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SNZ Southern 2018

Christchurch · 21 April 2018 · 9 events · 41 competitors · 64 personal bests

Tom Nelson won two of the nine events (3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Noel Kim by 0.04 seconds. 41 competitors produced 64 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Tom Nelson set the 4×4 blindfolded single continental record: 1:56.80.

Two wins
Tom Nelson — 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded
0.04s
closest final — 4×4, Noel Kim over Nathan Chong
64
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Raphael Lee9.429.76
2×2Tim Xie1.702.26
4×4Noel Kim38.3840.63
5×5Alex Asbery1:13.071:21.61
3×3 blindfoldedTom Nelson27.1130.36
3×3 one-handedOliver Jenks14.1215.29
PyraminxBen Kirby4.034.86
SkewbLucas O'Connell3.964.89
4×4 blindfoldedTom Nelson1:56.80

The PB harvest

64 set · 26 still standing
  • Nathan Chong — 3×3 one-handed single 11.38: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
  • Noel Kim — 2×2 single 1.76: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
  • Caleb Sullivan — 3×3 single 10.32: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
  • Matthew Spooner — 2×2 single 2.64: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
  • Jonathan Smithies — 3×3 single 11.08: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
  • Jonathan Smithies — 2×2 single 2.79: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
  • Caleb Sullivan — 2×2 single 3.02: into the top 14.5% of the event's history.
  • Xavier Dickason — 2×2 single 3.07: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 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

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

41 competitors · 270 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 9.76 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

41 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.