GAN New Zealand Nationals 2026

Date: Jul 10 - 12, 2026
City: Wellington, New Zealand
Venue: St Patrick’s College
Address: 581 Evans Bay Parade, Kilbirnie, Wellington 6022
Details: O'Shea Performing Arts Centre
Contact: Organization team
Organizer: Speedcubing New Zealand Inc.
WCA Delegates: Alex Asbery, Caleb Hall, Cheng-Ru Yang, Daniel Fraser, Jack Maddigan, James Dyer, Liam Wadek, and Nick Ng

Information: GAN New Zealand Nationals 2026 is an official World Cube Association (WCA) sanctioned speedcubing competition.

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Dwyane Ramos won with an average of 6.46 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Jasper Murray finished second (7.04) and Connor Johnson finished third (7.67).

World records: Lachlan Gibson‎ Clock 2.14 (average).

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Dwyane Ramos	4.90	6.46	New Zealand	6.37	6.82	6.40	6.60	4.90
2	Jasper Murray	6.61	7.04	New Zealand	6.61	7.73	7.03	7.32	6.77
3	Connor Johnson	7.16	7.67	New Zealand	10.88	8.37	7.36	7.28	7.16

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Connor Johnson	0.93	1.34	New Zealand	1.32	1.48	0.93	2.56	1.22
2	Jack McDougall	1.13	1.50	New Zealand	1.79	1.28	1.54	1.69	1.13
3	Elyas Eyou	0.89	1.51	New Zealand	4.44	1.20	0.89	2.11	1.23

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Henry Eyles	23.21	26.33	New Zealand	26.01	27.74	26.12	26.86	23.21
2	Dwyane Ramos	23.45	27.08	New Zealand	23.45	28.68	27.98	26.64	26.62
3	Elyas Eyou	24.48	28.62	New Zealand	27.69	30.99	32.89	27.17	24.48

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Henry Eyles	45.99	47.21	New Zealand	48.32	46.51	47.86	45.99	47.25
2	Dwyane Ramos	44.12	47.86	New Zealand	49.10	48.56	49.92	45.91	44.12
3	Jasper Murray	49.64	51.33	New Zealand	55.69	49.64	51.72	51.46	50.82

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Henry Eyles	1:19.79	1:24.56	New Zealand	1:19.79	1:29.30	1:24.59
2	Dwyane Ramos	1:21.30	1:25.37	New Zealand	1:21.30	1:24.43	1:30.37
3	James Dyer	1:41.21	1:44.55	New Zealand	1:43.21	1:49.23	1:41.21

#	Name	Best	Average		Representing	Solves
1	Henry Eyles	2:04.66	2:07.38	NR	New Zealand	2:09.12	2:08.35	2:04.66
2	Dwyane Ramos	2:06.48	2:14.16		New Zealand	2:06.48	2:12.62	2:23.38
3	James Dyer	2:27.02	2:30.81		New Zealand	2:27.02	2:29.26	2:36.15

#	Name	Best		Average	Representing	Solves
1	Jack McDougall	16.66	NR	26.23	New Zealand	25.73	28.79	24.18	DNF	16.66
2	James Macdiarmid	22.24		DNF	New Zealand	22.70	22.57	22.24	DNF	DNF
3	Xavier Courteau-Laing	24.12		DNF	New Zealand	DNF	24.12	DNF	31.67	DNF

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Tom Nelson	22	24.00	New Zealand	22	26	24
2	Jack McDougall	22	25.33	New Zealand	22	28	26
3	Xavier Courteau-Laing	22	25.67	New Zealand	25	30	22

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Dwyane Ramos	7.07	8.82	New Zealand	9.22	9.02	9.21	8.24	7.07
2	Jasper Murray	9.33	10.21	New Zealand	9.59	10.37	10.98	10.66	9.33
3	Jesse Brooke	10.24	11.67	New Zealand	19.89	10.71	10.55	10.24	13.76

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Lachlan Gibson	1.90	2.32	New Zealand	2.53	2.43	2.36	1.90	2.18
2	Dylan Heerikhuisen	2.51	3.55	New Zealand	3.84	3.90	2.91	2.51	6.03
3	Elyas Eyou	3.75	3.86	New Zealand	3.92	3.79	4.77	3.86	3.75

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Brandon Harris	27.85	33.13	New Zealand	27.85	35.04	33.27	32.15	33.97
2	Henry Eyles	32.24	36.73	New Zealand	34.33	39.12	37.39	38.48	32.24
3	James Macdiarmid	40.50	44.65	New Zealand	46.53	46.82	40.59	51.24	40.50

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Jasper Murray	1.52	1.65	New Zealand	1.57	1.68	2.04	1.70	1.52
2	Elyas Eyou	1.52	2.22	New Zealand	2.45	1.52	1.65	2.55	4.27
3	Connor Johnson	1.85	2.39	New Zealand	2.65	1.85	2.16	3.23	2.36

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Jack McDougall	2.52	3.11	New Zealand	2.66	2.52	3.68	3.00	4.59
2	Dwyane Ramos	2.56	3.11	New Zealand	3.27	2.56	3.02	3.05	3.33
3	Connor Johnson	2.91	3.22	New Zealand	2.95	2.91	4.12	2.95	3.77

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Henry Eyles	7.36	8.90	New Zealand	13.41	7.36	8.12	9.12	9.46
2	Jack McDougall	7.18	9.42	New Zealand	11.28	9.66	9.72	8.88	7.18
3	Ashley Foster	8.31	9.93	New Zealand	11.71	8.31	9.09	9.91	10.78

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Tom Nelson	1:35.98	DNF	New Zealand	DNF	1:35.98	DNF
2	Jack McDougall	1:55.61	DNF	New Zealand	1:55.61	2:11.70	DNF
3	Dylan Himmelfarb	3:49.80	DNF	New Zealand	DNF	DNF	3:49.80

#	Name	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
1	Jack McDougall	5:45.57		DNF		New Zealand	5:45.57	DNF	DNF
2	Dylan Himmelfarb	11:03.00		DNF		New Zealand	DNF	11:03.00	DNF