Competitions · New Zealand
SNZ Northern 2018
Tauranga · 23 June 2018 · 9 events · 41 competitors · 54 personal bests
James Macdiarmid won two of the nine events (3×3 blindfolded, Megaminx) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Mantra Shukla by 0.43 seconds. 41 competitors produced 54 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Raphael Lee | 8.80 | 9.40 |
| 2×2 | Tim Xie | 1.65 | 2.09 |
| 4×4 | Alex Asbery | 36.31 | 41.97 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | James Macdiarmid | 1:07.25 | — |
| 3×3 one-handed | Oliver Jenks | 12.80 | 15.76 |
| Megaminx | James Macdiarmid | 44.41 | 48.72 |
| Pyraminx | Mantra Shukla | 4.17 | 6.69 |
| Skewb | Ossian Lynch | 3.64 | 5.69 |
| Square-1 | Aneurin Hunt | 16.33 | 18.93 |
The PB harvest
54 set · 27 still standing- Mantra Shukla — 2×2 single 1.26: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
- Oliver Jenks — 2×2 single 1.42: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
- Ossian Lynch — 2×2 single 1.66: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
- Daniel Quach — 2×2 single 1.92: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
- Kyan van den Heuvel — 2×2 single 2.31: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
- Ossian Lynch — Skewb single 3.64: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
- Daniel Quach — 4×4 single 37.06: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
- James Macdiarmid — Skewb single 4.04: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
First-timers
17 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.
Records watch
2 regional records were set at this competition.
The field
41 competitors · 252 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. Raphael Lee won it with a 9.40 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
U2 B' D' L' F2 D B' U F R D2 R2 F2 L D2 F2 L B2 L D2 - 2
B D' R' U D' F' B' L D' F2 R' U2 B2 R U2 F2 L' U2 R' - 3
R2 F L2 B U2 F2 R2 B' R2 B U B R' U' L2 B2 R U - 4
F' D' L' B U2 D' R' L D B R2 U2 B2 R2 F2 U B2 U R2 - 5
R2 D2 F2 U R2 U L2 R2 B F2 L' R U B' F2 D R2 B2 D' R
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
41 competitors- Abigail Lucas
- Alex Asbery
- Aneurin Hunt
- Angela Braganza
- Asher Yang
- Carlos Ortiz Suarez
- Charlie Lucas
- Chenoa Brungar
- Christian Pellett
- Cody Dyer
- Cole Campbell
- Connor Nicholson
- Conrad van Straten
- Corey Bates
- Daniel Quach
- David de los Reyes
- Dominic Clements
- Fei Teng
- Jacob Watters
- James Macdiarmid
- Jaysun Park
- Jonathan Chow
- Joshua Brungar
- Joshua Ebelthite
- Joshua Gomez
- Kaiden Ziegler
- Kyan van den Heuvel
- Liam Peddle
- Liam Wadek
- Logan Gregg
- Luke Dufty
- Mantra Shukla
- Matteo Ortiz
- Nick Jiang
- Oliver Jenks
- Ossian Lynch
- Raphael Lee
- Sang-Hyun Kim
- Sebastian Partridge
- Simon Geertsema
- Tim Xie
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.