Newmarket Side Events 2026

Date
City: Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Venue: Optimist Youth Centre
Address: 55 Forhan Ave, Newmarket, ON L3Y 8X6
Details: Main Hall
Contact: info+newmarket-side-events-2026@speedcubingcanada.org
Organizer: Speedcubing Canada
WCA Delegates: Abdullah Gulab, Fatima Gulab, Jonathan Esparaz, Michael Zheng, Minseo Gu (구민서), Sarah Strong, and Shanglin Ye

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Competitors: 44

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Abdullah Gulab - Pakistan WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	23	1:42.79	1:45.67	Pakistan	1:45.30	1:47.87	1:42.79	1:52.56	1:43.83
Clock	First round	14	9.12	11.11	Pakistan	13.57	10.21	9.56	9.12	DNF
Megaminx	Final	22	1:36.25	1:50.13	Pakistan	2:07.90	1:54.13	1:40.51	1:55.75	1:36.25

Alvin Hiu Yeung Cheng (鄭曉洋) - Hong Kong, China WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	10	1:06.50	1:10.44	Hong Kong, China	1:08.74	1:10.81	1:11.78	1:06.50	1:21.24
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	1	27.43	DNF	Hong Kong, China	27.43	DNF	32.39	DNF	DNF
	First round	1	23.35	DNF	Hong Kong, China	31.75	DNF	23.35	30.02	DNF
Clock	Final	3	4.69	5.58	Hong Kong, China	5.70	5.65	4.69	7.86	5.38
	First round	4	5.15	6.23	Hong Kong, China	6.23	7.01	7.36	5.44	5.15
Megaminx	Final	3	45.41	47.80	Hong Kong, China	50.67	45.71	50.78	45.41	47.02
Square-1	Final	2	11.80	16.66	Hong Kong, China	11.80	15.36	30.38	20.83	13.78

Arhaan Sareen - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	1	39.54		42.18		Canada	40.08	42.75	49.43	39.54	43.71
Megaminx	Final	2	34.61		38.27		Canada	41.65	34.72	40.95	34.61	39.13

Benson Lau - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	16	1:16.30	1:26.64	Canada	1:32.41	1:37.52	1:22.69	1:16.30	1:24.82
3x3x3 Blindfolded	First round	15	DNF	DNF	Canada	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNS
Megaminx	Final	15	1:11.21	1:14.66	Canada	1:23.59	1:17.60	1:11.21	1:14.69	1:11.69

Burno Chak Kwan Li (李澤堃) - Hong Kong, China WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	2	44.15	49.60	Hong Kong, China	50.41	57.52	44.15	46.28	52.10
Clock	Final	7	5.79	9.28	Hong Kong, China	10.61	13.43	8.12	5.79	9.10
	First round	6	6.62	8.49	Hong Kong, China	7.49	DNF	11.29	6.62	6.68
Megaminx	Final	1	33.59	34.24	Hong Kong, China	39.41	33.68	35.34	33.59	33.71
Square-1	Final	1	7.85	8.49	Hong Kong, China	8.08	10.40	8.75	7.85	8.63

Colin Overholt - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	25	1:56.20		2:17.00		Canada	1:56.20	DNF	2:35.18	2:07.79	2:08.04

Deven Reddy - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	30	2:23.43	2:42.84	Canada	2:23.43	2:43.58	2:42.39	2:47.32	2:42.56
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	7	DNF	DNF	Canada	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF
	First round	9	2:05.54	DNF	Canada	2:05.54	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF
Megaminx	Final	32	4:09.65		Canada	7:11.66	4:09.65

Divyansh Mehta - India WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	31	3:48.72		India	3:48.72	4:17.34
3x3x3 Blindfolded	First round	13	7:47.27	DNF	India	7:47.27	DNF	DNS	DNS	DNS
Megaminx	Final	17	1:24.02	1:27.31	India	1:24.09	1:25.00	1:32.83	1:24.02	1:34.82

Emma Tsang - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
Clock	First round	22	17.98		20.64		Canada	17.98	24.72	19.08	25.48	18.13
Megaminx	Final	29	3:18.04				Canada	3:18.04	3:28.51

Eris McElroy - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	29	2:13.03	2:31.94	Canada	2:37.62	2:13.03	2:19.49	2:44.00	2:38.72
Clock	Final	6	7.30	9.13	Canada	7.30	8.30	8.86	10.23	DNF
	First round	7	6.79	8.62	Canada	7.09	9.68	9.10	10.30	6.79
Megaminx	Final	26	2:09.13	2:29.54	Canada	2:09.13	2:28.11	2:26.32	2:34.20	2:53.25

