5x5x5 & Sides at UBC 2026

Date: Jun 20, 2026
City: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Venue: University of British Columbia
Address: 1961 East Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z1
Details: Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Room 155
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Isaac Davies, Joanne Chew, Speedcubing Canada, and Winston Chow
WCA Delegates: DaYeong Kim (김다영), Ethan Rusnak, and Kevin Matthews

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Information

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Events
Main event
Competitors: 22

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Ethan Rusnak won with an average of 1:03.13 in the 5x5x5 Cube event. Peter Barnwell finished second (1:10.02) and Isaac Davies finished third (1:10.63).

Anna Moughnie - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	First round	13	1:51.02	2:11.79	Canada	2:38.86	1:55.61	2:11.27	1:51.02	2:28.50
Pyraminx	Final	15	5.46	11.47	Canada	11.06	16.61	DNF	6.73	5.46
Square-1	Final	2	7.92	11.45	Canada	DNF	9.03	9.39	15.92	7.92

Bobby Moon - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	First round	16	2:33.67		Canada	2:33.67	2:34.35
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	16	29.21	41.32	Canada	1:00.76	29.21	37.60	46.14	40.23
Pyraminx	Final	9	6.12	7.73	Canada	6.12	7.20	9.31	6.69	12.25
Square-1	Final	16	1:30.44		Canada	DNF	1:30.44

DaYeong Kim (김다영) - Republic of Korea WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	8	1:32.59	1:37.88	Republic of Korea	1:38.13	1:49.66	1:32.59	1:41.07	1:34.44
	First round	8	1:32.93	1:42.64	Republic of Korea	1:39.96	1:33.92	2:05.11	1:32.93	1:54.04
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	9	23.05	24.01	Republic of Korea	25.32	23.64	23.05	23.35	25.05
Pyraminx	Final	12	5.18	8.42	Republic of Korea	5.18	6.90	9.74	10.28	8.61
Square-1	Final	6	25.11	31.40	Republic of Korea	33.30	38.98	34.95	25.11	25.94

Eeshir Pannun - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	First round	10	1:39.14	1:55.03	Canada	2:02.99	1:52.62	1:39.14	1:49.47	2:11.61
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	10	20.15	25.62	Canada	25.75	34.16	22.26	20.15	28.84
Pyraminx	Final	10	4.09	8.01	Canada	4.28	4.09	14.34	7.52	12.22
Square-1	Final	1	5.82	8.58	Canada	5.82	9.47	8.18	9.13	8.43

Ethan Rusnak - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	1	59.65	1:03.13	Canada	1:05.66	1:00.10	1:05.95	59.65	1:03.63
	First round	2	59.21	1:06.71	Canada	1:05.09	1:12.12	1:11.04	59.21	1:04.01
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	3	15.45	17.94	Canada	17.46	15.45	DNF	18.34	18.01
Square-1	Final	4	8.88	13.19	Canada	11.89	17.33	13.01	8.88	14.67

Felix Zhou - China WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	7	1:18.94	1:24.62	China	1:23.16	1:51.37	1:29.24	1:21.47	1:18.94
	First round	7	1:28.09	1:29.34	China	1:30.12	1:29.46	1:35.26	1:28.09	1:28.43
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	14	27.37	32.28	China	27.37	36.06	32.66	33.57	30.62
Pyraminx	Final	11	4.36	8.27	China	7.10	4.36	9.57	9.81	8.14
Square-1	Final	8	30.75	33.42	China	41.26	33.76	30.75	33.96	32.54

Garvey Wong - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	1	11.01		13.30		Canada	13.88	14.32	12.68	13.34	11.01

Isaac Davies - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	3	1:05.57	1:10.63	Canada	1:12.49	1:08.60	1:10.81	1:13.52	1:05.57
	First round	3	1:07.14	1:13.75	Canada	1:19.65	1:08.44	1:13.63	1:07.14	1:19.18
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	12	25.53	29.76	Canada	28.26	28.62	44.86	32.41	25.53
Pyraminx	Final	7	6.25	7.38	Canada	8.54	8.23	7.44	6.46	6.25

Jason Liu - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	13	24.54		31.67		Canada	35.50	24.54	31.20	40.32	28.30
Pyraminx	Final	8	5.76		7.66		Canada	7.16	5.93	13.84	5.76	9.88

Justin Chew - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	First round	12	1:44.63	2:04.96	Canada	DNF	1:44.63	2:16.70	2:02.70	1:55.47
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	6	18.65	20.95	Canada	20.21	DNF	19.25	18.65	23.38
Pyraminx	Final	5	3.72	5.66	Canada	4.08	3.72	11.69	6.38	6.52
Square-1	Final	7	26.70	32.23	Canada	39.62	26.70	29.35	28.63	38.72

