Cebu New Year Open 2026
- Date
- Jan 3 - 4, 2026
- City
- Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines
- Venue
Banilad Town Centre
- Address
- Gov. M. Cuenco Ave, Cebu City, 6000 Cebu
- Details
Ground Floor
- Contact
- Organizers
- Chrisgel G. Tubianosa, Railee Diocampo, and Savion Romeo Matula
- WCA Delegates
- Bea Alexandra Marie Flores, Brian Acuña, and Kirby Jay Caragan
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Welcome to the 2nd World Cube Association Cebu New Year Open!
This competition marks the second year kick-off competition held in Cebu City. The event is open to anyone able to solve a cube.
All other necessary information about the competition can be found in the following tabs above. Please be familiar with the WCA Regulations before participating.
By registering, competitors and their guests—including but not limited to family members, friends, and guardians—acknowledge that the organizing bodies, their staff, and affiliated individuals will not be liable for any injuries, loss of personal belongings, or emotional distress resulting from participation in this competition.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitor limit
- 60
- Number of times bookmarked
- 22
- Registration period
-
Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
-
Create a WCA account here if you don't have one.
If this is not your first competition, associate your WCA ID to your WCA account here.
Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 60 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is ₱350 (Philippine Peso).
Registration fees won't be refunded under any circumstance.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
We encourage everyone to register for the events they want to compete in via your online registration, however you may add events to your registration up until the event has started.
On the spot registrations will be accepted if there are remaining spots available, with a base registration fee of ₱450 (Philippine Peso).
For a step by step process on how to register, please see the Payment tab here.
Registration fees is seen down below:
**EARLY-BIRD REGISTRATION Until 12/25/25 11:59 PM Philippine Time Event First-time Competitor Returner Base Registration Fee (Good for three events) 250 350 per one additional event after the first three + 50 PhP + 50 PhP
**LATE REGISTRATION 12/26/25 Onwards Event First-time Competitor Returner Base Registration Fee (Good for three events) 350 450 On the spot Registration (January 3) 450 450 per one additional event after the first three + 50 PhP + 50 PhP
GCASH Express Send
Send the money to the account number 0999 802 0841, account holder: Savion Romeo MatulaIn-Person
You may pay directly to any organizer during cube meets or other designated events.
You must send us the proof of payment/receipt, valid ID (for first timers), name of competitor, amount paid, contact number, and categories you are participating via email at negroscubers.organizing@gmail.com with this format:
Subject: Registration For Cebu New Year Open 2026
(screenshot of e-receipt/name of organizer paid to) (photo of valid ID for first-timers)
John Doe Name
400 PhP Amount paid
0912 345 6789 Contact Number
3x3x3 Cube, Skewb, Clock EventsIf registration requirements are complete, we will reply with a confirmation message and approve your registration. No confirmation message, registration not approved.
By registering, competitors and their guests—including but not limited to family members, friends, and guardians—acknowledge that the organizing bodies, their staff, and affiliated individuals will not be liable for any injuries, loss of personal belongings, or emotional distress resulting from participation in this competition.
On-line Registration
STEP ZERO: Pre-Registration
You are required to pre-register in the WCA website and select your desired events before paying online. If you haven't already, go here.
Registration fees is seen down below:
| **EARLY-BIRD REGISTRATION | ||
|---|---|---|
| Event | First-time Competitor | Returner |
| Base Registration Fee (Good for three events) | 250 | 350 |
| per one additional event after the first three | + 50 PhP | + 50 PhP |
| **LATE REGISTRATION | ||
|---|---|---|
| Event | First-time Competitor | Returner |
| Base Registration Fee (Good for three events) | 350 | 450 |
| per one additional event after the first three | + 50 PhP | + 50 PhP |
GCASH Express Send
Send the money to the account number 0999 802 0841, account holder: Savion Romeo MatulaIn-Person
You may pay directly to any organizer during cube meets or other designated events.
You must send us the proof of payment/receipt, valid ID (for first timers), name of competitor, amount paid, contact number, and categories you are participating via our Facebook page Negros Speedcubers or email at negroscubers.organizing@gmail.com with this format:
Subject: Registration For Cebu Open 2025
(screenshot of e-receipt/name of organizer paid to) (photo of valid ID for first-timers)
John Doe Name
400 PhP Amount paid
0912 345 6789 Contact Number
3x3x3 Cube, Skewb, Clock Events
If registration requirements are complete, we will reply with a confirmation message and approve your registration. No confirmation message, registration not approved.
NOTE
(1) Please follow the registration and payment instructions. We run on a first come, first serve basis. If the registration requirements are not properly followed until the registration period ends, your registration will not be approved and strictly NO REFUNDS.
(2) Payment sent on the GCash account without confirmation as Registration payment will be considered as donations to the competition. As reiterated, please follow the registration requirements and instructions.
On-site Registration
No On-The-Spot registrations will be accepted.
Registration for Foreigners
For Foreigners/Filipinos not residing in the Philippines, Please email us negroscubers.organizing@gmail.com on how to register online.
Time limit
If you reach the time limit during your solve, the judge will stop you and your result will be DNF (see Regulation A1a4).
Cutoff
The result to beat to proceed to the second phase of a cutoff round (see Regulation 9g).
Format
The format describes how to determine the ranking of competitors based on their results. The list of allowed formats per event is described in Regulation 9b. See Regulation 9f for a description of each format.