Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026
- Date
- Aug 29 - 30, 2026
- City
- Berkeley, California, United States
- Venue
Pauley Ballroom
- Address
- Martin Luther King Jr Student Union ASUC, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA
- Details
3rd floor of the Martin Luther King Jr Student Union
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Anto Kam (甘浩東), Berkeley Cube Club, Brandon Harnish, Calvin Nielson, Ryan H. Lee, and West Coast Cubing LLC Treasurer
- WCA Delegates
- Abhimanyu Singhal (अभिमन्यु सिंघल), Adam Walker, Anto Kam (甘浩東), Calvin Nielson, David Karalli (داود قراعلي), Hamza Hafeez, Jaden Thompson, Jason Ostdiek, Matthew Dickman, Mitchell Lane, Nolan Yiu, Robert Alan Marks, Ruby Lu (卢红), Ryan Jew, Samuel Martin, Shane Grogan, Sherry Tao (陶心仪), TJ Kelly, Tim Xie, and Wilson Li (李超雄)
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This competition is organized in partnership with West Coast Cubing and Speedcubeshop.
- West Coast Cubing LLC presents our 69th and final Bay Area Speedcubin' competition! Don't worry! There will be more cubing in the bay area, but we will be retiring the name.
- If we run ahead of schedule, we will wait until the proper time to start the next group.
- We will be assigning judging assignments to competitors for the group before or after their own competing groups. Please check your groups once the groups are made for relevant info. These will be available on the competitor cards the day of as well as through CompetitionGroups.com approximately a week before the competition.
The Grand Finale: Celebrating 13 years of Bay Area Speedcubin'
The 69th and final installment of Bay Area Speedcubin', featuring unofficial events, games, panels, and good ol'-fashioned speedcubin'!
- Events
- Main event
- Competitor limit
- 300
- Number of times bookmarked
- 47
- Registration period
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Online registration will be open from to .
- Registration requirements
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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 300 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $69.69 (United States Dollar).
The registration fee has to be paid through Stripe here once registered.
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 69% 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.
Adding/Dropping Events
- Competitors may edit their events events BEFORE registration closes.
- Competitors may not add events after registration closes.
- Competitors may also adjust their registration details by themselves, without prior approval until the registration deadline
Waitlist: PLEASE CHECK THE COMPETITOR TAB ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE TO SEE HOW MANY COMPETITORS HAVE BEEN APPROVED
If Registration fills up, we will place competitors on a waitlist. In order to get on the waitlist, you must register and pay. You are not on the waitlist until you pay the registration fee. If you do not make it off of the waitlist, you will be fully refunded. If a competitor drops out, the first person on the waitlist will replace them. People can be replaced up until the registration close date indicated above
Outside of traditional "Unofficial Events", we will also be running "Room Blocks". Check out both to get the full experience of BASC 69!
| Event | Time Limit | Cutoff | Format | Number of Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2x2x2 Cube | 1:09.00 | N/A | Best of 1 | 1 |
| 9x9x9 Cube | 30:00.00 | N/A | Best of 1 | 1 |
| Face Turning Octahedron | 2:18.00 | 1:09:00 | Best of 1 | 2 |
| 3x3x3 Doubles | 2:18.00 | 1:09.00 | Average of 5 | 1 |
| 3x3x3 Team-Blind With Inspection | 2:18.00 | 1:09.00 | Average of 5 | 1 |
| 6.25 Contest | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2 |
| Linear FMC | 2:00.00 | N/A | Mean of 3 | 1 |
| FMC Duel | 2:00.00 Chess Timer | N/A | Bracket | 1 |
The following are notices/regulations outside the standard WCA regulations
2x2x2 Cube
NOTICE! This is NOT an official 2x2x2 event. We are holding Best of 1, which will NOT go on your WCA profile.
6.25 Contest
Competitors will have one attempt to get as close to 6.25 as possible. In the event of a tie, there will be a tiebreaker.
The closest competitor in each group to 6.25 will advance to the final.
FMC Duel
Competitors will be in a head-to-head bracket where the competitors will determine the first move from a coin flip. Competitors will have the same scramble as their opponent in this matchup. If it is a competitor's turn, they may perform one move and then hit the chess timer. When the chess timer is hit, it is now the other competitor's turn. If the timer runs out for a competitor, that competitor has lost regardless if the opponent has solved their cube. If a winner isn't determined by time expiring, the winner is whoever solves the cube first.
