Competitions · New Zealand
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.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Raphael Lee | 9.42 | 9.76 |
| 2×2 | Tim Xie | 1.70 | 2.26 |
| 4×4 | Noel Kim | 38.38 | 40.63 |
| 5×5 | Alex Asbery | 1:13.07 | 1:21.61 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Tom Nelson | 27.11 | 30.36 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Oliver Jenks | 14.12 | 15.29 |
| Pyraminx | Ben Kirby | 4.03 | 4.86 |
| Skewb | Lucas O'Connell | 3.96 | 4.89 |
| 4×4 blindfolded | Tom Nelson | 1:56.80 | — |
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
B2 U2 F2 U B2 U' R2 F2 R2 U' B2 R F2 L2 D L U F D' L2 U2 - 2
L2 U2 R2 U' R2 U' R2 B2 R2 B2 D' B D2 F D' B R B2 F U - 3
B2 L' D2 B2 L B U2 D' R' F U' D' F2 B2 U' R2 U' L2 F2 - 4
U2 L2 F2 R2 U F2 D' U2 R2 B2 R2 F' L B F2 L B2 L2 D' F' L - 5
B2 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- Adrien Auvray Matyn
- Alex Asbery
- Ben Kirby
- Caleb Sullivan
- Christian Higgins
- Elise Auvray Matyn
- Esmond Lee
- Ethan Dale
- Harry Vaughan
- Henry Shaw
- Isaac Latta
- Jake van Keulen
- James Macdiarmid
- Jaxson Stove
- Jonathan Smithies
- Katie Wierenga
- Kyan van den Heuvel
- Louis Johnson
- Lucas O'Connell
- Luke Garters
- Mark Anthony Burke
- Matthew Spooner
- Max Rountree
- Mike Field
- Nathan Chong
- Nicholas van der Mespel
- Noah Fahey
- Noah Steffens
- Noel Kim
- Oliver Jenks
- Raphael Lee
- Rico Rini
- Sam Rae
- Shiyuan Ji (籍世源)
- Simon Geertsema
- Spencer Rangihaeata
- Thomas Brocherie
- Tim Xie
- Tom Nelson
- Xavier Dickason
- Zee Capangpangan
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.