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).
Aneurin Hunt - New Zealand WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 2 | 23 | 27.67 | New Zealand | 27 | 23 | 33 | |||||
Ashley Foster - New Zealand WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 12 | 35 | 37.33 | New Zealand | 35 | 40 | 37 | |||||
Bryn Gordon - New Zealand WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 11 | 31 | 36.33 | New Zealand | 31 | 38 | 40 | |||||
Connor Johnson - New Zealand WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 17 | 37 | 42.00 | New Zealand | 37 | 43 | 46 | |||||
Cooper Jones - New Zealand WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 10 | 31 | 35.67 | New Zealand | 31 | 39 | 37 | |||||
Daniel Fraser - New Zealand WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 19 | 27 | DNF | New Zealand | 27 | DNF | DNF | |||||
Dwyane Ramos - New Zealand WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 20 | 32 | DNF | New Zealand | 32 | DNF | DNS | |||||
Dylan Himmelfarb - New Zealand WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 22 | 35 | DNF | New Zealand | DNF | 35 | 35 | |||||
Elyas Eyou - New Zealand WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 15 | 31 | 39.67 | New Zealand | 31 | 48 | 40 | |||||
Ethan Ruoqing Chen (陈若轻) - New Zealand WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 23 | 43 | DNF | New Zealand | DNF | 43 | 46 | |||||
Franklin Y. Yuan - New Zealand WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 6 | 24 | 32.33 | New Zealand | 24 | 37 | 36 | |||||
Harry Davies - New Zealand WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 21 | 33 | DNF | New Zealand | 37 | 33 | DNF | |||||
Hussain Alsibaee - New Zealand WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 24 | 54 | DNF | New Zealand | 61 | DNF | 54 | |||||
Jack Maddigan - New Zealand WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 3 | 29 | 29.67 | New Zealand | 31 | 29 | 29 | |||||
Jack McDougall - New Zealand WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 18 | 24 | DNF | New Zealand | 24 | DNF | 29 | |||||
Julian Sico - New Zealand WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 25 | DNF | DNF | New Zealand | DNF | DNF | DNF | |||||
Levi Eyou - New Zealand WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 16 | 38 | 41.00 | New Zealand | 42 | 43 | 38 | |||||
Luke Steele - New Zealand WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 25 | DNF | DNF | New Zealand | DNS | DNF | DNF | |||||
Numair Malik - New Zealand WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 5 | 29 | 30.33 | New Zealand | 29 | 29 | 33 | |||||
Ram Thakkar (राम ठक्कर) - India WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 7 | 32 | 34.00 | India | 35 | 35 | 32 | |||||
Richard Yiheng Tao - New Zealand WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 9 | 27 | 35.33 | New Zealand | 27 | 35 | 44 | |||||
Ryan Lau - New Zealand WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 14 | 35 | 37.67 | New Zealand | 40 | 38 | 35 | |||||
Seth Adrien Nasol - New Zealand WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 8 | 31 | 35.00 | New Zealand | 31 | 34 | 40 | |||||
Tom Nelson - New Zealand WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 1 | 22 | 24.00 | New Zealand | 22 | 25 | 25 | |||||
Xavier Courteau-Laing - New Zealand WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 4 | 28 | 30.00 | New Zealand | 31 | 28 | 31 | |||||
Yuki Gao - China WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 12 | 35 | 37.33 | China | 40 | 35 | 37 | |||||