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 here.
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

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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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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).

Amy Smith - Zimbabwe WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 9 1:01.95 1:10.74 Zimbabwe 1:01.951:03.121:40.961:26.281:02.83
2x2x2 Cube First round 8 30.38 47.61 Zimbabwe 42.761:05.5634.5030.381:15.69
3x3x3 One-Handed First round 7 2:44.67 3:35.02 Zimbabwe 3:39.953:57.944:12.162:44.673:07.16

Augustine A. Dowling - Canada WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 1 11.21 12.43 Canada 12.9011.8514.0711.2112.53
First round 3 10.62 13.75 Canada 14.1315.1813.6713.4510.62
2x2x2 Cube Final 1 3.49 4.50 Canada DNF4.055.153.494.29
First round 2 2.08 4.35 Canada 4.764.962.083.744.54
4x4x4 Cube Final 3 51.24 55.86 Canada 1:04.1651.2459.1954.8853.51
3x3x3 One-Handed Final 2 21.61 26.63 Canada 28.4721.6129.1727.8623.56
First round 2 22.93 23.66 Canada 22.9323.5723.2924.1126.91

Faith Smith - Zimbabwe WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 3 11.14 12.82 Zimbabwe 12.5014.7813.1811.1412.78
First round 2 12.80 13.66 Zimbabwe 14.4013.1113.4716.8512.80
2x2x2 Cube Final 3 4.45 5.96 Zimbabwe 6.065.517.274.456.30
First round 3 4.48 5.36 Zimbabwe 7.075.935.604.484.54
4x4x4 Cube Final 2 43.95 46.37 NR Zimbabwe 43.9545.0945.5649.5748.47
3x3x3 One-Handed Final 3 20.41 31.44 Zimbabwe 28.5736.761:05.5020.4128.99
First round 3 20.81 25.32 Zimbabwe 24.8329.3120.8121.8132.63

Hongyu Zhou - China WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 6 32.86 37.65 China 45.6332.8637.2341.6234.09
First round 6 30.16 38.11 China 39.1741.4844.8933.6730.16
2x2x2 Cube Final 5 9.01 12.58 China 20.9410.339.0110.2317.18
First round 5 10.88 12.35 China 10.8813.7212.9511.9312.17
4x4x4 Cube Final 5 2:15.88 2:33.47 China 2:22.722:15.883:26.572:51.202:26.50
3x3x3 One-Handed Final 5 1:26.94 1:35.66 China 1:30.912:37.171:26.941:45.981:30.08
First round 6 1:12.73 3:19.69 China 4:55.742:17.591:12.733:31.144:10.34

Janu van Jaarsveldt - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 4 21.97 23.71 South Africa 24.8525.2422.4723.8121.97
First round 4 21.08 23.79 South Africa 21.0823.7325.9224.9622.67
2x2x2 Cube Final 4 4.02 7.14 South Africa 4.029.348.016.297.12
First round 4 8.44 9.70 South Africa 9.519.5421.1910.068.44
4x4x4 Cube Final 4 1:51.58 1:55.21 South Africa 1:51.792:01.391:52.441:51.582:02.78
3x3x3 One-Handed Final 4 39.74 41.58 South Africa 41.9841.3439.7441.4143.95
First round 4 38.91 48.50 South Africa 38.9150.601:08.6751.9742.93

Maverick Pearson - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 2 9.82 12.60 South Africa 13.8011.639.8213.6012.56
First round 1 10.24 11.12 South Africa 10.2411.6010.6312.3111.13
2x2x2 Cube Final 2 2.75 5.07 South Africa 4.736.118.794.382.75
First round 1 2.55 4.13 South Africa 3.715.555.082.553.60
4x4x4 Cube Final 1 37.19 39.72 South Africa 38.1638.7542.2549.6237.19
3x3x3 One-Handed Final 1 16.82 18.76 South Africa 19.1620.0119.3817.7316.82
First round 1 15.65 17.31 South Africa 18.0417.6416.2519.9915.65

Maximilian Martel Dowling - Canada WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 5 30.03 34.26 Canada 30.0337.2138.2832.4033.16
First round 5 30.31 37.92 Canada 36.3843.0930.3139.6437.75

Mwikisa Sikwibele - Zambia WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 8 52.18 1:04.04 Zambia 52.181:10.901:05.9355.292:14.81
2x2x2 Cube First round 7 23.11 38.86 Zambia 1:09.6326.6423.1143.3846.55
4x4x4 Cube Final 6 4:02.94 NR 4:21.55 NR Zambia 4:25.344:02.945:25.134:36.354:02.96
3x3x3 One-Handed First round 8 2:49.41 NR 3:56.95 NR Zambia 8:08.944:23.474:15.372:49.413:12.00

Scheherazade Dowling - Canada WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 7 44.85 55.29 Canada 44.8559.0957.3249.451:02.69
2x2x2 Cube Final 6 22.73 28.60 Canada 28.9627.0122.7329.8235.64
First round 6 20.16 30.84 Canada 32.7029.7720.1630.0654.64
3x3x3 One-Handed Final 6 2:01.75 2:25.38 Canada 2:07.172:01.752:14.314:07.912:54.65
First round 5 2:07.16 2:26.24 Canada 2:07.162:44.862:27.572:17.362:33.79
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