More Cubes Kelburn 2026
- Date
- Jun 21, 2026
- City
- Wellington, New Zealand
- Venue
Victoria University of Wellington, Kelburn Campus
- Address
- Victoria University of Wellington, Kelburn, Wellington 6012
- Details
AM103 (Details will be emailed before the competition)
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizer
- Jack Maddigan
- WCA Delegates
- Alex Asbery and Jack Maddigan
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This competition only has blindfolded events and fewest moves, not the more popular speedsolving events. You can find other NZ competitions here.
Please make sure to read all the information in the tabs before registering. All competitors should be familiar with the information in these tabs. Live results for this competition can be found on WCA Live.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 9
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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If this is not your first competition, associate your WCA ID to your WCA account here.
Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 20 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $15 (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 .
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until on the Register tab.
On the spot registrations will be accepted if there are remaining spots available, with a base registration fee of $10 (New Zealand Dollar).
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Competitors may bring at most 2 guests.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
James Macdiarmid won with a result of 43/59 1:00:02 in the 3x3x3 Multi-Blind event. Xavier Courteau-Laing finished second (24/28 57:43) and Jack McDougall finished third (19/21 51:17).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | James Macdiarmid | 17.83 | DNF | New Zealand | 20.54 | 17.83 | DNF | DNF | DNF | |||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Jack McDougall | 1:38.70 | 2:32.73 | New Zealand | 2:39.40 | 3:20.10 | 1:38.70 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | James Macdiarmid | 43/59 1:00:02 | New Zealand | 40/59 1:00:02 | 43/59 1:00:02 | |||||||
You can choose to participate on the day.
Scrambles will be shown on the projector.
- Circle your solution
- Paper doesn't need to start blank (save trees)
2x2x2 FMC
Mean of 2 (5 min attempts)
- Standard FMC rules apply
3x3x3 Linear FMC
Best of 1 (10 min attempt)
- Only one cube permitted
- All moves performed on the cube must be part of the solution
- A move ends when a different layer is turned, eg. you can do R R' R2 R and it will be one move (R')
- Solution must be written
- Other standard FMC rules apply
To participate in FMC World 2026, you must also register following instructions from the competition page here at no extra cost.
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).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced (see Regulation A1a2).
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.
Advancement Condition
The number of competitors shown as advancing to the next round is the planned maximum. The actual number may be lower if there are fewer competitors than expected, or if there are ties at the boundary.