Zottegem Open 2026

Date: Sep 26, 2026
City: Zottegem, Belgium
Venue: Onze-Lieve-Vrouwcollege Zottegem
Address: Ooststraat 44, 9620 Zottegem
Details: On the first floor, more info on Travel tab
Contact: Contact
Organizers: Aron De Vrieze, Bruno De Vrieze, and Joran Pauwels
WCA Delegates: Clara Verbraeken, Lisa Leukemans, Matthias Schegers, Nicolò Simone, and Ramandeep Singh

: Download all the competition's details as PDF here.

Information

English :
Don't forget to read the different tabs.
Show up at least 30 min before your first event.
For the new competitors, be present for the tutorial.

Nederlands :
Vergeet niet de andere tabs te lezen.
Wees aanwezig minstens 30 min voor je eerste event.
Voor de niewe deelnemers, wees aanwezig voor de tutorial.

Français :
N'oubliez pas de consulter les differents onglets.
Présentez-vous au moins 30 min avant votre première épreuve.
Pour les nouveaux compétiteurs, soyez présents pour le tuto.

A part of your registration fee will be donated to charity. Please see the "Goede doel" tab for more info.

Events
Main event

Competitor limit: 80

Number of times bookmarked: 24

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 80 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is €15 (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.

More info on the Registration tab

This competition is open to everyone. Registration starts on Friday, August 28.

The entry fees for competitors is €15, guests can attend free of charge. This must be paid in advance, by following the instructions below.

When 80 competitors have completed their registration by paying the entry fee, registration will be closed and a waiting list will be started.

How to register

Fill in the form on this site.
Pay the entry fee. You can only pay by credit card via the WCA website!
Then, we will accept your registration and your name will show up on the registration list. Your registration will only be accepted as soon as we have received your payment.

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 Friday, September 18 (the Friday 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.

De zaal ligt vlakbij het station van Zottegem op vijf minuten wandelen met goede verbindingen richting Brussel en Gent.

De ingang is via de poort aan de Ooststraat. Er zal bewegwijzigering worden voorzien.

Er is ruime gratis parkeerplaats aan de school in de Kollegestraat.

The venue is located near the Zottegem train station at five minutes walk with good connections to Brussels and Ghent.

The entrance is through the gate on Ooststraat and then follow the signs.

There is free parking at the school in de Kollegestraat.

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPL3eV-A0ww&t

Français

Si c'est votre première compétition WCA:

Vous devez vous inscrire ou vous connecter sur le site de WCA.
Vous devez vous inscrire à la compétition (sur la page de la compétition, onglet "Information générale").
Merci de jeter un oeil à cette vidéo, explicant le déroulement d'une compétition. Il y aura aussi un tutoriel pour les nouveaux compétiteurs avant que le 3x3x3 ne commence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPL3eV-A0ww&t

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 deelnemers net voor 3x3x3.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPL3eV-A0ww&t

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 megaminx) 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!

Per deelnemer zal €6 gedoneerd worden aan Team Bart voor Kom Op Tegen Kanker.
Meer informatie op Team Bart

For each competitor, €6 will be donated to Team Bart voor Kom Op Tegen Kanker.
More information on Team Bart

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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).

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.

Advancement Condition

The number of competitors shown as advancing to the next round is the planned maximum. The actual number may be lower if there are fewer competitors than expected, or if there are ties at the boundary.