FMC New Zealand 2025
- Date
- Dec 6, 2025
- City
- Multiple cities, New Zealand
- Venue
Multiple venues. Please see the Locations tab
- Address
- Multiple locations
- Details
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizer
- Speedcubing New Zealand Inc.
- WCA Delegates
- Alex Asbery, Caleb Hall, Daniel Fraser, and Nick Ng
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
FMC New Zealand 2025 is an official World Cube Association (WCA) sanctioned speedcubing competition.
This competition is the National Championship for the 3x3x3 Fewest Moves event.
FMC New Zealand 2025 is open to all competitors regardless of experience and skill. No prior experience in WCA competitions is necessary.
Please note this competition is for the 3x3x3 Fewest Moves event which is different to the main 3x3x3 cube event.
If you are a new competitor, please make sure to read all the information in the FAQ and other tabs before registering. All competitors should be familiar with the information in these tabs.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 26
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.Create a WCA account here if you don't have one.
If this is not your first competition, associate your WCA ID to your WCA account here.
Register for this competition here.
There is no competitor limit.
The base registration fee for this competition is $10 (New Zealand Dollar).
The registration fee has to be paid through Stripe here once registered.
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
When registering, please comment which location you will be attending (Auckland, Wellington, or Christchurch).
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Tom Nelson won with a mean of 24.00 moves in the 3x3x3 Fewest Moves event. Aneurin Hunt finished second (27.67) and Jack Maddigan finished third (29.67).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Tom Nelson | 22 | 24.00 | New Zealand | 22 | 25 | 25 | |||||
Locations
| City | Venue | Address | Competitor Limit | Delegate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auckland | 1st Mt Albert St Jude's Scout Hall | 1213A New North Road, Mount Albert, Auckland 1025 | 30 | Caleb Hall |
| Wellington | Johnsonville Community Centre (Room 1) | 3 Frankmoore Avenue, Johnsonville, Wellington 6037 | 20 | Alex Asbery |
| Christchurch | St Albans Community Centre (Knightstown Room) | 1049 Colombo Street, St Albans, Christchurch 8014 | 10 | Daniel Fraser |
Competitors
| Auckland | Wellington | Christchurch |
|---|---|---|
| Ram Thakkar (राम ठक्कर ) | Jack Maddigan | Daniel Fraser |
| Thomas Swarbrick | Luke Steele | Connor Johnson |
| Xavier Courteau-Laing | Tom Nelson | Ryan Lau |
| Ethan Ruoqing Chen | Julian Sico | Cooper Jones |
| Richard Yiheng Tao | Harry Davies | Bryn Gordon |
| Hussain Alsibaee | Jack McDougall | Franklin Y. Yuan |
| Yuki Gao | Liam Wadek | Numair Malik |
| Ashley Foster | Dylan Himmelfarb | Jasper Murray |
| Levi Eyou | Aneurin Hunt | Dwyane Ramos |
| Elyas Eyou | Seth Adrien Nasol |
Time limit
If you reach the time limit during your solve, the judge will stop you and your result will be DNF (see Regulation A1a4).
Format
The format describes how to determine the ranking of competitors based on their results. The list of allowed formats per event is described in Regulation 9b. See Regulation 9f for a description of each format.