Battle of Alberta 2026
- Date
- May 9, 2026
- City
- Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
- Venue
Cenovus Common, Red Deer Polytechnic
- Address
- 100 College Boulevard, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada T4N 5H5
- Details
Upstairs in the Cenovus Learning Common
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Cache Adams, Coda K. Toll, Griffin Clem, Mateo Domini Lubuguin, Niels Nijstad, and Speedcubing Canada
- WCA Delegates
- Dylan Vaskevicius, Laura Plourde, Niels Nijstad, and Orion Donovan
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Attendance is not required for the entire competition. However, please arrive at least 15 minutes before the events that you compete in. Please bring your own puzzles for the events you are competing in.
First-Time Competitors: All newcomers must be familiar with the WCA Regulations before competing. There is a video here for a basic overview of the rules.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 102
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 140 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (Canadian Dollar).
The registration fee has to be paid through Stripe here once registered.
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 50% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until on the Register tab.
On the spot registrations will be accepted if there are remaining spots available, with a base registration fee of $35 (Canadian Dollar).
Any spectator can attend for free.
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Registration is accepted in the order paid. Payment must be made for your registration to be considered complete.⚠️ - Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Kyle Santucci won with an average of 6.46 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Caleb dela Fuente finished second (6.96) and Lucas Kuczaj finished third (7.26).
3x3x3 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle Santucci | 5.55 | 6.46 | Canada | 6.98 | 6.24 | 6.71 | 5.55 | 6.42 | |||
| 2 | Caleb dela Fuente | 5.70 | 6.96 | Canada | 7.39 | 6.77 | 9.33 | 6.71 | 5.70 | |||
| 3 | Lucas Kuczaj | 6.99 | 7.26 | Canada | 7.18 | 6.99 | 7.03 | 7.58 | 9.54 | |||
2x2x2 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emmanuel Fraser | 1.91 | 2.21 | Canada | 2.96 | 1.91 | 2.49 | 1.93 | 2.22 | |||
| 2 | Kyle Santucci | 1.54 | 2.44 | Canada | 2.59 | 1.54 | 2.05 | 4.74 | 2.67 | |||
| 3 | Shubh Salia-Namboodiri | 1.90 | 2.46 | United States | 2.17 | 3.36 | 2.77 | 1.90 | 2.45 | |||
3x3x3 One-Handed
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leif Anvik | 10.57 | 11.18 | Canada | 10.57 | 13.24 | 10.61 | 10.68 | 12.24 | |||
| 2 | Kyle Santucci | 9.52 | 11.65 | Canada | 9.52 | 11.51 | 15.21 | 11.33 | 12.10 | |||
| 3 | Dave Virk | 10.65 | 14.06 | Canada | 13.46 | 14.95 | 10.65 | 15.29 | 13.76 | |||
Skewb
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danny Buschert | 2.83 | 3.29 | Canada | 2.92 | 2.83 | 3.07 | 4.04 | 3.89 | |||
| 2 | Kyle Santucci | 3.37 | 3.93 | Canada | 3.37 | 7.48 | 3.91 | 4.10 | 3.78 | |||
| 3 | Lochlann Pratt | 3.62 | 4.92 | Canada | 3.91 | 8.16 | 7.19 | 3.62 | 3.67 | |||
Square-1
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mazar Hrdlicka | 6.13 | 12.07 | Canada | 9.82 | 9.26 | 17.14 | 17.42 | 6.13 | |||
| 2 | Danny Buschert | 10.57 | 13.11 | Canada | 14.33 | 10.57 | 11.72 | 13.28 | 14.32 | |||
| 3 | Shubh Salia-Namboodiri | 8.45 | 13.33 | United States | 13.95 | 12.85 | 48.95 | 13.19 | 8.45 | |||