Competitions · New Zealand

Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025

Auckland · 10 May 2025 · 7 events · 80 competitors · 109 personal bests

Alexander Vujcich won two of the seven events (4×4, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ram Thakkar (राम ठक्कर) by 0.01 seconds. 80 competitors produced 109 personal bests, 44 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Lachlan Gibson set the Clock average world record: 2.28.

Two wins

Alexander Vujcich — 4×4, Megaminx

0.01s

closest final — 2×2, Ram Thakkar (राम ठक्कर) over Alexander Vujcich

109

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Chris Mills	6.62	6.90
2×2	Ram Thakkar (राम ठक्कर)	1.24	1.45
4×4	Alexander Vujcich	20.53	25.37
Clock	Lachlan Gibson	1.82	2.46
Megaminx	Alexander Vujcich	27.90	28.47
Pyraminx	Elyas Eyou	1.36	1.95
Square-1	Ashley Foster	7.42	10.45

The PB harvest

109 set · 44 still standing

Levi Eyou — Pyraminx single 1.40: into the top 0.31% of the event's history.
Jaden Heerikhuisen — Clock single 4.16: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Yuki Gao — 4×4 single 31.87: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Clark Xu — 2×2 single 1.96: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Clark Xu — 3×3 single 8.86: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Devin Chen — 2×2 single 2.38: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Oscar Harding — 2×2 single 2.47: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Ryan Dyer — 3×3 single 10.74: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

80 competitors · 414 results · 7 events.

Everyone who competed

80 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.