Head to UBC Afternoon 2026

Date: Oct 3, 2026
City: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Venue: Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, UBC
Address: 1961 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1
Details: Room 261
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Asher Kim-Magierek, Isaac Davies, Speedcubing Canada, and Winston Chow
WCA Delegates: DaYeong Kim (김다영), Ethan Rusnak, Heewon Hwang, Kevin Matthews, Kyle Van Straaten, and Louis Meunier

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Information

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Main event
Competitors: 40

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Asher Kim-Magierek won with an average of 6.37 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Ethan Rusnak finished second (7.14) and Xuanyu Sun finished third (7.49).

Andreas Wufka - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	35	24.87		26.77		Canada	29.76	24.87	28.28	25.63	26.40
2x2x2 Cube	Final	33	6.91		DNF		Canada	DNF	7.72	DNF	6.91	6.98

Anna Moughnie - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	16	10.17	11.43	Canada	10.17	11.17	10.40	12.71	14.87
2x2x2 Cube	Final	14	2.62	4.12	Canada	2.62	4.11	4.70	3.62	4.64
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	15	20.40	24.95	Canada	25.29	20.40	24.87	24.68	27.13

Artemy Kudinov - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	22	15.12	16.90	Canada	17.93	15.63	17.42	17.66	15.12
2x2x2 Cube	Final	12	3.34	3.72	Canada	3.34	5.48	4.05	3.40	3.70
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	19	32.34	33.92	Canada	33.02	34.31	35.15	32.34	34.44

Asher Bryant - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	34	22.84	24.49	Canada	24.69	24.54	22.84	24.25	27.77
2x2x2 Cube	Final	28	5.69	7.28	Canada	5.69	7.07	7.89	8.57	6.89
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	27	45.37	47.21	Canada	45.71	50.66	50.34	45.57	45.37

Asher Kim-Magierek - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	1	5.49	6.37	United States	6.16	6.10	6.84	8.07	5.49
	First round	1	4.76	5.77	United States	5.88	6.14	9.78	4.76	5.28
2x2x2 Cube	Final	1	1.57	1.97	United States	1.80	2.47	2.61	1.57	1.63
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	1	9.27	10.41	United States	16.42	10.07	9.41	11.74	9.27

Bruce Wang - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	31	15.83		19.49		Canada	18.74	15.83	17.29	24.01	22.45

Callie Tan - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	17	9.38	12.66	Canada	13.62	13.90	16.41	10.47	9.38
2x2x2 Cube	Final	17	4.06	4.56	Canada	5.03	4.06	4.26	4.71	4.71
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	21	20.96	36.26	Canada	20.96	36.76	DNF	28.70	43.33

Carson Irvine - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	14	9.37	11.14	Canada	11.01	17.61	11.21	11.21	9.37
2x2x2 Cube	Final	19	4.25	5.07	Canada	5.73	5.32	5.47	4.42	4.25
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	26	31.18	45.57	Canada	31.18	40.29	42.00	54.42	57.50

Cheng Cheng - China WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	15	9.37	11.20	China	11.69	9.88	9.37	13.22	12.03
2x2x2 Cube	Final	4	1.28	2.21	China	2.01	2.69	2.27	1.28	2.36
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	11	16.58	21.14	China	17.72	16.58	30.63	23.98	21.72

Cole Hua - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	21	13.22	15.73	Canada	17.72	13.22	18.14	14.34	15.13
2x2x2 Cube	Final	22	4.89	5.65	Canada	7.55	5.87	4.89	5.06	6.02
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	17	24.03	30.41	Canada	33.06	25.96	32.20	33.52	24.03

Devin Raghu - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	7	7.31	9.15	Canada	9.70	9.87	7.88	7.31	10.24
	First round	6	7.33	9.32	Canada	8.49	10.05	7.33	10.34	9.42
2x2x2 Cube	Final	2	1.54	2.15	Canada	1.64	2.06	2.74	1.54	3.71
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	5	13.78	17.31	Canada	19.13	16.29	13.78	20.97	16.50

