Competitions · New Zealand

Palmerston North 2023

Palmerston North · 16 April 2023 · 6 events · 76 competitors · 113 personal bests

Jasper Murray won three of the six events (5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Alexander Vujcich by 0.11 seconds. 76 competitors produced 113 personal bests, 39 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Levi Hetherington took a Pyraminx single of 15.06 down to 3.72, 75 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Jasper Murray — 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx

0.11s

closest final — 3×3, Alexander Vujcich over Jasper Murray

113

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Alexander Vujcich	7.03	7.81
2×2	Ram Thakkar (राम ठक्कर)	1.29	1.68
4×4	Alexander Vujcich	32.27	33.57
5×5	Jasper Murray	50.92	54.85
3×3 one-handed	Jasper Murray	10.32	12.60
Pyraminx	Jasper Murray	1.46	1.87

The PB harvest

113 set · 39 still standing

Matt Ewart — Pyraminx single 2.67: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Ngô Việt Kiên — 3×3 single 8.26: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Louisa Egley-Turner — Pyraminx single 3.30: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Matt Ewart — 3×3 single 9.46: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Enoch Jiang — 2×2 single 2.19: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Xavier Evans — 3×3 single 9.79: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
Levente Swanepoel — Pyraminx single 4.16: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
Luke Giddens — Pyraminx single 4.53: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

76 competitors · 453 results · 6 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. Alexander Vujcich won it with a 7.81 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

76 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.