City of STEM LA 2026


Date
Apr 26, 2026
City
Los Angeles, California, United States
Venue

Exposition Park

Address
700 Exposition Park Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90037
Details

South Lawn

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Abhimanyu Singhal (अभिमन्यु सिंघल), ChiChung Ni, Sherry Tao (陶心仪), and West Coast Cubing LLC Treasurer
WCA Delegates
Abhimanyu Singhal (अभिमन्यु सिंघल), Franklin Pham, Nate Minkevich, Shane Grogan, and Sherry Tao (陶心仪)
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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 Competitor Responsibilities tab.

Spectators can attend for free and can come and go as they please! No registration or check-in process is needed for spectating.

This competition is organized in partnership with West Coast Cubing, SpeedCubeShop and City of STEM.

Events
Main event
Competitors
76
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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There is a competitor limit of 120 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $10 (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 75% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
We encourage everyone to register for the events they want to compete in via your online registration, however you may add events to your registration up until the event has started.
On the spot registrations will be accepted if there are remaining spots available, with a base registration fee of $15 (United States Dollar).
Any spectator can attend for free.

Registration Process

  1. Wait until registration opens on March 26th 5 PM PDT. You cannot register prior to then. You cannot register after April 17th 5 PM PDT. No exceptions to these will be given. If deemed necessary, we may close registration early.
  2. If you have not competed before, create a WCA account here.
  3. Go to the Register link on the competition website.
  4. Fill out the events you will be competing in, any comments you may have about your registration, and press register.
  5. Pay the registration fee via Stripe on the competition website.
  6. A member of the organization team will manually accept registrations. Wait for an email confirming your registration has been accepted.
  7. In addition to the registration, please fill out this form indicating your availability day of the competition for us to schedule a time slot for you to compete in. Your registration is not complete unitl you fill out this form. https://forms.gle/iGMWpwsdaqxAfPCBA

Competitors MUST pay their registration fee before being eligible for a spot in the competition. Your registration is not complete until you fill out this form indicating your time slot preferences for the competition.

Waitlist

If the competition is full, a message will be displayed saying such on the competition website. If, after this time, you register and pay for the competition, you will be added to the competition waitlist.

If a competitor cancels their registration, the person at the top of the waitlist will be added to the competitor list.

If you are on the waitlist, you may cancel your registration (see below) at any time for a full refund.

If you are on the waitlist, you will be informed whether you have made it on the competitor list after April 17th 5 PM PDT otherwise you will be given a full refund.

Registration Changes

If you would like to cancel your registration, email the organization team with your request and you will be refunded 75% of your registration fee. Refunds are available only until April 17th 5 PM PDT.

If you would like to edit your registered events or listed guests, you may do so on the Register page. This can only be done prior to April 17th 5 PM PDT.

By registering, competitors agree to the information in the Competitor Responsibilities tab. This tab details the responsibilitIes of all competitors at this competition. Not abiding by these responsibilities can result in disqualification.

Highlights
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Dylan Miller won with an average of 5.90 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Brendyn Dunagan finished second (7.20) and Spursh Deshpande (स्पर्श देशपांडे) finished third (8.10).

Aaron Suay - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 29 16.24 16.39 United States 16.5718.1016.3616.2416.24

Abhimanyu Singhal (अभिमन्यु सिंघल) - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 22 11.29 14.41 United States 14.1413.6711.2915.4116.87

Aden Wu Nguyen - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 43 19.82 21.69 United States 22.0622.2720.7422.9619.82
Pyraminx First round 36 14.14 23.44 United States 15.6514.1435.2019.471:35.99

Albert Bao - Canada WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 37 16.76 17.68 Canada 18.0517.2316.7617.7718.23
Pyraminx First round 21 7.77 12.64 Canada 20.3115.8112.709.427.77

Alen Babayan - Armenia WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 63 40.57 47.17 Armenia 48.3546.7746.3840.5753.22
Pyraminx First round 26 11.30 13.30 Armenia 19.5412.5512.0415.3111.30

An-pei Chu - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 40 16.79 19.00 United States 17.7021.2620.5718.7416.79
Pyraminx First round 29 9.49 17.43 United States 15.9921.9417.5818.719.49

Andro Samala - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 30 13.57 16.54 United States 24.8713.6313.5716.4319.57

