UC Canterbury Open 2026

Date: Sep 26, 2026
City: Christchurch, New Zealand
Venue: Undercroft 101
Address: Ground floor, Puaka-James Hight Building, University of Canterbury, Ilam, Christchurch 8041
Details: First floor of the Puaka-James Hight Building
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Dwyane Ramos and Jonny Chan
WCA Delegates: Daniel Fraser and James Dyer

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Information

UC Open 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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This competition will utilize dual rounds, meaning that all competitors will advance to the second round of each event, and the winner/ranking of each event will be determined by the best result of each competitor across the two rounds.

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Competitors: 24

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Dwyane Ramos won with an average of 5.91 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Jasper Murray finished second (6.03) and Connor Johnson finished third (7.21).

Oceanian records: Dwyane Ramos‎ 3x3x3 One-Handed 8.18 (average).

Aariz Askari - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final (Dual)	16 (16)	16.68	19.13	New Zealand	16.68	19.64	18.59	19.17	19.80
	First round (Dual)	16 (16)	17.39	19.39	New Zealand	19.65	DNF	18.09	20.43	17.39
2x2x2 Cube	Final (Dual)	14 (14)	5.09	5.58	New Zealand	5.09	5.43	6.09	6.49	5.21
	First round (Dual)	12 (14)	4.96	5.65	New Zealand	6.31	6.38	4.96	5.42	5.23
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final (Dual)	11 (12)	31.57	40.42	New Zealand	44.02	38.13	31.57	42.42	40.72
	First round (Dual)	12 (12)	32.62	36.01	New Zealand	38.73	54.65	32.62	35.01	34.28

Anton Henning von Gregory - Germany WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final (Dual)	15 (15)	14.94	19.04	Germany	15.65	DNF	22.41	14.94	19.06
	First round (Dual)	15 (15)	16.00	16.82	Germany	16.00	16.01	18.79	17.40	17.05
2x2x2 Cube	Final (Dual)	15 (15)	4.40	5.90	Germany	4.40	5.53	5.92	6.45	6.24
	First round (Dual)	15 (15)	5.63	7.19	Germany	5.63	6.14	7.27	8.21	8.15
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final (Dual)	14 (15)	40.33	53.56	Germany	55.54	50.04	DNF	40.33	55.10
	First round (Dual)	15 (15)	38.08	44.48	Germany	48.72	46.56	1:09.43	38.16	38.08

Bryn Gordon - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final (Dual)	5 (5)	7.19	8.35	New Zealand	8.89	8.55	7.19	8.98	7.61
	First round (Dual)	3 (5)	7.14	8.15	New Zealand	7.29	7.82	10.01	7.14	9.34
2x2x2 Cube	Final (Dual)	4 (4)	1.84	2.49	New Zealand	3.71	1.88	1.84	1.88	4.14
	First round (Dual)	5 (4)	2.30	3.14	New Zealand	2.30	2.35	3.90	3.18	7.10
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final (Dual)	5 (5)	14.03	15.29	New Zealand	17.34	15.69	14.49	15.70	14.03
	First round (Dual)	7 (5)	14.12	20.75	New Zealand	14.27	21.23	26.76	DNF	14.12

Connor Johnson - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final (Dual)	3 (3)	6.43	7.21	New Zealand	6.74	6.43	7.98	7.26	7.63
	First round (Dual)	2 (3)	6.42	7.33	New Zealand	7.98	7.60	6.42	7.72	6.68
2x2x2 Cube	Final (Dual)	1 (1)	0.94	1.40	New Zealand	1.35	0.94	1.29	1.59	1.57
	First round (Dual)	1 (1)	1.44	2.02	New Zealand	1.61	DNF	2.88	1.44	1.56
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final (Dual)	3 (3)	11.57	12.14	New Zealand	DNF	11.87	12.65	11.90	11.57
	First round (Dual)	3 (3)	11.94	13.85	New Zealand	15.46	14.00	12.30	11.94	15.26

