Competitions · New Zealand

Palmerston North 2021

Palmerston North · 15 May 2021 · 8 events · 79 competitors · 86 personal bests

Chris Mills won two of the eight events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Alexander Vujcich by 0.00 seconds. 79 competitors produced 86 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ben Kirby set the 3×3 single national record: 5.59.

Two wins

Chris Mills — 3×3, 4×4

0.00s

closest final — 2×2, Alexander Vujcich over Lucas O'Connell

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Chris Mills	6.76	7.08
2×2	Alexander Vujcich	1.25	2.34
4×4	Chris Mills	32.97	33.86
7×7	Alex Asbery	4:08.60	4:12.31
3×3 blindfolded	Ethan Pan	23.33	26.08
3×3 one-handed	Harrison Marsden	13.28	14.14
Megaminx	James Macdiarmid	36.62	41.72
Square-1	Lucas O'Connell	9.72	11.04

The PB harvest

86 set · 29 still standing

Lucas O'Connell — 3×3 single 6.48: into the top 0.84% of the event's history.
Ben Kirby — 2×2 single 1.48: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Aneurin Hunt — 2×2 single 1.48: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Cole Campbell — 2×2 single 1.58: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Ethan Pan — 2×2 single 1.61: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Alex Asbery — 2×2 single 1.78: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Yasmin Chan — 3×3 single 9.23: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Ethan Pan — Megaminx single 58.26: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

79 competitors · 391 results · 8 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 7.08 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

79 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.