New Zealand Nationals 2019

Date: Dec 13 - 15, 2019
City: Tauranga, New Zealand
Venue: Trustpower Arena
Address: Trustpower Arena, Trustpower Baypark, 81 Truman Lane, Tauranga
Details: Combined Suites within the main building
Website: New Zealand Nationals 2019 website
Contact: https://speedcubing.nz/contact-us/
Organizer: Joshua Brungar
WCA Delegates: Alex Asbery and James Macdiarmid

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Information

New Zealand Nationals 2019 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 2019 will crown the National Champions in all 18 official events, over the course of 3 days.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 89

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New Zealand Nationals 2019 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).
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Ben Kirby won with an average of 8.64 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Adrien Auvray Matyn finished second (9.08) and Harrison Marsden finished third (9.59).

Oceanian records: Tom Nelson‎ 5x5x5 Blindfolded 4:36.24 (average).

3x3x3 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Ben Kirby	8.03	8.64	New Zealand	8.03	8.12	9.26	8.54	9.87
2	Adrien Auvray Matyn	7.95	9.08	New Zealand	8.50	7.95	10.55	8.18	DNF
3	Harrison Marsden	7.60	9.59	New Zealand	7.60	9.19	10.55	10.96	9.02

2x2x2 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Tim Xie	1.30	2.11	New Zealand	2.12	1.30	1.65	6.73	2.55
2	Adrien Auvray Matyn	1.66	2.62	New Zealand	3.39	1.66	2.42	2.13	3.32
3	Tom Stanton-Barnett	1.69	2.99	New Zealand	3.00	1.69	2.98	3.00	9.78

4x4x4 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Finn Trass	31.22	35.26	New Zealand	37.91	33.16	31.22	35.88	36.74
2	Cheng-Ru Yang	31.05	35.60	New Zealand	31.05	37.53	33.86	36.56	36.38
3	Angela Braganza	31.92	35.94	New Zealand	36.30	36.91	31.92	36.76	34.76

5x5x5 Cube

#	Name	Best		Average	Representing	Solves
1	Ben Kirby	56.84	NR	1:03.47	New Zealand	1:01.33	56.84	1:03.69	1:08.37	1:05.39
2	Finn Trass	1:07.15		1:12.16	New Zealand	1:22.12	1:10.59	1:07.15	1:11.68	1:14.21
3	Jim Zhu	1:10.32		1:16.31	New Zealand	1:24.19	1:10.32	1:21.65	1:13.76	1:13.53

6x6x6 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Tom Stanton-Barnett	2:12.50	2:19.12	New Zealand	2:21.33	2:23.54	2:12.50
2	Ben Kirby	2:16.11	2:20.39	New Zealand	2:16.11	2:22.25	2:22.81
3	Alex Asbery	2:17.80	2:28.52	New Zealand	2:42.62	2:17.80	2:25.14

7x7x7 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Ben Kirby	3:13.28	3:26.83	New Zealand	3:42.26	3:13.28	3:24.96
2	Tom Stanton-Barnett	3:28.10	3:44.97	New Zealand	3:28.10	3:52.68	3:54.14
3	Alex Asbery	3:30.25	3:54.20	New Zealand	3:53.42	4:18.94	3:30.25

3x3x3 Blindfolded

#	Name	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
1	Ethan Pan	27.88		DNF		New Zealand	27.88	DNF	DNF
2	Tom Nelson	32.04		DNF		New Zealand	DNF	32.04	DNF

3x3x3 Fewest Moves

#	Name	Best	Representing	Solves
1	Lee Stanton-Barnett	27	New Zealand	27
2	Cheng-Ru Yang	28	New Zealand	28
3	Tom Nelson	29	New Zealand	29

3x3x3 One-Handed

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Chris Mills	12.55	15.15	United Kingdom	12.55	17.19	14.56	16.24	14.64
2	Dwyane Ramos	13.29	16.10	New Zealand	20.50	13.29	18.14	15.14	15.01
3	Jim Zhu	14.69	16.17	New Zealand	14.69	17.90	15.88	16.75	15.89

Clock

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Luke Heath-Edwards	8.34	10.50	New Zealand	11.06	11.45	9.66	8.34	10.79
2	Chris Mills	9.88	11.52	United Kingdom	11.69	11.95	10.91	DNF	9.88
3	Aneurin Hunt	9.87	11.98	New Zealand	13.16	11.14	11.64	DNF	9.87

Megaminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	James Macdiarmid	44.72	50.43	New Zealand	49.00	1:12.34	50.70	44.72	51.58
2	Finn Trass	47.57	56.68	New Zealand	58.63	59.81	1:07.46	51.60	47.57
3	Alexander Vujcich	58.06	1:00.93	New Zealand	58.06	59.38	1:04.06	1:05.56	59.35

Pyraminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Cheng-Ru Yang	2.86	4.24	New Zealand	2.86	3.71	4.16	4.85	6.66
2	Ben Kirby	3.57	4.30	New Zealand	3.57	4.57	4.40	5.14	3.92
3	Tom Stanton-Barnett	3.50	4.58	New Zealand	3.86	3.50	7.19	5.96	3.93

Skewb

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Dwyane Ramos	2.91	3.29	New Zealand	3.56	3.36	3.03	2.91	3.49
2	Isaac Latta	2.92	3.95	New Zealand	3.92	2.92	7.87	3.80	4.12
3	Mantra Shukla	4.26	4.54	New Zealand	4.50	4.35	7.63	4.26	4.78

Square-1

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Chris Mills	11.38	15.19	United Kingdom	16.29	11.38	13.59	15.69	17.01
2	Tim Xie	15.56	16.42	New Zealand	15.56	15.72	16.88	16.66	18.46
3	Dwyane Ramos	12.79	17.03	New Zealand	16.20	12.79	13.81	24.56	21.09

4x4x4 Blindfolded

#	Name	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
1	Tom Nelson	1:47.75	NR	DNF		New Zealand	DNF	1:47.75	DNF

5x5x5 Blindfolded

#	Name	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
1	Tom Nelson	4:15.67		4:36.24	OcR	New Zealand	4:31.71	5:01.35	4:15.67

3x3x3 Multi-Blind

#	Name	Best	Representing	Solves
1	Tom Nelson	25/33 54:37	New Zealand	25/33 54:37
2	Ethan Pan	10/13 34:09	New Zealand	10/13 34:09
3	Tom Stanton-Barnett	7/7 52:03	New Zealand	7/7 52:03

3x3x3 With Feet

#	Name	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
1	Chris Mills	45.85		58.94		United Kingdom	1:01.55	1:06.90	45.85	1:12.40	48.36
2	Aneurin Hunt	1:30.66				New Zealand	1:30.66	1:33.78