Falkirk Beginners 2026


Date
Feb 22, 2026
City
Grangemouth, Falkirk, United Kingdom
Venue

Grangemouth Town Hall

Address
27 Bo'ness Rd, Grangemouth FK3 8AN
Details

Main Hall

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Adam Leyton and UK Cube Association
WCA Delegates
Adam Leyton, Ryan Eckersley, and Scott Hunter
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Information

This competition is targeted at first-time competitors and less experienced competitors, but everyone is welcome.

While this competition is open to anyone to attend, only competitors who have attended 2 or fewer competitions before will be eligible for medals.

PLEASE NOTE: This is a Series Competition with Falkirk Open 2026. You may only attend ONE of these competitions. Please see further details on the Series Competition tab.

Please read all the information in the FAQ and the Important Information tabs before registering.

Spectators may attend for free. There is no need to book!

Falkirk Science Festival 2026

This competition is taking place with the kind support of the Falkirk Science Festival.

Speedcubing.org

Events
Competitors
40
Registration period

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Aarav Sangnal Matt - United Kingdom WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Second round 24 34.61 43.60 United Kingdom 34.61DNF53.3639.4537.99
First round 17 29.89 31.61 United Kingdom 30.1829.8934.2443.5530.40

Alexander O'Rourke - United Kingdom WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 11 21.05 26.56 United Kingdom 29.9427.9521.0525.7126.03
Second round 12 24.72 26.33 United Kingdom 26.9226.9826.3624.7225.70
First round 11 24.11 26.66 United Kingdom 27.6424.5927.7624.1129.76

Anay Israni - United Kingdom WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 38 57.63 1:13.03 United Kingdom 1:21.481:14.441:13.3557.631:11.29
2x2x2 Cube First round 26 15.78 18.12 United Kingdom 16.9122.6418.9518.5115.78

Cameron Fallon - United Kingdom WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 39 1:06.59 1:30.19 United Kingdom 1:06.591:19.731:20.762:02.841:50.08
2x2x2 Cube Final 24 13.85 24.35 United Kingdom 56.9913.8521.7231.2720.06
First round 24 8.60 14.40 United Kingdom 15.3129.1113.848.6014.04
Pyraminx Final 17 14.80 21.11 United Kingdom 21.6920.7714.8035.3320.87
First round 17 14.21 19.30 United Kingdom 15.5925.3014.2119.3422.98

Cara Munro - United Kingdom WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 7 20.64 21.85 United Kingdom 22.1020.6422.1427.8321.31
Second round 8 19.40 22.86 United Kingdom 23.8423.3724.0819.4021.36
First round 7 17.15 21.06 United Kingdom 23.0127.6422.0318.1417.15
2x2x2 Cube Final 4 4.08 6.24 United Kingdom 6.199.816.534.086.01
First round 5 5.01 6.22 United Kingdom 7.347.115.016.025.53
Pyraminx Final 4 10.48 12.13 United Kingdom 10.4810.9610.5115.4214.91
First round 5 9.96 12.00 United Kingdom 9.9610.2212.6713.1219.08

Carter Lightfoot - United Kingdom WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 19 30.21 36.84 United Kingdom 30.2132.98DNF36.9640.58
Second round 19 31.42 34.51 United Kingdom 32.4838.35DNF32.7131.42
First round 25 37.72 38.93 United Kingdom DNF37.7237.7838.8040.22
2x2x2 Cube Final 16 6.62 9.97 United Kingdom 6.6211.2111.167.9710.79
First round 16 7.12 10.57 United Kingdom 11.58DNF9.6910.457.12

Charlie Milner - United Kingdom WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 22 34.59 42.20 United Kingdom DNF35.4949.4034.5941.72
Second round 22 32.96 38.01 United Kingdom 38.2932.9633.6542.0847.47
First round 30 42.19 48.03 United Kingdom 47.0452.9844.0854.1842.19
2x2x2 Cube Final 13 6.44 9.00 United Kingdom 9.066.4410.739.987.97
First round 10 6.86 7.91 United Kingdom 8.859.466.867.857.03
Pyraminx Final 8 10.15 13.81 United Kingdom 20.5311.4810.1513.0916.86
First round 8 8.18 13.96 United Kingdom 16.1311.8313.9316.698.18

