Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026
- Date
- Jul 16 - 19, 2026
- City
- Arnhem, Netherlands
- Venue
- Address
- Beukenlaan 15, 6823 MA Arnhem
- Details
Follow the signs!
- Website
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 website
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Gijs Peletier, Heleen van der Ree, Maaike Versluis, Marc Dullemond, Rick Hamburger, Ron van Bruchem, and Yinte Dik
- WCA Delegates
- Callum James Goodyear-Jørgensen, Daniel Vædele Egdal, Daniel Wallin, Ioannis Papadopoulos, Josete Sánchez, Kevin Timmons, Marc Dullemond, Mary Hennessy, Matteo Provasi, Oliver Hexter, Pauline Bonnaudet, Przemysław Rogalski, Ron van Bruchem, Rubén López de Juan, Simone Cantarelli, Sébastien Auroux, Ulrik Bredland, and Viktor Zenk
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
- Events
- Main event
- Competitor limit
- 1200
- Number of times bookmarked
- 679
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and will close .
- Registration requirements
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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 1200 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is €90 (Euro).
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.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Spectators can attend paying an entry fee of €7.50 (Euro).
Competitors may only register for events that they are already qualified for.
Registration:
Registration and payment can be done at the register tab. The registration phases and requirements are specified here. The registration will not be complete if the payment is not done. Please note that you can only register for events you already qualify for. If you meet the requirements afterwards, after the results of that competition have been posted, you will be able to register for that event at the normal register tab.
Waiting List:
If the registration list fills up, a waiting list will be put in place. You need to complete all of the registration steps to be put into the waiting list. If a registration is deleted, the first competitor on the waiting list will automatically be awarded a spot in the competition. You can drop out of the waiting list whenever you want and receive a full refund. No more registrations will be accepted after 14th of May 2026 23:59 CEST. You can check your spot in the waiting list here. Every competitor still on the waiting list by the 28th of May 2026 23:59 CEST will receive a full refund and will not be able to compete.
Deleting your registration:
If a registration is deleted before 14th of May 2026 23:59 CEST, a refund of half of the base fee will be issued. From that time, we won't be issuing refunds under any circumstances.
Notice of filming:
Be aware that filming and photography at the Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 will be prevelant, you therefore consent to your image being used by the World Cube Association and its partners in their marketing and social media platforms by attending.
Registration in two phases:
Registration for the Rubik’s WCA European Championship 2026 will be divided into two phases, based on the Qualification Requirements.
The first phase is aimed to include all top level European Competitors. After a short first phase we will move onto the second and final phase. The second phase will be aimed at all competitors. Because of constraints in the time schedule we have limited some events more than others. All details of the phases can be found below.
Phase 1
Qualification Deadline: 1st of January 2026
Registration Period: 8th of January 2026 19:00 CET - 14th of January 2026 23:59 CET
- 3x3x3 Cube - 7.20 Ao5
- 2x2x2 Cube - 1.70 Ao5
- 4x4x4 Cube - 30.00 Ao5
- 5x5x5 Cube - 53.00 Ao5
- 6x6x6 Cube - 1:41.00 Mo3
- 7x7x7 Cube - 2:35.00 Mo3
- 3x3x3 Blindfolded - 24.00 Single
- 3x3x3 Fewest Moves - 22 Moves
- 3x3x3 One-Handed - 12.70 Ao5
- Clock - 4.10 Ao5
- Megaminx - 41.00 Ao5
- Pyraminx - 2.30 Ao5
- Skewb - 2.85 Ao5
- Square-1 - 9.00 Ao5
- 4x4x4 Blindfolded - 1:40.00 Single
- 5x5x5 Blindfolded - 4:00.00 Single
- 3x3x3 Multi-Blind - 39 Points
Phase 2
Qualification Deadline: 21st of May 2026
Registration Period: 15th of January 2026 19:00 CET - 14th of May 2026 23:59 CEST
Updating Events Deadline: 28th of May 2026 23:59 CEST
- 3x3x3 Cube - Any Single
- 2x2x2 Cube - Any Single
- 4x4x4 Cube - 55.00 Ao5
- 5x5x5 Cube - 1:25.00 Ao5
- 6x6x6 Cube - 2:10.00 Mo3
- 7x7x7 Cube - 3:30.00 Mo3
- 3x3x3 Blindfolded - 1:30.00 Single
- 3x3x3 Fewest Moves - Top 50 Mo3
- 3x3x3 One-Handed - 25.00 Ao5
- Clock - 10.00 Ao5
- Megaminx - 1:15.00 Ao5
- Pyraminx - 15.00 Ao5
- Skewb - 15.00 Ao5
- Square-1 - 20.00 Ao5
- 4x4x4 Blindfolded - Top 25 Single
- 5x5x5 Blindfolded - Top 25 Single
- 3x3x3 Multi-Blind - Top 25 Single
Guests and spectators
Guests and spectators will be able to access the venue at a cost of €7.50 (single ticket valid for the 4 days). More information will be available soon here and on https://euros2026.nl/. Everyone that is not a registered competitor that wants to access the venue needs to get a ticket.
Waiting List
If the registration list fills up, a waiting list will be put in place. You need to complete all of the registration steps to be put into the waiting list. If a registration is deleted, the first competitor on the waiting list will automatically be awarded a spot in the competition. You can drop out of the waiting list whenever you want and receive a full refund. No more registrations will be accepted after 14th of May 2026 23:59 CEST. You can check your spot in the waiting list here. Every competitor still on the waiting list by the 28th of May 2026 23:59 CEST will receive a full refund and will not be able to compete.
More information
For more information (tourism, lodging, transport, activities, volunteers, etc) please visit the following website: https://euros2026.nl/
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).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced (see Regulation A1a2).
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.
Qualification
Qualification times must be set in other WCA competitions in order to compete. Qualification times must be set on or before Jan 1, 2026.