Ethan Ling - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	12	1:09.32	1:13.10	Canada	1:23.97	1:10.72	1:09.32	1:11.45	1:17.12
3x3x3 Blindfolded	First round	8	1:53.88	1:59.19	Canada	1:53.88	1:54.57	1:54.65	2:08.36	DNF
Megaminx	Final	16	1:09.41	1:18.95	Canada	1:09.41	1:41.82	1:22.27	1:10.95	1:23.62
Square-1	Final	13	32.58	34.87	Canada	44.22	32.58	35.95	35.45	33.21

Fatima Gulab - Pakistan WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
Clock	First round	25	28.05		33.47		Pakistan	36.77	33.17	DNF	30.47	28.05

Hugo Chit Ming Cheung - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	26	2:18.06	2:23.11	Canada	2:22.80	2:39.08	2:18.06	2:19.68	2:26.85
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	5	1:13.54	DNF	Canada	1:36.82	1:26.27	DNF	DNF	1:13.54
	First round	7	1:41.43	DNF	Canada	DNF	1:41.43	DNF	DNF	DNF
Clock	First round	13	9.83	10.88	Canada	10.33	9.83	10.17	16.72	12.15
Megaminx	Final	28	2:51.09		Canada	3:04.32	2:51.09
Square-1	Final	17	52.12	1:05.29	Canada	2:22.27	52.12	55.06	1:00.56	1:20.25

Isabella Young - Bahamas WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	24	2:01.74		2:12.78		Bahamas	2:15.14	2:14.51	2:01.74	2:08.70	2:36.39
Clock	First round	20	12.98		15.06		Bahamas	13.99	14.86	16.32	DNF	12.98
Megaminx	Final	23	1:40.01	NR	1:56.78	NR	Bahamas	2:19.54	1:49.79	1:40.01	2:02.30	1:58.26
Square-1	Final	15	28.36		46.56		Bahamas	1:12.02	28.36	49.37	47.36	42.95

Izan Baria - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	32	4:58.07				Canada	4:58.07	5:00.38
Megaminx	Final	30	3:52.59				Canada	3:52.59	4:58.07

Jaden Dragon Lee - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
Megaminx	Final	31	3:55.29				Canada	4:25.07	3:55.29

Jake Stevenson - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	19	1:28.25	1:35.07	Canada	1:33.76	1:28.25	1:33.81	DNF	1:37.63
Clock	Final	1	3.00	3.26	Canada	3.41	4.79	3.18	3.18	3.00
	First round	2	4.04	5.09	Canada	4.83	4.81	5.63	DNF	4.04
Megaminx	Final	18	1:19.00	1:27.37	Canada	1:31.68	1:34.01	1:23.60	1:19.00	1:26.84
Square-1	Final	12	24.96	32.73	Canada	54.80	33.69	26.81	24.96	37.69

James Magraken - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	6	1:16.27	DNF	Canada	1:16.27	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF
	First round	3	1:10.58	DNF	Canada	1:10.58	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF
Clock	First round	19	11.45	12.59	Canada	15.76	13.13	11.45	12.57	12.07
Square-1	Final	7	22.56	24.85	Canada	22.56	30.51	25.01	24.99	24.55

Jeremy Anderson - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	11	1:06.34	1:12.07	Canada	1:12.91	1:13.76	1:06.34	1:20.34	1:09.53
Clock	First round	21	12.45	16.20	Canada	13.60	DNF	12.45	16.74	18.25
Megaminx	Final	4	46.44	50.74	Canada	56.13	46.44	51.12	48.32	52.77
Square-1	Final	11	19.33	32.07	Canada	37.71	27.44	37.77	31.05	19.33

Jonathan Esparaz - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	7	56.88		1:02.64		Canada	56.88	1:05.58	1:04.14	1:02.19	1:01.59
Megaminx	Final	12	1:08.94		1:11.59		Canada	1:08.94	1:15.16	1:11.25	1:14.15	1:09.38

Jonathan Wang (王嘉洺) - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
Clock	Final	2	2.49	3.93	Canada	3.83	DNF	2.57	2.49	5.40
	First round	1	2.38	2.81	Canada	3.87	2.40	3.33	2.38	2.71
Megaminx	Final	10	50.72	1:03.63	Canada	50.72	1:07.36	1:03.39	1:09.22	1:00.14
Square-1	Final	3	12.23	16.85	Canada	12.23	16.93	22.10	17.78	15.85

