Hurry Up Hutt Valley 2026

Date: Jan 10 - 11, 2026
City: Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Venue: Epuni Community Hall
Address: 40 Mitchell Street, Epuni, Lower Hutt 5011
Details: Main hall
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Jack Maddigan and Oscar Welton-Rosie
WCA Delegates: Alex Asbery, Jack Maddigan, and Liam Wadek

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Hurry Up Hutt Valley 2026 is an official World Cube Association (WCA) sanctioned speedcubing competition.

This competition is open to all competitors regardless of age, experience, or skill. No prior experience in WCA competitions is necessary.

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Competitors: 35

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Dwyane Ramos won with an average of 6.95 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Alexander Vujcich finished second (7.37) and Sora Sato finished third (7.91).

3x3x3 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Dwyane Ramos	6.01	6.95	New Zealand	7.75	6.01	6.61	7.10	7.15
2	Alexander Vujcich	6.34	7.37	New Zealand	7.42	7.49	7.63	7.19	6.34
3	Sora Sato	5.19	7.91	Australia	5.19	10.19	7.31	8.65	7.77

2x2x2 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Alexander Vujcich	1.13	1.82	New Zealand	1.95	2.07	1.13	1.45	2.12
2	Dylan Himmelfarb	1.18	1.85	New Zealand	1.48	2.49	1.18	2.31	1.75
3	Jack McDougall	1.13	1.91	New Zealand	1.62	1.83	1.13	2.28	4.98

4x4x4 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average		Representing	Solves
1	Alexander Vujcich	20.79	23.20	NR	New Zealand	22.49	22.61	28.08	24.49	20.79
2	Dwyane Ramos	26.33	27.90		New Zealand	28.08	26.33	29.26	26.36	DNF
3	Sora Sato	25.40	29.30		Australia	28.00	25.40	29.26	31.60	30.64

5x5x5 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Alexander Vujcich	41.04	45.08	New Zealand	48.89	44.80	43.14	41.04	47.31
2	Dwyane Ramos	44.83	46.61	New Zealand	44.83	44.86	51.50	45.72	49.26
3	Sora Sato	41.33	47.66	Australia	45.19	41.33	47.51	50.27	53.88

6x6x6 Cube

#	Name	Best		Average	Representing	Solves
1	Dwyane Ramos	1:15.71	NR	1:25.55	New Zealand	1:26.47	1:15.71	1:34.48
2	Sora Sato	1:30.74		1:31.55	Australia	1:32.72	1:31.19	1:30.74
3	Liam Wadek	1:48.64		1:58.83	New Zealand	2:07.10	2:00.74	1:48.64

7x7x7 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Dwyane Ramos	2:17.26	2:18.36	New Zealand	2:17.86	2:17.26	2:19.96
2	Sora Sato	2:29.06	2:31.01	Australia	2:29.74	2:29.06	2:34.23
3	Liam Wadek	2:51.49	3:00.51	New Zealand	3:06.40	3:03.65	2:51.49

3x3x3 Blindfolded

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Tom Nelson	25.37	DNF	New Zealand	DNF	25.37	DNF	DNF	34.45
2	Jack McDougall	25.88	DNF	New Zealand	25.88	DNF	32.42	DNF	28.27
3	Jack Maddigan	36.13	DNF	New Zealand	36.13	DNF	DNF	DNF	36.52

3x3x3 One-Handed

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Dwyane Ramos	8.31	9.32	New Zealand	8.91	10.28	9.60	9.44	8.31
2	Sora Sato	12.82	13.89	Australia	13.84	14.60	12.82	13.52	14.30
3	Alexander Vujcich	10.57	14.42	New Zealand	10.57	14.26	14.64	14.37	15.67

Clock

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Lachlan Gibson	1.91	2.57	New Zealand	1.95	1.91	3.58	DNF	2.19
2	Jack McDougall	4.17	4.51	New Zealand	4.39	6.32	4.17	4.17	4.97
3	Numair Malik	4.26	4.92	New Zealand	5.17	4.98	4.61	DNF	4.26

Megaminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Alexander Vujcich	25.19	29.61	New Zealand	25.19	32.71	30.86	30.48	27.48
2	Jack McDougall	42.04	43.33	New Zealand	43.20	42.04	43.50	43.28	49.35
3	Luke Steele	49.31	52.98	New Zealand	57.09	53.41	49.31	50.49	55.03

Pyraminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Dylan Himmelfarb	2.15	3.18	New Zealand	2.15	4.93	4.41	2.86	2.27
2	Dwyane Ramos	2.87	3.38	New Zealand	3.24	2.87	4.16	3.75	3.16
3	Jack McDougall	2.86	3.52	New Zealand	3.67	2.86	3.78	3.11	3.91

Skewb

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Jack McDougall	2.17	3.19	New Zealand	3.39	3.89	3.18	3.00	2.17
2	Sora Sato	2.16	3.46	Australia	4.49	5.42	2.35	2.16	3.54
3	Dwyane Ramos	1.73	3.73	New Zealand	5.27	3.42	4.63	3.15	1.73

Square-1

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Dwyane Ramos	8.76	9.98	New Zealand	9.37	13.20	8.76	8.88	11.70
2	Sora Sato	8.97	10.74	Australia	11.56	8.97	10.32	11.48	10.42
3	Jack McDougall	10.06	11.31	New Zealand	12.87	10.06	10.20	14.13	10.85

4x4x4 Blindfolded

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Tom Nelson	2:18.78	DNF	New Zealand	DNF	2:18.78	DNF
2	Jack McDougall	2:25.69	DNF	New Zealand	2:25.69	2:27.00	DNF
3	Jack Maddigan	5:47.07	DNF	New Zealand	DNF	5:47.07	DNF