Waihopai Winter 2025

Date: Jul 5 - 6, 2025
City: Invercargill, New Zealand
Venue: Invercargill City Library
Address: 50 Dee Street, Invercargill 9810
Details: Activity Learning Spaces located on the back left of the ground floor from the main entrance
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Gabe Smith, Luis Varias, and Mehul Pankaj Girhotra
WCA Delegates: Daniel Fraser and James Dyer

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Information

Waihopai Winter 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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Events
Main event
Competitors: 9

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There is a competitor limit of 30 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $35 (New Zealand Dollar).
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On the spot registrations will be accepted if there are remaining spots available, with a base registration fee of $40 (New Zealand Dollar).
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Daniel Fraser won with an average of 9.83 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Beau Brittain-Modesto finished second (10.75) and Oscar Childs finished third (12.01).

Beau Brittain-Modesto - Australia WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	2	10.18	10.75	Australia	10.98	10.28	10.98	14.67	10.18
	First round	4	12.23	13.48	Australia	12.71	12.23	14.48	13.25	16.05
2x2x2 Cube	Final	2	2.12	3.12	Australia	4.37	2.12	DNF	2.56	2.43
	First round	1	1.83	3.29	Australia	3.57	1.83	3.26	3.04	9.76
4x4x4 Cube	Final	4	46.18	55.01	Australia	1:00.34	46.18	47.64	1:36.38	57.06
	First round	3	47.88	53.49	Australia	56.60	50.56	47.88	58.06	53.31
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	3	20.60	26.79	Australia	20.60	24.58	32.03	24.96	30.82
	First round	3	22.54	26.41	Australia	22.54	27.62	23.57	29.61	28.03
Megaminx	Final	3	1:13.73	1:23.87	Australia	1:26.55	1:20.30	1:24.77	1:13.73	1:42.73
	First round	4	1:13.46	1:20.22	Australia	1:25.70	1:13.46	1:37.40	1:18.03	1:16.94
Pyraminx	Final	1	1.98	3.27	Australia	1.98	2.05	DNF	3.76	3.99
	First round	1	2.36	2.98	Australia	2.58	3.69	3.40	2.36	2.95
Skewb	Final	3	3.66	4.63	Australia	5.14	4.58	3.66	4.35	4.95
	First round	2	4.13	5.70	Australia	4.32	10.82	4.13	7.43	5.34

Daniel Fraser - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	1	9.35	9.83	New Zealand	9.93	9.35	11.53	9.99	9.58
	First round	2	9.11	10.79	New Zealand	10.79	10.94	10.63	9.11	16.32
2x2x2 Cube	Final	1	2.25	2.59	New Zealand	6.90	2.35	3.15	2.28	2.25
	First round	2	2.64	3.90	New Zealand	4.61	2.64	3.18	3.90	7.68
4x4x4 Cube	Final	2	35.86	38.93	New Zealand	35.86	37.12	41.61	38.93	40.73
	First round	2	34.77	50.16	New Zealand	1:09.12	37.55	DNF	43.82	34.77
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	2	16.21	20.78	New Zealand	23.27	20.57	16.21	22.56	19.22
	First round	1	14.37	18.17	New Zealand	18.72	15.10	14.37	34.22	20.69
Megaminx	Final	1	1:00.11	1:05.41	New Zealand	1:09.14	1:00.11	1:07.85	1:04.11	1:04.27
	First round	1	1:03.61	1:07.99	New Zealand	1:03.61	1:05.19	1:12.18	1:09.12	1:09.67
Pyraminx	Final	2	3.59	4.50	New Zealand	4.37	3.59	3.70	5.43	7.59
	First round	2	3.51	4.27	New Zealand	3.52	4.57	3.51	4.72	7.90
Skewb	Final	2	3.11	4.39	New Zealand	3.11	5.34	6.47	3.86	3.98
	First round	3	4.18	6.00	New Zealand	6.03	4.18	7.34	4.90	7.07

