Competitions · New Zealand
Palmerston North 2018
Palmerston North · 27 May 2018 · 9 events · 41 competitors · 62 personal bests
Finn Trass won two of the nine events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Lucas O'Connell by 0.27 seconds. 41 competitors produced 62 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Finn Trass | 8.93 | 10.16 |
| 2×2 | Lucas O'Connell | 1.87 | 2.86 |
| 4×4 | Finn Trass | 31.69 | 34.37 |
| 7×7 | Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文) | 2:53.00 | 2:58.50 |
| Megaminx | James Macdiarmid | 44.39 | 47.63 |
| Pyraminx | Tom Stanton-Barnett | 3.03 | 4.73 |
| Square-1 | Lucas O'Connell | 10.56 | 12.15 |
| 5×5 blindfolded | Tom Nelson | 4:54.52 | — |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | Tom Nelson | 21 of 35 cubes · 1:00:00 | — |
The PB harvest
62 set · 20 still standing- Keone Shelley-Lyons — 3×3 single 9.43: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
- Logan McKinnon — Pyraminx single 4.06: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
- William Palmer — Square-1 single 11.22: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
- Ethan Palendeng — Megaminx single 1:09.99: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.
- Ray Wu — 2×2 single 3.26: into the top 17.3% of the event's history.
- Logan McKinnon — 2×2 single 3.28: into the top 17.5% of the event's history.
- Alex Asbery — 7×7 single 3:24.02: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.
- Nathan Ryan — 3×3 single 15.16: into the top 25.0% of the event's history.
First-timers
Nine people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.
Records watch
6 regional records were set at this competition.
The field
41 competitors · 272 results · 9 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. Finn Trass won it with a 10.16 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
F' B L D F D2 L2 F2 R' F2 B2 U2 D' F2 U R2 U2 R2 F2 - 2
B U2 L2 D2 U2 B' U2 B2 F' R2 F2 D U L' D' R' D B R' F - 3
F2 U2 R D' R2 L' D L' F U R2 B2 D2 F2 D' R2 U L2 F2 - 4
B U' F' D' R B' D2 B D2 L' B2 D B2 U' L2 U D2 F2 B2 - 5
D2 B2 R' B2 D2 R2 F2 D2 R' U2 R F U' B F2 D' R' F2 R D' L
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
41 competitors- Alex Asbery
- Aneurin Hunt
- Angela Braganza
- Ashford Taylor
- Cody Dyer
- Dominic Clements
- Eli Bridgeman-Collier
- Ethan Palendeng
- Ethan Pan
- Finn Trass
- Harrison Marsden
- Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)
- James Macdiarmid
- Joseph Chamberlain
- Joshua Hurley
- Julian Sico
- Keone Shelley-Lyons
- Kyan Reynolds
- Lee Stanton-Barnett
- Liam Wadek
- Logan McKinnon
- Lucas O'Connell
- Luke Bartram
- Luke Heath-Edwards
- Luke Stanton
- Marcel Visser
- Matthias Bentley
- Napol Sunthornyanakij (ณภนน์ สุนทรญาณกิจ)
- Nathan Ryan
- Oliver Jenks
- Ossian Lynch
- Ray Wu
- Richie Moon
- Sean Baxter
- Sharveash Jutty Dinesh
- Thanh Nguyen
- Thomas Williams
- Tom Nelson
- Tom Stanton-Barnett
- William Duncan
- William Palmer
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.