Charlotte O'Donnell - United Kingdom WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Second round 25 35.93 43.65 United Kingdom 41.1646.1748.1943.6235.93
First round 24 34.84 38.23 United Kingdom 38.7434.8437.3638.6043.72
2x2x2 Cube First round 31 13.33 26.22 United Kingdom 28.1628.4222.0835.3613.33
Pyraminx Final 2 8.89 11.01 United Kingdom 12.838.898.9311.2618.28
First round 6 7.50 12.27 United Kingdom 14.3512.1910.5314.097.50

Darragh Young - United Kingdom WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 21 37.08 39.96 United Kingdom 41.8037.0844.2837.8340.24
Second round 21 32.76 36.86 United Kingdom 38.1032.7634.8638.4237.62
First round 21 30.58 34.57 United Kingdom 32.6340.5736.4934.5930.58
2x2x2 Cube Final 7 5.58 7.70 United Kingdom 14.1511.366.135.585.61
First round 3 4.24 5.19 United Kingdom 6.384.904.244.288.41
Pyraminx Final 16 12.23 20.76 United Kingdom 28.6512.2320.2919.7222.28
First round 19 13.63 20.12 United Kingdom 15.6713.6327.0723.9320.75

David Connell - United Kingdom WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 9 22.77 25.27 United Kingdom 27.9526.0424.9522.7724.81
Second round 11 19.54 24.62 United Kingdom 19.5421.1430.1926.7126.01
First round 12 23.47 27.39 United Kingdom 23.4725.6324.9533.2031.60
2x2x2 Cube Final 11 7.04 8.81 United Kingdom 9.338.137.048.9710.90
First round 14 8.87 10.19 United Kingdom 11.4316.029.479.678.87
Pyraminx Final 9 13.44 14.68 United Kingdom 14.5213.4414.1415.3917.60
First round 3 9.94 11.29 United Kingdom 9.9411.5917.7210.1112.18

Declan Charles Brace - United Kingdom WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 8 18.59 22.10 United Kingdom 24.1318.5937.7620.1222.04
Second round 9 18.52 23.22 United Kingdom 23.1018.5223.9324.4122.62
First round 8 18.05 21.11 United Kingdom 27.5325.1019.4218.8118.05
2x2x2 Cube Final 12 6.59 8.89 United Kingdom 7.96DNF10.458.256.59
First round 11 5.56 8.33 United Kingdom 7.495.569.299.228.29

Dylan Paterson - United Kingdom WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Second round 30 43.99 49.81 United Kingdom 48.0056.3745.0543.9957.62
First round 29 34.52 46.68 United Kingdom 34.5254.4842.3948.1849.48
2x2x2 Cube First round 27 15.89 20.38 United Kingdom 39.2215.8921.3022.4117.42

Eli Brown - United Kingdom WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 17 32.00 35.41 United Kingdom 32.0737.4732.0036.6938.77
Second round 18 27.16 34.47 United Kingdom 27.1638.1333.1832.1143.83
First round 22 31.88 35.34 United Kingdom 40.3732.8432.8141.4131.88
2x2x2 Cube Final 8 6.77 8.47 United Kingdom 13.256.777.539.738.16
First round 13 8.03 10.12 United Kingdom 8.038.9911.2112.2910.17
Pyraminx First round 22 12.42 20.50 United Kingdom 27.0223.9120.6612.4216.93

Enzo Mateo Da Silva - United Kingdom WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 40 1:27.47 1:53.53 United Kingdom 2:08.101:27.472:15.211:54.901:37.60
Pyraminx First round 25 21.39 27.00 United Kingdom 21.3927.3428.44DNF25.23

Evan Rowand - United Kingdom WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 36 59.78 1:06.75 United Kingdom 1:11.311:04.1959.781:04.761:12.14

