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NZ North Island Championship 2026

Tauranga · 27 February 2026 · 16 events · 79 competitors · 142 personal bests

Jack McDougall won four of the 16 events (3×3 blindfolded, Skewb, 4×4 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Jack McDougall by 0.02 seconds. 79 competitors produced 142 personal bests, 77 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Alexander Vujcich set the Megaminx single continental record: 22.32.

Four wins
Jack McDougall — 3×3 blindfolded, Skewb, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded
0.02s
closest final — Skewb, Jack McDougall over Dwyane Ramos
142
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Dwyane Ramos5.35—
2×2Yuki Gao1.281.57
4×4Alexander Vujcich22.2324.31
5×5Alexander Vujcich38.5245.95
6×6Dwyane Ramos1:22.001:24.95
7×7Dwyane Ramos2:15.692:24.45
3×3 blindfoldedJack McDougall19.1123.48
3×3 one-handedJasper Murray7.969.33
ClockKyle Jones1.992.96
MegaminxAlexander Vujcich22.3228.21
PyraminxJasper Murray1.302.23
SkewbJack McDougall2.542.98
Square-1Elyas Eyou7.708.91
4×4 blindfoldedJack McDougall2:12.19—
5×5 blindfoldedJack McDougall4:50.416:34.84
3×3 Multi-BlindJames Macdiarmid55 of 58 cubes · 59:15—

The PB harvest

142 set · 77 still standing
  • Richard Yiheng Tao — 3×3 single 4.80: into the top 0.085% of the event's history.
  • Jack McDougall — 3×3 single 5.09: into the top 0.14% of the event's history.
  • Sam Lock — Pyraminx single 1.36: into the top 0.28% of the event's history.
  • Oliver Gracewood — 2×2 single 0.92: into the top 0.41% of the event's history.
  • Sam Lock — 2×2 single 1.17: into the top 0.95% of the event's history.
  • Jack McDougall — Square-1 single 7.04: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
  • Oliver Gracewood — 3×3 single 7.68: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
  • Jack McDougall — 3×3 one-handed single 11.67: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

79 competitors · 911 results · 16 events.

Everyone who competed

79 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.