Zambia Cubing Open 2025
- Date
- Jul 5, 2025
- City
- Lusaka, Zambia
- Venue
Sikale Deco
- Address
- Eastpark Mall (off Thabo Mbeki Road), Lusaka, Zambia
- Details
Showroom floor
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Faith Smith and Maverick Pearson
- WCA Delegate
- Maverick Pearson
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Welcome to the first ever official WCA Speedcubing Competition taking place in Zambia!
Please see the information below about how to register and pay, and check out the Events, Schedule and Frequently Asked Questions tabs for all the information you will need to make this a successful and fun competition!
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 9
- 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 35 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is K100 (Zambian Kwacha).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 100% 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.
On the spot registrations will be accepted if there are remaining spots available, with a base registration fee of K100 (Zambian Kwacha).
Any spectator can attend for free.
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS and TICKET PRICES
Please note that there are THREE steps you need to take to be entered into this competition:
1) The competitor must Login or Create a WCA Account if they do not already have one (or their parent/guardian must create one for them). Please create a new account by clicking HERE
2) The competitor must register for the competition using their WCA account, specifying which events they want to participate in. Register by clicking HERE.
3) The competitor must pay the entry fee by purchasing a ticket. Tickets are K100 (Zambian Kwacha). Please bring your entry fee in cash on the day. We most likely will not have any change, so please bring the exact amount.Once you have registered, your registration will be approved after our team reviews it. However, you will not be able to compete if you do not pay your entry fee on the day of the competition. If for whatever reason you cannot pay cash on the day, please reach out to the organizers so we can arrange an alternate way for you to pay.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Augustine A. Dowling won with an average of 12.43 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Maverick Pearson finished second (12.60) and Faith Smith finished third (12.82).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Augustine A. Dowling | 11.21 | 12.43 | Canada | 12.90 | 11.85 | 14.07 | 11.21 | 12.53 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Augustine A. Dowling | 3.49 | 4.50 | Canada | DNF | 4.05 | 5.15 | 3.49 | 4.29 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Maverick Pearson | 37.19 | 39.72 | South Africa | 38.16 | 38.75 | 42.25 | 49.62 | 37.19 | |||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Maverick Pearson | 16.82 | 18.76 | South Africa | 19.16 | 20.01 | 19.38 | 17.73 | 16.82 | |||
If you're a first-time competitor, we would love to have you! It doesn't matter how quickly you can solve the cube - everyone is there to have fun, make new friends, and do their best. The speedcubing community is a healthy environment for cubers of all ages and skill levels!
New competitors must bring some form of ID to show at the competition to confirm your name, the country you wish to compete for, and the date of birth registered with. You must be a Citizen of the country you wish to represent, and must have some way to prove it.
The usual items of ID that people bring are Passports, Birth Certificates, Driver's Licenses, etc. As long as it has your name, date of birth, and country, then it will be fine.
If you would like some more information about what to expect, take a look at:
- This tutorial on how you'll complete your solves
- This video on what to expect at your first competition If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to the organisers - we would be happy to help!
Some more general Frequently Asked Questions:
Q. What time should I arrive at the competition?
You should arrive for registration between 08:15 and 09:15. You should always be at the venue ready to compete 30 minutes before you are scheduled.
Q. How old do I have to be to compete?
Anyone can compete at any age! We encourage anyone considering to compete to register as it will be a great experience regardless of age.
Q. How fast do I have to be to compete?
You only need to know how to solve a puzzle in under 10 minutes to compete!
Q. What do I need to bring?
You need to bring your own puzzles for each event you are signed up to compete in - make sure they are allowed per the WCA regulations. To summarise, your cube should NOT have physical damage, such as very scratched up stickers, dents, or visibly broken pieces; it should only have ONE logo; it should not have any textures or patterns (so NO "carbon-fiber" cubes); and it must not have transparent pieces. If you are unsure whether your puzzle is competition-legal, please get in touch with the delegate to check. Many competitors also bring a 'warm up cube' to use between submitting their puzzle for scrambling and starting their official solve. All timing equipment is provided.
Q. How can I change my events?
You can change your events via the competition registration page.
Q. How can I prepare before the competition day?
Before attending you should have read and understood the WCA regulations. Here is a condensed version of the competitor tutorial.
Q. How do I find out if I've progressed to the second round?
Times will be uploaded throughout the day onto WCA Live. Please allow up to an hour from finishing your solves to them being uploaded. After all the times of a round have been entered, you can see if you have made it to the next round.
Q. Who can I ask for help on the day?
Your Delegate for this competition is Maverick Pearson. Feel free to ask any questions you may have on the day about the rules and regulations, as well a the schedule or anything else related to the WCA or competitions!
Q. Can I help on the day?
Definitely! Throughout the day we will always need scramblers, judges and runners so please see the Delegate to ask how you can best assist.
Q: How do I get a WCA ID?
After official results are posted after your first competition, you will receive your WCA ID.
Please also refer to the WCA's FAQ.
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.