Freddie Loughridge - United Kingdom WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Second round 29 40.96 47.75 United Kingdom 46.0850.9646.2040.9653.69
First round 27 40.02 42.81 United Kingdom 45.0855.8541.1140.0242.24
2x2x2 Cube Final 22 13.19 17.22 United Kingdom 20.35DNF15.7515.5613.19
First round 22 11.98 14.28 United Kingdom 17.4014.5011.9812.6815.66
Pyraminx First round 24 15.86 26.14 United Kingdom 23.3815.8633.8922.4032.64

Giorgos Sofroniou - Cyprus WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 5 17.43 19.32 Cyprus 25.0619.0417.4320.3118.62
Second round 7 19.77 21.39 Cyprus 21.8119.7733.1022.3919.96
First round 5 14.57 20.15 Cyprus 17.4019.2014.5726.8423.86
2x2x2 Cube Final 6 3.78 6.60 Cyprus 4.5510.863.784.4011.57
First round 7 5.99 7.25 Cyprus 8.765.999.116.866.13
Pyraminx Final 1 6.74 7.57 Cyprus 17.847.366.747.647.70
First round 2 8.51 9.10 Cyprus 9.369.238.5111.068.72

Hadi Zakir Usman - United Kingdom WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Second round 27 38.51 45.29 United Kingdom 54.0239.7538.511:07.0542.10
First round 20 30.68 34.05 United Kingdom 32.3836.5930.6835.5734.21
2x2x2 Cube Final 18 10.50 11.96 United Kingdom 17.2812.0910.5011.5212.26
First round 18 10.13 11.97 United Kingdom 17.4110.5510.3110.1315.06
Pyraminx Final 18 22.22 25.66 United Kingdom 26.2924.2426.4522.2228.38
First round 18 14.10 19.36 United Kingdom 20.5526.8917.3520.1714.10

Ibrahim Nazim - United Kingdom WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 6 15.83 20.93 United Kingdom 20.0815.8323.6721.2421.47
Second round 6 17.35 20.74 United Kingdom 19.9322.4219.8617.3523.89
First round 6 14.29 20.80 United Kingdom 24.2114.2920.6323.3718.39
2x2x2 Cube Final 3 3.46 6.11 United Kingdom 6.855.845.653.468.71
First round 2 4.60 5.18 United Kingdom 5.696.394.604.715.14

Isaac Johnston - United Kingdom WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 4 16.23 17.75 United Kingdom 17.6219.5818.6516.9916.23
Second round 5 17.67 19.77 United Kingdom 21.1324.8617.6720.4717.72
First round 9 17.22 23.19 United Kingdom 25.1825.1717.2219.6724.74
2x2x2 Cube Final 10 5.78 8.80 United Kingdom 6.6410.69DNF9.075.78
First round 4 5.20 5.58 United Kingdom 5.505.397.055.205.85
Pyraminx Final 11 10.38 15.07 United Kingdom 12.5210.3822.6515.9916.71
First round 9 10.26 14.98 United Kingdom 16.1533.9410.2614.5714.23

Izzan Sahari - Brunei WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 1 12.96 14.06 Brunei 13.5414.7815.0512.9613.87
Second round 1 12.20 13.60 Brunei 16.8513.4613.7312.2013.61
First round 4 13.33 15.86 Brunei 21.4015.7613.3313.7118.10

Jorge Reaich - United Kingdom WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 31 39.10 52.42 United Kingdom 39.1054.0056.5346.7457.42
2x2x2 Cube First round 30 10.99 24.04 United Kingdom 17.9643.4810.9939.5714.58

Kiran Prigge - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 3 14.46 16.94 South Africa 17.4617.4216.5614.4616.84
Second round 4 14.10 16.21 South Africa 18.1816.7514.6614.1017.21
First round 2 12.38 15.13 South Africa 16.3517.8614.8412.3814.19
2x2x2 Cube Final 2 3.42 4.41 South Africa 6.344.594.203.424.43
First round 6 4.11 6.34 South Africa 6.6912.676.725.614.11
Pyraminx Final 7 12.50 13.78 South Africa 12.5013.0913.9017.5814.36
First round 15 12.77 17.20 South Africa 21.2012.7716.9713.4223.00

