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Techweek NZ 2017

Auckland · 13 May 2017 · 15 events · 58 competitors · 77 personal bests

Feliks Zemdegs won seven of the 15 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Feliks Zemdegs by 0.25 seconds. 58 competitors produced 77 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Aneurin Hunt set the 3×3 with feet single national record: 59.49.

Seven wins
Feliks Zemdegs — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed
0.25s
closest final — 2×2, Feliks Zemdegs over Tim Xie
77
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Feliks Zemdegs5.717.17
2×2Feliks Zemdegs2.192.72
4×4Feliks Zemdegs23.2926.54
5×5Feliks Zemdegs47.2149.85
6×6Feliks Zemdegs1:32.291:36.91
7×7Feliks Zemdegs2:27.182:32.73
3×3 blindfoldedTom Nelson34.35—
3×3 one-handedFeliks Zemdegs11.1513.10
ClockEunice Ng8.659.65
PyraminxLucas O'Connell3.904.62
SkewbLucas O'Connell3.674.40
4×4 blindfoldedTom Nelson2:54.51—
5×5 blindfoldedTom Nelson——
3×3 Multi-BlindTom Nelson23 of 34 cubes · 1:00:00—
3×3 with feetAneurin Hunt59.491:25.64

The PB harvest

77 set · 19 still standing
  • Lucas O'Connell — 2×2 single 0.64: into the top 0.065% of the event's history.
  • Tim Xie — 2×2 single 0.68: into the top 0.1% of the event's history.
  • Jerry Jiang — 2×2 single 0.70: into the top 0.12% of the event's history.
  • James Macdiarmid — 2×2 single 0.86: into the top 0.31% of the event's history.
  • Phạm Anh Khoa — 3×3 single 6.95: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
  • Nathan Chong — 2×2 single 2.57: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
  • Phạm Anh Khoa — 2×2 single 2.59: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
  • Phạm Anh Khoa — 4×4 single 38.90: into the top 10.8% 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

12 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

58 competitors · 302 results · 15 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. Feliks Zemdegs won it with a 7.17 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

58 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.