Competitions · New Zealand
Wellington Mind Games 2021
Wellington · 6 February 2021 · 9 events · 57 competitors · 46 personal bests
Ben Kirby won two of the nine events (4×4, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Chris Mills by 1.11 seconds. 57 competitors produced 46 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Chris Mills | 6.02 | 7.13 |
| 4×4 | Ben Kirby | 29.73 | 31.85 |
| 6×6 | Ben Kirby | 1:47.24 | 1:59.09 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Ethan Pan | 22.35 | — |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | James Macdiarmid | 26 moves | 30.00 |
| Megaminx | James Macdiarmid | 36.12 | 41.18 |
| 4×4 blindfolded | Tom Nelson | 2:02.85 | — |
| 5×5 blindfolded | Aneurin Hunt | — | — |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | Tom Nelson | 25 of 30 cubes · 56:57 | — |
The PB harvest
46 set · 14 still standing- Ethan Pan — 3×3 blindfolded single 22.35: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
- Lucas O'Connell — Megaminx single 48.92: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
- Cheng-Ru Yang — Megaminx single 58.35: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
- Cheng-Ru Yang — 6×6 single 2:00.19: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
- Ethan Pan — 4×4 blindfolded single 5:08.60: into the top 22.7% of the event's history.
- Dhruv Battu — 3×3 single 15.15: into the top 24.9% of the event's history.
- Tom McCarthy — 3×3 single 18.93: into the top 36.9% of the event's history.
- Lee Stanton-Barnett — 3×3 Multi-Blind single 5 of 5 cubes · 39:10: into the top 37.5% of the event's history.
First-timers
18 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,438 people who made their debut in 2021. Start here explains what a first competition is like.
Records watch
4 regional records were set at this competition.
The field
57 competitors · 221 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. Chris Mills won it with a 7.13 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
D2 B' D2 R2 U2 R2 B2 F' R2 F2 L' F2 U' B2 D2 U F2 R D' - 2
U' F2 U F2 U' B2 D F D F2 R2 D' F' R2 B' R B' U2 - 3
R U F2 D R2 D2 R2 D L2 F2 B D' U2 F2 R F' L' B2 R2 D - 4
D' L' R2 D B2 L2 D' R2 U' B' F' L2 U L2 D B L F' - 5
L F' D2 F U' F' R F L' D' B U R2 U D' L2 U2 B2 U2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
57 competitors- Aadhithya Hariharan
- Abigail Dixon
- Adhit Arjun Gunaseelan Dharani
- Alex Asbery
- Aneurin Hunt
- Ashton Kisby
- Ashton Lucas True
- Ben Kirby
- Ben Mitchell
- Benjamin Bucksmith
- Benjamin Kimber
- Cameron Dixon
- Cheng-Ru Yang
- Chris Mills
- Cody Matariki Clarke
- Cole Campbell
- Dhruv Battu
- Dhruv Lal
- Elijah King
- Emil Mieszkowski
- Enoch Jiang
- Ethan Barnes
- Ethan Pan
- Finley Dougherty
- Finn Trass
- Frank Jin
- Hugo Carter
- Jack Maddigan
- Jack McDougall
- James Macdiarmid
- Jasper Murray
- Jerry Jiang
- Josiah Green
- Lee Stanton-Barnett
- Leo Holwill
- Levente Swanepoel
- Lucas O'Connell
- Madix Hill
- Matthew Yang
- Max Thomas Broadbridge
- Mitchell William Su
- Mitya Lark
- Noah Isaia
- Numair Malik
- Richie Moon
- Ryan George De Villiers
- Taylor Hamling
- Timur Glibert Bukh
- Tom McCarthy
- Tom Nelson
- Tom Stanton-Barnett
- Tymon Mieszkowski
- Viswas Om Nooney
- Will Fairfax
- William Jefferies
- Xavier Evans
- Zachary Yi-E Chang
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.