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, and Nicolò Simone

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Information

English :
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Show up at least 30 min before your first event.
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A part of your registration fee will be donated to charity. Please see the "Goede doel" tab for more info.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 67

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Maxwell Praet won with an average of 7.84 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Victor Roets finished second (8.14) and Jules Créteur finished third (8.41).

3x3x3 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Maxwell Praet	6.27	7.84	Belgium	6.27	7.88	7.82	7.83	11.14
2	Victor Roets	7.57	8.14	Belgium	8.17	7.57	8.54	7.70	9.73
3	Jules Créteur	7.19	8.41	France	9.11	14.64	7.50	8.61	7.19

4x4x4 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Bowen Xie (解博文)	28.35	28.97	Belgium	28.62	DNF	28.35	29.36	28.92
2	Jules Créteur	29.33	29.92	France	31.79	29.33	29.34	30.52	29.90
3	Matthias Schegers	29.17	32.05	Belgium	30.92	29.20	36.04	29.17	37.45

5x5x5 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Matthias Schegers	52.90	53.77	Belgium	53.76	53.07	52.90	54.48	57.31
2	Bowen Xie (解博文)	51.16	57.10	Belgium	55.46	51.16	57.26	59.96	58.57
3	Maxwell Praet	56.97	1:02.08	Belgium	58.87	1:10.39	56.97	59.17	1:08.21

6x6x6 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Matthias Schegers	1:37.14	1:39.82	Belgium	1:42.35	1:39.97	1:37.14
2	Bowen Xie (解博文)	1:46.10	1:50.59	Belgium	1:49.20	1:56.48	1:46.10
3	Nicolas Dupuis	1:48.21	1:54.78	Belgium	1:54.94	2:01.18	1:48.21

Clock

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Joran Pauwels	2.98	3.28	Belgium	3.70	3.03	5.02	2.98	3.12
2	Wassim Koffler	5.21	5.88	France	5.21	7.41	5.79	5.89	5.97
3	Tias Claeys	5.49	6.65	Belgium	7.70	5.49	6.70	5.55	DNF

Square-1

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Joran Pauwels	8.24	9.96	Belgium	11.15	8.88	11.16	9.84	8.24
2	Jef Van Vaerenbergh	11.07	12.67	Belgium	19.20	11.07	13.40	12.40	12.20
3	Yanniko Zhechev	10.76	13.10	Belgium	15.79	10.76	11.81	11.71	21.11