Waihopai Winter 2026

Date: Aug 22 - 23, 2026
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
Organizer: James Dyer
WCA Delegates: Daniel Fraser and James Dyer

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Information

Waihopai Winter 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.

Please make sure to read all the information in the FAQ and other tabs before registering. All competitors should be familiar with the information in these tabs.

This is the first competition in New Zealand to host dual rounds, meaning that all compeitors will advance to the second round of each event, and the winner/ranking of each round will be determined by the best result of each competitor across the two rounds.

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Events
Main event
Competitors: 12

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Jasper Murray won with an average of 6.40 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Dwyane Ramos finished second (7.14) and Harrison Marsden finished third (9.06).

Beau Brittain-Modesto - Australia WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	5	10.26	11.43	Australia	11.72	10.26	11.55	11.01	14.86
	First round	5	9.04	11.15	Australia	9.04	13.61	10.67	9.60	13.19
2x2x2 Cube	Final	1	1.78	1.99	Australia	3.04	2.06	2.13	1.78	1.78
	First round	1	1.11	1.90	Australia	1.11	1.16	2.50	2.98	2.03
4x4x4 Cube	Final	5	49.89	53.55	Australia	49.89	53.62	54.85	52.17	1:03.20
	First round	6	48.37	58.74	Australia	59.54	1:03.94	1:05.33	52.73	48.37
5x5x5 Cube	Final	5	1:38.92	1:42.35	Australia	1:42.95	1:38.92	1:42.59	1:54.84	1:41.50
	First round	5	1:37.10	1:49.76	Australia	1:37.10	1:53.69	1:53.65	1:41.94	2:10.09
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	5	13.78	22.38	Australia	27.30	22.62	13.78	21.56	22.96
	First round	4	21.37	22.67	Australia	21.85	21.37	24.20	40.12	21.95
Pyraminx	Final	3	2.18	4.53	Australia	5.50	5.36	2.78	2.18	5.46
	First round	2	1.79	3.16	Australia	2.78	2.46	4.25	1.79	4.40
Skewb	Final	3	4.87	6.32	Australia	5.40	4.87	6.69	9.46	6.87
	First round	3	5.19	6.60	Australia	5.80	7.49	6.50	8.01	5.19

Belinda Brittain - Australia WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
2x2x2 Cube	Final	12	25.90	34.82	Australia	26.77	40.48	25.90	38.00	39.69
	First round	12	25.14	33.16	Australia	27.76	37.96	33.75	25.14	45.68
5x5x5 Cube	Final	8	DNF		Australia	DNF	DNF
	First round	9	DNF		Australia	DNF	DNF
Skewb	Final	8	13.48	26.59	Australia	34.23	24.45	25.58	13.48	29.74
	First round	8	10.89	19.61	Australia	21.31	17.34	20.19	10.89	36.56

Cameron Beatson - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	7	17.67	19.90	New Zealand	21.83	18.76	21.97	17.67	19.12
	First round	7	19.47	20.47	New Zealand	20.67	20.51	30.40	19.47	20.22
2x2x2 Cube	Final	7	4.25	6.35	New Zealand	6.82	4.25	6.26	19.35	5.97
	First round	9	6.92	8.70	New Zealand	8.40	7.36	10.33	6.92	13.72
4x4x4 Cube	Final	7	1:20.09	1:27.97	New Zealand	1:22.22	1:38.45	1:20.09	1:25.36	1:36.32
	First round	7	1:22.09	1:43.73	New Zealand	1:38.71	1:56.74	1:22.09	1:35.75	DNF
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	7	32.63	37.38	New Zealand	39.96	37.96	34.21	32.63	42.41
	First round	7	27.02	38.57	New Zealand	45.92	27.02	52.31	31.68	38.12
Pyraminx	Final	7	11.43	14.09	New Zealand	12.64	15.70	13.92	19.11	11.43
	First round	7	10.55	11.75	New Zealand	11.73	12.39	10.55	11.91	11.60
Skewb	Final	7	8.91	11.69	New Zealand	12.63	9.37	16.58	13.06	8.91
	First round	6	11.88	14.82	New Zealand	18.46	15.57	13.46	11.88	15.44

