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NZ'S BEST

New Zealand punches well above our weight in the world of competitive speedcubing, producing some of the fastest cubers in the world! Despite our small population, we consistently rank in the top 10 countries worldwide in terms of our overall performance.

From World Champions, to World Record holders, to dominant forces within the Oceania cubing scene, find out more about some of New Zealand's top cubers here!

NATIONAL RECORDS

3x3x3 CUBE

SingleAndrew Feng4.41
AverageAndrew Feng5.64

2x2x2 CUBE

SingleConnor Johnson0.47
AverageConnor Johnson1.28

4x4x4 CUBE

SingleAndrew Feng18.68
AverageAlexander Vujcich23.20

5x5x5 CUBE

SingleAlexander Vujcich38.32
AverageAlexander Vujcich43.20

6x6x6 CUBE

SingleDwyane Ramos1:15.71
AverageDwyane Ramos1:24.95

7x7x7 CUBE

SingleDwyane Ramos2:00.22
AverageHenry Eyles2:09.74

3x3x3 BLINDFOLDED

SingleJames Macdiarmid17.53
AverageJames Macdiarmid20.61

3x3x3 FEWEST MOVES

SingleTom Nelson20
SingleTom Nelson20
AverageTom Nelson22.33

3x3x3 ONE-HANDED

SingleJasper Murray6.87
AverageDwyane Ramos8.36

CLOCK

SingleLachlan Gibson1.53
AverageLachlan Gibson2.26

MEGAMINX

SingleAlexander Vujcich22.32
AverageAlexander Vujcich26.60

PYRAMINX

SingleConnor Johnson0.82
AverageJasper Murray1.40

SKEWB

SingleDwyane Ramos1.17
AverageDwyane Ramos2.26

SQUARE-1

SingleAdrien Auvray Matyn4.47
AverageAdrien Auvray Matyn5.65

4x4x4 BLINDFOLDED

SingleJack McDougall1:30.76
AverageTom Nelson2:19.37

5x5x5 BLINDFOLDED

SingleTom Nelson3:47.13
AverageTom Nelson4:36.24

3x3x3 MULTI-BLIND

SingleJames Macdiarmid55/58 59:15

CUBER BIOS

CHAMPIONS

Ever since our first competition in 2009, we've held annual championships, where New Zealand's best are crowned for each event. Explore the history of our champions here:


3X3X3 CUBE - NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

YearChampionResultAttempts
2025Andrew Feng5.645.42, (5.22), 5.82, (6.58), 5.68
2024Dwyane Ramos6.756.22, (6.01), (7.62), 6.41, 7.61
2023Ben Kirby7.267.75, (5.75), (8.53), 7.19, 6.85
2022Ben Kirby6.98(10.71), 6.76, 6.95, (6.48), 7.23
2020Jasper Murray8.898.55, (8.38), (10.32), 8.55, 9.56
2019Ben Kirby8.64(8.03), 8.12, 9.26, 8.54, (9.87)
2018Ben Kirby8.88(7.90), 8.07, 9.21, (10.92), 9.35
2017Biyuan Chen10.0310.08, 9.47, (8.49), 10.55, (11.31)
2016James Macdiarmid11.1712.03, 10.42, (13.11), (10.40), 11.07
2015Alex Asbery13.2912.61, (12.12), 13.61, (15.53), 13.66
2014Angelu Cayanan13.91(15.25), (12.50), 14.36, 14.41, 12.96
2013Angelu Cayanan13.4813.19, 13.41, (14.78), (12.61), 13.83
2012David Lim14.9015.05, (16.43), 15.06, 14.59, (14.09)
2010Dene Beardsley15.4215.83, 16.34, (13.53), 14.09, (17.66)
2009Luke Mayn18.2018.66, (22.90), (13.63), 14.58, 21.36

COUNTRY RANKINGS

Countries are ranked with a system called "Kinch Ranks", where every National Record is given a score based on how it compares to the World Record in that event, and those scores are averaged to give an overall score for a country.

