Richmond Fall 2025
- Date
- Oct 11 - 12, 2025
- City
- Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
- Venue
Hilton Vancouver Airport
- Address
- 5911 Minoru Blvd, Richmond, British Columbia, V6X 4C7, Canada
- Details
Ellington Ballroom
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Anurav Kansal, Jeremy Xiang, Joanne Chew, and Speedcubing Canada
- WCA Delegates
- Alex Mutch, DaYeong Kim (김다영), Heewon Hwang, Kevin Matthews, Laura Plourde, and Vianne Chang
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Please review all of the tabs listed on this website. You only need to show up for the events that you're competing in - but we encourage you to show up for longer. Note that we may run ahead of or behind schedule, so please be ready for each event/round about 30 minutes in advance, just in-case.
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Masks will be optional. Do not attend if you feel/are sick.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 125
- 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 135 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $75 (Canadian Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 50% of your registration fee.
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.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Competitors may bring at most 1 guest.
If the competitor limit has been reached and you register and pay for this competition, then you will be on the waitlist. If/when accepted competitors cancel their registrations, spots will open up for people on the waitlist and competitors will be taken in the order they initially completed registration (i.e. paid). If you are accepted from off of the waitlist, you will be notified by receiving an email saying that your registration has been accepted. If you do not make it off the waitlist, then you will be fully refunded your registration fee and, unfortunately, will not be able to compete in the competition.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Asher Kim-Magierek won with an average of 5.88 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Ethan Rusnak finished second (6.78) and Ron G. Arama finished third (7.43).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Asher Kim-Magierek | 5.66 | 5.88 | United States | 5.84 | 5.66 | 6.12 | 5.69 | 6.99 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Asher Kim-Magierek | 1.28 | 1.65 | United States | 1.72 | 1.71 | 1.60 | 1.28 | 1.63 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Asher Kim-Magierek | 24.75 | 26.98 | United States | 27.07 | 31.06 | 27.93 | 25.94 | 24.75 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Jack Anderson | 1:36.45 | 1:37.44 | United States | 1:36.78 | 1:36.45 | 1:39.09 | |||||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Jose Miguel Valdes Rodriguez | 2:26.29 | 2:34.88 | Canada | 2:32.47 | 2:26.29 | 2:45.89 | |||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Asher Kim-Magierek | 10.34 | 11.57 | United States | 13.92 | 10.34 | 10.82 | 12.62 | 11.27 | |||
| Clock | Ron G. Arama | 2.89 | 3.72 | United States | 3.62 | 5.08 | 4.24 | 3.29 | 2.89 | |||
| Megaminx | Ruichen Li | 38.95 | 46.08 | United States | 53.40 | 40.98 | 38.95 | 48.76 | 48.50 | |||
| Pyraminx | Jose Miguel Valdes Rodriguez | 1.57 | 2.00 | Canada | 2.17 | 1.82 | 1.57 | 2.98 | 2.00 | |||
| Skewb | Kevin Lê | 1.94 | 3.18 | Canada | DNF | 3.09 | 3.60 | 2.86 | 1.94 | |||
| Square-1 | Eeshir Pannun | 5.37 | 6.44 | NR | Canada | 6.88 | 9.14 | 6.54 | 5.37 | 5.89 | ||
Competitor Duties
If this isn't your first competition, you will be assigned some judging and/or running duties throughout the competition. You will only be assigned these tasks in events that you're competing in.
If you don't know how to judge or run, make sure to come to the competitor tutorial at the start of the competition. These duties will be on the back of your name tag (explained in the competitor tutorial), so please be aware of when you're expected to come up and help. This is required to keep the competition running smoothly and on time, since it is purely run by volunteeers.
For non-first rounds (ie 3x3x3 round 2) there are usually no assigned duties, so if you see an empty judging seat then please come up and fill it.
Feel free to also watch this video to learn how to judge.
Your competition schedule, which includes all rounds you're competing and staffing in will also be available at Competition Groups about a week before the competition. If you are a confirmed registrant, you will receive a pre-competition email which will contain an updated link to this Competition Groups page, among other useful information. We recommend you keep this link open during the competition, so you can see when you are competing, especially if you've made it past the first round.
We also ask that you keep the venue as tidy as possible as possible - please put garbage/recycling/etc in the appropriate bins when you're leaving.
If you need help or are confused about any of these duties, just ask an organizer or an experienced competitor and they can explain.
