New Zealand Nationals 2025

Date: Dec 12 - 14, 2025
City: Auckland, New Zealand
Venue: Auckland Netball Centre
Address: 7 Allison Ferguson Drive, St Johns, Auckland 1072
Details: Indoor Arena (Main Stadium)
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Ram Thakkar (राम ठक्कर), Richard Foster, and Speedcubing New Zealand Inc.
WCA Delegates: Alex Asbery, Caleb Hall, Daniel Fraser, David Lim, Jack Maddigan, Liam Wadek, and Nick Ng

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Information

New Zealand Nationals 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.

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Main event
Competitors: 147

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Andrew Feng won with an average of 5.64 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Dwyane Ramos finished second (6.28) and Jasper Murray finished third (6.59).

3x3x3 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average		Representing	Solves
1	Andrew Feng	5.22	5.64	NR	New Zealand	5.42	5.22	5.82	6.58	5.68
2	Dwyane Ramos	5.72	6.28		New Zealand	6.07	6.33	6.43	9.36	5.72
3	Jasper Murray	5.76	6.59		New Zealand	6.78	6.35	5.76	7.78	6.65

2x2x2 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Yuki Gao	1.04	1.42	China	1.40	1.36	1.04	1.51	1.51
2	Connor Johnson	1.00	1.55	New Zealand	1.48	1.58	1.00	1.58	1.72
3	Lachlan Gibson	1.41	1.78	New Zealand	1.54	1.65	3.31	1.41	2.15

4x4x4 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Alexander Vujcich	20.64	24.12	New Zealand	26.04	25.24	24.81	20.64	22.31
2	Andrew Feng	22.96	24.96	New Zealand	23.08	22.96	31.57	25.68	26.13
3	Richard Yiheng Tao	25.97	27.06	New Zealand	25.97	27.18	27.98	26.03	28.75

5x5x5 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average		Representing	Solves
1	Alexander Vujcich	40.53	43.24	NR	New Zealand	44.73	40.66	47.33	44.32	40.53
2	Dwyane Ramos	44.54	47.08		New Zealand	51.88	50.63	44.54	44.70	45.91
3	Andrew Feng	44.04	47.53		New Zealand	46.29	44.04	47.81	51.03	48.50

6x6x6 Cube

#	Name	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
1	Henry Eyles	1:20.01	NR	1:24.96	NR	New Zealand	1:26.39	1:20.01	1:28.49
2	Dwyane Ramos	1:22.74		1:27.06		New Zealand	1:27.77	1:22.74	1:30.68
3	Andrew Feng	1:32.11		1:37.79		New Zealand	1:36.72	1:44.53	1:32.11

7x7x7 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Henry Eyles	2:09.28	2:13.37	New Zealand	2:09.28	2:15.66	2:15.17
2	Richard Yiheng Tao	2:21.37	2:28.65	New Zealand	2:29.32	2:35.25	2:21.37
3	Levi Eyou	2:32.86	2:37.20	New Zealand	2:32.99	2:45.76	2:32.86

3x3x3 Blindfolded

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Tom Nelson	35.63	DNF	New Zealand	35.63	DNF	35.78
2	Jack McDougall	35.72	DNF	New Zealand	DNF	35.72	38.20
3	Jack Maddigan	39.15	DNF	New Zealand	48.80	39.15	DNF

3x3x3 One-Handed

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Jasper Murray	8.27	9.49	New Zealand	8.27	8.96	8.98	12.24	10.54
2	Dwyane Ramos	8.08	9.60	New Zealand	9.24	8.08	11.01	10.43	9.14
3	Chris Mills	9.33	10.78	New Zealand	11.31	9.33	10.24	10.80	15.12

Clock

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Lachlan Gibson	2.30	2.79	New Zealand	2.53	3.37	2.47	2.30	3.53
2	Dylan Heerikhuisen	2.86	3.78	New Zealand	5.16	4.59	2.86	3.62	3.12
3	Elvis Chung	3.09	3.84	New Zealand	3.09	3.33	3.22	4.97	8.52

Megaminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Alexander Vujcich	27.91	29.03	New Zealand	29.96	27.91	32.52	28.02	29.10
2	Brandon Harris	30.45	31.65	New Zealand	30.65	32.21	30.45	32.09	34.62
3	Adrien Auvray Matyn	37.80	40.94	New Zealand	37.80	44.92	37.98	43.70	41.14

Pyraminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Elyas Eyou	1.69	2.06	New Zealand	1.69	1.87	4.95	2.50	1.80
2	Jasper Murray	1.71	2.12	New Zealand	1.71	1.95	2.34	2.07	4.17
3	Connor Johnson	1.66	2.20	New Zealand	2.42	1.94	2.24	2.61	1.66

Skewb

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Dwyane Ramos	2.12	2.58	New Zealand	2.67	2.98	2.56	2.51	2.12
2	Connor Johnson	2.82	3.21	New Zealand	6.04	3.13	2.92	2.82	3.58
3	Jacob Joshi	2.72	3.49	Australia	2.84	5.08	2.72	3.97	3.67

Square-1

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Adrien Auvray Matyn	4.92	6.06	New Zealand	5.08	6.19	8.92	4.92	6.90
2	Auric Cui	6.64	7.78	Australia	8.06	8.25	8.68	7.02	6.64
3	Zayd Chaudhry	7.54	8.12	Australia	7.54	18.90	8.07	7.70	8.60

4x4x4 Blindfolded

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Tom Nelson	2:29.53	DNF	New Zealand	2:29.53	DNF	DNF
2	Jack McDougall	3:16.25	DNF	New Zealand	3:22.51	3:16.25	DNF
3	Harry Forbes	7:01.41	DNF	Australia	DNF	7:01.41	DNF

5x5x5 Blindfolded

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Charlie Eggins	5:38.51	DNF	Australia	5:38.51	DNF	DNF
2	Jack McDougall	6:15.38	DNF	New Zealand	6:15.38	DNF	DNF
3	James Moore	13:40.00	DNF	New Zealand	13:40.00	DNS	DNS

3x3x3 Multi-Blind

#	Name	Best	Representing	Solves
1	James Macdiarmid	36/53 1:00:00	New Zealand	36/53 1:00:00	28/51 1:00:00
2	Charlie Eggins	18/19 49:52	Australia	18/19 49:52	DNF
3	Zayd Chaudhry	15/15 57:17	Australia	8/15 1:00:00	15/15 57:17