Competitions · New Zealand
Popping Off Pukekohe A 2022
Auckland · 21 January 2022 · 6 events · 42 competitors · 52 personal bests
Dwyane Ramos won two of the six events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Richard Yiheng Tao by 0.14 seconds. 42 competitors produced 52 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Dwyane Ramos | 6.16 | 6.72 |
| 4×4 | Angela Braganza | 27.92 | 29.40 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Dwyane Ramos | 10.08 | 11.70 |
| Megaminx | Alexander Vujcich | 35.99 | 37.73 |
| Pyraminx | Richard Yiheng Tao | 3.01 | 3.71 |
| Square-1 | Adrien Auvray Matyn | 7.03 | 7.54 |
The PB harvest
52 set · 15 still standing- Tim Xie — Square-1 single 6.30: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
- Nate Mochrie — 3×3 single 7.47: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
- Simon Geertsema — 3×3 one-handed single 12.29: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
- Luke Heath-Edwards — Pyraminx single 3.97: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
- Markus Salvador — Pyraminx single 4.28: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
- Nate Mochrie — Megaminx single 1:02.22: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
- Joe Chan — 3×3 single 13.00: into the top 17.4% of the event's history.
- Isaac Sheng — 3×3 single 13.08: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.
First-timers
Eleven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.
Records watch
5 regional records were set at this competition.
The field
42 competitors · 246 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. Dwyane Ramos won it with a 6.72 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
B' D2 R2 B' D2 U2 B2 U2 F2 L2 R D2 B2 R U L2 D L' F - 2
L D F2 R U2 R F2 L2 R D2 B U B' L D U R U' - 3
U' L2 D' R2 U F2 D' U2 R2 F L' R B2 R' U' L' F' D B' - 4
U' B' R2 U2 F2 R2 B' L2 F2 R D L B2 R' B' L' D' R - 5
B' D R' U L2 U' L2 U L' U2 L' D2 L' U2 R F2 R' B'
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
42 competitors- Aadhithya Hariharan
- Adrien Auvray Matyn
- Alexander Vujcich
- Alfie Anderson
- Andrei Alexeichik
- Angela Braganza
- Ashley Foster
- Benjamin Botting
- Brandon Harris
- Camerone Chin
- Chris Mills
- Connor Nicholson
- Cory Sonntag
- Devan Wililamson
- Dwyane Ramos
- Dylan Heerikhuisen
- Faith Clements
- Flynn Chandra
- Gabriel Maleniza
- Grace Young
- Ho Kit Mah
- Isaac Sheng
- Jaden Heerikhuisen
- James Macdiarmid
- Joe Chan
- Jonathan Chia
- Joshua Brungar
- Kaiden Ziegler
- Kalvin Lum
- Khalid Ahmed
- Luke Heath-Edwards
- Markus Salvador
- Mikaela Davidson
- Nate Mochrie
- Oscar Du
- Richard Foster
- Richard Yiheng Tao
- Simon Geertsema
- Thomas Kilbey
- Thomas Swarbrick
- Tim Xie
- Xavier Courteau-Laing
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.