Competitions · New Zealand

New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2025

Auckland · 25 October 2025 · 10 events · 60 competitors · 83 personal bests

Alexander Vujcich won two of the ten events (5×5, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Yuki Gao by 0.25 seconds. 60 competitors produced 83 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Noah Tutt took a 2×2 single of 10.27 down to 3.25, 68 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Alexander Vujcich — 5×5, Megaminx

0.25s

closest final — 2×2, Yuki Gao over Ram Thakkar (राम ठक्कर)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Richard Yiheng Tao	5.95	6.53
2×2	Yuki Gao	1.04	1.44
5×5	Alexander Vujcich	43.15	47.86
7×7	Kate Grahame	1:53.14	2:03.59
3×3 blindfolded	James Macdiarmid	20.39	—
3×3 one-handed	Gen Kimura	10.73	11.57
Clock	Dylan Heerikhuisen	3.07	3.60
Megaminx	Alexander Vujcich	27.88	29.52
Pyraminx	Elyas Eyou	1.42	1.60
3×3 Multi-Blind	James Macdiarmid	41 of 56 cubes · 1:00:02	—

The PB harvest

83 set · 34 still standing

Jesse Brooke — 3×3 one-handed single 8.59: into the top 0.35% of the event's history.
Caleb Hall — 3×3 single 5.84: into the top 0.39% of the event's history.
Gen Kimura — Clock single 3.17: into the top 0.99% of the event's history.
Brandon Harris — 3×3 single 6.89: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Gen Kimura — 3×3 one-handed single 10.42: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Oliver Gracewood — Pyraminx single 2.46: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Elyas Eyou — Megaminx single 42.29: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Levi Eyou — Clock single 3.98: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

60 competitors · 547 results · 10 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Richard Yiheng Tao won it with a 6.53 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

1R2 U L' F2 L' B2 D2 R U2 F2 L F' D L2 U' L2 B2 L D2
2L2 D' R2 B2 D' U L2 B' R2 U' B' D2 R' B D' R D' U2
3B2 U' R B D2 R2 B2 R2 F2 R2 D' R2 U' R U B U2 L B F'
4F' D' B2 U2 B2 F2 D' L U2 B' F L F2 D U2 B2 F2
5D2 B R2 U2 L2 F' R2 U' B2 L' F' R' F D2 U' L' U' B2

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

60 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.