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Wellington Summer 2023

Wellington · 18 February 2023 · 12 events · 82 competitors · 133 personal bests

Dwyane Ramos won four of the twelve events (3×3, 4×4, Skewb) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Liam Wadek by 0.06 seconds. 82 competitors produced 133 personal bests, 67 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Matthew Yang set the 3×3 single national record: 5.09.

Four wins
Dwyane Ramos — 3×3, 4×4, Skewb, Square-1
0.06s
closest final — Clock, Liam Wadek over Dwyane Ramos
133
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Dwyane Ramos5.776.64
2×2Alexander Vujcich1.672.20
4×4Dwyane Ramos26.1529.40
5×5Jasper Murray50.6054.89
3×3 blindfoldedTom Nelson28.64—
ClockLiam Wadek4.435.94
MegaminxAlexander Vujcich30.2233.60
PyraminxJules Graham1.912.68
SkewbDwyane Ramos2.473.70
Square-1Dwyane Ramos9.6211.59
4×4 blindfoldedAneurin Hunt8:53.14—
3×3 Multi-BlindTom Nelson19 of 32 cubes · 1:00:00—

The PB harvest

133 set · 67 still standing
  • Matthew Yang — 3×3 single 5.09: into the top 0.14% of the event's history.
  • Alexander Vujcich — Pyraminx single 1.53: into the top 0.46% of the event's history.
  • Kayden Loke Zheng An — 2×2 single 1.23: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
  • Liam Wadek — 3×3 single 7.51: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
  • Benjamin Kimber — 2×2 single 1.90: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
  • Kayden Loke Zheng An — 3×3 single 10.58: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
  • Leroy Burns — Pyraminx single 4.42: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
  • Elisha Webster — Pyraminx single 4.68: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

82 competitors · 695 results · 12 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. Dwyane Ramos won it with a 6.64 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

82 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.