Brooklyn Waldorf Winter 2025
- Date
- Dec 7, 2025
- City
- Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Venue
- Address
- 11 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238
- Details
Gymnasium
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Empire State Cubing and Tyler Lindow Tsao
- WCA Delegates
- Evan Liu, Ishaan Lal, and Shaun Mack
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This competition is recognized as an official World Cube Association competition. Therefore, 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
- 87
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.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 100 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $40 (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.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Carson Widjaja won with an average of 5.63 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Matty Hiroto Inaba finished second (5.99) and Shaun Mack finished third (6.25).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Carson Widjaja | 5.15 | 5.63 | United States | 5.91 | 5.39 | 5.58 | 6.39 | 5.15 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Ayden Dincher | 1.19 | 1.48 | United States | 1.19 | 3.21 | 1.19 | 1.57 | 1.67 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Matty Hiroto Inaba | 1:20.30 | 1:29.53 | United States | 1:20.30 | 1:34.60 | 1:33.69 | |||||
| Clock | Aaron Jake Wong | 2.65 | 3.01 | United States | 2.99 | 2.74 | 2.65 | 3.30 | 5.26 | |||
| Megaminx | Matthew Liong | 32.76 | 35.59 | Indonesia | 37.48 | 32.76 | 36.21 | 34.77 | 35.80 | |||
| Pyraminx | Parker Trager | 1.30 | 1.56 | United States | 1.30 | 1.30 | 2.00 | 1.39 | 3.44 | |||
Getting to the Venue
The address of the venue is 11 Jefferson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11238
The venue has a large flag hanging over the entrance saying “Brooklyn Waldorf School”.
By Public Transit:
It is highly recommended to use public transit to reach the venue.
By Subway: Take the C train or the Franklin Avenue Shuttle (S) to Franklin Avenue Station (circled on the map below), then walk northeast down Franklin Ave and turn left on Jefferson Ave. You can also
take the G train to Classon Avenue which is about a 15 minute walk from the venue by walking down Classon Ave, turning left on Putnam Ave, and turning right on Claver Pl. You can also take the A train to Nostrand Avenue and walk to the Franklin Avenue station by walking southwest on Fulton St until you reach it (15 minute walk).
By Bus: (all stops circled on the map below)
- Take the B26 to Putnam Ave/Franklin Ave, then walk east on Putnam Ave, turn left on Claver Pl, and turn left on Jefferson Av (3 minute walk).
- Take the B48 to Classon Ave/Franklin Ave, then turn right on Putnam Ave, turn right on Claver Pl, and turn left on Jefferson Av (3 minute walk).
- Take the B52 to Gates Ave/Franklin Ave, then turn left on Franklin Ave, and turn right on Jefferson Ave (5 minute walk).
By Car:
The venue is situated in an area with little to no parking on the street, but there are 2 parking garages within a 10 minute walk from the venue.
Nearby Food:
There is a Popeyes on the interesection of Franklin Avenue and Fulton Street and a Dunkin’ Donuts nextdoor. There is also a Lincoln Market across the street. On the intersection of Fulton St and Bedford Ave, you can also find a Shake Shack. The intersection of Classon Avenue and Greene Avenue also has a local bakery called Clementine Bakery.

For First-Time Competitors
All newcomers must be familiar with the WCA Regulations before competing. This video gives a basic overview of the rules.
In addition, please read this tutorial document before coming to the competition.
For All Competitors
When you arrive, you will receive a card with personalized information detailing your events and what group you will be competing in for each event. In addition, you will also have judging/scrambling assignments on your card. Every competitor is expected to help out during the event(s) they are registered for. The card will look like the following:

If you do not arrive to help during your scheduled event, and there are not enough staff members, we reserve the right to disqualify you from competing.
Registration Process
Before You Register
All prospective registrants need a WCA account. New competitors can create their own WCA account by clicking here and entering the required information.
How to Register Online
Prospective competitors register by:
1. Signing into their WCA account;
2. Clicking "Register" on the left side of this webpage, selecting the events they would like to compete in, and submitting their registration;
3. Paying the registration fee of $40.00. (The registration fee is the same regardless of how many events are selected.) Your registration is not complete until you have paid the registration fee.
The competitor limit for this competition is 100. The list of approved competitors can be found by clicking "Competitors" on the left side of this webpage. If there are already 100 competitors on that list, it means the competition is full, and any future registrants will be placed on the waitlist.
Competitors MUST register and pay online in order to compete. No at-the-door registrations or payments will be accepted.
Any requested changes to registration before 11:59 PM EST on Saturday, November 29 will be honored. Your registration is not complete until your name shows up on the list.
How to Pay for Registration Online
Payment is processed through Stripe. Click on the "Register" tab on the left side of the webpage to register and pay all in one place! You can start the payment process by clicking "Pay your fees with card."
Refunds
Approved competitors who cancel their registration before 11:59 PM EST on Saturday, November 29 are eligible for a refund for half (50%) of their registration cost. After this date, no refund requests will be honored. Attempting to file a chargeback for the registration fee will lead to being blacklisted from future WCA events.
Waitlist Information
We will be keeping a waitlist for this competition. To secure a place on the waitlist once 100 competitors have paid, simply pay the registration fee. If a competitor emails us to drop out before 11:59 PM EST on Saturday, November 29, you will be notified if you are the next competitor on the waitlist. After that deadline, all remaining competitors on the waitlist will be emailed letting them know they did not get off the waitlist and will be fully refunded.

This competition is being held in the Mid-Atlantic Region (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA, VA, WV). See the regions on CubingUSA's website.
- Join the Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Discord server
- Follow the Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Instagram account
- Join the Tri-State Cubing Facebook group (NJ, NY, PA)
- See the Mid-Atlantic Region Organizational Spreadsheet
- See upcoming competitions:
- in Delaware
- in Maryland
- in New Jersey
- in New York
- in Pennsylvania
- in Virginia
- in West Virginia
TheCubicle will be providing prizes for the winners!

Cap on Pen
We will be holding the unofficial event Cap on Pen at this competition during lunch. Please bring your own judge if you wish to compete.
Results
Results are in the link below.
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.