Competitions · New Zealand
SNZ Southern 2017
Christchurch · 18 March 2017 · 10 events · 40 competitors · 39 personal bests
Mukund Karthik won three of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Noel Kim by 0.04 seconds. 40 competitors produced 39 personal bests, 4 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
A continental record
Tom Nelson set the 5×5 blindfolded single continental record: 6:28.02.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Mukund Karthik | 8.58 | 11.34 |
| 2×2 | Noel Kim | 2.58 | 3.40 |
| 4×4 | Mukund Karthik | 35.97 | 42.89 |
| 5×5 | Mukund Karthik | 1:22.00 | 1:28.40 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Nathan Chong | 15.93 | 17.68 |
| Pyraminx | Nathan Chong | 3.04 | 4.93 |
| Skewb | Lucas O'Connell | 3.72 | 6.07 |
| Square-1 | Aneurin Hunt | 13.73 | 19.03 |
| 5×5 blindfolded | Tom Nelson | 6:28.02 | — |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | Lucas O'Connell | — | — |
The PB harvest
39 set · 4 still standing- Nathan Chong — Pyraminx single 3.04: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
- Louis Robin-Seniloli — 2×2 single 4.25: into the top 29.7% of the event's history.
- Doogie Taylor — 3×3 single 23.00: into the top 47.9% of the event's history.
- Louis Robin-Seniloli — Pyraminx single 12.35: into the top 69.4% of the event's history.
First-timers
25 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
5 regional records were set at this competition.
The field
40 competitors · 258 results · 10 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 11.34 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
U2 R2 U B2 U R2 U F' R2 B2 D' L U B R B2 U F' U - 2
U' F2 R2 B2 D R2 D2 U B2 F2 L2 F' U L2 D L R2 F D' L2 U' - 3
B2 F2 U L2 D' F2 D' L' U' R B' R2 D R2 U2 B U' F' U2 - 4
L2 B F R2 F' D2 L2 D2 L F2 U' R D2 L B' D2 L2 F2 D2 - 5
R2 B2 R2 D2 R2 F' U2 L U' B L' U' B U2 B R' B2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
40 competitors- Alan Fu
- Alex Asbery
- Aneurin Hunt
- Ben Kirby
- Benek Cowie
- Bruno Parkins
- Bryn Hill
- Caleb Sullivan
- Chenoa Brungar
- Doogie Taylor
- Emily Cropp
- Ethan Dale
- Finley Perkovic
- Hamish Dayal
- Harvey Watson
- Jacob Marchand
- Jake van Keulen
- James Macdiarmid
- Jaxson Stove
- Jonathan Smithies
- Josh Murray
- Joshua Brungar
- Louis Robin-Seniloli
- Lucas O'Connell
- Luke Crichton
- Matthias Chan
- Mike Field
- Mukund Karthik
- Nathan Chan
- Nathan Chong
- Noel Kim
- Omri Kepes
- Rico Rini
- Rory Wood
- Thomas Beckwith
- Tim Xie
- Tom Nelson
- Valeriya Gaidarly (Валерия Гайдарлы)
- Vincent Chin
- Xavier Dickason
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.