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
Please make sure to read all the information in the tabs before registering. All competitors should be familiar with the information in these tabs.
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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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 20 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $29 (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 .
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until on the Register tab.
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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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
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 | DNF | DNF | 20.14 | 20.19 | DNF | |||
| 2 | Jack McDougall | 23.14 | 26.45 | New Zealand | 25.79 | 25.47 | 28.08 | 23.14 | DNF | |||
| 3 | Tom Nelson | 27.89 | DNF | New Zealand | DNF | 27.89 | DNF | 37.51 | DNF | |||
3x3x3 Fewest Moves
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Nelson | 21 | 23.00 | New Zealand | 23 | 25 | 21 | |||||
| 2 | Jack McDougall | 25 | 25.33 | New Zealand | 26 | 25 | 25 | |||||
| 3 | William Jackson | 24 | 33.33 | New Zealand | 39 | 37 | 24 | |||||
4x4x4 Blindfolded
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Nelson | 1:37.54 | NR | DNF | New Zealand | DNF | 1:37.54 | DNF | ||||
| 2 | Dylan Himmelfarb | 3:35.67 | DNF | New Zealand | 3:35.67 | 4:48.23 | DNF | |||||
| 3 | James Moore | 4:34.97 | DNF | New Zealand | 4:34.97 | DNF | DNF | |||||
5x5x5 Blindfolded
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Nelson | 4:07.65 | DNF | New Zealand | DNF | DNF | 4:07.65 | |||||
| 2 | James Moore | 15:23.00 | 16:42.00 | New Zealand | 15:23.00 | 16:41.00 | 18:01.00 | |||||
3x3x3 Multi-Blind
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Macdiarmid | 49/58 1:00:00 | New Zealand | 49/58 1:00:00 | 46/58 1:00:00 | |||||||
| 2 | Jack McDougall | 23/25 54:01 | New Zealand | 23/25 54:01 | 8/11 21:38 | |||||||
| 3 | James Moore | 17/17 56:35 | New Zealand | 17/17 56:35 | 15/19 57:53 | |||||||