Malta End of Summer 2025
- Date
- Sep 20, 2025
- City
- Msida, Malta
- Venue
- Address
- KSU-PWC Common Room,WF2M+P83, Msida, Malta
- Details
KSU-PWC Common Room, Student’s House, University of Malta MSD2080
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Giorgio Grigolo and Vincenzo Maria Gammino
- WCA Delegate
- Vincenzo Maria Gammino
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Welcome to the third official WCA competition in Malta!
Please check all tabs, especially if you are a new competitor.
Please also check the competition schedule in the dedicated tab, as the competition will start in the early morning with some advanced events, be interrupted for a few hours by FMC Europe 2025 and continue in the afternoon with the most popular events.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 27
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.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 40 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is €10 (Euro).
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 on the Register tab.
On the spot registrations will be accepted if there are remaining spots available, with a base registration fee of €10 (Euro).
Any spectator can attend for free.
If you don't have a WCA profile, please register on the WCA website. Fill in all the required details, with given name and family name, correctly capitalized. After that, you can register for this competition.
If your registration is not accepted within a few days, probably there is something wrong with your registration. In this case please check your mailbox whether there is a letter from the organization team.
In the two weeks before the competition you will receive an email with a request to confirm your participation. You need to reply to that email. If we do not receive a reply, we will assume you will not be participating and may decide to remove your registration. Be sure to check your spam box!
Payment of the fee will take place in cash during check-in on the day of the competition.
On the spot registrations will only be accepted for 3x3x3, 2x2x2, 3x3x3 One-Handed and Pyraminx.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Michael Schembri won with an average of 11.34 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Benjamin Chetcuti Cauchi finished second (11.57) and Samuel Gauci finished third (13.25).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Michael Schembri | 10.49 | 11.34 | Malta | 11.17 | 10.89 | 15.07 | 10.49 | 11.97 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Benjamin Chetcuti Cauchi | 2.05 | 3.15 | Malta | 5.36 | 2.72 | 2.05 | 3.76 | 2.98 | |||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Vincenzo Maria Gammino | 2:47.58 | 3:00.22 | Italy | 2:57.75 | 3:15.34 | 2:47.58 | |||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Michael Schembri | 19.52 | NR | 24.34 | Malta | 19.52 | 37.37 | 22.27 | 19.78 | 30.97 | ||
| Megaminx | Vincenzo Maria Gammino | 1:23.69 | 1:26.39 | Italy | 1:23.69 | 1:41.01 | 1:24.13 | 1:26.39 | 1:28.64 | |||
| Pyraminx | Bianca Spiteri | 3.25 | NR | 4.25 | NR | Malta | 4.64 | 3.36 | 4.76 | 3.25 | 4.74 | |
| Square-1 | Bianca Spiteri | 13.13 | NR | 24.51 | NR | Malta | 21.02 | 16.89 | 42.67 | 35.63 | 13.13 | |
This venue will also host FMC Europe 2025, an FMC competition held simultaneously in multiple locations across Europe.
If you want to sign up, a separate registration is required. Registration for this venue is free and can be done visiting this website, logging in with your WCA account and signing up for the Malta venue.
For those of you new to cubing, WELCOME!
We wanted to let you know this event is perfectly fine for cubers of ANY age and experience. We just ask you know a couple things before coming to compete.
First, please be familiar with the WCA Regulations, found here:
https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/full//
If you are stoked to compete and ready to sign up, head over to the registration tab, click Register, and fill out the information it asks for. This will help you get set up the WCA's system and one step closer to your first official solve!
Q&A:
Q: Do I use my own cube to compete?
A: YES! You are responsible for your own hardware in order to compete. This means you should bring your own cube, or arrange to borrow a cube from someone else.
Q: What is the normal age of competitors at these events?
A: All ages are welcome. Most competitors are 10 and 25 years old. Don't let this stop you though, everyone can and should enjoy puzzles!
Q: How late should I arrive?
A: Everyone is welcome all day. Make sure you arrive at least half an hour before your first event starts. You can check the Time Schedule tab for the latest updates.
Q: What do I do when I walk in?
A: First, show your ID (id card, passport or driver's licence) on the reception desk and get your badge. After that just have fun and hang out with other cubers. We will be calling people up, so just wait for your group/name to be announced.
Q: Are there age divisions?
A: Nope! All competitors compete together.
Q: Can I have fun at this event?
A: Yes! Cubing is amazing. Our community is very friendly. We sincerely hope you enjoy the competition!
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.