Back To School Buffalo 2026


Date
Sep 26, 2026
City
Orchard Park, New York, United States
Venue

Orchard Park Community Activity Center

Address
4520 California Rd, Orchard Park, NY 14127
Details

Mini Gym / Flex Room

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Denise Kropp, Empire State Cubing, and Owen Lowicki
WCA Delegate
Patrick Strawder
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Information

All competitors must be familiar with the WCA regulations. If you are new to competing, please refer to the Competition Procedures tab.

Events
Main event
Competitors
45
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

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Highlights
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Louis Truong won with an average of 8.81 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Eashan Reddy Goli finished second (9.06) and Evan Waters finished third (9.36).

3x3x3 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Louis Truong 7.95 8.81 United States 8.237.959.489.179.04
2 Eashan Reddy Goli 7.79 9.06 India 9.028.637.799.529.93
3 Evan Waters 7.81 9.36 United States 8.779.2110.117.8110.95

2x2x2 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Evan Waters 1.44 2.63 United States 2.801.442.233.922.86
2 Ben Callender 1.72 2.73 United States 3.023.041.722.133.21
3 Law Yi Chun (羅以臻) 2.83 3.63 Hong Kong, China 3.073.993.832.834.80

5x5x5 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Ethan Qiu 57.95 1:01.67 United States 1:02.151:03.1657.951:04.6659.71
2 Louis Truong 58.90 1:02.35 United States 1:04.911:00.7358.901:01.411:07.59
3 Evan Waters 58.92 1:04.26 United States 1:10.431:01.481:11.841:00.8758.92

Clock

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Jake Stevenson 3.33 4.06 Canada DNF5.283.333.483.42
2 Evan Waters 3.38 4.26 United States 5.583.383.50DNF3.71
3 Owen Lowicki 3.40 4.82 United States 4.035.944.486.693.40

Pyraminx

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Evan Waters 1.48 1.89 United States 2.241.481.921.522.53
2 Adelynn Neal 2.14 3.01 United States 3.092.723.212.146.26
3 Donovan Fusilli 3.76 4.78 United States 5.203.826.163.765.32

Square-1

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Evan Waters 7.55 9.47 United States 16.9611.707.558.658.05
2 Owen Lowicki 8.59 13.06 United States 13.1221.8915.3610.718.59
3 Jake Oppedisano 10.40 14.22 United States 12.6418.5316.9213.1010.40
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