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Yes, you can do it componentwise. As you have three momenta, you have to write Hamilton's equations for all of them.

$\dot{x} = \partial H/\partial p_x$

$\dot{y} = \partial H/\partial p_y$

$\dot{z} = \partial H/\partial p_z$

Similarly for the momenta

$\dot{p_x} = \partial H/\partial x$

$\dot{p_y} = \partial H/\partial y$

$\dot{p_z} = \partial H/\partial z$