Linear FMC, Face-Turing Octahedron, 3x3x3 Team-Blind With Inspection, and 3x3x3 Doubles
Rules can be found on cubingcontests.com
This competition will feature "Room Blocks". Outside of the normal competing, we have reserved the entire floor of the competition, and have different room blocks happening at different times. Think of it like TV channels. You can watch the entire room block in East Pauley, leave to compete in your registered event, head back to East Pauley to see the whole block, or walk around the different blocks across East Pauley, Steven's Lounge, and the lobby. We currently have not unveiled the entire list of room blocks, and will be announcing more as we get closer to the competition.
| Time | East Pauley | Stephens Lounge | Lobby |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday | |||
| 9:00am - 12:30pm | |||
| 1:30pm - 4:30pm | Activity TBD | ||
| 4:30pm - 6:25pm | Super Smash Bros Tournament | ||
| Sunday | |||
| 9:00am - 11:55am | |||
| 12:55pm - 3:00pm | Rhythm Games Block | ||
| 3:00pm - 4:45pm | Activity TBD |
By car:
There are several (paid) parking garages nearby the venue.
* Telegraph Channing Garage
* Lower Sproul Parking Garage (NOTE: this lot is more expensive and often is reserved for other events).
By public transportation:
If coming by BART, get off at the Downtown Berkeley station, then follow Center Street until you arrive at the university. If you are considering taking the AC transit or other bus option, get off at the Bancroft and Telegraph stop and you're already on campus.
By plane:
The nearest airport is Oakland International (OAK), about 30 minutes away from campus by car or plan for an hour and a half by public transport. Uber can be a good choice from the airport.
Food:
There are multiple restaurants spread throughout Berkeley. The closest ones can be found just south of the main campus near the venue. You may also pack your own lunch if you wish.
For those of you new to cubing, WELCOME!
We wanted to let you know this event is perfectly fine for cubers of any age and experience. We just ask you know a couple things before coming to compete...
First, please be familiar with the WCA Regulations, found here:
https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/
This video will explain most of what any cuber competing for the first time will need to know. However, it is still the competitors responsibility to be familiar with the full set of regulations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPL3eV-A0ww
If you have any questions after watching this video, we will be having a new competitor tutorial right before 3x3. That would be the perfect time to ask those questions and clear up any confusion.
Head over to the registration tab, if you are ready to sign-up for your first competiton! Click register, and fill out the information that it asks for. This will help you get set up into the WCA's system and one step closer to your first official solve!
Q&A:
Q: Do I use my own cube to compete?
A: YES! You are responsible for your own hardware in order to compete.
Q: What is the normal age of competitors at these events?
A: All ages are welcome, but in general competitors are between 10 and 20 years old. Don't let this stop you though, everyone can and should cube!
Q: What is the competition like?
A; Competitions are a bunch of tables where nerds like us get to sit and discuss our favorite thing, Cubes! Of course in addition there is competing, which will occupy one side of the competition hall, where you will see lots of timers flickering with contestants new personal bests. Most competitions have a break for lunch, and the competing is split up into groups, as to better organize who competes when. (Check the Groups tab and listen at the competition for more info on this.)
Q: How do I find results?
A: All results are posted on the WCA page a couple of days after the competition finishes. However, for the day of competing, search "WCA Live" (https://live.worldcubeassociation.org) to find information about current events. This is also where you will find information about 2nd and 3rd rounds of events.
Q: Why am I not on the registration list yet?
A: Make sure you pay your registration fee in order to be automatically placed on the registered list, which will also guarantee you a spot in the competition. If payment may be any issue, or you are not sure if you can attend, use the contact button to talk to us, and see if we can work out another payment strategy, or have you pay on arrival at the compeition. No matter what you situation may be however, please register online. It is much easier for us to have you register now and pay later, then to have to input information at another time.
Q: Are there age divisions?
A: Nope! All cometitors compete in the same group.
Q: Can I have fun at this event?
A: HECK YES! Cubing is amazing, and we sincerely hope you enjoy the competition!
Groups will be made closer to the competition. They will be available on CompetitionGroups.com
Want to stay connected with the West Coast community? Join the West Coast Cubing Community Discord Server! Speak with other competitors from NorCal, SoCal, Nevada, Hawaii, and Tijuana and keep in touch with fellow competitors and meet new ones! Find out about competition discussion as it happens in real time, and even announcements for competitions before registration opens!
Click here to be directly taken to the Discord Server!
We also have a NorCal Cubing Community Facebook group!
This competition will be sponsored by SpeedCubeShop! They will be providing gift-card prizes for this competition. They will not be selling puzzles onsite.
Use code "WCC" for 5% off all orders at SpeedCubeShop?
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.