Law Yi Chun (羅以臻) - Hong Kong, China WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	27	2:11.27	2:29.21	Hong Kong, China	2:20.81	4:37.86	2:38.92	2:27.90	2:11.27
Clock	First round	26	9.53	DNF	Hong Kong, China	9.53	DNF	10.34	DNF	13.96
Megaminx	Final	20	1:34.97	1:46.94	Hong Kong, China	1:41.01	1:45.14	2:21.02	1:34.97	1:54.66

Leo Wang - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
Clock	First round	10	8.60		9.95		Canada	12.40	8.60	10.43	9.36	10.06

LianCheng Guo - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	17	1:20.11	1:31.27	Canada	1:43.40	1:32.16	1:25.02	1:36.62	1:20.11
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	2	40.68	DNF	Canada	DNF	DNF	40.68	DNF	DNF
	First round	2	41.68	DNF	Canada	1:38.45	46.03	DNF	DNF	41.68

Lucas Nieuwland - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	13	1:10.82	1:17.01	Canada	1:27.60	1:15.58	1:17.84	1:10.82	1:17.61
3x3x3 Blindfolded	First round	12	4:10.14	DNF	Canada	5:27.36	DNF	4:10.14	DNS	DNS
Clock	Final	4	3.72	5.78	Canada	DNF	8.16	3.72	4.57	4.61
	First round	3	4.68	5.53	Canada	4.68	5.49	5.48	5.62	6.55
Megaminx	Final	9	1:00.37	1:03.55	Canada	1:06.87	1:02.94	1:05.75	1:01.95	1:00.37
Square-1	Final	4	13.32	16.99	Canada	18.61	15.17	13.32	19.90	17.19

Matthew Liu (刘东睿) - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	14	1:16.94	1:20.03	Canada	1:19.57	1:27.28	1:16.94	1:23.06	1:17.45
3x3x3 Blindfolded	First round	14	9:57.05	DNF	Canada	9:57.05	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS
Clock	First round	23	24.22	29.44	Canada	28.64	36.38	30.41	24.22	29.26
Megaminx	Final	21	1:34.71	1:48.63	Canada	1:40.32	1:57.41	2:16.37	1:48.15	1:34.71
Square-1	Final	16	46.67	1:03.03	Canada	59.65	1:06.89	1:10.56	46.67	1:02.56

Max Stanciu - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
Megaminx	Final	27	2:35.99				Canada	2:35.99	2:53.54

Max Xiong (熊锐明) - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	3	49.61	52.61	Canada	55.20	52.10	50.54	49.61	58.20
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	4	1:08.67	DNF	Canada	DNF	1:41.72	1:08.67	3:04.87	DNF
	First round	4	1:28.20	2:41.49	Canada	1:28.20	2:35.40	2:23.96	DNF	3:05.11
Clock	First round	9	7.83	9.33	Canada	9.66	9.21	10.77	9.13	7.83
Megaminx	Final	5	47.05	54.52	Canada	53.65	55.20	1:00.82	47.05	54.70
Square-1	Final	5	17.67	21.13	Canada	40.14	18.07	22.01	23.31	17.67

Michael Zheng - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	21	1:31.15		1:40.79		Canada	1:51.96	1:42.29	1:31.15	1:39.25	1:40.82
3x3x3 Blindfolded	First round	15	DNF		DNF		Canada	DNF	DNF	DNS	DNS	DNS

Minseo Gu (구민서) - Republic of Korea WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	6	55.04	57.79	Republic of Korea	1:01.98	57.01	55.13	1:01.22	55.04
3x3x3 Blindfolded	First round	10	3:01.16	DNF	Republic of Korea	DNF	DNF	3:01.16	DNF	3:06.26
Clock	First round	11	8.41	10.32	Republic of Korea	10.56	8.41	10.46	DNF	9.94
Megaminx	Final	6	52.51	58.63	Republic of Korea	1:04.26	53.36	1:00.23	1:02.30	52.51
Square-1	Final	9	22.26	26.96	Republic of Korea	32.03	23.42	22.26	32.66	25.44

Nathan Chiem - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	4	52.62		55.36		Canada	52.62	55.48	53.74	56.87	1:03.48

Nolan Pui - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
Megaminx	Final	25	1:57.12		2:07.18		Canada	2:04.76	2:04.01	2:23.79	2:12.76	1:57.12