Food
CAVU Kitchen Bar is the onsite restaurant. Say you are with the speedcubing event to get 15% off!
Richmond Centre Mall is a 5 minute walk away and it has a food court.
McArthur Glen Designer Outlet is a 10 minute drive away and has food options.
Parking
Hourly parking at the venue ranges from $4 CAD - $10 CAD, depending on the hours selected. Daily parking is $21 CAD.
If you are staying at the venue, please inquire with the Hilton about reduced parking rates.
There are additional parking options nearby.
Accommodations
If you are planning on staying at the venue hotel (Vancouver Airport Hilton) please email the organizers to get your discounted room rate.
Airport
The Vancouver International Airport (YVR) is a 7 minute drive to/from the venue, and is also easily accessible via Skytrain.
Welcome
For those of you new to cubing - WELCOME! This competition is fine for cubers of any age and experience. We just ask you to be aware of these basics before coming to compete.
Resources
If you haven't been to a competition before, we'd strongly recommend looking through all of the below resources. Although there will be a competitor tutorial at the start of the competition (see the Schedule tab), reviewing these in advance is very helpful.
- The WCA has a WCA Competition Tutorial pdf.
- Speedcubing Canada has a New Competitor Tutorials playlist (from 2023).
- US Cubers Chris, Kit, and Lauren have a WCA Competitor Tutorial video (from 2015).
Finally, note that all competitors are expected to be familiar with the WCA Regulations. Note that the resources above are meant to summarize some of the most prominent regulations, among other things.
Community
- For Canada-wide or BC-only competition updates, subscribe to the Speedcubing Canada mailing list.
- For those interested in more of the B.C cubing community, see Vancouver's cubing Facebook group.
- There is also a PNW (Pacific Northwest) cubing Facebook group.
FAQs
Q: What will the competition look like?
A: A competition usually runs throughout the whole day where cubers meet up and have fun, although you are more than welcome to stay the whole day or leave whenever. You will compete in events you have signed up for, and when not competing you're able to hang out in the audience and interact with other cubers.
Q: Who is allowed to compete?
A: Everyone, from all ages are allowed to compete! (You just need to register within the competitor limit.) Do not be hesitant if you are not experienced with cubing or competing, we encourage newcomers to come along, we will help out.
Q: Whose cubes do I use?
A: When competing, it is ideal to use your own cube. Make sure you have one ready to go when it is time to compete. (The competition will NOT supply you with cubes to compete with.) Equipment like timers will be there to compete with.
Q: How do I check the results of the competition?
A: Check out WCA Live and search for the competition name to check live results throughout the day. Official results will then be posted within a few days of the end of the competition.
Do not be intimidated by all these rules and expectations. Competitions are for everyone to have fun! If at any time during the day you have any questions feel free to ask an organizer or other competitors!
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact the organizers (see the general info tab).
This competition is sponsored by SpeedCubeShop!
SpeedCubeShop will be providing lanyards and decals for every competitor, as well as gift card prizes to all podium finishers.
They will not be selling puzzles onsite, but they will be providing a discount code for all competitors!
Thank you to SpeedCubeShop for sponsoring this competition!
In this competion, we will be hosting teamblind as an unofficial event during lunch on Saturday, October 11th.
You may sign up on Saturday, October 11th, IN PERSON. Registration is first come first serve.
Please bring YOUR OWN blindfold.
Guidelines:
* Competitors and their guests are eligible to compete
* This unofficial event will use a Best of 3 format with a 12 minute cumulative time limit
* You must bring your own blindfold
Intructions:
* Each team will have a solver and a caller.
* The Solver is the one wearing the blindfold. They must keep the blindfold on before inspection and until after the cube is solved
* To begin inspection, a judge will remove the cover and times 15 seconds of inspection.
* During inspection, the Caller inspects the puzzle and can call out verbal instructions. The caller must then put down the cube and the Solver must start the stackmat timer before 15 seconds of inspection is over. (Otherwise its considered a DNF)
* During the solving phase, the Solver and Caller may verbally communicate with each other, but the Caller cannot touch the puzzle or the Solver.
* During the solving phase, if the Solver pops the puzzle, the Caller may verbally assist, but they MAY NOT PHYSICALLY ASSIST, the Solver in finding the puzzle parts and reassembling the puzzle.
* To end the solving phase, the Solver places the solved puzzle onto the mat and stops the Stackmat Timer.
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).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced across rounds (see Regulation A1a2).
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.