxJasper Murray1.241.52
SkewbAdrien Auvray Matyn3.103.41
Square-1Adrien Auvray Matyn6.027.46

The PB harvest

57 set · 12 still standing
  • Joseph Kelly — Pyraminx single 3.74: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
  • Santiago Kin Fernandez Perez — Pyraminx single 4.01: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
  • James Bevin — 2×2 single 2.73: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
  • Bilal Ahmad — Pyraminx single 4.92: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
  • Santiago Kin Fernandez Perez — 2×2 single 2.95: into the top 13.7% of the event's history.
  • Connor Nicholson — 3×3 single 11.95: into the top 13.7% of the event's history.
  • Joseph Kelly — 3×3 single 14.29: into the top 22.0% of the event's history.
  • Bilal Ahmad — Square-1 single 19.51: into the top 26.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

30 competitors · 366 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. Jasper Murray won it with a 7.59 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

30 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.