Eeshir Pannun - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	11	9.15	10.25	Canada	9.15	10.28	9.41	11.07	11.53
2x2x2 Cube	Final	3	1.32	2.18	Canada	2.09	1.56	3.62	1.32	2.89
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	8	17.40	20.49	Canada	19.52	21.46	17.40	20.50	24.57

Erik Level - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	13	10.33	11.02	Canada	13.27	11.25	11.18	10.63	10.33
2x2x2 Cube	Final	7	1.86	3.14	Canada	3.04	1.86	3.09	DNF	3.29
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	16	21.48	25.41	Canada	23.49	26.47	30.52	26.26	21.48

Ethan Rusnak - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	2	6.62	7.14	Canada	6.62	7.53	6.87	7.02	7.91
	First round	3	7.28	8.50	Canada	8.96	8.01	7.28	8.52	12.29
2x2x2 Cube	Final	5	1.23	2.35	Canada	2.13	2.23	2.70	1.23	2.75
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	4	14.01	16.38	Canada	15.35	18.29	17.75	14.01	16.04

Flynn Gabriel - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	37	24.98		36.23		Canada	37.45	50.46	36.55	24.98	34.70

Garvey Wong - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	5	8.02	8.50	Canada	8.42	8.02	8.74	8.33	11.36
	First round	5	7.82	9.01	Canada	8.46	10.49	7.82	8.83	9.74
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	3	12.06	14.90	Canada	14.63	15.23	12.06	14.83	17.02

Gian Carlo Diluvi Martínez - Mexico WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	29	16.24		18.42		Mexico	20.35	22.62	16.24	17.60	17.31
2x2x2 Cube	Final	26	5.17		6.75		Mexico	7.47	22.54	7.17	5.60	5.17

Gonzalo Jimenez - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	39	41.52		59.48		Canada	1:42.02	1:05.20	41.52	50.23	1:03.00
2x2x2 Cube	Final	31	7.25		10.47		Canada	7.25	8.93	11.42	11.06	14.67

Heewon Hwang - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	6	7.68	8.87	Canada	8.15	9.98	8.49	7.68	10.56
	First round	4	7.19	8.54	Canada	8.10	8.07	11.72	9.45	7.19
2x2x2 Cube	Final	8	2.38	3.16	Canada	2.38	3.30	3.64	2.76	3.42
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	6	16.09	17.89	Canada	18.75	20.56	17.59	17.32	16.09

Hubert Lin - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	40	1:05.64		1:29.92		Canada	1:38.83	1:28.77	1:22.16	1:46.20	1:05.64

Jannik Pichler - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	24	11.77	17.25	Canada	16.95	11.77	15.91	22.14	18.89
2x2x2 Cube	Final	16	2.90	4.27	Canada	4.85	4.33	4.83	2.90	3.64
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	18	23.14	33.84	Canada	23.14	32.39	DNF	41.98	27.15

Jayce Li - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	8	8.38	9.15	Canada	9.56	12.09	8.38	9.47	8.41
	First round	7	7.76	9.38	Canada	8.53	11.48	7.76	9.01	10.60
2x2x2 Cube	Final	23	3.42	5.69	Canada	3.67	6.27	3.42	DNF	7.14
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	13	20.12	22.10	Canada	22.42	22.64	20.12	21.27	22.60

Jayden Liu - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	18	12.11	12.80	Canada	12.82	13.42	12.11	15.49	12.17
2x2x2 Cube	Final	13	2.79	4.02	Canada	2.79	3.23	5.13	3.69	5.64
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	14	20.51	22.51	Canada	23.33	21.88	22.32	33.75	20.51

Kai Troeung - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	36	25.78		35.66		Canada	26.76	25.78	38.81	43.44	41.42
2x2x2 Cube	Final	32	4.86		11.06		Canada	4.86	9.93	16.02	11.44	11.80

Kenny Zhong - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	4	6.90	8.12	Canada	8.95	12.12	7.88	6.90	7.54
	First round	8	8.16	9.63	Canada	8.16	9.52	10.10	9.28	10.71
2x2x2 Cube	Final	10	3.03	3.50	Canada	3.56	3.82	4.19	3.03	3.11
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	2	12.01	13.31	Canada	14.31	12.08	12.01	14.67	13.53

