Brilliant Big & Blind Bravo Orlando 2026

Date: Jun 6 - 7, 2026
City: Orlando, Florida, United States
Venue: Black Belt Center
Address: 4516 Hoffner Avenue, Orlando, FL 32812
Details: Enter through the black double doors on the side of the building.
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Nancy Hartman, Sean Hartman, and Southeast Cubing
WCA Delegates: Nancy Hartman and Nathan Graves

: Download all the competition's details as PDF here.

Information

3x3 Blindfolded is the main event of this competition.

If you are competing in 3x3 Multi-Blind, please contact the organization team before registration closes to submit the projected number of cubes you plan to attempt. You can modify this amount at the competition, but having an estimate ahead of time helps us to generate the appropriate number of scrambles.

This competition is supported by Southeast Cubing, Inc., the official nonprofit organization for speedcubing in the Southeast! Please check out the Southeast Cubing, Inc. tab to learn more about the organization and what you can do to support the mission.

Events
Main event

Competitor limit: 60

Number of times bookmarked: 18

Registration period: Online registration will be open from to .
Registration requirements: 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 60 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (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 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 are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Competitors may bring at most 1 guest.

Registrations are accepted manually, so please be patient while waiting for your name to appear on the competitor list after you submit payment for your registration. Your registration is not complete until you pay. If you still do not see your name on the competitor list 48 hours after submitting your payment, then please contact the organizers to resolve the issue. You do not have a confirmed spot at the competition until you receive an email with the subject line: "Registration Accepted: Brilliant Big & Blind Bravo Orlando 2026." Any travel plans that you make before receiving the acceptance email are at your own risk.

After the competitor limit has been reached, you may still submit payment for your registration in order to be put on the waiting list. If you are first on the waiting list and someone cancels their registration, then you will receive an email from the organizers notifying you that you are being accepted into the competition. After the competition, all competitors left on the waiting list will receive a refund for the registration cost, minus processing fees.

This competition does not have 3x3, it only has quiet events and big cubes.

Please check your email regularly! It is our only way to contact you with essential information regarding the competition. Feel free to reach out if you think you missed anything.

The amount of competitors moving on to subsequent rounds and/or the amount of rounds for events may change after registration closes/fills.

Important Links

(Links will be added closer to the competition)

Group Sheet
Live Results

All Competitors

Please try to arrive at least 1 hour early for the events you are competing in to ensure that you are on time for your events as we may run ahead of schedule (for the first event of the day this is not required).
We will use regulation 9p3 as much as we can, so if you do not arrive to compete by the time the event is ending your spot may be given up to the next competitor in the rankings.
Your Delegates for this competition are Nancy Hartman and Nathan Graves. Ask them if you have any questions throughout the day!
To keep the competition running on time and to ensure we can keep all events we will be requiring competitors to also judge. Pay attention to the group assignment sheet - If you are in the first group of an event you will then judge the second group, if in the second group you will judge the third group and so on - if you are in the last group you will judge the first group. This is essential to keep the events on schedule. We also invite any parents or guests to also help to judge - thank you for your support.

New Competitors

Since this is not a standard competition and doesn't have events most newcomers compete in, we won't have a new competitor tutorial. But if you are new and/or would like to be run through how to do things, reach out to us! We can coordinate a time to do so before you compete.
You can watch Kit Clement's WCA Competitor Tutorial Video.
Please be familiar with all of the WCA Regulations, most importantly Article A. If you have any questions about the regulations, feel free to ask.
In each event we will have rounds. We will take the top competitors into subsequent rounds. After a round is completed it will be entered into WCA Live. Your name will be highlighted if you are advancing to the next round.
Each round will be divided into groups to help them run more efficiently. We will call the groups in order with a last call during the last group. Please bring your puzzle up when your group is called. We are allowed to deny you the ability to compete if you do not come up by the last call.

Accessibility

Reach out to the organization team if you require any accommodations. We are happy to work with you to the best of our ability! The regulations recommend you reach out 2 weeks beforehand so we can best prepare. Let us know if you have any questions or concerns.

The venue is a martial arts studio, enter through the double black doors. The venue does not have seating for more than one guest per competitor.

Overflow parking is across the street at Publix.

The closest airport is the Orlando International Airport.

Volunteer Application

Please fill out the form if you are interested in volunteering. Volunteers are very important for keeping competitions on schedule, thanks for considering!

Volunteers are expected to be available for a majority of the competition for helping out, primarily with:
- Scrambling
- Running
- Data Entry

Selections will be made closer to the competition and additional information will be announced at that time.

If you are interested in sponsoring this competition or partnering with Southeast Cubing, please contact Southeast Cubing to discuss your ideas further.

About Southeast Cubing, Inc.

Southeast Cubing, Inc. (SECI) is the official 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization for speedcubing in the Southeast United States! SECI supports current and future cubers across the region by:

Collecting and sharing information on speedcubing competitions and clubs
Supporting the organization of more speedcubing competitions and clubs with resources, guidance, and logistical support
Organizing a regional championship every year
Engaging in outreach to expand the speedcubing community by visiting local community events
Providing spaces (both physical and virtual) for Southeast cubers and their supporters to connect and learn

Getting Involved with SECI

You can get involved with SECI in a variety of ways:

Following SECI's social media pages to keep up with the latest news about Southeast cubing:
Joining SECI's social media discussion groups to be a part of the online conversation:
Becoming a competition volunteer, a competition organizer, or a WCA Delegate in the Southeast
Hosting a cubing club in the Southeast
Volunteering as an SECI team or Board member
Donating directly to SECI to support the mission:

SECI Competition Support

This competition is officially supported by SECI through the organization's Supported Competitions Policy, meaning that SECI takes on the overall financial and legal responsibility for the competition by collecting registration fees, paying competition expenses and signing contracts. In return for this support, SECI retains any leftover competition funds to put towards all the important activities listed above that support the organization's nonprofit mission!

Florida Cubing

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 across rounds (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.