WCA African FMC Championship 2026

Date: Sep 5, 2026
City: Multiple Cities, Multiple Countries (Africa)
Venue: Multiple Locations
Address: Multiple Locations
Details: See the locations tab for more information about venue locations
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Anthony Kalaya Rush, Kelvin Githiari Waturi, Maverick Pearson, and Roger Nataniel Issassa dos Santos
WCA Delegates: Anthony Kalaya Rush, Brendan James Gray, Joshua Christian Marais, João Vinícius Santos, Kelvin Githiari Waturi, Marike Faught, Maverick Pearson, Roger Nataniel Issassa dos Santos, Rubén López de Juan, Timothy Lawrance, and Waseem Hoosain

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Information

This Fewest Moves competition is part of the WCA African Championship for 2026, but is being hosted 3 weeks before the main Championship in several separate countries and venues across the continent. Please see the Locations tab for more information.

Please note that only the 3x3x3 Fewest Moves will be held - this is not an ideal competition for newcomers or those who only know speedsolving. Fewest Moves is comprised of 3 separate 1-hour attempts to solve the cube in the lowest possible number of moves. By WCA regulations, the puzzle must be solved in 80 moves or fewer (excluding rotations) in order to be a valid attempt, otherwise the result will be DNF. If you cannot solve the puzzle in 80 moves or less, please consider not registering for this event. Please see this section of the WCA Regulations for more information on Fewest Moves solving.

There will be a short break inbetween attempts for grading, as well as snack/tea breaks for competitors.

For the website for the main WCA African Championship taking place in Cape Town, South Africa, please visit the official WCA website and the official CubingZA website.

GUESTS

Please note that guests and spectators are not encouraged at this competition, unless special arrangements have been made prior to the event with the competition organisers (for example, for younger competitors that require a parent or guardian present). The venues are small and there must be absolute silence for the duration of each attempt.

VENUES

Please see the Locations tab for more info! If you are a Junior or Full Delegate and would like to host a location in Africa for this competition, please reach out to the organizers! Venues can be added up until 15 August 2026 (three weeks before the competition).

Events
Main event

Number of times bookmarked: 8

Registration period

Online registration will be open from to .

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 no competitor limit.
Registering for this competition is free.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.

REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS

Please note that there are FOUR steps you need to take to be entered into this competition:

First-time competitors must create a WCA account if they do not already have one (or their parent/guardian must create one for them).
The competitor must register for the competition using their WCA account.
The competitor must leave a comment on their entry stating which Country and City they will be attending this competition. Please only type one of the options from the list and write it exactly as we have displayed it.
The competitor must pay the entry fee by purchasing a ticket from your local organiser. More information is available in the Payments tab.

If you haven't both registered for the competition (Step 2) and paid for a ticket (Step 4), you will not be able to compete.

After registering for the competition on the WCA website, your registration will be pending. Once your payment has been confirmed by your local organiser, your registration will be approved. (Allow up to 48 hours for the organisers to confirm the payment.)

You do NOT have to attend WCA African Championship 2026 in order to compete in this FMC Simultaneous competition - if you place on the podium for FMC and cannot attend the WCA African Championship 2026 you will still receive your prizes/medals/rewards and be announced at the final Awards Ceremony at African Champs.

Each host Country has its own payment method. Please see below for specific instructions:

South Africa
Entry for this competition is R100, but if you have already purchased your ticket to the main WCA African Championship you will receive a discounted entry fee for FMC of only R50. Click HERE to purchase your tickets for FMC. If you buy FMC Tickets at the same time as African Champs tickets, the discount will be applied automatically, otherwise please contact the organizers to arrange your discount before purchasing the ticket.

Kenya
Registration fee is KSh 500
Pay the registration fee by sending money on the M-PESA app -----> 0710 66 74 57 Kelvin Waturi
After paying the registration fee, please copy the M-PESA transaction code and send an email to kwaturi@worldcubeassociation.org with the transaction code and your name.

Angola
Registration Fee - 1 000kz
Bank transfer
AO06 0040 0000 3049 4464 1016 2 (ROGER NATANIEL ISSASSA SANTOS).
The receipt must be sent to +244 933 918 526.

There are currently three venues for this competition. You can sign up to compete at only ONE (1) of these locations. When registering, please leave a comment on which venue you will be attending. Your comment should exactly match one of the following locations:

Locations
Cape Town, South Africa
Nairobi, Kenya
Luanda, Angola

City	Venue	Competitor Limit	Address	Delegate(s)
Cape Town, South Africa	Kirstenhof Primary School Staffroom	25	18 Lente Street, Kirstenhof, Cape Town, 7945	Maverick Pearson, Anthony Rush
Nairobi, Kenya	Prestige Plaza, Tex Fry Food Court	15	Ngong Rd, Nairobi, Kenya	Kelvin Githiari
Luanda, Angola	SINTEC Office, Centralidade of Kilamba, C33, Apt. 02	15	2747+M4P, Kilamba, Angola	Roger Santos, Vivaldo Roque

Venue Instructions

Each host Country has its own payment method. Please see below for specific instructions:

Angola
Registration Fee - 1 000kz
Bank transfer
AO06 0040 0000 3049 4464 1016 2 (ROGER NATANIEL ISSASSA SANTOS).
The receipt must be sent to +244 933 918 526.

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).

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.