Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026
- Date
- Jul 16 - 19, 2026
- City
- Arnhem, Netherlands
- Venue
- Address
- Beukenlaan 15, 6823 MA Arnhem
- Details
Follow the signs!
- Website
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 website
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Gijs Peletier, Heleen van der Ree, Maaike Versluis, Marc Dullemond, Rick Hamburger, Ron van Bruchem, and Yinte Dik
- WCA Delegates
- AJ Nicholls, Callum James Goodyear-Jørgensen, Daniel Vædele Egdal, Daniel Wallin, Ioannis Papadopoulos, Karol Zakrzewski, Kevin Timmons, Marc Dullemond, Mary Hennessy, Matteo Provasi, Oliver Hexter, Pauline Bonnaudet, Przemysław Rogalski, Ron van Bruchem, Rubén López de Juan, Simone Cantarelli, Sébastien Auroux, Ulrik Bredland, Viktor Zenk, and Álvaro Aguilar Salobreña
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- Information

Advancements to Finals:
Top 14 European competitors will always advance to the finals. If any non-European competitor is faster than the 14th, they will also be allowed to compete in the finals.
Addition: the number of competitors in the 3x3 final will be rounded up to the nearest even number.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 1157
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 1200 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is €90 (Euro).
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.
Spectators can attend paying an entry fee of €7.50 (Euro).
Competitors may only register for events that they are already qualified for.
Registration:
Registration and payment can be done at the register tab. The registration phases and requirements are specified here. The registration will not be complete if the payment is not done. Please note that you can only register for events you already qualify for. If you meet the requirements afterwards, after the results of that competition have been posted, you will be able to register for that event at the normal register tab.
Waiting List:
If the registration list fills up, a waiting list will be put in place. You need to complete all of the registration steps to be put into the waiting list. If a registration is deleted, the first competitor on the waiting list will automatically be awarded a spot in the competition. You can drop out of the waiting list whenever you want and receive a full refund. No more registrations will be accepted after 14th of May 2026 23:59 CEST. You can check your spot in the waiting list here. Every competitor still on the waiting list by the 28th of May 2026 23:59 CEST will receive a full refund and will not be able to compete.
Deleting your registration:
If a registration is deleted before 14th of May 2026 23:59 CEST, a refund of half of the base fee will be issued. From that time, we won't be issuing refunds under any circumstances.
Notice of filming:
Be aware that filming and photography at the Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 will be prevalent, you therefore consent to your image being used by the World Cube Association and its partners in their marketing and social media platforms by attending.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Teodor Zajder won with an average of 5.46 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Valerio Locatelli finished second (5.74) and Tymon Kolasiński finished third (5.90).
African records: Anja Strydom Clock 4.44 (average); Daniel Rush 3x3x3 Cube 3.82 (single).
European records: Nicholas Archer 3x3x3 One-Handed 7.95 (average); Tymon Kolasiński 7x7x7 Cube 1:42.14 (average) and 7x7x7 Cube 1:41.64 (average).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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| 3x3x3 Cube | Teodor Zajder | 4.73 | 5.46 | Poland | 5.80 | 4.82 | 4.73 | 7.00 | 5.75 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Teodor Zajder | 0.88 | 1.01 | Poland | 0.88 | 1.02 | 1.10 | 3.17 | 0.92 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Tymon Kolasiński | 18.30 | 20.24 | Poland | 21.40 | 18.58 | 25.25 | 18.30 | 20.75 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Tymon Kolasiński | 31.54 | 35.38 | Poland | 35.92 | 35.65 | 31.54 | 38.10 | 34.56 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Tymon Kolasiński | 1:08.52 | 1:09.32 | Poland | 1:09.37 | 1:08.52 | 1:10.08 | |||||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Tymon Kolasiński | 1:39.94 | 1:41.64 | ER | Poland | 1:44.09 | 1:39.94 | 1:40.90 | ||||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Adrian Dębski | 16.11 | 21.11 | Poland | 21.18 | DNF | 21.98 | 20.18 | 16.11 | |||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Krzysztof Pietrusiak | 19 | 20.67 | Poland | 22 | 21 | 19 | |||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Nicholas Archer | 8.22 | 8.76 | United Kingdom | 8.42 | 8.65 | 8.22 | 9.21 | 10.94 | |||
| Clock | Antoni Stojek | 2.40 | 2.77 | Poland | 2.40 | 2.62 | 4.16 | 2.57 | 3.11 | |||
| Megaminx | Stephanie Rose Martin | 25.28 | 27.51 | Ireland | 25.28 | 30.63 | 27.54 | 26.02 | 28.98 | |||
| Pyraminx | Milan Vincent Andric | 1.12 | 1.40 | United States | 1.12 | 1.31 | 1.55 | 2.18 | 1.34 | |||
| Skewb | Vojtěch Grohmann | 1.32 | 1.60 | Czech Republic | 1.32 | 1.76 | 3.03 | 1.51 | 1.52 | |||
| Square-1 | Michał Krasowski | 5.14 | 5.63 | NR | Poland | 5.41 | 6.79 | 6.16 | 5.33 | 5.14 | ||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Ryan Eckersley | 1:14.92 | 1:23.06 | United Kingdom | 1:22.08 | 1:32.17 | 1:14.92 | |||||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Ezra Hirschi | 3:00.60 | DNF | Switzerland | 3:00.60 | 3:36.15 | DNF | |||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Simon Praschl | 52/57 58:53 | Austria | 52/57 58:53 | 41/59 59:50 | |||||||
Official WCA Events
In the top left corner of this page you will find the results tab. There are multiple views. To find all your results for this competition use the "By Person" view. Tip: use control/command + F to find your own name. It may take a bit for the page to load fully.
Unofficial Events
Please check out the Cubing Contests page.
To find and download all official pictures, please visit the external website!
All results are on Cubing Contest.
Splits can be found here!
Please note that the splits were triggered by proximity to the mat. This caused some inaccurate splits (especially the first cube). Overall times are accurate.
Please refer to the Euro 2026 website
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).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced (see Regulation A1a2).
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.
Qualification
Qualification times must be set in other WCA competitions in order to compete. Qualification times must be set on or before May 21, 2026.
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.