Roan Paone - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	5	52.70	57.32	Canada	1:01.20	55.14	55.61	52.70	1:06.58
3x3x3 Blindfolded	First round	15	DNF	DNF	Canada	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF
Clock	Final	5	7.38	8.76	Canada	8.44	9.70	DNF	8.13	7.38
	First round	5	7.79	8.30	Canada	8.88	9.27	7.91	7.79	8.10
Megaminx	Final	7	49.46	58.74	Canada	1:00.64	54.50	1:04.76	1:01.07	49.46
Square-1	Final	10	15.89	27.48	Canada	28.03	28.95	15.89	25.45	29.90

Sarah Strong - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	18	1:34.26		1:34.59		Canada	1:34.68	1:34.41	1:34.68	DNF	1:34.26
Megaminx	Final	19	1:16.46		1:30.96		Canada	1:35.64	1:16.46	1:28.77	1:42.92	1:28.48

Sascha Pugar - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	15	1:13.24	1:20.43	Canada	DNF	1:20.26	1:13.24	1:19.55	1:21.48
Clock	First round	12	9.25	10.56	Canada	10.12	10.74	12.48	9.25	10.82
Megaminx	Final	14	1:04.97	1:14.48	Canada	1:04.97	1:19.37	1:16.42	1:19.32	1:07.69
Square-1	Final	6	15.10	22.68	Canada	27.07	20.97	29.00	20.01	15.10

Sebastian Greenlaw - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
Clock	First round	18	9.53		11.87		Canada	12.88	11.33	11.39	9.53	13.57

Shanglin Ye - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	8	1:03.13	1:08.96	Canada	1:09.39	1:03.13	1:07.56	1:09.94	1:20.47
Clock	First round	17	11.06	11.79	Canada	14.88	11.08	11.06	11.38	12.92
Megaminx	Final	13	1:04.18	1:12.50	Canada	1:04.18	1:12.96	1:14.39	1:10.14	1:14.57

Sophia Warren - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	22	1:31.98	1:43.78	Canada	1:34.47	1:40.94	1:31.98	2:26.88	1:55.93
Clock	First round	27	12.91	DNF	Canada	DNF	14.03	13.10	12.91	DNF
Megaminx	Final	11	1:03.47	1:08.58	Canada	1:04.49	1:05.81	1:03.47	1:15.45	DNF
Square-1	Final	18	23.14	DNF	Canada	26.63	DNF	DNF	1:06.96	23.14

Steven Phang - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	28	2:24.44	2:31.59	Canada	2:25.00	2:41.90	2:27.86	2:24.44	3:18.25
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	3	51.12	DNF	Canada	51.12	1:24.75	DNF	1:19.71	DNF
	First round	6	1:37.79	DNF	Canada	DNF	DNF	DNF	1:37.79	DNF
Clock	First round	24	28.95	31.34	Canada	52.75	28.95	30.14	34.06	29.82

Thomas Tsang - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
Clock	First round	28	33.49		DNF		Canada	DNF	33.49	DNF	49.68	41.10

Tucker Harrison - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
Clock	First round	15	10.36		11.29		Canada	12.29	10.36	10.71	13.47	10.88
Megaminx	Final	33	5:04.47				Canada	5:32.79	5:04.47

Twyla Renée McElroy - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
Clock	Final	8	8.99		9.79		Canada	11.80	9.69	9.28	10.40	8.99
	First round	8	8.44		9.19		Canada	10.23	8.84	10.13	8.44	8.61

William Zhou - Canada WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	9	1:03.93	1:09.55	Canada	1:03.93	1:11.25	1:12.89	1:08.20	1:09.19
3x3x3 Blindfolded	First round	11	3:19.24	DNF	Canada	4:38.11	DNF	3:19.24	DNF	DNS
Megaminx	Final	8	51.02	1:00.69	Canada	1:09.75	1:03.19	1:03.97	51.02	54.91
Square-1	Final	14	33.65	46.25	Canada	50.77	1:24.34	51.00	36.98	33.65

Yili Yi - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
5x5x5 Cube	Final	20	1:30.26	1:39.43	United States	1:36.55	1:47.33	1:43.99	1:37.75	1:30.26
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	7	DNF	DNF	United States	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF
	First round	5	1:35.20	DNF	United States	DNF	2:08.76	DNF	1:35.20	DNF
Clock	First round	16	9.71	11.44	United States	9.71	12.68	12.38	12.14	9.80
Megaminx	Final	24	1:46.38	1:59.90	United States	1:56.75	2:03.40	2:15.84	1:46.38	1:59.56
Square-1	Final	8	17.70	25.36	United States	27.47	27.82	17.70	26.06	22.55