Benicia Open II 2026
- Date
- Sep 12, 2026
- City
- Martinez, California, United States
- Venue
- Address
- 1600 Court St, Martinez, CA 94553
- Details
Martinez Junior High School
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Elijah Gabriel Ret and West Coast Cubing
- WCA Delegates
- Chris Martin, Hamza Hafeez, Jaden Thompson, Mitchell Lane, and Wilson Li (李超雄)
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This competition is organized by West Coast Cubing.
This competition is sponsored by GAN Cube!
Welcome to the second edition of Benicia Open!
- If we run ahead of schedule, we will start first round events no earlier than 20 minutes, so please show up at least 20 minutes before your first event.
- We will be assigning judging assignments to competitors for the group before or after their own competing groups. Please check your personal competitor cards when we assign them a week before the competition date for relevant info.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitor limit
- 150
- Number of times bookmarked
- 30
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and will close .
- 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 150 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $35 (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 90% 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 by contacting the organization team.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Adding/Dropping Events
- Competitors may adjust their registration details by themselves to add or remove events BEFORE registration closes. It is also acceptable to not show up for any event you do not wish to compete in, although it is not encouraged.
- Competitors may not add events after registration closes.
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
By car:
- The address is located at 1600 Court St, Martinez, CA 94553. Parking is available outside the school alongside Warren St, Court St, and Jones St. Parking is free on weekends.
Food:
- Many food options are easily available a few minutes northwest of the venue by car, including a Starbucks along Main St and a Subway along Ferry St. Additionally, if you prefer to go south, there is a Dutch Bros or a Jack In The Box, both a few minutes away by taking Alhambra Ave.
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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPL3eV-A0ww
- If you have any questions in regards to the competition, we will be having a first time competitor tutorial. Please navigate to the Schedule tab of this competition to know what time the tutorial will be.
- 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:
Do I use my own cube to compete?
YES! You are responsible for your own hardware in order to compete.
What is the normal age of competitors at these events?
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!
What is the competition like?
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.)
How do I find results?
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.
Why am I not on the registration list yet?
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 situation you 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. After you pay, please allow up to 48 hours for your registration to be accepted, as we do accept all registrations manually.
Are there age divisions?
Nope! All cometitors compete in the same group.
Can I have fun at this event?
HECK YES! Cubing is amazing, and we sincerely hope you enjoy the competition!
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Group info will be updated at a later time.
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, WCA Forum thread for California, and the West Coast Cubing website!
If our competitor limit of 150 competitors has been met, every registered and paid competitor thereafter, up until this point, will be placed on the waitlist. The names of competitors on the waitlist will be shown here. If a registered competitor must cancel their registration, the first person on the waitlist will be added to the list of approved competitors. Waitlisted competitors are eligible to be added to the waitlist up until Tuesday, September 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM PDT.
The waitlist is as follows (last names have been truncated for privacy):
Waitlist has not begun yet as registration is not full
We'll be holding FTO during the latter half of lunch!
To sign up for the event, register using this Google Form: (will be added soon)
GANCUBE is sponsoring our giveaway!
Every competitor will receive a free ticket at the start of the competition!
You can receive extra raffle tickets for completing each of the challenges listed below:
- Get a new Personal Record in any event
- Help out during the competition
Raffle prizes + additional info TBA
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.