Twist and Turn Ghent 2026


Date
Apr 18 - 19, 2026
City
Mariakerke (Ghent), Belgium
Venue

VISO Mariakerke

Address
Industrieweg 230, 9030 Mariakerke
Details

Dont go through the main entrance, go to the right, around the building. The entrance will be in the back.

Contact

Speedcubing Ghent

Organizers
Aron De Vrieze and Tias Claeys
WCA Delegates
Clara Verbraeken, Lisa Leukemans, Matthias Schegers, Nicolò Simone, Ramandeep Singh, and Théo Naedenoen
Download all the competition's details as PDF here.
Information

English
Don’t forget to check the different tabs.
Please arrive at least 30 minutes before your first event.
New competitors must attend the tutorial.

Nederlands
Vergeet niet de andere tabbladen te lezen.
Wees minstens 30 minuten voor je eerste event aanwezig.
Nieuwe deelnemers moeten aanwezig zijn bij de tutorial.

Français
N’oubliez pas de consulter les différents onglets.
Présentez-vous au moins 30 minutes avant votre première épreuve.
Les nouveaux compétiteurs doivent être présents au tutoriel.

Events
Main event
Competitor limit
100
Number of times bookmarked
65
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 100 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is €14 (Euro).
The registration fee has to be paid through Stripe here once registered.
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.
Any spectator can attend for free.

Competitors for each event are divided into groups. Some events (like 2x2 and 3x3) will have a lot of competitors and therefore many groups, while others (like 6x6) will only have 2 groups. At the competition, we will announce when a group starts so you can bring up your puzzle to the scrambling table and place it on the scorecard that has your name.

When arriving at the competition, go to the registration desk to receive the overview of the groups you are competing in and judging, scrambling or running for, during the first rounds. This is the minimum amount you should be helping out. If you want to help out more, you are always welcome to fill an empty judge seat. We appreciate this enormously as it helps us running the competition smoothly!

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We have reached the competitor limit of Twist and Turn Ghent 2026, so if you register, you will be added to the waiting list.

The entry fees for competitors is €14, guests can attend free of charge.

How to register for the waiting list

  1. Fill in the form on this site.
  2. Pay the entry fee.
  3. You are now on the waiting list. Whenever a spot becomes available, we will send the first person on the waiting list an e-mail. You can claim the spot if you reply within 24 hours after we send you the e-mail.

If your registration is not accepted before the competition, we will refund your entry fee.

Cancellation

If you registered but are unable to attend for some reason, you can cancel your registration by sending an email to the organizers. If you do this before the 11th of April 2026 (the Saturday before the competition), we will refund half of your entry fee.

Change events

You can change the events you are registered for on on this site, until the Friday before the competition.

English

If it's your first time attending a WCA competition:

You must register or login on the WCA website.
You must register to the competition (tab "General info" on the competition page).,
Please have a look at this video, explaining how competitions work. There will also be a tutorial for new competitors right before the 3x3x3 event (on Sunday morning).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPL3eV-A0ww&t

Français

Si c'est votre première compétition de speedcubing:

Vous devez vous connectez ou vous enregistrer sur le site de la WCA.
Vous devez vous inscrire à la compétition ('informations générales' sur la page de la compétition).
Svp jetez un oeil à cette vidéo, elle vous expliquera comment tout fonctionne à une compétition. Il y aura également un tutoriel pour les nouveaux compétiteurs juste avant le 3x3.
Il est important que vous assitiez au tutoriel si c'est votre première compétition!
Voici la vidéo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dSuMG--wm8 (sous-titres disponibles en français)

Nederlands

Als dit je eerste WCA competitie is:

Maak een account of login op de WCA website
Schrijf je in voor de wedstrijd (tab "Algemene informatie" op de wedstrijdpagina)
Kijk even naar deze video, die uitlegt hoe een wedstrijd verloopt. Er zal ook een uitleg zijn voor nieuwe deenemers net voor 3x3x3 (zondagvoormiddag).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPL3eV-A0ww&t

English

By car:
This is the easiest option, the venue is situated right at an exit of the highway R4. There are parking spots available at the venue
At the bottom of this tab you can find a map. The red area is where you can park your car. The black area is the venue

