Berkeley Pre-Cal Day 2026

Date
Apr 17, 2026
City
Berkeley, California, United States
Venue

SOCS 20

Address
Barrows Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720
Details

This venue is NOT the normal Pauley Ballroom venue!

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Anto Kam (甘浩東), Berkeley Cube Club, and West Coast Cubing LLC Treasurer
WCA Delegates
Abhimanyu Singhal (अभिमन्यु सिंघल), Anto Kam (甘浩東), Calvin Nielson, Franklin Pham, Mitchell Lane, Nolan Yiu, Ryan H. Lee, and Tim Xie
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Information

IMPORTANT: This competition is happening on a weekday, not a weekend

  • Registrants will be accepted in the order that they pay, not the order that they register. Please be patient with us as we manually accept all eligible competitors.
Events
Main event
Competitors
31
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Competitors may bring at most 2 guests.

All competitors must be available to judge/run/scramble for the competition as per Regulation 1e2 and 1f2. All competitors will be expected to help by judging or running for any event they are doing. Nametags will be handed out with all the information regarding what groups you will be competing in and what groups you will be helping in. If you are not competing in an event, you will not be assigned to help during that event.

Berkeley students will be able to compete for free for this competition.
If you are a Berkeley student, email anto@berkeley.edu with proof (for example, a student ID), and we'll waive your registration fee for the competition.

Highlights
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Joseph Ong won with an average of 9.25 seconds in the Square-1 event. Calvin Nielson finished second (9.99) and Nolan Yiu finished third (12.04).

Abhimanyu Singhal (अभिमन्यु सिंघल) - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 17 11.80 12.98 United States 14.2912.4614.4612.1911.80
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 6 1:15.59 DNF United States DNF1:15.59DNFDNFDNF
First round 7 1:53.46 DNF United States DNF1:53.46DNFDNFDNF
Square-1 First round 10 27.50 35.20 United States 47.0930.6527.5035.1839.76

Aiden Steinhour - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 29 44.85 51.12 United States 53.1453.79DNF44.8546.44

Alexander Hao-Jia Du - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 23 12.46 17.11 United States 17.0712.4615.08DNF19.19
3x3x3 Blindfolded First round 8 DNF DNF United States DNFDNFDNSDNSDNS

Anto Kam (甘浩東) - Hong Kong, China WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 4 6.78 8.55 Hong Kong, China 9.1310.466.788.198.33
First round 8 8.46 9.52 Hong Kong, China 8.588.4610.649.9810.00
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 1 19.80 DNF Hong Kong, China DNF19.9319.8022.52DNF
First round 1 22.61 DNF Hong Kong, China 24.8731.3422.61DNFDNF

Atticus Blecker - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 28 23.86 26.39 United States 23.8730.8429.2326.0623.86

Bowen Deng (邓博文) - China WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 19 12.13 14.23 China 15.2513.0012.1314.4317.49
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 5 1:10.39 DNF China DNF1:10.39DNFDNFDNF
First round 5 1:02.83 DNF China DNF1:24.981:28.94DNF1:02.83
Square-1 First round 9 15.33 24.31 China 24.6228.9022.7725.5515.33

Calvin Nielson - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 15 10.62 12.05 United States 12.1510.6212.2021.5211.79
3x3x3 Blindfolded First round 8 DNF DNF United States DNFDNFDNFDNFDNF
Square-1 Final 2 6.20 9.99 United States DNF11.446.209.189.34
First round 1 6.82 7.71 United States 7.827.7412.106.827.57

Chris Lillios - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 27 22.95 25.44 United States 25.5422.9523.2728.3227.52

Christian James Del Rosario - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 16 10.35 12.12 United States 14.3511.7910.3512.9811.60

Dawson Kern - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 25 16.13 18.45 United States 16.3222.9619.5719.4716.13

Diego Jiashu Jiang (蒋佳澍) - China WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 18 11.29 13.24 China 12.1411.9116.1611.2915.68

Dylan Miller - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 2 6.12 6.58 United States 6.137.276.516.127.10
First round 1 5.12 5.79 United States 5.576.215.127.445.59