Daniel Fraser - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final (Dual)	9 (9)	9.81	11.68	New Zealand	10.54	9.81	14.52	11.81	12.69
	First round (Dual)	8 (9)	8.92	11.26	New Zealand	8.92	17.82	9.85	12.51	11.41
2x2x2 Cube	Final (Dual)	6 (6)	1.98	2.90	New Zealand	4.23	3.27	1.98	2.49	2.95
	First round (Dual)	7 (6)	2.79	3.76	New Zealand	4.64	8.07	2.79	3.23	3.41
3x3x3 One-Handed	First round (Dual)	6 (7)	15.89	19.39	New Zealand	19.17	DNF	18.76	20.24	15.89

Dwyane Ramos - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final (Dual)	1 (1)	5.47	5.91		New Zealand	5.68	5.47	5.81	6.23	9.73
	First round (Dual)	4 (1)	6.65	8.44		New Zealand	7.04	10.48	6.65	DNF	7.80
2x2x2 Cube	Final (Dual)	3 (3)	1.04	1.92		New Zealand	2.25	1.61	1.04	1.91	4.92
	First round (Dual)	3 (3)	2.01	2.71		New Zealand	3.23	2.73	2.86	2.01	2.53
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final (Dual)	1 (1)	7.93	8.68		New Zealand	9.08	7.93	10.17	8.72	8.25
	First round (Dual)	1 (1)	7.25	8.18	OcR	New Zealand	8.16	8.77	7.61	7.25	9.56

Jacob Marchand - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final (Dual)	13 (13)	11.90	14.82	Canada	11.90	17.01	20.92	14.02	13.42
	First round (Dual)	13 (13)	13.40	16.72	Canada	15.64	13.40	17.47	17.05	20.79
2x2x2 Cube	Final (Dual)	8 (9)	2.63	4.14	Canada	2.63	4.05	3.09	6.12	5.29
	First round (Dual)	13 (9)	4.40	5.78	Canada	6.09	6.19	5.94	4.40	5.30
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final (Dual)	10 (11)	21.10	29.42	Canada	21.10	38.20	28.58	34.08	25.60
	First round (Dual)	11 (11)	23.98	28.57	Canada	25.44	33.17	28.02	32.26	23.98

James Dyer - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final (Dual)	7 (7)	9.04	9.84	New Zealand	9.56	11.08	9.57	9.04	10.38
	First round (Dual)	6 (7)	8.87	10.58	New Zealand	9.95	12.03	8.87	9.76	12.40
2x2x2 Cube	Final (Dual)	9 (8)	3.36	4.82	New Zealand	3.73	7.63	3.36	6.58	4.15
	First round (Dual)	8 (8)	3.15	4.01	New Zealand	3.15	3.88	4.84	4.01	4.13
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final (Dual)	7 (8)	17.77	22.15	New Zealand	24.59	22.88	23.76	17.77	19.80
	First round (Dual)	8 (8)	19.07	21.34	New Zealand	25.27	20.00	19.07	21.52	22.50

Jasper Murray - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final (Dual)	2 (2)	5.32	6.03	New Zealand	5.32	6.47	7.16	5.73	5.89
	First round (Dual)	1 (2)	5.80	6.07	New Zealand	5.86	6.08	6.28	5.80	7.79
2x2x2 Cube	Final (Dual)	2 (2)	0.92	1.65	New Zealand	1.78	1.77	0.92	1.41	4.17
	First round (Dual)	2 (2)	1.61	2.32	New Zealand	1.61	1.92	5.73	1.95	3.08
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final (Dual)	2 (2)	8.22	9.06	New Zealand	9.32	9.68	8.22	9.42	8.45
	First round (Dual)	2 (2)	7.60	9.98	New Zealand	11.16	7.60	9.31	9.86	10.76

John Bernard E. Claveria - Philippines WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final (Dual)	18 (18)	22.70		24.04		Philippines	25.21	22.70	30.91	23.26	23.64
	First round (Dual)	19 (18)	26.07		31.75		Philippines	26.07	41.28	26.99	38.63	29.64

Jonny Chan - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final (Dual)	19 (19)	20.42	25.17	New Zealand	26.90	20.42	32.94	23.22	25.38
	First round (Dual)	18 (19)	24.85	28.67	New Zealand	28.89	24.85	27.15	29.96	34.50
2x2x2 Cube	Final (Dual)	19 (19)	12.20	13.84	New Zealand	13.40	15.45	21.13	12.66	12.20
	First round (Dual)	19 (19)	13.81	19.39	New Zealand	14.94	13.81	17.69	DNF	25.54