Gabe Smith - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	5	13.89	15.49	New Zealand	17.29	13.89	15.28	15.59	15.59
	First round	5	14.58	15.87	New Zealand	16.39	16.58	14.58	16.91	14.65
2x2x2 Cube	Final	4	2.65	4.38	New Zealand	5.69	4.72	4.01	4.40	2.65
	First round	3	3.02	4.08	New Zealand	3.02	5.30	4.19	4.02	4.03
4x4x4 Cube	Final	6	59.48	1:06.22	New Zealand	1:11.19	59.48	1:19.99	1:06.78	1:00.69
	First round	5	51.95	59.22	New Zealand	55.43	1:11.00	53.55	51.95	1:08.68
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	1	2:30.98	DNF	New Zealand	3:03.97	2:30.98	DNF
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	6	31.24	39.09	New Zealand	45.19	31.24	43.76	35.84	37.68
	First round	6	28.84	44.25	New Zealand	42.55	43.22	1:15.56	46.99	28.84
Megaminx	Final	6	1:38.16	1:51.75	New Zealand	1:52.52	2:02.43	1:38.16	1:49.33	1:53.39
	First round	6	1:51.35	2:04.18	New Zealand	2:10.79	2:09.91	1:51.85	1:51.35	2:17.70
Pyraminx	Final	3	4.28	5.56	New Zealand	5.64	4.98	6.05	6.60	4.28
	First round	3	4.05	6.21	New Zealand	6.13	4.05	5.09	7.40	7.75
Skewb	Final	1	3.02	4.08	New Zealand	3.02	5.36	3.81	4.36	4.06
	First round	1	3.01	4.90	New Zealand	3.78	5.67	3.01	5.24	6.98

Jade Glass - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	9	35.26	45.20	New Zealand	35.26	49.27	41.64	46.63	47.34
Megaminx	First round	8	4:58.20		New Zealand	6:44.15	4:58.20
Pyraminx	First round	9	22.57	25.54	New Zealand	26.07	26.17	33.46	24.39	22.57

James Dyer - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	4	10.45	13.08	New Zealand	13.37	17.57	14.59	10.45	11.29
	First round	1	9.32	10.24	New Zealand	13.56	9.32	10.43	10.05	10.24
2x2x2 Cube	Final	3	3.09	3.45	New Zealand	3.21	4.61	3.77	3.09	3.37
	First round	4	4.01	4.25	New Zealand	4.21	4.01	4.13	4.41	4.69
4x4x4 Cube	Final	1	32.83	36.02	New Zealand	35.04	36.51	43.54	36.50	32.83
	First round	1	31.98	33.52	New Zealand	32.78	32.03	37.95	35.76	31.98
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	1	19.02	20.50	New Zealand	19.02	20.22	21.71	21.34	19.95
	First round	2	16.66	21.04	New Zealand	20.84	25.10	19.92	22.36	16.66
Megaminx	Final	2	1:05.52	1:06.93	New Zealand	1:07.53	1:15.03	1:05.52	1:06.70	1:06.56
	First round	2	57.16	1:08.86	New Zealand	1:20.78	1:06.07	1:07.63	57.16	1:12.89
Pyraminx	Final	6	6.63	DNF	New Zealand	6.63	DNF	DNF	6.82	10.12
	First round	4	5.20	8.22	New Zealand	6.07	10.14	5.20	9.85	8.73
Skewb	Final	4	6.98	7.43	New Zealand	6.98	7.06	11.06	7.33	7.89
	First round	5	7.19	9.90	New Zealand	9.86	10.05	10.66	9.80	7.19

Luis Varias - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	6	14.96	15.56	New Zealand	17.94	14.96	16.15	15.21	15.32
	First round	6	12.89	17.00	New Zealand	20.00	18.70	12.89	15.92	16.39
2x2x2 Cube	First round	7	6.46	6.80	New Zealand	7.07	6.48	8.52	6.46	6.85
4x4x4 Cube	First round	7	1:36.63	1:45.18	New Zealand	1:46.58	1:52.52	1:45.40	1:36.63	1:43.55
3x3x3 One-Handed	First round	8	1:14.61		New Zealand	1:38.35	1:14.61
Megaminx	Final	5	1:22.26	1:31.82	New Zealand	1:22.26	1:45.29	1:28.24	1:35.37	1:31.85
	First round	5	1:21.88	1:31.34	New Zealand	1:31.28	1:48.96	1:28.48	1:21.88	1:34.26
Pyraminx	Final	5	5.77	9.61	New Zealand	5.77	9.01	9.71	26.05	10.12
	First round	6	8.38	9.72	New Zealand	9.84	8.38	11.36	10.49	8.83
Skewb	First round	8	12.00	19.89	New Zealand	18.59	15.51	12.00	25.58	26.94

