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).

3x3x3 Blindfolded

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Kevin Matthews 34.50 38.61 Canada 40.0436.4234.5039.36DNF
2 Etan Huang 38.48 DNF Canada DNFDNF47.3745.7138.48
3 Ethan Rusnak 1:17.68 DNF Canada DNFDNF1:17.68DNFDNF

3x3x3 Fewest Moves

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Ethan Rusnak 28 31.00 Canada 282936
2 Isaac Davies 29 34.33 Canada 293638
3 DaYeong Kim (김다영) 36 37.67 Republic of Korea 363740

3x3x3 Multi-Blind

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Kevin Matthews 22/27 50:35 Canada 22/27 50:35
2 Ethan Rusnak 5/5 34:05 Canada 5/5 34:05
3 Manikanta Nemani 3/3 24:18 United States 3/3 24:18
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