Joshua Benjamin - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final (Dual)	14 (14)	16.77	17.61	New Zealand	17.30	19.78	16.77	16.96	18.57
	First round (Dual)	14 (14)	13.47	16.77	New Zealand	17.67	17.05	16.13	13.47	17.13
2x2x2 Cube	Final (Dual)	12 (11)	4.08	5.27	New Zealand	4.08	5.64	7.12	4.53	5.63
	First round (Dual)	10 (11)	4.19	4.80	New Zealand	4.55	5.21	5.76	4.19	4.65
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final (Dual)	13 (14)	30.50	43.53	New Zealand	43.10	43.82	43.68	30.50	43.82
	First round (Dual)	13 (14)	34.22	42.02	New Zealand	40.56	44.54	40.97	34.22	45.97

Madhav Murria - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final (Dual)	21 (21)	24.80	36.80	New Zealand	39.03	35.48	35.89	40.48	24.80
	First round (Dual)	21 (21)	33.02	36.45	New Zealand	33.02	36.87	37.99	34.49	41.29
2x2x2 Cube	Final (Dual)	17 (17)	7.06	10.91	New Zealand	11.19	12.20	7.06	11.91	9.64
	First round (Dual)	17 (17)	10.49	13.71	New Zealand	10.49	19.54	11.05	15.92	14.16

Maverick Gonzales - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final (Dual)	22 (22)	43.12	49.65	United States	56.98	43.12	47.91	1:20.15	44.05
	First round (Dual)	22 (22)	34.69	45.90	United States	34.69	49.47	47.43	1:33.56	40.80
2x2x2 Cube	Final (Dual)	18 (18)	6.17	13.72	United States	10.97	14.68	6.17	15.50	17.40
	First round (Dual)	18 (18)	14.76	16.43	United States	15.11	23.80	19.18	15.01	14.76

Mogeon Park - Republic of Korea WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final (Dual)	11 (11)	11.20	13.36	Republic of Korea	16.92	11.20	11.52	DNF	11.64
	First round (Dual)	12 (11)	13.32	15.37	Republic of Korea	13.32	17.77	13.45	16.22	16.45
2x2x2 Cube	Final (Dual)	11 (13)	3.57	5.01	Republic of Korea	3.57	4.18	4.88	5.98	6.93
	First round (Dual)	14 (13)	4.33	5.91	Republic of Korea	4.33	5.21	DNF	4.47	8.05
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final (Dual)	12 (13)	24.22	41.54	Republic of Korea	45.45	37.96	24.22	43.48	43.18
	First round (Dual)	14 (13)	37.89	44.22	Republic of Korea	41.39	45.00	DNF	37.89	46.27

Numair Malik - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final (Dual)	10 (10)	10.75	12.15	New Zealand	12.04	11.82	12.58	10.75	14.16
	First round (Dual)	9 (10)	8.93	11.27	New Zealand	12.89	10.59	8.93	14.01	10.32
2x2x2 Cube	Final (Dual)	7 (7)	1.37	3.73	New Zealand	5.78	3.18	1.37	2.36	5.66
	First round (Dual)	6 (7)	3.24	3.65	New Zealand	3.38	3.24	3.94	4.80	3.64
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final (Dual)	9 (10)	20.81	27.67	New Zealand	27.77	28.15	27.10	20.81	28.13
	First round (Dual)	10 (10)	20.67	24.05	New Zealand	24.46	20.67	27.06	23.64	24.06

Oliver Jenks - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final (Dual)	6 (6)	9.00	9.78	New Zealand	9.89	10.46	9.51	9.94	9.00
	First round (Dual)	7 (6)	10.12	11.20	New Zealand	10.82	14.46	10.75	10.12	12.04
2x2x2 Cube	Final (Dual)	10 (12)	4.19	4.94	New Zealand	4.85	4.19	4.77	5.21	5.55
	First round (Dual)	11 (12)	3.84	5.02	New Zealand	5.00	5.37	5.29	4.76	3.84
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final (Dual)	4 (4)	12.56	15.20	New Zealand	12.56	16.94	14.09	16.28	15.23
	First round (Dual)	4 (4)	14.12	16.14	New Zealand	15.28	17.17	14.12	15.96	19.92

