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Competitions · New Zealand

Popping Off Pukekohe B 2022

Auckland · 22 January 2022 · 6 events · 48 competitors · 50 personal bests

Tom Stanton-Barnett won two of the six events (6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Yuki Gao by 0.35 seconds. 48 competitors produced 50 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Liam Wadek set the Clock average national record: 5.66.

Two wins
Tom Stanton-Barnett — 6×6, 7×7
0.35s
closest final — 2×2, Yuki Gao over Tom Stanton-Barnett
50
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Andrew Feng7.648.72
2×2Yuki Gao2.112.34
6×6Tom Stanton-Barnett2:09.552:13.28
7×7Tom Stanton-Barnett3:01.493:12.77
ClockEdwin Shen5.516.72
PyraminxElyas Eyou1.542.37

The PB harvest

50 set · 14 still standing
  • Vincent Zheng (郑辰宇) — 3×3 single 7.73: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
  • Lee Stanton-Barnett — 3×3 single 7.98: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
  • Baggio Tai — 3×3 single 9.60: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
  • Yuheng Zhu — Pyraminx single 4.36: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
  • Lucas Belcher — 2×2 single 2.79: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
  • Lee Stanton-Barnett — Clock single 8.27: into the top 16.5% of the event's history.
  • Lucas Belcher — 3×3 single 12.99: into the top 17.4% of the event's history.
  • David Lim — 6×6 single 2:15.60: into the top 18.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

48 competitors · 231 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. Andrew Feng won it with a 8.72 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

48 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.