Vancouver Newcomers 2025
- Date
- Mar 31, 2025
- City
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Venue
- Address
- 3360 Victoria Dr., Vancouver, BC, V5N 4M4
- Details
Grandview Room
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Diedre Sportack, Joanne Chew, and Speedcubing Canada
- WCA Delegates
- Heewon Hwang and Kevin Matthews
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- Information
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- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 48
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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This competition is participating in the official WCA Newcomer Month 2025. The registration process will reserve 25 spots for new competitors. New competitors are considered to have no WCA ID or a WCA ID with 2025. Returning competitors are considered to have a WCA ID that is from 2024 or earlier. All competitors must still follow all registration requirements for their registration to be considered complete. For more info, visit the "Newcomers?" tab.
IMPORTANT: Organizers manually move competitors to the competitors list after payment has been received. This is done based on order of payment - You will receive an email letting you know that payment has been received, but you are not registered for this competition until you receive a second email confirming registration and your name appears on the competitors list.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Luke Jankowiak won with an average of 7.76 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Taiyo Berčič finished second (8.33) and Xuanyu Sun finished third (8.51).
Aaron Soong - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 38 | 41.69 | 48.56 | Canada | 57.53 | 46.06 | 41.69 | 51.25 | 48.36 | |||
Alana Chan - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Final | 7 | 7.68 | 9.42 | Canada | 9.89 | 8.60 | 10.94 | 9.78 | 7.68 | |||
| First round | 7 | 7.49 | 9.89 | Canada | 7.49 | 9.34 | 10.22 | 10.10 | 11.12 | ||||
Attila Vojnits-Acun - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 31 | 24.10 | 32.40 | Canada | 35.08 | 24.10 | 33.48 | 33.39 | 30.34 | |||
| Pyraminx | Final | 18 | 11.71 | 18.21 | Canada | 21.37 | 11.71 | 16.94 | 18.95 | 18.74 | |||
Boedy Hulsman - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 26 | 19.91 | 23.59 | Canada | 23.41 | 25.49 | 19.91 | 21.86 | 27.36 | |||
| Pyraminx | Final | 12 | 9.07 | 12.07 | Canada | 13.91 | 9.56 | 9.07 | 12.75 | DNF | |||
Brian Sun - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Final | 4 | 6.46 | 8.56 | Canada | 8.66 | 6.46 | 7.13 | 10.21 | 9.90 | |||
| First round | 1 | 5.85 | 7.87 | Canada | 5.85 | 9.70 | 9.61 | 7.07 | 6.92 | ||||
| Pyraminx | Final | 19 | 13.93 | 18.35 | Canada | 19.38 | 14.57 | 21.09 | 13.93 | DNF | |||
Devin Raghu - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 11 | 9.11 | 11.40 | Canada | 9.11 | DNF | 11.95 | 11.56 | 10.69 | |||
| Pyraminx | Final | 5 | 5.13 | 6.32 | Canada | 6.42 | 6.89 | 5.13 | 5.66 | 7.33 | |||
Devon Yuan - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 16 | 11.74 | 13.72 | Canada | 14.66 | 12.60 | 16.37 | 13.89 | 11.74 | |||
Diedre Sportack - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 28 | 24.88 | 26.89 | Canada | 25.43 | 27.50 | 27.73 | 28.28 | 24.88 | |||
Essa Shariff - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 37 | 38.17 | 45.01 | Canada | 44.13 | 42.42 | 38.17 | 48.48 | 48.61 | |||
| Pyraminx | Final | 20 | 14.15 | 18.97 | Canada | 14.73 | 14.15 | 19.32 | DNF | 22.86 | |||
Finn Gilmore - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 36 | 42.54 | 44.89 | United States | 43.77 | 42.54 | 49.04 | 47.70 | 43.19 | |||
Gabriel Gaza - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 23 | 15.63 | 19.05 | Canada | 21.76 | 15.63 | 17.34 | 18.04 | 21.90 | |||
| Pyraminx | Final | 10 | 6.31 | 8.21 | Canada | 9.79 | 7.41 | 6.31 | 10.61 | 7.42 | |||