Dwyane Ramos - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	2	5.58	7.62	New Zealand	9.02	5.92	5.58	7.91	DNF
	First round	1	6.14	7.14	New Zealand	6.14	9.42	7.31	7.48	6.63
2x2x2 Cube	Final	3	1.72	2.15	New Zealand	2.46	2.65	2.03	1.72	1.96
	First round	3	1.86	3.22	New Zealand	3.12	2.48	4.11	1.86	4.06
4x4x4 Cube	Final	1	26.52	27.44	New Zealand	27.42	27.41	26.52	28.08	27.49
	First round	2	28.93	30.96	New Zealand	28.93	31.37	DNF	29.66	31.86
5x5x5 Cube	Final	1	43.85	44.09	New Zealand	49.20	43.92	44.39	43.97	43.85
	First round	1	41.75	49.83	New Zealand	55.12	55.95	42.09	41.75	52.29
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	1	8.22	8.91	New Zealand	9.44	8.22	9.47	8.53	8.77
	First round	2	7.56	9.75	New Zealand	9.41	8.08	11.76	7.56	13.49
Pyraminx	Final	2	2.28	4.24	New Zealand	6.47	4.00	4.62	4.10	2.28
	First round	3	2.99	3.79	New Zealand	3.19	4.75	3.43	2.99	5.12
Skewb	Final	1	1.85	2.92	New Zealand	2.37	2.80	1.85	5.09	3.60
	First round	1	2.18	2.89	New Zealand	4.91	2.90	2.82	2.18	2.95

Gabe Smith - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	6	10.33	13.72	New Zealand	14.49	14.31	10.33	15.88	12.35
	First round	6	12.73	15.64	New Zealand	14.53	16.40	17.29	15.99	12.73
2x2x2 Cube	Final	4	3.09	3.91	New Zealand	4.19	4.93	3.09	3.49	4.06
	First round	4	3.23	3.96	New Zealand	3.23	5.93	3.85	4.47	3.55
4x4x4 Cube	Final	6	48.07	56.31	New Zealand	48.07	56.10	1:04.71	55.39	57.43
	First round	5	53.64	58.66	New Zealand	56.15	1:02.56	57.27	1:06.06	53.64
5x5x5 Cube	Final	6	1:48.95	1:57.11	New Zealand	1:52.74	1:48.95	2:02.35	2:01.90	1:56.69
	First round	6	1:44.65	1:59.19	New Zealand	2:12.85	2:17.54	1:44.65	1:51.44	1:53.29
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	6	21.41	27.47	New Zealand	27.24	21.41	26.42	30.85	28.74
	First round	6	27.74	31.17	New Zealand	31.50	28.18	40.77	27.74	33.83
Pyraminx	Final	4	4.30	4.96	New Zealand	6.03	4.45	9.27	4.39	4.30
	First round	5	3.36	5.64	New Zealand	5.91	6.00	5.01	3.36	7.83
Skewb	Final	2	3.34	4.18	New Zealand	3.48	8.42	3.49	5.57	3.34
	First round	2	3.08	4.89	New Zealand	3.08	4.10	6.05	6.09	4.52

Georgia Brittain-Modesto - Australia WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	10	50.58	54.35	Australia	51.00	56.30	56.11	55.94	50.58
	First round	10	54.26	1:09.68	Australia	1:17.81	54.26	1:08.76	1:08.10	1:12.18
2x2x2 Cube	Final	10	15.24	17.74	Australia	19.22	17.21	16.78	15.24	25.47
	First round	10	12.40	16.50	Australia	20.43	13.77	15.30	30.09	12.40
Pyraminx	Final	8	23.78	26.42	Australia	31.36	25.66	25.51	28.08	23.78
	First round	9	15.61	22.00	Australia	28.07	17.99	15.61	19.94	36.62

