New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2025
- Date
- Oct 25 - 26, 2025
- City
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Venue
Pakuranga United Rugby Club, Montressor's Function Centre
- Address
- 78 Bells Road, Pakuranga Heights, Auckland 2010
- Details
Dufty Bell Lounge (Upstairs Room)
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- James Macdiarmid and Ram Thakkar (राम ठक्कर)
- WCA Delegates
- Caleb Hall and Nick Ng
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2025 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.
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
- 60
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 100 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $40 (New Zealand Dollar).
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.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Any spectator can attend for free.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Richard Yiheng Tao won with an average of 6.53 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Alexander Vujcich finished second (6.96) and Lachlan Gibson finished third (7.09).
3x3x3 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Yiheng Tao | 5.95 | 6.53 | New Zealand | 5.95 | 7.66 | 6.95 | 6.68 | 5.96 | |||
| 2 | Alexander Vujcich | 6.07 | 6.96 | New Zealand | 7.19 | 7.29 | 7.68 | 6.41 | 6.07 | |||
| 3 | Lachlan Gibson | 6.25 | 7.09 | New Zealand | 7.92 | 6.86 | 9.53 | 6.49 | 6.25 | |||
2x2x2 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuki Gao | 1.04 | 1.44 | China | 1.83 | 1.21 | 1.04 | 3.21 | 1.29 | |||
| 2 | Ram Thakkar (राम ठक्कर) | 0.96 | 1.69 | India | 1.87 | 1.31 | 0.96 | 1.90 | 1.95 | |||
| 3 | Alexander Vujcich | 1.40 | 1.76 | New Zealand | 1.77 | 1.88 | 1.64 | 4.68 | 1.40 | |||
5x5x5 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander Vujcich | 43.15 | 47.86 | New Zealand | 45.25 | 52.27 | 51.04 | 43.15 | 47.28 | |||
| 2 | Richard Yiheng Tao | 47.44 | 48.91 | New Zealand | 50.66 | 47.86 | 56.27 | 47.44 | 48.20 | |||
| 3 | Kate Grahame | 46.54 | 50.54 | United States | 57.77 | 48.42 | 48.31 | 46.54 | 54.89 | |||
7x7x7 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kate Grahame | 1:53.14 | 2:03.59 | United States | 2:06.78 | 1:53.14 | 2:10.85 | |||||
| 2 | Richard Yiheng Tao | 2:24.32 | 2:32.97 | New Zealand | 2:24.32 | 2:41.01 | 2:33.59 | |||||
| 3 | Levi Eyou | 2:22.68 | 2:39.49 | New Zealand | 2:31.99 | 2:22.68 | 3:03.80 | |||||
3x3x3 Blindfolded
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Macdiarmid | 20.39 | DNF | New Zealand | 20.39 | DNF | DNF | |||||
| 2 | Kate Grahame | 1:04.10 | DNF | United States | DNF | 1:04.10 | DNF | |||||
| 3 | Caleb Hall | 1:04.34 | DNF | New Zealand | 1:04.34 | DNF | DNF | |||||
3x3x3 One-Handed
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gen Kimura | 10.73 | 11.57 | New Zealand | 10.73 | 11.24 | 12.21 | 11.27 | 12.82 | |||
| 2 | Richard Yiheng Tao | 10.54 | 11.98 | New Zealand | 12.61 | 10.54 | 11.77 | 11.85 | 12.31 | |||
| 3 | Chris Mills | 10.28 | 12.18 | New Zealand | 12.29 | 10.28 | 10.92 | 13.54 | 13.32 | |||
Clock
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dylan Heerikhuisen | 3.07 | 3.60 | New Zealand | 4.56 | 3.76 | 3.58 | 3.07 | 3.46 | |||
| 2 | Lachlan Gibson | 1.91 | 4.15 | New Zealand | 1.91 | 5.31 | 6.17 | 2.99 | 4.16 | |||
| 3 | Richard Yiheng Tao | 3.99 | 4.71 | New Zealand | 5.11 | 4.10 | 4.92 | 11.74 | 3.99 | |||
Megaminx
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander Vujcich | 27.88 | 29.52 | New Zealand | 41.73 | 27.88 | 28.20 | 32.23 | 28.12 | |||
| 2 | Brandon Harris | 30.05 | 33.18 | New Zealand | 33.20 | 36.79 | 30.05 | 32.32 | 34.03 | |||
| 3 | Chris Mills | 42.08 | 44.35 | New Zealand | 46.76 | 42.08 | 44.16 | 44.24 | 44.65 | |||
Pyraminx
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elyas Eyou | 1.42 | 1.60 | New Zealand | 1.63 | 1.42 | 1.73 | 1.45 | DNF | |||
| 2 | Gen Kimura | 1.65 | 2.21 | New Zealand | 1.74 | 1.65 | 3.71 | 2.82 | 2.08 | |||
| 3 | Benjamin Gardner | 1.94 | 2.46 | New Zealand | 1.94 | 2.15 | 5.28 | 2.29 | 2.95 | |||
3x3x3 Multi-Blind
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Macdiarmid | 41/56 1:00:02 | New Zealand | 41/56 1:00:02 | ||||||||
| 2 | Kate Grahame | 7/11 58:13 | United States | 7/11 58:13 | ||||||||
| 3 | Caleb Hall | 4/6 34:22 | New Zealand | 4/6 34:22 | ||||||||