Competitions · New Zealand
SNZ Northern 2017
Palmerston North · 23 July 2017 · 9 events · 42 competitors · 68 personal bests
Mukund Karthik won two of the nine events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Finn Trass by 0.56 seconds. 42 competitors produced 68 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Mukund Karthik | 8.83 | 10.49 |
| 2×2 | Lucas O'Connell | 2.39 | 2.85 |
| 4×4 | Finn Trass | 37.32 | 40.68 |
| 5×5 | Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文) | 58.01 | 1:06.60 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Tom Nelson | 34.87 | 40.71 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Mukund Karthik | 15.37 | 19.18 |
| Megaminx | James Macdiarmid | 1:00.02 | 1:05.71 |
| Pyraminx | Cheng-Ru Yang | 4.23 | 5.23 |
| Square-1 | Lucas O'Connell | 12.75 | 17.22 |
The PB harvest
68 set · 9 still standing- Keone Shelley-Lyons — 3×3 one-handed single 16.57: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
- Hamish Dayal — Pyraminx single 7.12: into the top 28.8% of the event's history.
- Mukund Karthik — Megaminx single 1:51.49: into the top 41.2% of the event's history.
- Joshua Hurley — 2×2 single 5.17: into the top 41.4% of the event's history.
- Hamish Dayal — 2×2 single 5.34: into the top 43.5% of the event's history.
- Joshua Hurley — 3×3 single 22.74: into the top 47.3% of the event's history.
- Zachary Taylor — 2×2 single 9.21: into the top 74.5% of the event's history.
- Alexia Stanton-Barnett — 3×3 single 45.57: into the top 82.5% of the event's history.
First-timers
14 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.
Records watch
2 regional records were set at this competition.
The field
42 competitors · 289 results · 9 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. Mukund Karthik won it with a 10.49 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
U2 F' U2 D' L F2 L' B2 D2 B U' R2 D B2 U' L2 U2 R2 F2 - 2
R2 D2 B' D2 B' R2 B' R2 B' L2 U2 R' F2 D' U2 B U' L' B U' F' - 3
U' B2 D' F2 R2 D' B2 L2 D B2 L D F L U' B2 L R' D - 4
R' U' R F2 R F B L' F' L F2 R2 D2 L' F2 R' U2 L2 U2 B2 - 5
U2 L B' D2 L2 B2 R B' L' F B2 L2 D' L2 D2 R2 F2 R2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
42 competitors- Alex Asbery
- Alex Sharples
- Alexia Stanton-Barnett
- Aneurin Hunt
- Bob van Beek
- Brandon Ru
- Cheng-Ru Yang
- Chenoa Brungar
- Christian Houghton
- Corban van Manen
- Dylan Lark
- Ethan Palendeng
- Ethan Pan
- Finn Trass
- Hamish Dayal
- Hamish Dullabh
- Ike Hayes
- Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)
- James Macdiarmid
- Jerry Jiang
- Jim Zhu
- Josh Robinson
- Joshua Brungar
- Joshua Hurley
- Julian Sico
- Keone Shelley-Lyons
- Kian Jones
- Lee Stanton-Barnett
- Logan McKinnon
- Lucas O'Connell
- Mukund Karthik
- Nathan Ryan
- Raphael Mueller
- Ray Wu
- Riley Stace
- Sean Baxter
- Seraphine Candland
- Toby van Beek
- Tom Nelson
- Tom Stanton-Barnett
- William Palmer
- Zachary Taylor
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.