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

Registration period: Online registration opened and closed .
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There is a competitor limit of 30 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $35 (New Zealand Dollar).
The registration fee has to be paid through Stripe here once registered.
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
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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).
Any spectator can attend for free.
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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).

3x3x3 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Jasper Murray	6.11	6.40	New Zealand	6.38	10.21	6.27	6.54	6.11
1	Dwyane Ramos	6.14	7.14	New Zealand	6.14	9.42	7.31	7.48	6.63
3	Harrison Marsden	6.28	9.06	New Zealand	10.52	6.28	8.31	11.09	8.35

2x2x2 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Beau Brittain-Modesto	1.11	1.90	Australia	1.11	1.16	2.50	2.98	2.03
2	Jasper Murray	1.68	2.14	New Zealand	2.11	1.68	2.11	3.18	2.20
3	Dwyane Ramos	1.72	2.15	New Zealand	2.46	2.65	2.03	1.72	1.96

4x4x4 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Dwyane Ramos	26.52	27.44	New Zealand	27.42	27.41	26.52	28.08	27.49
1	Jasper Murray	29.47	30.65	New Zealand	34.63	29.53	32.73	29.69	29.47
3	James Dyer	31.60	36.00	New Zealand	32.37	36.77	41.04	31.60	38.87

5x5x5 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Dwyane Ramos	43.85	44.09	New Zealand	49.20	43.92	44.39	43.97	43.85
2	Jasper Murray	45.36	50.33	New Zealand	50.22	49.51	45.36	53.87	51.25
3	James Dyer	50.49	56.68	New Zealand	1:05.36	58.84	56.57	54.62	50.49

3x3x3 One-Handed

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Dwyane Ramos	8.22	8.91	New Zealand	9.44	8.22	9.47	8.53	8.77
1	Jasper Murray	7.05	9.34	New Zealand	8.43	9.28	10.30	7.05	11.82
3	Harrison Marsden	12.36	16.92	New Zealand	16.45	12.36	17.56	16.75	20.83

Pyraminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Jasper Murray	1.32	1.67	New Zealand	1.41	2.06	1.54	1.32	4.26
2	Beau Brittain-Modesto	1.79	3.16	Australia	2.78	2.46	4.25	1.79	4.40
3	Dwyane Ramos	2.99	3.79	New Zealand	3.19	4.75	3.43	2.99	5.12

Skewb

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Dwyane Ramos	2.18	2.89	New Zealand	4.91	2.90	2.82	2.18	2.95
2	Gabe Smith	3.34	4.18	New Zealand	3.48	8.42	3.49	5.57	3.34
3	Beau Brittain-Modesto	4.87	6.32	Australia	5.40	4.87	6.69	9.46	6.87