August Barnard - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 12 9.18 11.77 United States 12.6511.8114.1310.859.18
First round 13 7.35 11.21 United States 11.9410.5413.337.3511.16
Pyraminx Final 2 3.18 3.59 United States 3.753.403.183.624.49
First round 4 3.23 3.76 United States 3.233.723.755.823.82

Benjamin Mendosa - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 68 47.43 55.20 United States 1:16.5554.5553.4647.4357.59

Beryl Chen - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 75 57.78 1:38.83 United States DNF1:11.7857.781:20.282:24.44

Brendyn Dunagan - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 2 6.05 7.20 United States 6.166.057.188.279.36
First round 2 5.36 6.41 United States 7.956.206.186.855.36
Pyraminx Final 3 2.80 3.80 United States 4.903.083.422.805.13
First round 1 1.88 2.81 United States 2.185.552.921.883.32

ChiChung Ni - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 65 33.99 51.47 United States 44.281:31.991:04.0846.0533.99

Conn Fang - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 61 39.82 44.76 United States 43.1853.7239.8243.0148.09

Connor Nishizawa - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 48 21.05 25.97 United States 21.6428.9327.3321.0550.20

Dane Goldner - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 62 35.44 46.71 United States 51.0335.4445.3645.1949.59

Daniel Cho - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 20 12.73 13.98 United States 14.7712.7312.9815.0414.19
Pyraminx Final 8 4.60 6.24 United States 5.614.607.305.8111.24
First round 9 5.87 6.77 United States 7.396.916.025.877.72

Daniel Huang - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 56 27.23 33.75 United States 49.5327.2335.1730.0336.04

David Coleman - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 39 16.39 18.53 United States 19.4116.3918.4721.3117.71

Dominic Shoji - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 8 8.61 9.22 United States 9.628.9410.228.619.10
First round 5 7.58 8.98 United States 7.5811.008.347.60DNF
Pyraminx Final 1 1.97 3.32 United States 2.721.973.553.68DNF
First round 3 2.47 3.39 United States 4.303.012.474.912.87

Dylan Lim - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 60 35.24 43.30 United States DNF40.4554.0235.2435.43

Dylan Miller - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 1 5.56 5.90 United States 6.245.765.756.185.56
First round 1 5.30 6.06 United States 5.776.486.355.306.06

Edwin Paxtor - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 18 12.74 12.99 United States 12.9714.2012.9912.7413.02
Pyraminx First round 24 11.75 13.22 United States 15.2412.3111.7521.3112.10

Elijah Gabriel Ret - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 25 14.35 15.38 United States 14.3514.8417.3116.5914.72
Pyraminx Final 6 3.53 4.73 United States 3.535.364.554.295.78
First round 6 3.31 4.08 United States 4.684.524.123.613.31

Ema Sargent - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 69 47.58 55.38 United States 58.7452.4947.5859.8354.90

Emil Lazaryev - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 5 8.08 8.96 United States 9.948.848.608.089.45
First round 7 7.74 9.21 United States 8.329.897.749.4310.73
Pyraminx Final 4 3.38 3.84 United States 5.093.384.253.763.51
First round 5 1.03 4.05 United States 4.693.943.515.011.03

Ethan Garcia - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 51 23.79 27.13 United States 24.2528.9037.0823.7928.23
Pyraminx First round 30 10.24 19.05 United States 15.7021.6321.7310.2419.82

Franklin Pham - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 9 7.86 9.77 United States 11.667.8612.358.838.83
First round 9 8.70 9.92 United States 10.729.1710.5910.018.70
Pyraminx Final 5 2.86 4.12 United States 6.944.353.134.882.86
First round 2 2.66 3.29 United States 2.663.882.845.873.16

Gagik Yeghikyan - Armenia WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 67 40.97 53.54 Armenia 40.9749.1852.241:00.9259.21

Graham Siggins - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 14 11.15 12.46 United States 15.6311.1611.1513.6212.61
First round 15 9.91 12.44 United States 14.499.9115.0410.5512.28
Pyraminx Final 10 5.80 8.12 United States 7.285.808.468.639.77
First round 10 6.23 7.04 United States 9.686.237.266.767.10

Greyson James Sylva - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 64 38.65 47.50 United States 38.6547.4649.0552.0245.99

Hime Arellano - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 11 10.27 11.74 United States 10.9610.9714.8913.2910.27
First round 17 8.80 12.81 United States 14.4911.8513.868.8012.71

Hunter Maciel - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 44 14.19 21.71 United States 25.6714.1926.0320.7618.69

