NZ North Island Championship 2026

Date: Feb 27 - Mar 1, 2026
City: Tauranga, New Zealand
Venue: Mount Sports Centre
Address: Corner of Maunganui & Hull Road, Mount Maunganui
Details: Sports Centre
Contact: Organization team
Organizer: Speedcubing New Zealand Inc.
WCA Delegates: Alex Asbery, Caleb Hall, Cheng-Ru Yang, Jack Maddigan, James Dyer, Nick Ng, and Richard Yiheng Tao

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Information

NZ North Island Championship 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: 79

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Dwyane Ramos won the Head-to-Head finals of the 3x3x3 Cube event. Richard Yiheng Tao finished second and Jasper Murray finished third.

Oceanian records: Alexander Vujcich‎ Megaminx 22.32 (single); Dwyane Ramos‎ 3x3x3 One-Handed 8.36 (average); James Macdiarmid‎ 3x3x3 Multi-Blind 55/58 59:15 (single).

3x3x3 Cube

Results determined by a Head-to-Head Finals. Only placement order and best solve are shown, as full Head-to-Head results display is still under development.

#	Name	Best	Representing
1	Dwyane Ramos	5.35	New Zealand
2	Richard Yiheng Tao	5.45	New Zealand
3	Jasper Murray	5.33	New Zealand

2x2x2 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Yuki Gao	1.28	1.57	China	1.49	1.28	1.89	2.52	1.34
2	Alexander Vujcich	1.45	1.70	New Zealand	1.79	1.45	1.75	1.68	1.67
3	Jack McDougall	1.59	1.81	New Zealand	1.89	1.59	2.28	1.93	1.62

4x4x4 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Alexander Vujcich	22.23	24.31	New Zealand	22.23	23.04	25.46	25.91	24.44
2	Richard Yiheng Tao	22.41	26.88	New Zealand	22.41	28.56	24.98	31.51	27.09
3	Dwyane Ramos	26.61	28.65	New Zealand	26.61	28.57	28.97	31.29	28.42

5x5x5 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Alexander Vujcich	38.52	45.95	New Zealand	48.32	43.92	55.69	38.52	45.61
2	Richard Yiheng Tao	44.87	47.70	New Zealand	50.23	49.15	44.87	45.88	48.06
3	Dwyane Ramos	45.60	48.04	New Zealand	47.68	50.38	49.63	45.60	46.80

6x6x6 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average		Representing	Solves
1	Dwyane Ramos	1:22.00	1:24.95	NR	New Zealand	1:27.66	1:25.18	1:22.00
2	James Dyer	1:37.34	1:42.80		New Zealand	1:39.60	1:51.45	1:37.34
3	Levi Eyou	1:39.22	1:44.78		New Zealand	1:52.59	1:42.53	1:39.22

7x7x7 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Dwyane Ramos	2:15.69	2:24.45	New Zealand	2:32.14	2:25.53	2:15.69
2	Richard Yiheng Tao	2:20.64	2:24.53	New Zealand	2:27.36	2:20.64	2:25.60
3	James Dyer	2:31.55	2:39.55	New Zealand	2:31.55	2:43.31	2:43.79

3x3x3 Blindfolded

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Jack McDougall	19.11	23.48	New Zealand	22.51	26.37	26.39	21.55	19.11
2	James Macdiarmid	19.24	DNF	New Zealand	DNF	DNF	23.80	20.11	19.24
3	Xavier Courteau-Laing	26.75	DNF	New Zealand	DNF	DNF	36.97	30.90	26.75

3x3x3 One-Handed

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Jasper Murray	7.96	9.33	New Zealand	11.54	7.96	10.33	9.41	8.26
2	Dwyane Ramos	8.50	9.72	New Zealand	10.17	9.31	10.63	9.67	8.50
3	Jesse Brooke	10.83	13.17	New Zealand	10.83	14.15	13.69	13.34	12.47

Clock

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Kyle Jones	1.99	2.96	Australia	4.20	1.99	4.18	2.17	2.52
2	Brandon Harris	3.70	4.59	New Zealand	4.81	3.70	4.61	4.46	4.69
3	Elyas Eyou	3.28	4.66	New Zealand	DNF	4.35	4.69	3.28	4.93

Megaminx

#	Name	Best		Average	Representing	Solves
1	Alexander Vujcich	22.32	OcR	28.21	New Zealand	32.00	27.90	30.42	26.30	22.32
2	Brandon Harris	29.08		33.95	New Zealand	32.24	37.37	29.08	34.55	35.05
3	James Macdiarmid	41.11		42.96	New Zealand	43.41	42.61	41.11	42.85	45.19

Pyraminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Jasper Murray	1.30	2.23	New Zealand	2.45	1.30	2.12	2.11	DNF
2	Elyas Eyou	1.84	2.30	New Zealand	1.84	2.89	DNF	2.06	1.95
3	Dylan Himmelfarb	1.89	2.43	New Zealand	2.58	1.89	4.54	2.43	2.27

Skewb

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Jack McDougall	2.54	2.98	New Zealand	DNF	2.84	2.79	2.54	3.31
2	Dwyane Ramos	2.54	3.00	New Zealand	2.54	2.57	2.93	3.51	4.59
3	Luke Steele	2.71	3.75	New Zealand	2.71	2.90	4.49	6.93	3.87

Square-1

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Elyas Eyou	7.70	8.91	New Zealand	9.07	7.81	7.70	10.69	9.86
2	Jack McDougall	7.62	8.98	New Zealand	9.01	8.55	7.62	9.38	10.37
3	Ashley Foster	8.65	10.14	New Zealand	11.24	DNF	8.65	10.01	9.18

4x4x4 Blindfolded

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Jack McDougall	2:12.19	DNF	New Zealand	DNF	DNF	2:12.19
2	Dylan Himmelfarb	3:13.25	4:18.56	New Zealand	5:39.30	3:13.25	4:03.13
3	James Moore	4:24.48	DNF	New Zealand	6:21.84	4:24.48	DNF

5x5x5 Blindfolded

#	Name	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
1	Jack McDougall	4:50.41		6:34.84		New Zealand	5:14.19	4:50.41	9:39.93
2	James Moore	10:15.00		DNF		New Zealand	10:49.00	10:15.00	DNF

3x3x3 Multi-Blind

#	Name	Best		Representing	Solves
1	James Macdiarmid	55/58 59:15	OcR	New Zealand	55/58 59:15
2	Jack McDougall	22/22 52:22		New Zealand	22/22 52:22
3	James Moore	19/21 59:53		New Zealand	19/21 59:53