Krishnam Raju Gadiraju - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	19	12.48	14.13	Canada	18.46	12.48	12.52	16.24	13.63
2x2x2 Cube	Final	18	3.87	4.90	Canada	4.31	6.29	3.87	4.10	7.47
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	9	17.41	20.83	Canada	17.41	22.95	23.17	21.64	17.91

Kyla Huang - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	27	12.20	17.95	Canada	12.20	17.02	18.88	DNF	17.96
2x2x2 Cube	Final	25	5.58	6.12	Canada	13.43	6.43	5.91	6.02	5.58
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	22	32.91	36.84	Canada	32.91	35.23	40.02	37.70	37.60

Kyle Kai Ma - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	33	20.27		22.50		Canada	20.27	24.10	21.74	25.65	21.66
2x2x2 Cube	Final	27	6.33		6.84		Canada	6.48	6.33	7.26	6.79	8.48

Leyton Chan - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	38	42.16		44.32		Canada	46.76	48.79	42.94	43.25	42.16

Liam Jimenez - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	30	17.16	18.94	Canada	17.99	17.16	20.48	22.43	18.34
2x2x2 Cube	Final	15	2.95	4.26	Canada	4.22	3.55	5.00	2.95	5.07
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	20	25.22	34.79	Canada	38.07	36.41	25.22	37.49	30.46

Marcus Kam - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	23	16.57		16.91		Canada	16.57	17.04	16.68	17.02	17.86
2x2x2 Cube	Final	24	4.09		6.04		Canada	4.99	6.63	4.09	8.58	6.50

Matthew Park - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	26	14.95		17.85		Canada	19.05	15.74	19.04	14.95	18.78

Meer Gupta - India WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	32	18.28	20.34	India	19.45	22.21	18.28	23.33	19.35
2x2x2 Cube	Final	30	7.01	9.53	India	9.73	12.51	7.62	7.01	11.25
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	28	57.08	1:05.16	India	1:21.83	57.08	1:03.38	1:06.24	1:05.87

Nathan Adriel Pablico Briones - Philippines WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	25	12.11	17.27	Philippines	17.05	12.11	16.27	18.48	22.66
2x2x2 Cube	Final	20	4.11	5.08	Philippines	4.84	5.47	4.11	6.00	4.94
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	24	28.12	41.43	Philippines	28.12	48.42	42.25	55.80	33.61

Owen Su - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	28	14.03	18.22	Canada	14.03	17.63	19.77	19.13	17.89
2x2x2 Cube	Final	29	3.51	8.82	Canada	3.51	9.36	6.40	DNF	10.71
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	23	35.02	40.45	Canada	41.00	44.84	36.11	44.24	35.02

Peter Barnwell - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	10	8.53	9.96	Canada	10.09	11.62	8.53	9.55	10.24
2x2x2 Cube	Final	6	1.36	2.44	Canada	1.66	2.87	2.79	1.36	3.27
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	7	15.49	18.40	Canada	15.49	20.20	17.17	22.00	17.84

Ty Tran - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	20	14.18	15.50	Canada	15.85	14.63	16.01	14.18	21.12
2x2x2 Cube	Final	21	4.65	5.50	Canada	5.53	5.91	4.65	DNF	5.07
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	25	32.92	44.51	Canada	56.59	1:05.60	40.22	36.71	32.92

William Liang - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	12	9.16	10.28	Canada	10.91	10.22	10.16	10.46	9.16
2x2x2 Cube	Final	11	1.60	3.54	Canada	4.23	2.55	4.15	1.60	3.93
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	12	18.05	21.59	Canada	21.44	22.24	18.05	21.18	22.15

Winston Chow - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	9	8.50	9.76	Canada	9.56	10.04	8.50	9.68	10.65
2x2x2 Cube	Final	9	2.28	3.48	Canada	3.52	3.07	3.86	2.28	4.72
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	10	15.90	21.11	Canada	23.02	24.23	19.66	20.64	15.90

Xuanyu Sun - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	3	6.37		7.49		Canada	7.26	9.48	6.66	8.55	6.37
	First round	2	8.02		8.37		Canada	8.46	9.11	8.02	8.17	8.47