Gavin Hoekstra - Netherlands WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 41 | 49.02 | 55.63 | Netherlands | 49.02 | 1:03.28 | DNF | 53.60 | 50.02 | |||
Gray Lalani - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 48 | 1:21.64 | 1:26.91 | Canada | 1:21.64 | 1:26.43 | 1:24.24 | 1:33.71 | 1:30.06 | |||
Greyson Klein - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 24 | 17.14 | 21.23 | Canada | 19.76 | 24.48 | 17.14 | 19.56 | 24.37 | |||
| Pyraminx | Final | 25 | 17.91 | DNF | Canada | 22.28 | DNF | DNF | 17.91 | 22.47 | |||
Harlan Beddoes - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 12 | 9.72 | 11.91 | Canada | 9.72 | 11.59 | 12.48 | 12.41 | 11.74 | |||
| Pyraminx | Final | 3 | 4.43 | 5.66 | Canada | 5.36 | 4.43 | 10.45 | 5.24 | 6.38 | |||
Heyson Choi - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 21 | 14.95 | 17.46 | Canada | 19.12 | 18.71 | 18.17 | 15.51 | 14.95 | |||
| Pyraminx | Final | 17 | 12.07 | 17.63 | Canada | 19.57 | 12.59 | 12.07 | 22.87 | 20.74 | |||
HoJin Kim - Republic of Korea WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 40 | 48.15 | 53.19 | Republic of Korea | 51.69 | 1:20.33 | 58.10 | 49.78 | 48.15 | |||
Isaac Davies - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Final | 5 | 8.29 | 9.02 | Canada | 8.68 | 8.29 | 11.40 | 9.00 | 9.37 | |||
| First round | 2 | 6.83 | 8.06 | Canada | 8.51 | 7.58 | 6.83 | 9.22 | 8.08 | ||||
| Pyraminx | Final | 4 | 5.57 | 6.12 | Canada | 8.21 | 5.57 | 6.35 | 6.03 | 5.99 | |||
Jimmy Zhang - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Final | 9 | 9.33 | 11.15 | Canada | 11.72 | DNF | 9.50 | 12.24 | 9.33 | |||
| First round | 8 | 8.74 | 10.12 | Canada | 8.74 | 9.85 | 10.02 | 10.49 | 17.83 | ||||
Justin Chew - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 22 | 12.03 | 18.13 | Canada | 23.78 | 18.98 | 15.81 | 12.03 | 19.60 | |||
| Pyraminx | Final | 13 | 8.54 | 12.47 | Canada | 10.42 | 8.54 | DNF | 13.69 | 13.31 | |||
Justin Hong - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Final | 10 | 10.52 | 11.61 | Canada | 11.50 | 11.52 | 11.82 | 14.51 | 10.52 | |||
| First round | 10 | 9.75 | 10.70 | Canada | 9.75 | 11.28 | 9.89 | 11.11 | 11.09 | ||||
| Pyraminx | Final | 1 | 4.65 | 5.47 | Canada | 6.06 | 5.07 | 4.65 | 5.38 | 5.97 | |||
Kaito Halverson - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 29 | 25.16 | 29.19 | Canada | 25.16 | 28.48 | 25.34 | 33.76 | 40.38 | |||
Keith Choi - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 43 | 42.79 | 59.77 | Canada | 1:05.84 | 59.78 | 42.79 | 53.70 | 2:18.78 | |||
Kenny Zhong - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Final | 6 | 8.17 | 9.18 | Canada | 9.79 | 8.34 | 16.80 | 8.17 | 9.42 | |||
| First round | 5 | 7.54 | 8.38 | Canada | 8.70 | 8.25 | 8.50 | 7.54 | 8.38 | ||||
Kevin Matthews - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 14 | 11.12 | 12.11 | Canada | 11.12 | 17.14 | 11.76 | 12.78 | 11.78 | |||
| Pyraminx | Final | 6 | 6.28 | 6.75 | Canada | 7.06 | 6.74 | 6.46 | 6.28 | 8.58 | |||
Krishnam Raju Gadiraju - India WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 17 | 12.68 | 14.32 | India | 12.68 | 15.30 | 14.15 | 13.52 | 16.35 | |||
Lingjun Shen - China WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 32 | 27.44 | 33.13 | China | 29.58 | 36.75 | DNF | 33.06 | 27.44 | |||
Lucian Lu - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 42 | 51.19 | 57.73 | Canada | DNF | 51.19 | 51.20 | 55.31 | 1:06.68 | |||
| Pyraminx | Final | 23 | 20.78 | 23.00 | Canada | 21.60 | 23.06 | 28.14 | 20.78 | 24.33 | |||
Luke Jankowiak - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Final | 1 | 6.69 | 7.76 | Canada | 8.16 | 12.47 | 7.28 | 6.69 | 7.84 | |||
| First round | 3 | 7.34 | 8.15 | Canada | 7.97 | 8.19 | 8.30 | 8.42 | 7.34 | ||||
Luke Zhang - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 15 | 9.00 | 12.29 | Canada | 10.95 | 9.00 | 14.14 | 14.69 | 11.77 | |||
