Welcome Back Hamilton 2026

Date: May 9 - 10, 2026
City: Hamilton, New Zealand
Venue: The Hardy Centre
Address: Hardy Guide Centre 18 Hungerford Crescent, Hamilton East, Hamilton 3216
Details: Main Room
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Benjamin Gardner, Dylan Heerikhuisen, and Elyas Eyou
WCA Delegates: Caleb Hall and Cheng-Ru Yang

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Information

Hamilton Open 2026 is an official World Cubing Association (WCA) competition. Events include 3x3x3 (Main Event), 2x2x2, 4x4x4, 3x3x3 Blindfolded, 3x3x3 One-Handed, Clock and Pyraminx. This will be the first WCA competition located in Hamilton in over 3 years. No prior experience in WCA competitions is necessary, but competitors should be familiar with the WCA regulations.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 48

Registration period: Online registration opened and closed .
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There is a competitor limit of 48 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $45 (New Zealand Dollar).
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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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No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
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Jesse Brooke won with an average of 8.25 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Levi Eyou finished second (8.71) and Brandon Harris finished third (8.83).

3x3x3 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Jesse Brooke	6.52	8.25	New Zealand	7.29	8.63	8.84	6.52	9.82
2	Levi Eyou	7.73	8.71	New Zealand	7.73	10.68	9.10	8.47	8.57
3	Brandon Harris	8.59	8.83	New Zealand	8.61	8.59	9.18	13.82	8.70

2x2x2 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Yuki Gao	1.21	1.65	China	1.97	1.62	2.19	1.21	1.37
2	Elyas Eyou	1.41	1.76	New Zealand	1.89	1.52	2.13	1.41	1.86
3	Ram Thakkar (राम ठक्कर)	1.56	1.85	India	1.98	1.56	1.95	1.76	1.85

4x4x4 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Lachlan Gibson	29.05	30.96	New Zealand	29.18	34.57	34.34	29.05	29.37
2	Elyas Eyou	29.88	32.90	New Zealand	30.64	35.60	34.30	29.88	33.75
3	Levi Eyou	31.09	33.57	New Zealand	32.94	37.46	31.09	32.41	35.36

3x3x3 Blindfolded

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Xavier Courteau-Laing	22.65	27.05	New Zealand	24.82	30.80	22.65	38.44	25.53
2	Jerry Jiang	45.65	DNF	New Zealand	DNF	1:17.30	DNF	DNF	45.65
3	Caleb Hall	1:06.31	1:53.35	New Zealand	1:16.42	DNF	1:06.31	2:54.49	1:29.13

3x3x3 One-Handed

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Jesse Brooke	11.70	12.77	New Zealand	12.42	13.13	13.09	11.70	12.79
2	Lachlan Gibson	11.24	13.98	New Zealand	11.24	14.90	13.57	13.46	16.90
3	Harrison Marsden	8.42	14.27	New Zealand	13.33	15.03	17.54	14.46	8.42

Clock

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Elvis Chung	2.36	3.32	New Zealand	2.36	3.84	4.52	2.93	3.18
2	Dylan Heerikhuisen	3.21	4.55	New Zealand	DNF	4.20	4.42	3.21	5.03
3	Levi Eyou	4.60	5.17	New Zealand	7.69	6.00	4.69	4.81	4.60

Pyraminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Elyas Eyou	1.33	1.92	New Zealand	1.33	2.36	1.56	4.71	1.85
2	Benjamin Gardner	2.39	2.71	New Zealand	DNF	2.57	3.13	2.42	2.39
3	Levi Eyou	2.07	2.76	New Zealand	2.07	2.62	5.69	2.40	3.25