New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2026

Date
City: Auckland, New Zealand
Venue: Pakuranga United Rugby Club
Address: 78 Bells Road, Pakuranga Heights, Auckland 2010
Details: Montressors Lounge, Montressors Function Centre
Contact: Organization team
Organizer: James Macdiarmid
WCA Delegates: Cheng-Ru Yang, Nick Ng, and Richard Yiheng Tao

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Information

New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 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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Main event
Competitors: 83

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Alexander Vujcich won with an average of 6.65 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Richard Yiheng Tao finished second (6.82) and Lachlan Gibson finished third (7.20).

3x3x3 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Alexander Vujcich	5.81	6.65	New Zealand	5.94	7.48	5.81	6.52	7.95
2	Richard Yiheng Tao	5.89	6.82	New Zealand	6.33	5.89	7.73	8.84	6.41
3	Lachlan Gibson	6.47	7.20	New Zealand	6.47	7.41	6.95	7.61	7.23

2x2x2 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Elyas Eyou	1.14	1.57	New Zealand	1.14	1.26	2.11	1.76	1.70
2	Alexander Vujcich	1.12	1.80	New Zealand	2.10	2.57	1.43	1.12	1.86
3	Benjamin Gardner	1.59	2.32	New Zealand	1.59	3.71	2.45	1.95	2.56

5x5x5 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Alexander Vujcich	40.91	45.14	New Zealand	44.25	45.79	40.91	45.37	46.11
2	Richard Yiheng Tao	44.51	50.29	New Zealand	53.84	44.51	48.06	50.31	52.50
3	Elyas Eyou	54.81	56.22	New Zealand	56.48	54.81	55.77	56.41	1:00.63

7x7x7 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Richard Yiheng Tao	2:19.84	2:26.78	New Zealand	2:35.92	2:24.58	2:19.84
2	Levi Eyou	2:23.75	2:39.63	New Zealand	2:23.75	3:03.13	2:32.01
3	Elyas Eyou	2:51.94	2:54.35	New Zealand	2:55.06	2:51.94	2:56.05

3x3x3 Blindfolded

#	Name	Best	Average		Representing	Solves
1	James Macdiarmid	17.15	20.13	NR	New Zealand	20.08	19.12	21.19	17.15	21.58
2	Xavier Courteau-Laing	24.59	DNF		New Zealand	24.59	26.46	28.78	DNF	DNF
3	Richard Yiheng Tao	1:07.42	DNF		New Zealand	1:07.42	1:21.32	DNF	DNF	DNF

3x3x3 One-Handed

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Jesse Brooke	9.10	10.53	New Zealand	9.10	9.35	10.35	13.82	11.89
2	Lachlan Gibson	7.11	15.02	New Zealand	13.50	15.95	7.11	15.60	17.16
3	Elyas Eyou	12.49	15.46	New Zealand	12.49	16.57	14.99	14.83	17.05

Clock

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Elyas Eyou	3.15	3.57	New Zealand	3.15	3.58	3.44	4.97	3.69
2	Elvis Chung	2.12	4.01	New Zealand	5.12	2.12	3.64	3.28	6.83
3	Theo Barton	4.17	5.15	New Zealand	8.97	4.56	6.48	4.17	4.40

Megaminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Alexander Vujcich	24.60	27.26	New Zealand	25.71	29.68	31.01	24.60	26.38
2	Brandon Harris	31.24	34.30	New Zealand	38.46	33.46	35.36	34.07	31.24
3	James Macdiarmid	39.38	43.68	New Zealand	43.40	46.56	39.38	42.83	44.82

Pyraminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Elyas Eyou	1.68	2.07	New Zealand	1.68	3.02	1.87	1.97	2.38
2	Levi Eyou	2.13	2.49	New Zealand	2.13	4.32	2.35	2.94	2.18
3	Benjamin Gardner	2.27	2.78	New Zealand	2.61	3.22	2.52	4.56	2.27

3x3x3 Multi-Blind

#	Name	Best	Representing	Solves
1	James Macdiarmid	48/51 58:54	New Zealand	48/51 58:54
2	Xavier Courteau-Laing	22/23 48:39	New Zealand	22/23 48:39
3	Stefan Zdravkovic	2/2 19:35	New Zealand	2/2 19:35