| Pyraminx | Final | 11 | 7.61 | 11.49 | Canada | 14.98 | 9.93 | 18.01 | 7.61 | 9.55 | |||
Matthew Ji - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 13 | 11.57 | 11.93 | Canada | 12.10 | 11.74 | DNF | 11.95 | 11.57 | |||
| Pyraminx | Final | 7 | 5.08 | 6.87 | Canada | 6.90 | 5.97 | 5.08 | 7.74 | DNF | |||
Michael Wong - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 20 | 13.54 | 17.17 | Canada | 19.76 | 16.19 | 15.57 | 13.54 | DNF | |||
Miles Chen - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 35 | 37.73 | 44.09 | Canada | 47.22 | 43.25 | 44.24 | 37.73 | 44.78 | |||
| Pyraminx | Final | 21 | 11.86 | 19.78 | Canada | 22.25 | 20.08 | 26.31 | 11.86 | 17.00 | |||
Nolan Stevens - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 39 | 44.25 | 50.33 | Canada | 54.72 | 50.83 | 1:00.34 | 45.44 | 44.25 | |||
Oliver Kaplan - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 18 | 12.17 | 14.99 | Canada | 12.17 | 14.68 | 18.55 | 15.84 | 14.45 | |||
| Pyraminx | Final | 8 | 4.79 | 7.15 | Canada | 4.79 | 7.12 | 7.97 | 6.78 | 7.56 | |||
River Sportack - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 46 | 56.13 | 1:02.61 | Canada | 56.13 | 1:08.66 | 57.41 | 1:01.75 | DNF | |||
| Pyraminx | Final | 22 | 14.14 | 20.41 | Canada | 18.19 | 19.05 | 24.00 | 14.14 | 24.02 | |||
Soarin Vanden Berg - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 30 | 29.05 | 31.78 | Canada | 29.05 | 30.61 | 31.45 | 33.28 | 36.49 | |||
| Pyraminx | Final | 14 | 6.71 | 12.73 | Canada | 20.77 | 8.68 | 15.46 | 6.71 | 14.05 | |||
Susie Song - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 45 | 54.76 | 1:00.97 | Canada | 1:08.16 | 54.76 | 58.20 | 56.56 | 1:09.53 | |||
Taiyo Berčič - Slovenia WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Final | 2 | 7.27 | 8.33 | Slovenia | 8.91 | 7.27 | 7.71 | 8.38 | 11.39 | |||
| First round | 6 | 7.74 | 9.30 | Slovenia | 10.02 | 9.03 | 7.74 | 10.32 | 8.86 | ||||
| Pyraminx | Final | 2 | 4.54 | 5.55 | Slovenia | 5.61 | DNF | 4.54 | 6.36 | 4.69 | |||
Travis Yuan - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 47 | 1:00.68 | 1:07.91 | Canada | 1:25.02 | 1:02.30 | 1:00.68 | 1:08.16 | 1:13.26 | |||
| Pyraminx | Final | 24 | 21.25 | 27.29 | Canada | 29.04 | 24.67 | 31.87 | 21.25 | 28.16 | |||
Trevor Choi - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 19 | 13.59 | 15.85 | Canada | 14.02 | 21.28 | 13.59 | 16.54 | 17.00 | |||
Victor Aja Yera - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 33 | 35.71 | 39.12 | Canada | 40.21 | 38.39 | 38.76 | 35.71 | 45.23 | |||
| Pyraminx | Final | 16 | 12.62 | 16.39 | Canada | 16.64 | 16.85 | 29.45 | 15.67 | 12.62 | |||
Vivien Wong - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 44 | 48.86 | 1:00.31 | Canada | 1:13.42 | 1:02.36 | 1:02.23 | 56.34 | 48.86 | |||
Winston Chow - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Final | 8 | 7.93 | 10.15 | Canada | 11.89 | 11.03 | 9.04 | 7.93 | 10.37 | |||
| First round | 9 | 9.38 | 10.56 | Canada | 9.38 | 11.41 | 11.20 | 10.63 | 9.86 | ||||
| Pyraminx | Final | 9 | 6.66 | 7.55 | Canada | 7.58 | 6.66 | 8.02 | 7.06 | 22.04 | |||
Xavier Forer - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 25 | 18.68 | 22.01 | Canada | 23.78 | 21.77 | 22.97 | 18.68 | 21.29 | |||
| Pyraminx | Final | 15 | 12.52 | 14.80 | Canada | 16.31 | 12.52 | 13.67 | 25.48 | 14.41 | |||
Xuanyu Sun - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Final | 3 | 7.82 | 8.51 | Canada | 8.19 | 10.51 | 8.28 | 9.05 | 7.82 | |||
| First round | 4 | 7.59 | 8.23 | Canada | 8.03 | 8.68 | 8.58 | 7.59 | 8.08 | ||||
Yeonseo Na - Republic of Korea WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 34 | 35.26 | 43.81 | Republic of Korea | 35.26 | 50.21 | 38.54 | DNF | 42.68 | |||
Yoon Hoo Na - Republic of Korea WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | 27 | 22.43 | 24.58 | Republic of Korea | 25.04 | 27.73 | 26.03 | 22.43 | 22.68 | |||