Competitions · New Zealand
Wellington Mind Games 2020
Wellington · 1 February 2020 · 9 events · 43 competitors · 37 personal bests
Lucas O'Connell won two of the nine events (3×3, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Lucas O'Connell by 0.18 seconds. 43 competitors produced 37 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Lucas O'Connell | 7.56 | 9.24 |
| 4×4 | Finn Trass | 28.91 | 33.12 |
| 6×6 | Tom Stanton-Barnett | 2:09.48 | 2:21.18 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Lucas O'Connell | 26.32 | — |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | Tom Nelson | 29 moves | 30.67 |
| Megaminx | James Macdiarmid | 43.03 | 49.44 |
| 4×4 blindfolded | Jim Zhu | 4:52.18 | — |
| 5×5 blindfolded | Aneurin Hunt | — | — |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | Tom Nelson | 25 of 33 cubes · 57:58 | — |
The PB harvest
37 set · 15 still standing- Tom Stanton-Barnett — 3×3 single 7.80: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
- Aneurin Hunt — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 23 moves: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
- Jessica Nguyen — 3×3 single 8.83: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
- Lucas O'Connell — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 25 moves: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
- Ethan Pan — 4×4 single 35.63: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
- Will Belote — Megaminx single 1:03.08: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
- Will Belote — 3×3 Multi-Blind single 14 of 17 cubes · 53:55: into the top 14.4% of the event's history.
- Jessica Nguyen — 4×4 single 42.08: into the top 14.6% of the event's history.
First-timers
15 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,608 people who made their debut in 2020. Start here explains what a first competition is like.
Records watch
2 regional records were set at this competition.
The field
43 competitors · 187 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. Lucas O'Connell won it with a 9.24 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
B U D2 L F D2 B' R' U R F2 R2 D2 L B2 R' D2 L F2 D2 - 2
R' U2 B2 R F2 L2 R B' F D B D2 F U B R' F2 R - 3
D2 U2 F' D2 L2 B' U2 F' D2 R' B' D' R U' L U2 F2 U B2 L' - 4
B' D2 R2 F L2 B L2 F2 D B2 R' U L D2 F2 R F R' - 5
L2 U B2 D' F2 D L2 U' R2 B2 L' D R U L' D' B' D L U2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
43 competitors- Aadhithya Hariharan
- Alex Asbery
- Alex Sharples
- Aneurin Hunt
- Ashton Kisby
- Benjamin Bucksmith
- Benjamin Harris
- Caleb Corby
- Cameron Chalmers
- Cole Campbell
- Connor Scally
- Daniel Gestro
- Duncan McDonald
- Ethan Pan
- Finn Marshall
- Finn Trass
- Ganesh Arunkumar
- Hugo Carter
- Ian Slabbekoorn
- Jack Maddigan
- James Macdiarmid
- James Moore
- Jarvis Hayward
- Jessica Nguyen
- Jim Zhu
- Joseph Southee
- Joshua Brungar
- Jules Graham
- Lee Stanton-Barnett
- Levente Swanepoel
- Lucas O'Connell
- Matthew Yang
- Matthias Bentley
- Michaela Borja
- Mitchell William Su
- Richie Moon
- Tom McCarthy
- Tom Nelson
- Tom Seevens
- Tom Stanton-Barnett
- Vincent Da Col
- Will Belote
- Youngsub Lee
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.