By train + bus:
The easiest way is to take the train to Ghent Sint-Pieters and take the bus from there.
You can either take the bus 60 which stops ~600m from the venue (Mariakerke Industrieweg) or you can take bus 9a/9b which both stop ~1.7km from the venue (Mariakerke Kollekasteel (Eeklostraat))
The bus 60 takes you from the train station to the venue in 30min (walking included), the 9a/9b are around 50min (walking included)
Make sure you plan your bus route ahead of time since there are not a lot of busses every hour, especially in the morning. You can further plan your route via this website: https://www.delijn.be/nl/routeplanner/
PLEASE be carefull during the walk from the bus stop to the venue. You will most likely pass a busy road so make sure you are traveling safely

Français

En voiture:
C'est l'option la place facile, la salle est située sur la droite à la sortie d'autoroute de l'autoroute R4. Il y a des places de parkings disponible.
Ci-dessous vous trouverez une carte. La zone rouge indique ou vous pouvez garer votre voiture.
La zone noire est l'endroit de la compétition.

Train+bus:
Le plus facile est de prendre le train vers Gand saint Pierre (Ghent Sint-Pieters) et de prendre le bus depuis là.
Vous pouvez prendre le bus 60 qui s'arrète à 600m de la salle (Mariakerke Industrieweg) ou alors prendre le 9a/9b qui s'arrète à 1.7~km de la salle (Mariakerke Kollekasteel (Eeklostraat))
Le bus 60 a 30min de trajet, l'autre a 50min de trajet, avec le temps de marche incluse pour les deux.
Plannifiez votre trajet ) l'avence car il n'y a pas beaucoup de bus chaque heure, surtout le matin. Vous pouvez planifier tout ça via:
https://www.delijn.be/nl/routeplanner/
S'IL VOUS PLAIT être attentif.

Nederlands

Auto:
Dit is de gemakkelijkste optie, de zaal bevindt zich aan een afrit van de autosnelweg R4. Er is plaats om te parkeren beschikbaar bij de competitie.
Onderaan deze tab kan je een kaart vinden. Het rode gedeelte is waar je je auto kan parkeren. Het zwarte gedeelte is de zaal van de competitie.

Trein + bus:
De gemakkelijkste manier is om de trein te nemen naar Gent Sint-Pieters en vanaf daar de bus naar de competitie.
Vanaf Gent Sint-Pieters kan je de bus 60 nemen die ongeveer 600m van de zaal stopt (Mariakerke Industrieweg) of je kan de bussen 9a en 9b nemen die ongeveer 1.7km van de zaal stoppen. (Mariakerke Kollekasteel (Eeklostraat))
Met de bus 60 ben je ongeveer 30 min onderweg van het station naar de competitie (Inclusief wandelen), met de bussen 9a en 9b duurt dit ongeveer 50min (Inclusief wandelen)
Zorg dat je op voorhand je route plant aangezien er niet zo veel bussen zijn uurlijks, zeker in de ochtend. Je kan je route verder plannen via deze website:
https://www.delijn.be/nl/routeplanner/
ALSTUBLIEFT wees voorzichtig tijdens de wandeling van de bushalte naar de venue. Je gaat hoogstwaarschijnlijk een drukke weg passeren dus wees hier zeker voorzichtig

Map

English

Unfortunately there are no options in the area for buying food and drinks

There will be a bar available at the competition for drinks.

The bar will be CLOSED during blind events!

There will also be an option to order sandwiches, all competitors will receive a mail about this in due time.

Français

Malheuresement, il n'y a pas des possibilités pour acheter des boissons ou nourriture.

Il y aura un bar disponible à la compétition vendant des boissons.

Le bar sera FERMÉ pendant les événements à l'aveugle !

Il y aura aussi la possibilité de commander des sandwichs, les compétiteurs inscrits recevront un mail à propos de cela en temps voulu.

Nederlands

Er zal een bar zijn op de competitie om drinken te kopen.

Deze bar is GESLOTEN tijdens de blind events!

Ook zal er een optie zijn om broodjes te bestellen voor de competitie, deelnemers zullen hier op tijd een mail over krijgen.

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 (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.

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