Eric Hsu (徐玉云) - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 7 8.69 10.68 United States 10.2111.55DNF10.288.69
First round 7 7.81 9.39 United States 7.81DNF8.7810.099.29
Square-1 Final 4 11.11 14.50 United States 14.7711.1115.1621.6213.57
First round 4 9.94 14.45 United States 16.4313.4713.449.9417.50

Ethan Jan - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 1 6.08 6.36 United States 6.086.446.546.116.87
First round 2 5.75 6.65 United States 7.446.317.486.205.75
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 2 26.95 30.35 United States 26.9534.9828.4327.65DNF
First round 2 30.00 DNF United States 35.8230.0052.51DNFDNF
Square-1 First round 7 15.38 22.02 United States 25.2328.2219.2421.5915.38

Franklin Pham - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 6 9.26 10.20 United States 9.599.2610.2610.7410.87
First round 4 8.66 9.02 United States 10.159.118.669.118.85
Square-1 Final 5 14.56 16.66 United States 21.6814.5618.0815.7216.17
First round 6 15.72 17.60 United States 18.5116.2718.0115.7222.54

Geonhu Park - Republic of Korea WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 24 14.95 18.12 Republic of Korea 14.9519.0217.1118.2324.11

James Bradberry - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 22 13.38 15.99 United States 19.7913.3816.6316.2015.15

Jeff Chen - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 11 8.34 9.98 United States 8.348.4011.8311.599.94

John Paxton Landolin - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 31 47.30 52.46 United States 47.3053.9352.1951.2558.18

Joseph Ong - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 9 9.21 9.57 United States 10.0510.249.289.219.38
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 7 1:55.19 DNF United States DNF1:55.19DNFDNFDNF
First round 6 1:28.98 DNF United States DNF1:28.98DNFDNFDNF
Square-1 Final 1 7.63 9.25 United States 7.6311.628.518.1911.06
First round 2 5.84 8.11 United States 8.235.8411.208.147.95

Leo Remi Fyffe - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 26 21.67 22.26 United States 21.7826.6021.6722.4922.50

Michael Sweeney Terrell - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 8 9.87 10.94 United States 10.5512.349.939.8712.97
First round 6 8.16 9.38 United States 9.229.7712.639.168.16

Mitchell Lane - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 5 8.60 10.06 United States 8.6010.969.5410.1410.49
First round 5 8.27 9.25 United States 10.118.2711.058.659.00
Square-1 First round 8 18.58 23.81 United States 18.7926.2918.5826.3626.46

Nolan Yiu - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 10 8.20 9.94 United States 10.8914.538.2010.118.81
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 3 37.51 DNF United States DNFDNFDNF37.51DNF
First round 3 31.06 DNF United States 31.06DNFDNFDNFDNF
Square-1 Final 3 10.49 12.04 United States 11.9912.2915.4411.8310.49
First round 3 8.63 11.16 United States 18.568.6310.888.6313.97

Oliver Lee - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 30 45.80 51.81 United States 45.8054.161:03.0546.4454.84

Raphael Bajet - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 20 12.92 14.36 United States 15.0412.9216.5713.6114.43
3x3x3 Blindfolded First round 8 DNF DNF United States DNFDNSDNSDNSDNS

Ryan H. Lee - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 12 9.06 10.53 United States 11.479.939.0610.1917.31

Sota Kurosaki (黒﨑創太) - Japan WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 21 13.94 15.98 Japan 15.0313.9416.7016.2217.98
Square-1 Final 6 13.52 22.21 Japan 22.5526.3513.5226.5617.74
First round 5 13.09 17.05 Japan 19.3517.1714.6327.7213.09

Tim Xie - New Zealand WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 13 10.09 10.84 New Zealand 18.3311.2610.6610.6110.09

William Kamiyama - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 14 9.95 11.34 United States 9.9512.1713.0611.3610.48
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 4 43.29 DNF United States DNFDNF43.29DNFDNF
First round 4 55.85 DNF United States DNFDNFDNF55.85DNF

Zane Qureshi - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 3 6.38 6.83 United States 7.616.657.366.386.48
First round 3 7.03 7.90 United States 7.038.197.878.077.76
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