Harrison Marsden - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	3	6.28	9.06	New Zealand	10.52	6.28	8.31	11.09	8.35
	First round	3	7.91	9.42	New Zealand	10.83	10.07	8.76	7.91	9.42
2x2x2 Cube	Final	6	1.84	4.55	New Zealand	6.04	2.82	4.80	6.28	1.84
	First round	6	4.09	6.08	New Zealand	4.09	5.50	8.02	12.52	4.71
4x4x4 Cube	Final	4	45.89	47.32	New Zealand	45.89	51.36	46.27	48.97	46.73
	First round	4	38.85	48.63	New Zealand	50.18	42.00	38.85	56.69	53.70
5x5x5 Cube	Final	4	1:27.20	1:39.38	New Zealand	1:35.52	1:39.98	1:42.65	1:27.20	1:57.68
	First round	4	1:26.66	1:35.82	New Zealand	1:26.66	1:26.97	1:51.69	1:31.01	1:49.47
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	3	11.91	17.64	New Zealand	14.51	20.43	18.33	11.91	20.08
	First round	3	12.36	16.92	New Zealand	16.45	12.36	17.56	16.75	20.83

James Dyer - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	4	7.95	10.87	New Zealand	11.02	11.12	10.46	11.86	7.95
	First round	4	9.02	10.57	New Zealand	13.14	9.99	9.02	9.57	12.16
2x2x2 Cube	Final	5	2.86	3.93	New Zealand	7.14	4.71	2.86	3.89	3.18
	First round	5	2.73	4.44	New Zealand	4.35	2.73	9.38	4.89	4.07
4x4x4 Cube	Final	3	33.56	37.87	New Zealand	42.51	36.49	36.48	33.56	40.64
	First round	3	31.60	36.00	New Zealand	32.37	36.77	41.04	31.60	38.87
5x5x5 Cube	Final	3	50.49	56.68	New Zealand	1:05.36	58.84	56.57	54.62	50.49
	First round	3	56.24	1:02.36	New Zealand	1:07.70	57.80	1:02.92	56.24	1:06.35
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	4	17.21	18.63	New Zealand	17.21	19.96	20.89	18.29	17.63
	First round	5	22.84	24.91	New Zealand	22.84	27.26	23.12	DNF	24.35
Pyraminx	Final	5	6.70	7.09	New Zealand	9.25	6.70	7.14	7.33	6.80
	First round	4	4.50	5.61	New Zealand	8.44	6.82	4.50	4.89	5.11
Skewb	Final	5	6.81	8.46	New Zealand	6.81	7.11	10.13	8.72	9.54
	First round	4	4.35	9.34	New Zealand	9.90	4.35	10.16	9.40	8.71

Jasper Murray - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	1	6.11	6.40	New Zealand	6.38	10.21	6.27	6.54	6.11
	First round	2	4.87	7.15	New Zealand	6.49	4.87	7.17	7.80	8.12
2x2x2 Cube	Final	2	1.68	2.14	New Zealand	2.11	1.68	2.11	3.18	2.20
	First round	2	1.41	2.45	New Zealand	2.77	4.48	2.34	2.25	1.41
4x4x4 Cube	Final	2	30.22	31.15	New Zealand	31.22	36.89	30.22	31.94	30.28
	First round	1	29.47	30.65	New Zealand	34.63	29.53	32.73	29.69	29.47
5x5x5 Cube	Final	2	45.36	50.33	New Zealand	50.22	49.51	45.36	53.87	51.25
	First round	2	44.34	52.76	New Zealand	53.01	56.33	53.56	44.34	51.70
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	2	7.21	9.69	New Zealand	12.96	8.58	11.53	8.95	7.21
	First round	1	7.05	9.34	New Zealand	8.43	9.28	10.30	7.05	11.82
Pyraminx	Final	1	1.32	1.67	New Zealand	1.41	2.06	1.54	1.32	4.26
	First round	1	1.67	1.88	New Zealand	1.67	1.76	DNF	2.13	1.74

