Please Be Solved UBC 2026


Date
Sep 5, 2026
City
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Venue

University of British Columbia

Address
1961 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1
Details

Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Room 155

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Isaac Davies, Speedcubing Canada, and Winston Chow
WCA Delegates
DaYeong Kim (김다영), Ethan Rusnak, and Kevin Matthews
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Information

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Events
Main event
Competitors
14
Registration period

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Highlights
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Kevin Matthews won with a single solve of 34.50 seconds in the 3x3x3 Blindfolded event. Etan Huang finished second (38.48) and Ethan Rusnak finished third (1:17.68).

Abir Joshi - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 9 DNF DNF United States DNSDNFDNF

DaYeong Kim (김다영) - Republic of Korea WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 8 DNF DNF Republic of Korea DNFDNFDNFDNFDNF
First round 8 2:17.41 DNF Republic of Korea 2:56.35DNF2:17.412:36.22DNF
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 3 36 37.67 Republic of Korea 363740
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 6 DNF Republic of Korea DNF

Daniel Deng - Canada WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 8 DNF DNF Canada DNFDNFDNFDNFDNF
First round 6 2:09.83 DNF Canada DNFDNFDNF2:09.83DNF
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 6 DNF Canada DNF

Danny Kalra - Canada WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded First round 11 4:13.16 DNF Canada DNFDNF4:13.16DNFDNF
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 4 5/7 44:52 Canada 5/7 44:52

Darren Lum - Canada WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 6 2:14.00 DNF Canada DNF2:29.50DNF2:14.00DNF
First round 7 2:14.99 DNF Canada 2:33.93DNF2:14.99DNFDNF
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 6 DNF Canada DNF

Erik Level - Canada WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 5 37 44.67 Canada 453752

Etan Huang - Canada WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 2 38.48 DNF Canada DNFDNF47.3745.7138.48
First round 1 27.48 36.83 Canada 32.4152.5339.5238.5727.48
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 7 44 DNF Canada DNS4844
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 5 4/6 39:06 Canada 4/6 39:06

Ethan Rusnak - Canada WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 3 1:17.68 DNF Canada DNFDNF1:17.68DNFDNF
First round 4 1:50.72 DNF Canada DNFDNFDNF1:50.72DNF
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 1 28 31.00 Canada 282936
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 2 5/5 34:05 Canada 5/5 34:05

Isaac Davies - Canada WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded First round 10 2:32.86 3:37.26 Canada 2:40.78DNF2:32.863:35.584:35.43
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 2 29 34.33 Canada 293638

Kevin Matthews - Canada WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 1 34.50 38.61 Canada 40.0436.4234.5039.36DNF
First round 2 34.22 DNF Canada 49.9143.15DNF34.22DNF
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 4 32 38.67 Canada 363248
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 1 22/27 50:35 Canada 22/27 50:35

Manikanta Nemani - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 5 1:59.96 DNF United States 1:59.96DNF2:11.94DNFDNF
First round 5 2:05.42 2:26.94 United States DNF2:05.422:09.562:31.052:40.22
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 6 46 56.00 United States 465765
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 3 3/3 24:18 United States 3/3 24:18

Rex Kotovich - Canada WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 4 1:24.45 DNF Canada DNF1:24.45DNF1:33.37DNF
First round 3 1:44.64 DNF Canada DNFDNF1:44.64DNFDNF
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 6 DNF Canada DNF

Spencer Fraser - Canada WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded First round 12 8:14.88 DNF Canada DNFDNF8:14.88DNSDNS
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 7 44 DNF Canada 4544DNF
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 6 DNF Canada DNF

Timothy Yeung - Canada WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 7 2:47.66 DNF Canada DNFDNFDNFDNF2:47.66
First round 9 2:19.05 DNF Canada DNFDNF2:19.96DNF2:19.05
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