NZ South Island Championship 2026

Date: Apr 10 - 12, 2026
City: Christchurch, New Zealand
Venue: Shirley Boys High
Address: 209 Travis Road, New Brighton, Christchurch 8083
Details: Theatre
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Jacob O'Callaghan, James Macdiarmid, and Joel O'Callaghan
WCA Delegates: Alex Asbery, Daniel Fraser, Jack Maddigan, and James Dyer

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Information

NZ South 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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Main event
Competitors: 59

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Dwyane Ramos won the Head-to-Head finals of the 3x3x3 Cube event. Adrien Auvray Matyn finished second and Jasper Murray finished third.

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	4.48	New Zealand
2	Adrien Auvray Matyn	5.42	New Zealand
3	Jasper Murray	5.48	New Zealand

2x2x2 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Connor Johnson	1.04	1.44	New Zealand	1.04	1.25	1.75	2.21	1.31
2	Dylan Himmelfarb	1.14	1.66	New Zealand	1.14	1.20	2.72	1.34	2.43
3	Seth Adrien Nasol	1.36	1.76	New Zealand	1.36	3.16	1.84	1.94	1.50

4x4x4 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Dwyane Ramos	22.77	29.56	New Zealand	27.21	34.11	27.36	36.14	22.77
2	Jasper Murray	24.66	30.36	New Zealand	32.28	29.82	28.97	37.82	24.66
3	Henry Eyles	29.10	31.35	New Zealand	32.46	31.22	30.96	29.10	31.88

5x5x5 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Dwyane Ramos	42.89	47.33	New Zealand	48.23	47.79	42.89	47.92	46.28
2	Henry Eyles	45.38	48.20	New Zealand	45.38	49.47	46.27	53.84	48.87
3	Jasper Murray	46.64	50.78	New Zealand	47.49	54.38	51.21	53.63	46.64

6x6x6 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Dwyane Ramos	1:22.78	1:27.64	New Zealand	1:22.78	1:33.00	1:27.14
2	Henry Eyles	1:24.54	1:29.70	New Zealand	1:24.54	1:28.88	1:35.68
3	Ryan Lau	1:51.31	1:54.38	New Zealand	1:51.86	1:59.97	1:51.31

7x7x7 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Dwyane Ramos	2:04.08	2:12.82	New Zealand	2:22.50	2:11.87	2:04.08
2	Henry Eyles	2:07.26	2:13.13	New Zealand	2:07.26	2:11.54	2:20.60
3	James Dyer	2:36.47	2:45.49	New Zealand	2:49.77	2:50.23	2:36.47

3x3x3 Blindfolded

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Jack Maddigan	25.57	32.53	New Zealand	35.41	DNF	33.32	28.86	25.57
2	Connor Johnson	28.12	35.43	New Zealand	28.12	42.88	33.46	51.14	29.94
3	Zayd Chaudhry	34.30	DNF	Australia	34.30	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF

3x3x3 One-Handed

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Jasper Murray	8.98	9.28	New Zealand	9.03	9.28	10.91	8.98	9.53
2	Dwyane Ramos	8.39	9.91	New Zealand	9.70	8.39	12.37	9.16	10.86
3	Ryan Lau	12.44	13.55	New Zealand	15.06	17.25	12.44	12.79	12.79

Clock

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Zayd Chaudhry	3.59	4.45	Australia	3.59	5.24	3.76	DNF	4.36
2	Connor Johnson	3.58	4.64	New Zealand	4.89	4.36	5.10	4.67	3.58
3	Dwyane Ramos	4.86	5.07	New Zealand	4.97	4.86	5.90	4.91	5.33

Megaminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Henry Eyles	33.56	41.23	New Zealand	39.21	44.66	33.56	51.80	39.82
2	Dwyane Ramos	48.52	49.08	New Zealand	49.42	49.06	51.78	48.52	48.76
3	Zayd Chaudhry	51.83	55.04	Australia	54.01	59.70	55.25	51.83	55.86

Pyraminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Jasper Murray	1.47	1.62	New Zealand	1.62	1.68	1.47	1.56	1.71
2	Connor Johnson	1.74	2.14	New Zealand	1.74	2.52	2.04	3.24	1.87
3	Dylan Himmelfarb	1.86	2.49	New Zealand	3.17	2.25	2.41	2.81	1.86

Skewb

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Dwyane Ramos	1.78	2.76	New Zealand	3.95	1.87	1.78	4.01	2.47
2	Connor Johnson	2.44	2.98	New Zealand	3.34	2.64	2.96	5.57	2.44
3	Luke Steele	1.82	3.72	New Zealand	3.96	2.36	1.82	4.85	9.32

Square-1

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Adrien Auvray Matyn	6.41	7.77	New Zealand	7.71	7.26	10.68	6.41	8.35
2	Zayd Chaudhry	7.00	8.66	Australia	8.49	9.15	8.33	9.21	7.00
3	Henry Eyles	6.72	9.97	New Zealand	10.01	6.72	11.55	9.93	9.97

4x4x4 Blindfolded

#	Name	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
1	Connor Johnson	4:42.65		5:00.70		New Zealand	4:42.65	5:01.32	5:18.12
2	Jack Maddigan	5:28.18		DNF		New Zealand	DNF	5:28.18	DNF

5x5x5 Blindfolded

#	Name	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
1	Dylan Himmelfarb	9:44.71		DNF		New Zealand	9:44.71	DNF	DNS
2	Connor Johnson	12:57.00		DNF		New Zealand	DNF	DNF	12:57.00

3x3x3 Multi-Blind

#	Name	Best	Representing	Solves
1	Jack Maddigan	19/21 1:00:00	New Zealand	16/21 1:00:00	19/21 1:00:00
2	Dylan Himmelfarb	17/19 54:18	New Zealand	17/19 54:18	DNF
3	Connor Johnson	14/17 52:48	New Zealand	15/20 55:43	14/17 52:48