St. John's Winter 2026

Date: Mar 15, 2026
City: St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Venue: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Address: 45 Arctic Ave, St. John's, NL A1C 5S7
Details: Core Science Facility (CSF) Room 1302
Contact: Nick Slade
Organizers: Jonathan Esparaz, Nick Slade, Sarah Strong, and Speedcubing Canada
WCA Delegates: Nick Slade and Sarah Strong

: Download all the competition's details as PDF here.

Information

Registration Reminders

You must register and pay the registration fee before your registration can be accepted. Unpaid registrations will not be accepted. See the Competitor List and Waiting List sections near the bottom of this page for more details.

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Events
Main event

Competitor limit: 60

Number of times bookmarked: 12

Registration period: Online registration opened and will close .
Registration requirements: 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 60 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $35 (Canadian Dollar).
The registration fee has to be paid through Stripe here once registered.
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 90% 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.
Any spectator can attend for free.

Competitor List

Registrants must pay the registration fee in order to be added to the competitor list.

Once the competitor list reaches the 60-person competitor limit, registrants who pay the registration fee will be added to the waiting list instead of the competitor list. Due to the competitor limit, completing your registration within the initial registration period does not guarantee you a spot on the competitor list.

Waiting List

The waiting list is ordered based on the timestamp that registrants paid the registration fee. If you are added to the waiting list, you will be informed via email. You can view your position on the waiting list on the registration page.

Registrants on the waiting list may contact the organizers at any time to forfeit their spot on the waiting list and be refunded 100% of their registration fee.

If the competitor list fills up quickly, registration could close earlier than the originally listed date (March 1, 2026). The waiting list will close at the same time that registration closes.

If anyone on the competitor list deletes their registration, the person at the top of the waiting list will be moved to the competitor list. After registration closes (March 1, 2026, at the latest), the competitor list will be finalized and registrants who are still on the waiting list will be refunded 100% of their registration fee.

What do I need to bring to the competition?

You'll need to bring the puzzles required for any event you'll be competing in. Most competitors like to bring other cubes to warm up with. All timing equipment will be supplied by the WCA Delegates at the competition.

How can I prepare for the competition day?

Competitors should understand the WCA Regulations before competing. We will have a New Competitor Tutorial at the beginning of the day where you can learn and ask questions. We also recommend watching the videos below to get familiar with the competing process.

What should I expect at my first competition?

Please watch these short videos:

The groups for the competition can be found on the Competition Groups website when registration is complete.

These groups are when you are assigned to compete, judge and/or scramble during an event you are registered for.

Per Regulations 1e2 and 1f2, all competitors must be available to help judge and scramble. If you're unsure how to judge, please review the WCA Regulations, watch this video, or ask one of the WCA Delegates at the competition.

Please plan to arrive to each of your groups five minutes before it is scheduled to begin. Showing up excessively late to your group may result in not being allowed to compete in that event.

Live results for the competition will appear on WCA Live. Link will be provided here closer to the date.

Venue

The event will take place at the Core Science Facility (CSF). We will be using the multipurpose room CSF 1302.

The room is on the main floor of the CSF. The main entrance is on Arctic Ave, just off Prince Philip Drive. When you enter the door, you will see the Whale Atrium (CSF 1301) straight ahead with the multipurpose room adjacent to the atrium.

Parking

Lot 27 (Level 2) on the MUN campus will not be ticketed for the event. The parking entrance will be located on Sand Pits Road, near the Core Sciences Facility. Lot 27 can be found on the map here.

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).

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.