Kyle Smith - United Kingdom WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 18 32.55 36.47 United Kingdom 33.1141.0635.2346.1732.55
Second round 17 28.89 33.84 United Kingdom 33.4728.8935.3532.7835.28
First round 28 37.77 45.67 United Kingdom 43.3949.2944.3252.8137.77
2x2x2 Cube Final 19 9.92 12.63 United Kingdom 12.7113.7911.8513.349.92
First round 17 8.10 11.60 United Kingdom 22.469.9212.088.1012.80
Pyraminx Final 14 13.92 17.52 United Kingdom 14.0721.0713.9223.7517.42
First round 12 11.38 16.19 United Kingdom 15.2913.2819.99DNF11.38

Mayo Ursaciuc - Romania WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 33 41.71 53.69 Romania 41.7156.1755.8154.7550.50
2x2x2 Cube First round 32 15.02 32.10 Romania 15.0245.5941.5416.0238.73
Pyraminx Final 5 9.97 13.20 Romania 13.3011.9414.369.9718.58
First round 7 9.70 13.39 Romania 13.5216.4610.1818.979.70

Musa Ahmad Khan - United Kingdom WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 35 57.83 1:04.45 United Kingdom 1:19.0357.8358.021:16.5058.82
2x2x2 Cube Final 23 10.47 22.98 United Kingdom 22.4012.97DNF10.4733.57
First round 23 11.40 14.29 United Kingdom 12.7614.8711.4015.2416.09

Mustafa Sohail Khan - United Kingdom WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 10 19.04 25.34 United Kingdom 28.7123.6634.0319.0423.66
Second round 13 23.14 26.54 United Kingdom 24.7528.7426.1423.1433.55
First round 10 21.84 26.43 United Kingdom 23.8728.5521.8427.4827.94
2x2x2 Cube Final 20 8.11 13.09 United Kingdom 11.8013.888.1113.5914.89
First round 20 9.38 12.53 United Kingdom 11.77DNF15.7110.119.38
Pyraminx First round 23 15.73 21.00 United Kingdom 21.2625.4715.7323.7817.96

Nate Thomason - United Kingdom WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 2 13.24 15.58 United Kingdom 19.1613.7023.2313.8713.24
Second round 3 12.25 15.29 United Kingdom 14.8518.5714.5916.4212.25
First round 3 12.45 15.31 United Kingdom 15.8112.4514.6815.4318.52
2x2x2 Cube Final 9 5.26 8.74 United Kingdom 10.7811.325.267.817.63
First round 8 6.02 7.35 United Kingdom 7.746.0212.097.756.56

Nathaniel Lynn - United Kingdom WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 16 27.04 32.24 United Kingdom 36.3332.0927.0433.9130.73
Second round 16 27.64 30.90 United Kingdom 31.3529.3434.3432.0227.64
First round 15 28.83 30.04 United Kingdom 29.5730.3136.2130.2528.83
2x2x2 Cube Final 15 8.05 9.43 United Kingdom 9.739.7912.928.768.05
First round 12 7.26 9.83 United Kingdom 8.5413.0511.369.607.26
Pyraminx Final 12 9.24 15.15 United Kingdom 16.7819.879.2413.4315.23
First round 13 15.11 16.36 United Kingdom 16.8715.1116.6517.8115.57

Niamh Thomson - United Kingdom WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 37 55.84 1:07.84 United Kingdom 1:17.791:19.3555.841:06.3759.36
Pyraminx First round 20 14.27 20.35 United Kingdom 14.2724.5816.391:23.8720.07

Noah Ross - United Kingdom WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 20 32.84 37.76 United Kingdom 52.9635.3742.6335.2732.84
Second round 23 36.78 39.70 United Kingdom 36.7838.3938.6142.09DNF
First round 18 27.64 32.53 United Kingdom 27.6433.2930.3433.9550.58
2x2x2 Cube First round 29 10.54 20.91 United Kingdom 10.5421.5920.5520.5821.82
Pyraminx Final 3 10.00 11.95 United Kingdom 13.5810.0010.2613.2712.33
First round 4 5.56 11.61 United Kingdom 12.0611.8310.9412.125.56