RankCountryOverall
1USA USA96.3281.36100.0099.0498.71100.00100.00100.00100.00100.00100.0087.3280.8590.13100.00100.00100.00100.00
2China China89.72100.0098.8590.1891.1593.8995.8284.4996.7593.9276.1998.47100.0089.5474.0874.2587.2780.36
3Poland Poland85.8082.2388.66100.00100.0097.1092.8577.70100.0090.5092.5679.1667.86100.0080.8056.7560.5991.76
4Australia Australia82.6469.4484.3186.0585.5687.9484.99100.0096.7582.3992.5675.4399.1376.9787.6962.7962.3270.55
5United Kingdom United Kingdom79.5366.2186.0073.3679.6179.2380.9470.99100.0097.1183.5891.0472.6187.2673.1477.0079.8454.09
6Canada Canada78.1572.4576.7978.6880.5689.1393.5693.3689.4180.9282.3579.8075.0058.5571.8963.4567.2875.42
7Korea Korea77.7869.1972.8889.0294.4997.8695.9470.0194.1285.4072.9684.4862.9874.0580.3857.4363.5657.42
8Russia Russia77.1873.1478.9092.1594.3994.1190.1470.4376.6395.4372.26100.0077.5559.0561.0852.9453.3670.46
9New Zealand New Zealand76.5468.0967.1980.0079.4276.5674.6668.1788.0992.3499.1291.6581.4360.6281.9553.2753.4485.23
10Singapore Singapore75.9760.0995.5679.1886.2590.5295.6775.9998.3591.5879.4390.5667.0676.9765.2155.7445.5237.76
11Malaysia Malaysia74.0463.5862.7778.8883.5689.6793.8670.8189.4180.3360.7073.8166.6750.1871.3485.1785.4552.52
12Switzerland Switzerland73.2664.5458.9077.6681.6381.4479.7164.5589.4195.1972.4970.4661.2956.3862.9163.2377.0388.54
13Sweden Sweden73.0463.6885.1572.2776.6274.5471.9279.5189.4171.0276.9873.5962.6469.5464.4871.7266.5272.14
14Germany Germany71.8567.8467.7294.3682.9985.5786.3078.1093.6789.0470.0073.0467.0659.5762.0646.3246.9550.93
15Argentina Argentina70.7264.5458.1174.7874.3975.7475.2888.2589.4183.0160.3895.9854.8157.3267.6968.4660.0854.08
16Philippines Philippines70.6774.8563.2489.1981.9081.4387.7982.9483.1095.4387.8468.6262.6448.5858.6841.9426.0267.25
17France France70.1766.0961.8771.7474.2576.9273.5588.2895.1685.1275.4276.7460.6472.4971.0148.8037.3757.43
18Netherlands Netherlands70.0770.5988.6687.3477.3874.5367.0673.8180.0071.2876.9864.8674.5164.9372.6841.6537.7367.18
19India India69.9261.0569.3578.9877.1284.8177.4475.3989.4184.7468.2979.2869.9465.8752.0838.3337.9078.66
20Spain Spain69.4458.0174.7869.7573.3470.2974.8474.9792.2270.8373.4474.5677.0388.9662.4049.1440.1755.76
21Taiwan Taiwan69.1167.4961.4387.2691.9183.2885.5664.5483.1076.5171.1175.7165.9066.5076.2838.4541.9837.92
22Hong Kong Hong Kong69.0062.4466.6783.1584.2083.9079.6278.0192.2284.1068.5073.2154.5548.4172.6850.9149.3441.06
23Brazil Brazil68.5970.5960.5676.4475.2475.3572.9964.6994.1283.7358.6470.7153.2762.5684.8048.9446.1867.29
24Italy Italy68.5367.6163.7074.8171.0472.2274.4763.09100.0078.8667.4779.3665.9064.9385.2745.2440.1750.91
25Denmark Denmark68.5264.2172.2776.4474.3075.2574.5577.0793.6774.3058.1865.5760.9668.8484.8050.7442.8750.84

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