Wellington Mind Games 2026


Date
Jan 31, 2026
City
Wellington, New Zealand
Venue

Karori Arts & Crafts Centre

Address
7 Beauchamp Street, Karori, Wellington 6012
Details

Main Room

Contact
Organization team
Organizer
Jack Maddigan
WCA Delegate
Alex Asbery
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Information

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This competition only has blindfolded events and fewest moves, not the more popular speedsolving events. You can find other NZ competitions here. Live results for this competition can be found on WCA Live.



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Events
Main event
Competitors
10
Registration period

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Registration requirements
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There is a competitor limit of 20 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $29 (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.
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Competitors may bring at most 2 guests.

Highlights
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Tom Nelson won with a mean of 23.00 moves in the 3x3x3 Fewest Moves event. Jack McDougall finished second (25.33) and William Jackson finished third (33.33).

3x3x3 Blindfolded

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 James Macdiarmid 20.14 DNF New Zealand DNFDNF20.1420.19DNF
2 Jack McDougall 23.14 26.45 New Zealand 25.7925.4728.0823.14DNF
3 Tom Nelson 27.89 DNF New Zealand DNF27.89DNF37.51DNF

3x3x3 Fewest Moves

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Tom Nelson 21 23.00 New Zealand 232521
2 Jack McDougall 25 25.33 New Zealand 262525
3 William Jackson 24 33.33 New Zealand 393724

4x4x4 Blindfolded

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Tom Nelson 1:37.54 NR DNF New Zealand DNF1:37.54DNF
2 Dylan Himmelfarb 3:35.67 DNF New Zealand 3:35.674:48.23DNF
3 James Moore 4:34.97 DNF New Zealand 4:34.97DNFDNF

5x5x5 Blindfolded

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Tom Nelson 4:07.65 DNF New Zealand DNFDNF4:07.65
2 James Moore 15:23.00 16:42.00 New Zealand 15:23.0016:41.0018:01.00

3x3x3 Multi-Blind

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 James Macdiarmid 49/58 1:00:00 New Zealand 49/58 1:00:0046/58 1:00:00
2 Jack McDougall 23/25 54:01 New Zealand 23/25 54:018/11 21:38
3 James Moore 17/17 56:35 New Zealand 17/17 56:3515/19 57:53
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