New Zealand Nationals 2018

Date: Dec 14 - 16, 2018
City: Auckland, New Zealand
Venue: AUT City Campus
Address: Room WA224, AUT City Campus, 55 Wellesley Street East, Auckland
Details: Room WA224, This is the Wellesley Street east (City campus), Building A, on the second floor room 05
Website: New Zealand Nationals 2018 website
Contact: https://www.speedcubing.nz/event/new-zealand-nationals-2018/contact
Organizer: Joshua Brungar
WCA Delegate: Alex Asbery

Information

New Zealand Nationals 2018 is an official World Cube Association (WCA) sanctioned speedcubing competition. Speedcubing is solving the 3x3x3 Cube or other similar puzzles as quickly as possible. The competition is open to all competitors regardless of experience and skill, but certain event-based time limits will be in place so as to make sure we can stay on schedule and get through the days on time. No prior experience in WCA competitions is necessary, but competitors should be familiar with the WCA regulations.

In Addition New Zealand Nationals 2018 will crown the National Champions in 17 events of the World Cube Associations 18 over the course of 3 days.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 90

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New Zealand Nationals 2018 Cubing Competition

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There is a competitor limit of 120 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $45 (New Zealand Dollar).
Registration fees won't be refunded under any circumstance.
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Tomoya Firman won with an average of 8.77 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Ben Kirby finished second (8.88) and Simon Geertsema finished third (9.57).

Oceanian records: Lucas O'Connell‎ Pyraminx 2.99 (average).

3x3x3 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Tomoya Firman	7.03	8.77	Australia	8.75	8.81	7.03	9.76	8.76
2	Ben Kirby	7.90	8.88	New Zealand	7.90	8.07	9.21	10.92	9.35
3	Simon Geertsema	8.27	9.57	New Zealand	10.73	11.48	8.27	8.75	9.23

2x2x2 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Benjamin Agnew	2.56	2.76	New Zealand	2.84	2.69	2.56	2.76	3.06
2	Lucas O'Connell	2.77	3.34	New Zealand	3.16	2.77	3.67	3.30	3.55
3	Raphael Lee	2.59	3.51	New Zealand	2.94	DNF	2.59	3.76	3.84

4x4x4 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Tomoya Firman	30.44	32.63	Australia	30.44	31.44	35.86	35.59	30.87
2	Finn Trass	31.16	35.59	New Zealand	41.05	36.49	35.51	34.76	31.16
3	Simon Geertsema	33.38	36.78	New Zealand	34.09	34.67	41.58	48.89	33.38

5x5x5 Cube

#	Name	Best		Average	Representing	Solves
1	Tomoya Firman	1:01.60		1:07.20	Australia	1:03.68	1:01.60	1:09.28	1:08.64	1:10.65
2	Finn Trass	1:03.35	NR	1:08.08	New Zealand	1:08.17	1:19.03	1:05.88	1:03.35	1:10.20
3	Ben Kirby	1:05.30		1:09.65	New Zealand	1:05.30	1:14.68	1:08.69	1:09.37	1:10.88

6x6x6 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Tom Stanton-Barnett	2:16.34	2:20.51	New Zealand	2:24.56	2:16.34	2:20.63
2	Tomoya Firman	2:12.20	2:21.33	Australia	2:34.82	2:12.20	2:16.98
3	Alex Asbery	2:19.09	2:38.23	New Zealand	2:19.09	2:21.54	3:14.06

7x7x7 Cube

#	Name	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
1	Ben Kirby	3:23.25		3:27.53	NR	New Zealand	3:23.25	3:24.30	3:35.03
2	Tom Stanton-Barnett	3:21.38	NR	3:35.44		New Zealand	3:21.38	3:41.36	3:43.58
3	Alex Asbery	3:32.76		3:50.93		New Zealand	4:14.26	3:32.76	3:45.78

3x3x3 Blindfolded

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Tomoya Firman	25.31	DNF	Australia	26.34	25.31	DNF
2	Tom Nelson	30.54	DNF	New Zealand	30.54	DNF	DNF
3	James Macdiarmid	52.49	DNF	New Zealand	DNF	DNF	52.49

3x3x3 One-Handed

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Tomoya Firman	11.74	15.60	Australia	17.02	17.96	11.74	14.05	15.73
2	Oliver Jenks	12.83	17.16	New Zealand	18.21	15.89	12.83	17.39	30.15
3	Mukund Karthik	12.68	17.41	New Zealand	18.38	16.36	12.68	17.49	DNF

Clock

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Aneurin Hunt	10.25	11.24	New Zealand	DNF	10.89	10.87	10.25	11.96
2	Lucas O'Connell	11.30	13.07	New Zealand	11.30	18.22	13.65	12.81	12.75
3	Luke Heath-Edwards	13.13	15.30	New Zealand	13.13	15.69	13.97	16.44	16.25

Megaminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	James Macdiarmid	45.44	46.68	New Zealand	46.21	48.30	45.54	45.44	55.19
2	Finn Trass	47.79	53.52	New Zealand	57.69	51.01	1:10.68	47.79	51.85
3	Biyuan Chen	56.54	1:00.07	New Zealand	1:11.73	59.68	57.49	1:03.04	56.54

Pyraminx

#	Name	Best	Average		Representing	Solves
1	Lucas O'Connell	2.55	2.99	OcR	New Zealand	2.70	3.68	3.60	2.67	2.55
2	Benjamin Agnew	2.33	3.34		New Zealand	3.08	3.73	3.85	3.22	2.33
3	Ben Kirby	2.95	4.34		New Zealand	4.29	5.19	3.55	DNF	2.95

Skewb

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Lucas O'Connell	3.76	5.08	New Zealand	6.30	4.44	3.76	5.71	5.09
2	Tom Stanton-Barnett	5.26	5.53	New Zealand	5.26	5.39	5.51	6.73	5.68
3	Adrien Auvray Matyn	4.91	5.78	New Zealand	6.50	5.04	4.91	5.81	7.69

Square-1

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Lucas O'Connell	13.32	15.07	New Zealand	17.86	13.32	16.53	14.30	14.38
2	Lee Stanton-Barnett	14.83	17.79	New Zealand	17.40	16.91	DNF	14.83	19.07
3	James Macdiarmid	17.79	20.03	New Zealand	17.79	18.99	23.04	27.37	18.05

4x4x4 Blindfolded

#	Name	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
1	Tom Nelson	1:55.14	NR	DNF		New Zealand	DNF	DNF	1:55.14
2	Jim Zhu	9:09.71		DNF		New Zealand	DNF	9:09.71	DNF

5x5x5 Blindfolded

#	Name	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
1	Tom Nelson	4:13.41		DNF		New Zealand	4:23.19	4:13.41	DNF

3x3x3 Multi-Blind

#	Name	Best	Representing	Solves
1	Tom Nelson	21/33 1:00:00	New Zealand	21/33 1:00:00
2	Aneurin Hunt	3/4 22:16	New Zealand	3/4 22:16
3	Jim Zhu	5/8 36:19	New Zealand	5/8 36:19

3x3x3 With Feet

#	Name	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
1	Tom Nelson	56.17		1:07.91	NR	New Zealand	2:03.76	56.17	1:12.65	59.23	1:11.84
2	Lucas O'Connell	49.15	NR	1:08.54		New Zealand	50.88	49.15	1:01.74	DNF	1:33.01
3	Tom Stanton-Barnett	1:21.92		1:34.75		New Zealand	1:29.42	1:56.04	1:50.67	1:24.17	1:21.92