Kevin Matthews - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	4	1:10.16	1:15.15	Canada	1:10.16	1:18.21	1:12.93	1:16.87	1:15.64
	First round	5	1:13.08	1:17.23	Canada	1:19.20	1:24.51	1:16.39	1:13.08	1:16.11
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	11	23.26	27.77	Canada	29.92	24.32	29.07	33.82	23.26
Pyraminx	Final	13	6.04	8.62	Canada	22.77	10.54	8.28	6.04	7.03

Krishnam Raju Gadiraju - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	First round	11	1:45.20		1:56.12		Canada	1:45.20	1:54.53	2:10.28	1:59.77	1:54.07
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	4	16.88		19.28		Canada	20.16	18.84	16.88	34.73	18.84

Luke Zhang - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	First round	18	3:33.42		Canada	3:34.46	3:33.42
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	18	37.01	45.90	Canada	2:17.73	40.79	45.96	37.01	50.95
Pyraminx	Final	17	7.13	13.09	Canada	13.57	7.13	24.20	11.06	14.65
Square-1	Final	3	9.66	11.69	Canada	9.66	17.48	13.54	10.24	11.30

Marlo Petrola - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	6	1:20.54	1:24.32	United States	1:23.58	1:26.07	1:33.60	1:23.32	1:20.54
	First round	6	1:21.66	1:28.24	United States	1:21.66	1:32.56	1:28.30	1:23.87	1:38.84
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	7	17.17	21.11	United States	20.87	17.17	24.82	21.92	20.54
Pyraminx	Final	4	3.41	5.33	United States	6.00	5.22	4.76	7.07	3.41
Square-1	Final	5	21.43	24.98	United States	22.39	38.53	28.84	23.71	21.43

Matthew Park - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
Square-1	Final	11	35.05		38.36		Canada	35.05	38.41	1:00.97	39.69	36.97

Naitik Kaushal - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	First round	14	2:04.32	2:16.44	Canada	2:46.62	2:11.34	2:10.92	2:04.32	2:27.05
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	8	16.79	21.69	Canada	27.75	17.91	19.42	16.79	28.23
Pyraminx	Final	1	1.88	2.41	Canada	3.28	2.14	2.23	2.86	1.88
Square-1	Final	12	33.84	43.61	Canada	49.96	46.36	33.84	40.87	43.59

Nathan Wang (王思文) - China WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	First round	9	1:40.39	1:49.12	China	2:03.70	1:40.39	1:53.53	1:50.56	1:43.27
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	17	36.17	45.52	China	36.17	39.49	49.96	47.11	51.64
Pyraminx	Final	2	1.75	2.58	China	3.22	3.38	1.75	2.50	2.03
Square-1	Final	15	1:30.37		China	1:30.37	1:34.33

Peter Barnwell - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	2	1:04.28	1:10.02	Canada	1:11.77	1:12.53	1:04.28	1:05.76	1:21.76
	First round	1	1:04.16	1:05.43	Canada	1:12.87	1:04.16	1:04.54	1:07.46	1:04.28
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	2	15.84	16.86	Canada	15.99	17.98	16.60	15.84	21.57
Pyraminx	Final	3	3.87	4.49	Canada	5.43	4.81	3.89	4.76	3.87
Square-1	Final	9	28.51	35.25	Canada	DNF	31.72	44.27	28.51	29.76

Rico Nguyen - Vietnam WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	First round	19	3:33.51		Vietnam	3:51.64	3:33.51
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	20	50.90	1:10.22	Vietnam	50.90	1:06.21	2:22.62	1:18.34	1:06.11
Pyraminx	Final	16	11.15	12.60	Vietnam	13.16	12.41	20.48	12.23	11.15
Square-1	Final	14	1:02.86		Vietnam	1:02.86	DNF

Samuel Li - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	5	1:15.53	1:20.41	Canada	1:24.06	1:35.21	1:21.32	1:15.86	1:15.53
	First round	4	1:06.31	1:15.90	Canada	1:18.95	1:16.27	1:06.31	1:12.47	1:36.18
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	5	16.71	19.95	Canada	20.68	27.49	20.19	16.71	18.98
Pyraminx	Final	6	3.61	6.22	Canada	10.96	7.97	4.91	5.77	3.61
Square-1	Final	10	26.39	37.03	Canada	44.00	30.44	49.82	36.64	26.39

Spencer Fraser - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	First round	15	2:04.63	2:24.34	Canada	2:04.63	2:33.12	2:34.17	2:17.82	2:22.09
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	15	36.25	38.84	Canada	46.36	36.25	37.59	38.64	40.29
Pyraminx	Final	14	8.24	10.21	Canada	8.24	9.05	11.75	9.82	DNF
Square-1	Final	13	46.84	57.38	Canada	59.40	56.64	46.84	56.10	1:05.56

Vuong Gia Khang Nguyen - Vietnam WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	First round	17	2:41.95		Vietnam	3:00.32	2:41.95
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	19	40.98	51.69	Vietnam	52.30	40.98	53.68	49.08	54.90
Pyraminx	Final	18	8.92	15.58	Vietnam	11.90	8.92	11.66	25.83	23.18