Lorenzo Modesto - Australia WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	11	1:06.75	1:18.73	Australia	1:16.00	DNF	1:27.22	1:06.75	1:12.96
	First round	11	1:10.70	1:25.06	Australia	1:10.70	1:23.82	1:15.18	1:53.33	1:36.17
2x2x2 Cube	Final	11	19.72	22.12	Australia	25.85	23.41	19.86	19.72	23.09
	First round	11	22.46	33.03	Australia	42.77	32.39	22.46	35.92	30.77

Lucas Monteiro Ferraz - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	8	21.78	24.81	New Zealand	21.78	29.51	23.86	24.69	25.88
	First round	9	16.76	29.20	New Zealand	31.20	35.46	34.94	16.76	21.47
2x2x2 Cube	Final	9	6.01	7.50	New Zealand	6.51	DNF	9.78	6.01	6.22
	First round	8	6.29	8.11	New Zealand	8.64	18.45	6.29	8.55	7.15
4x4x4 Cube	Final	9	2:02.84	2:12.26	New Zealand	2:42.52	2:08.99	2:22.78	2:05.00	2:02.84
	First round	9	1:58.78	2:11.63	New Zealand	2:25.11	2:26.88	2:00.40	1:58.78	2:09.37
5x5x5 Cube	First round	8	5:14.72		New Zealand	6:09.71	5:14.72
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	9	1:03.83	1:36.79	New Zealand	3:35.47	1:06.45	1:03.83	1:04.16	2:39.77
	First round	9	1:09.49	1:52.85	New Zealand	3:14.50	1:09.49	1:10.33	1:13.73	DNF
Pyraminx	Final	9	12.69	DNF	New Zealand	12.87	12.69	DNF	13.21	DNF
	First round	8	8.85	12.29	New Zealand	12.70	12.20	8.85	12.26	12.40
Skewb	Final	6	7.43	10.90	New Zealand	12.31	7.43	9.49	10.91	13.65
	First round	7	12.12	18.02	New Zealand	12.12	18.94	16.01	DNF	19.10

Rafael Ferraz - New Zealand WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	9	23.79	26.70	New Zealand	23.79	30.56	25.47	30.26	24.36
	First round	8	22.41	23.68	New Zealand	22.95	22.41	26.99	24.06	24.03
2x2x2 Cube	Final	8	4.55	6.45	New Zealand	7.93	7.10	5.31	6.93	4.55
	First round	7	5.53	7.50	New Zealand	5.53	7.12	7.66	7.71	8.49
4x4x4 Cube	Final	8	1:35.19	1:47.84	New Zealand	2:27.59	1:35.19	1:39.34	1:57.14	1:47.05
	First round	8	1:30.68	1:59.88	New Zealand	2:00.31	2:04.27	1:57.76	2:01.56	1:30.68
5x5x5 Cube	Final	7	3:39.53		New Zealand	4:15.71	3:39.53
	First round	7	4:01.70		New Zealand	4:01.70	DNS
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	8	43.64	46.01	New Zealand	44.99	50.28	46.15	43.64	46.88
	First round	8	38.34	48.28	New Zealand	38.34	50.04	54.37	47.60	47.20
Pyraminx	Final	6	6.39	8.30	New Zealand	8.80	6.39	13.33	7.72	8.39
	First round	6	7.59	9.54	New Zealand	10.40	9.10	9.73	7.59	9.78
Skewb	Final	4	6.43	7.54	New Zealand	9.53	8.78	6.46	6.43	7.38
	First round	5	6.12	10.19	New Zealand	9.53	9.86	12.39	6.12	11.18