GAN Manila Speedcubing Open 2026


Date
May 31, 2026
City
City of Manila, Philippines
Venue

SM City Manila

Address
HXQM+W6F, Natividad Almeda-Lopez corner A. Villegas and, San Marcelino St, Ermita, Manila, Metro Manila
Details

Activity Center

Contact

Cubers and Friends Organizing Team

Organizers
Ivan Keith Cariaga, Jansen Alvarez, and Marionne Gem Baccay
WCA Delegate
Yuji Yoshida
Download all the competition's details as PDF here.
Information


Welcome to GAN Manila Speedcubing Open 2025! This competition features the events 3x3, 5x5, 3x3 One-handed, 3x3 Blindfolded, Megaminx, Clock, and Skewb with 3x3 as the main event.

We encourage reading through all information tabs to be properly informed of additional information and requirements needed for registration and competing.

This competition is hosted by Cubers and Friends, a private organization of Filipino Cubers dedicated to crafting competitive experiences. This competition is proudly sponsored by Learn How To Cube and GANCUBE

Events
Main event
Competitor limit
80
Number of times bookmarked
28
Registration period

Online registration opened and will close .

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 80 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is ₱300 (Philippine Peso).
Registration fees won't be refunded under any circumstance.
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 by contacting the organization team.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.


Early Bird Registration Fee: PHP 300.00 base registration for 2 events, Additional PHP 50.00 per event

Regular Registration Fee: PHP 400.00 base registration for 3 events, Additional PHP 50.00 per event

The Regular registration period is from March 23 to April 30, 11:59 PM GMT+8.
The Late registration period is from May 1 to May 23, 12:00 AM GMT+8.

The registration fee will cover the following:

• Certificate of Participation

Payment Method:
Slots are secured via payment-first system. You may pay for your registration fees via:

GCash Express Send
Account Name: Ja*** n A*
Account Number: 09175030556

FOR FOREIGN COMPETITORS

Registration payments may be paid by competitors travelling from other countries through cash until the day of the competition with an advance notice with proof of travel at least two weeks before the competition in order to fully secure the registration slot. Please contact the Cubers and Friends Organizing Team regarding the payment and registration, or if you wish to pay through another preferred method of payment.

Please indicate the name of competitor, and events registered or number of events registered in the message tab in the GCash app before sending payment, and send the receipt of payment to the Cubers and Friends Organizing Team through e-mail at cubersandfriends.org@gmail.com. Failing to confirm your registration payments through e-mail will render your registration null, void, and non-refundable.

However, registration payments paid within a grace period of 48 HOURS after registration slots are filled may be refunded, else the NO-REFUND policy applies henceforth.

Regular Registration Fee: PHP 300.00 base registration for 2 events, Additional PHP 50.00 per event

Late Registration Fee: PHP 400.00 base registration for 3 events, Additional PHP 50.00 per event

The Regular registration is ₱300 from March 30 to May 7, 11:59 PM GMT+8.
The Late registration is ₱400 starting May 8 to May 23, 12:00 AM GMT+8.

The registration fee will cover the following:

• Certificate of Participation

Payment Method:
Slots are secured via payment-first system. You may pay for your registration fees via:

GCash Express Send
Account Name: Ja*** n A*
Account Number: 09175030556

FOR FOREIGN COMPETITORS

Registration payments may be paid by competitors travelling from other countries through cash until the day of the competition with an advance notice with proof of travel at least two weeks before the competition in order to fully secure the registration slot. Please contact the Cubers and Friends Organizing Team regarding the payment and registration, or if you wish to pay through another preferred method of payment.

Please indicate the name of competitor, and events registered or number of events registered in the message tab in the GCash app before sending payment, and send the receipt of payment to the Cubers and Friends Organizing Team through e-mail at cubersandfriends.org@gmail.com. Failing to confirm your registration payments through e-mail will render your registration null, void, and non-refundable.

However, registration payments paid within a grace period of 48 HOURS after registration slots are filled may be refunded, else the NO-REFUND policy applies henceforth.

Travel Guide to SM City Manila, Manila:

For Commuters:

Train

From LRT 1
* Ride a train to LRT 1 - Central Terminal
* Walk to SM City Manila

From LRT 2
* Ride a train to LRT 2 - Recto
* Transfer to LRT 1 - Doroteo Jose
* Follow the procedure for LRT 1

From MRT 3
* Ride a train to LRT 1 - EDSA Station
* Follow the procedure for LRT 1

From Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX)
* Follow the procedure for LRT 1

From Bonifacio Global City:
* Ride a BGC Bus to MRT 3 - Ayala Station
* Follow the procedure for MRT 3

Ride-Hailing Services:
* Grab
* inDrive

Motorcycle Taxi
* Angkas
* Joyride
* Move It

GANCube

GANCUBE.Com
Facebook

Learn How To Cube

Facebook
Instagram

For the latest updates and announcements regarding the event, please visit the official Facebook page of the Philippine Cubers Association, and the official Facebook page of Cubers and Friends.

You can also join the official facebook community group of the PCA by clicking here.

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.

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