Oliver Randles - United Kingdom WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Second round 26 34.37 44.62 United Kingdom 50.7334.3740.3942.741:28.65
First round 26 30.48 42.29 United Kingdom 35.9347.7830.4852.2143.16
2x2x2 Cube First round 28 9.14 20.86 United Kingdom 26.6515.9320.019.1441.66
Pyraminx Final 10 10.91 14.91 United Kingdom 16.4816.6111.65DNF10.91
First round 11 11.34 15.92 United Kingdom 14.3619.8411.3417.8015.60

Ryan McIlree - United Kingdom WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Second round 2 12.87 14.28 United Kingdom 14.7013.9914.16DNF12.87
First round 1 10.20 13.12 United Kingdom 13.5614.8712.9712.8210.20
2x2x2 Cube Final 1 2.34 2.81 United Kingdom 2.812.562.343.063.31
First round 1 2.17 2.64 United Kingdom 5.752.172.333.002.58
Pyraminx First round 1 4.48 5.79 United Kingdom 5.384.487.727.394.59

Sam Gosden - New Zealand WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 15 26.46 30.33 New Zealand DNF26.4632.0227.4031.58
Second round 14 25.79 26.57 New Zealand 25.9027.9925.7932.6625.81
First round 14 24.96 28.99 New Zealand 28.7624.9629.0229.19DNF
2x2x2 Cube Final 14 6.53 9.25 New Zealand DNF6.5310.278.638.86
First round 15 7.49 10.55 New Zealand 7.499.6910.1611.7913.09

Samuel Hazi - Romania WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 32 47.13 53.43 Romania 48.561:00.3047.1356.0855.66
Pyraminx Final 15 16.68 20.34 Romania 16.6819.4824.2429.8317.30
First round 16 10.43 18.48 Romania 16.4914.2227.4024.7210.43

Tanay Nagubandi - United Kingdom WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 14 24.08 29.45 United Kingdom 29.5824.0832.1929.6129.16
Second round 20 22.39 35.74 United Kingdom 22.3935.0837.2037.1734.96
First round 19 27.31 33.61 United Kingdom 41.2727.3135.4432.2433.16
Pyraminx Final 6 9.88 13.42 United Kingdom 15.75DNF13.759.8810.75
First round 10 13.01 15.81 United Kingdom 15.4119.3015.9813.0116.03

William Richardson - United Kingdom WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Second round 28 37.06 47.01 United Kingdom 37.0651.9145.4248.3447.27
First round 23 33.95 36.40 United Kingdom 33.9548.6938.8835.0835.24
2x2x2 Cube Final 21 11.09 15.45 United Kingdom DNF11.0916.5612.0517.74
First round 21 10.89 12.58 United Kingdom 11.0628.3010.8914.9911.69
Pyraminx First round 21 15.16 20.37 United Kingdom 15.1620.10DNF24.3616.66

William Stott - United Kingdom WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 12 21.87 27.01 United Kingdom 30.1221.8728.9521.9532.35
Second round 10 22.13 23.72 United Kingdom 24.4629.3022.1323.3223.39
First round 13 23.93 27.78 United Kingdom 24.3724.6023.9335.4434.37
2x2x2 Cube Final 5 5.76 6.27 United Kingdom 5.766.235.996.607.68
First round 9 5.89 7.87 United Kingdom 7.885.896.988.7610.39

Xavier Hursty - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 13 22.65 27.25 United States 22.8628.2230.6832.3522.65
Second round 15 24.86 27.50 United States 51.5126.1130.4525.9424.86
First round 16 28.15 31.51 United States 30.9634.8328.7434.9728.15
2x2x2 Cube Final 17 8.83 11.63 United States 14.7210.488.839.7017.38
First round 19 8.16 12.28 United States 13.4026.0212.0211.418.16
Pyraminx Final 13 14.17 15.62 United States 14.7317.0715.0514.1717.43
First round 14 10.97 16.90 United States 18.4820.2016.4210.9715.80

Yousuf Shehata - Egypt WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 34 46.91 55.44 Egypt 1:06.1657.6647.281:01.3746.91
2x2x2 Cube First round 25 15.93 17.93 Egypt 16.8819.4852.9917.4315.93
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