Regina Newcomers 2026

Date: Mar 21, 2026
City: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Venue: Rosewood Park Alliance Church
Address: 1300 N Courtney St, Regina, SK S4Y 0C5
Details: Gym
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Carol Preece, Laura Plourde, and Speedcubing Canada
WCA Delegates: Laura Plourde and Vianne Chang

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Information

First Time Competitors:
All newcomers should be familiar with the WCA Regulations before competing. There is a video here for a basic rundown of a competition.

Judging:
All returning competitors are expected to help at this competition. We will have a judging tutorial at the beginning of the day. All returning competitors will be assigned to judge 1 group of each of the events they are competing in. We also encourage parents and other non-cubers to participate!

Mystery event:
There will be a mystery event at lunch. You only need to know how to solve a 3x3 to participate.

Attendance is not required for the entire competition, however please arrive at least 15 minutes before your event's planned start time.
Please bring your own cubes for the events you are competing in.

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Events
Main event
Competitors: 33

Registration period: Online registration opened and closed .
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There is a competitor limit of 60 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (Canadian Dollar).
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If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 50% of your registration fee.
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On the spot registrations will be accepted if there are remaining spots available, with a base registration fee of $30 (Canadian Dollar).
Any spectator can attend for free.

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Payton Freitag won with an average of 11.68 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Wilmer Daniel Almazan Cabrera finished second (12.69) and Alexander Preece finished third (13.14).

3x3x3 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Payton Freitag	10.70	11.68	Canada	11.45	11.39	10.70	12.79	12.19
2	Wilmer Daniel Almazan Cabrera	10.18	12.69	Canada	12.95	12.43	10.18	14.29	12.69
3	Alexander Preece	11.07	13.14	Canada	14.46	13.03	12.60	13.79	11.07

2x2x2 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Wilmer Daniel Almazan Cabrera	2.32	3.08	Canada	4.34	2.79	3.52	2.32	2.92
2	Payton Freitag	2.79	3.36	Canada	2.79	4.62	3.80	3.10	3.17
3	Lewis Unger	3.24	3.91	Canada	3.24	4.68	4.18	3.60	3.95

4x4x4 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Wilmer Daniel Almazan Cabrera	44.61	49.16	Canada	49.96	53.18	44.61	47.65	49.87
2	Laura Plourde	46.61	50.73	Canada	47.55	51.48	53.16	DNF	46.61
3	Vianne Chang	50.15	55.28	Canada	50.15	54.46	58.63	1:01.79	52.76

3x3x3 One-Handed

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Wilmer Daniel Almazan Cabrera	22.74	25.18	Canada	26.26	25.89	37.45	23.39	22.74
2	Vianne Chang	22.94	25.76	Canada	27.09	23.06	27.13	22.94	30.75
3	Laura Plourde	28.57	30.45	Canada	33.90	43.12	28.84	28.62	28.57

Pyraminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Laura Plourde	5.11	7.36	Canada	5.14	8.26	10.98	8.69	5.11
2	Wilmer Daniel Almazan Cabrera	4.49	7.42	Canada	6.77	6.32	9.70	9.17	4.49
3	Jiwoo Song	5.22	8.09	Canada	11.92	6.19	8.88	9.21	5.22