Mehul Pankaj Girhotra - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	8	24.58	27.30	New Zealand	47.90	29.17	24.58	24.84	27.90
2x2x2 Cube	First round	8	3.61	7.43	New Zealand	3.61	7.82	5.79	10.59	8.69
4x4x4 Cube	First round	8	1:49.99	2:09.50	New Zealand	1:49.99	2:10.88	1:54.25	2:23.36	DNF
3x3x3 One-Handed	First round	7	1:02.05		New Zealand	1:02.05	1:04.54
Megaminx	First round	9	DNF		New Zealand	DNF	DNF
Pyraminx	First round	7	8.50	10.10	New Zealand	12.19	9.30	8.50	8.80	14.69
Skewb	Final	6	9.91	12.55	New Zealand	11.56	17.07	12.29	9.91	13.79
	First round	6	9.67	13.07	New Zealand	9.67	14.89	16.27	13.51	10.82

Naman Shastri - India WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	7	14.89	17.60	India	15.71	14.89	17.61	23.74	19.48
2x2x2 Cube	Final	6	5.25	5.69	India	10.19	5.78	5.79	5.51	5.25
	First round	6	5.47	6.70	India	5.47	7.92	5.85	7.03	7.22
4x4x4 Cube	Final	5	1:01.48	1:04.21	India	1:09.23	1:06.89	1:02.76	1:01.48	1:02.98
	First round	6	1:07.58	1:11.20	India	1:17.28	1:07.58	1:11.25	1:10.12	1:12.23
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	5	28.96	38.07	India	37.65	36.22	42.31	40.33	28.96
	First round	5	31.76	40.88	India	43.43	31.76	46.52	48.71	32.68
Megaminx	First round	7	2:29.20	2:47.61	India	3:10.68	2:29.20	2:30.27	3:19.66	2:41.87
Pyraminx	Final	4	5.95	8.05	India	5.95	6.74	9.72	8.48	8.92
	First round	5	5.28	9.37	India	9.76	11.82	6.52	5.28	12.16
Skewb	First round	7	11.29	15.59	India	17.31	11.29	14.39	15.06	22.01

Oscar Childs - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	3	9.90	12.01	New Zealand	17.88	10.42	12.02	13.58	9.90
	First round	3	11.88	12.94	New Zealand	14.85	13.18	12.00	13.64	11.88
2x2x2 Cube	Final	5	4.26	4.43	New Zealand	4.26	4.40	4.26	8.27	4.64
	First round	5	3.91	5.09	New Zealand	6.36	4.01	3.91	7.10	4.89
4x4x4 Cube	Final	3	46.20	53.90	New Zealand	1:03.38	46.20	51.91	54.76	55.04
	First round	4	50.58	53.71	New Zealand	50.58	58.22	50.68	59.15	52.24
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	2	DNF	DNF	New Zealand	DNF	DNF	DNF
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	4	29.85	32.69	New Zealand	32.42	33.60	29.85	43.60	32.06
	First round	4	31.05	35.13	New Zealand	55.87	38.59	34.00	32.80	31.05
Megaminx	Final	4	1:22.57	1:28.75	New Zealand	1:28.77	1:22.57	1:28.81	1:28.66	1:31.84
	First round	3	1:15.76	1:17.99	New Zealand	1:26.74	1:21.20	1:15.85	1:16.91	1:15.76
Pyraminx	First round	8	7.66	10.38	New Zealand	32.05	7.66	10.07	7.93	13.15
Skewb	Final	5	7.12	7.95	New Zealand	10.79	7.17	7.12	8.99	7.69
	First round	4	5.80	8.47	New Zealand	6.31	12.84	5.80	9.28	9.83