Oliver Sam Kristin Muppidi - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final (Dual)	20 (20)	26.18	30.22	New Zealand	33.88	31.57	27.81	26.18	31.29
	First round (Dual)	20 (20)	30.76	34.63	New Zealand	32.85	DNF	32.81	38.22	30.76
2x2x2 Cube	Final (Dual)	20 (21)	19.32	28.84	New Zealand	DNF	39.43	19.32	26.68	20.41
	First round (Dual)	21 (21)	13.58	DNF	New Zealand	14.37	DNF	13.58	16.43	DNF

Paratene Te Akonga Mohi - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final (Dual)	8 (8)	10.18	10.87	New Zealand	11.22	10.21	12.68	10.18	11.17
	First round (Dual)	10 (8)	10.41	12.42	New Zealand	10.41	13.46	12.93	13.28	11.05
2x2x2 Cube	Final (Dual)	13 (10)	1.55	5.43	New Zealand	5.61	5.10	1.55	5.59	7.14
	First round (Dual)	9 (10)	4.11	4.41	New Zealand	4.24	4.11	5.03	4.58	4.40
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final (Dual)	8 (9)	19.08	23.51	New Zealand	23.85	27.04	28.29	19.08	19.63
	First round (Dual)	9 (9)	17.56	23.07	New Zealand	28.65	22.68	23.39	17.56	23.14

Samantha Cooper - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final (Dual)	23 (24)	1:43.51		2:09.04		New Zealand	1:50.19	4:43.28	1:55.64	1:43.51	2:41.29
	First round (Dual)	24 (24)	1:37.07		2:13.36		New Zealand	2:43.67	2:04.88	2:06.40	2:28.79	1:37.07

Seth Nasol - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final (Dual)	4 (4)	6.87	7.78	New Zealand	9.83	7.10	8.36	7.89	6.87
	First round (Dual)	5 (4)	8.24	8.98	New Zealand	9.28	8.89	8.76	40.61	8.24
2x2x2 Cube	Final (Dual)	5 (5)	1.50	2.82	New Zealand	2.27	4.34	2.74	1.50	3.46
	First round (Dual)	4 (5)	1.51	2.73	New Zealand	5.13	1.74	2.23	1.51	4.23
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final (Dual)	6 (6)	17.13	18.83	New Zealand	17.96	17.13	18.30	42.77	20.23
	First round (Dual)	5 (6)	16.75	18.79	New Zealand	18.99	16.75	16.90	20.49	DNF

Todd Holland - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final (Dual)	17 (17)	16.25	20.58	New Zealand	21.48	19.76	16.25	23.05	20.51
	First round (Dual)	17 (17)	13.83	19.66	New Zealand	DNF	18.74	13.83	22.73	17.51
2x2x2 Cube	Final (Dual)	16 (16)	2.54	10.42	New Zealand	DNF	16.08	2.54	7.26	7.93
	First round (Dual)	16 (16)	5.06	7.75	New Zealand	7.69	8.12	12.95	5.06	7.43
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final (Dual)	15 (16)	1:05.94	DNF	New Zealand	DNF	1:05.94	DNF	DNS	DNS
	First round (Dual)	16 (16)	49.46	1:00.36	New Zealand	DNF	1:07.15	54.63	59.30	49.46

Tomoki Clements - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round (Dual)	23 (23)	43.09		54.30		New Zealand	52.71	51.79	58.40	1:00.76	43.09
2x2x2 Cube	First round (Dual)	20 (20)	10.35		19.60		New Zealand	15.41	28.19	28.26	10.35	15.19

Zi-Ping Lai - Chinese Taipei WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final (Dual)	12 (12)	10.98		13.51		Chinese Taipei	14.52	11.82	14.19	10.98	15.30
	First round (Dual)	11 (12)	13.22		14.60		Chinese Taipei	14.85	15.78	14.95	13.22	13.99