Isaiah Chang - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 55 29.84 33.33 United States 37.8029.8443.9030.5431.65

Jacob Kaito Handojo - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 38 15.86 18.45 United States 18.5717.8520.1815.8618.94

Jacob Salvanera - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 4 7.63 8.90 United States 7.639.739.828.688.29
First round 6 8.26 9.07 United States 8.268.6414.069.898.67

Jamail Coleman - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 71 51.07 56.50 United States 51.0757.3754.9657.181:04.54

James Wendt - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 66 44.49 53.24 United States 1:02.1155.4551.9152.3544.49

Jason Lam - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 45 21.49 23.29 United States 25.6922.1621.4925.4622.24
Pyraminx First round 33 15.12 21.51 United States 23.7815.1224.2417.6623.10

Joseph Wu - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 10 10.37 11.39 United States 11.2011.9510.3711.0113.88
First round 11 9.94 10.83 United States 10.4210.6911.389.9415.63

Joshua Alba - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 26 14.11 15.45 United States 16.8514.1114.9914.5117.77
Pyraminx First round 28 7.63 13.97 United States 17.957.6315.958.0041.20

Joshua Ho - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 42 17.40 20.44 United States 24.7020.1423.4217.4017.75
Pyraminx First round 19 9.16 11.97 United States 16.869.369.1614.3012.24

Kaden Chiu - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 73 53.49 1:06.20 United States DNF1:10.8358.4453.491:09.33

Kaiyin Banks - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 76 1:22.98 1:45.78 United States 1:25.941:44.412:06.982:56.861:22.98

Kellen Xue - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 7 8.21 9.17 United States 9.2410.038.2410.558.21
First round 10 8.31 9.94 United States 9.0810.8011.978.319.94

Kevin Huang - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 41 15.82 19.29 United States 23.8915.8218.1821.5018.18
Pyraminx First round 35 18.92 23.04 United States 25.9045.2421.9518.9221.28

Krish Samanta - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 72 54.49 1:04.77 United States 1:06.871:00.931:10.931:06.5254.49
Pyraminx First round 37 18.54 23.81 United States 23.6324.5218.5424.6423.29

Leede Fang - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 47 20.45 24.74 United States 20.4531.4528.2023.0322.99
Pyraminx First round 17 8.42 11.85 United States 14.5111.878.429.6813.99

Liv Coverdale - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 33 15.82 16.95 United States 17.0415.8216.1821.3917.63
Pyraminx Final 13 8.91 11.31 United States 10.108.9112.2311.6114.43
First round 15 8.30 9.99 United States 13.798.639.208.3012.15

Mari Mughdusyan (Մարի Մուղդուսյան) - Armenia WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 52 23.91 28.65 Armenia 29.3035.5330.6623.9125.99
Pyraminx First round 12 7.54 8.99 Armenia 10.009.267.549.008.71

Mark Bitterolf - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 58 36.90 41.91 United States 36.9052.7939.3343.7142.69

Matthew Torres - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 57 30.50 38.52 United States 42.1634.4830.5040.1840.91

Miguel Ramos - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 70 48.25 56.03 United States 48.2553.2457.0657.791:06.11
Pyraminx First round 38 26.66 31.01 United States 26.6629.5134.8032.0231.50

Morgan Liu - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 49 22.89 26.33 United States 27.0927.1824.7322.8933.29

Newton Dart - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 34 13.88 16.98 United States 20.6115.3018.9513.8816.68
Pyraminx Final 12 6.59 10.01 United States 9.2510.156.5910.6311.10
First round 16 7.92 10.86 United States 12.359.6011.6511.347.92

Nezahualcoyotl Gallardo - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 54 25.13 29.54 United States 42.3726.3027.5234.7925.13

Nitin Kunaparaju - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 15 10.77 13.75 United States 14.6316.7110.7710.9215.70
First round 16 12.03 12.66 United States 12.4312.0316.6713.2612.30
Pyraminx Final 7 3.67 5.83 United States 5.493.675.388.926.63
First round 8 4.43 5.91 United States 5.744.436.0215.305.98

Nolan Yetukuri - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 50 23.66 26.88 United States 23.6628.6431.3826.1425.87
Pyraminx First round 34 19.26 22.93 United States 24.7626.9519.6724.3719.26

Paul McNaughton - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 32 13.08 16.77 United States 15.2315.5419.5521.7813.08
Pyraminx First round 31 16.22 19.66 United States 16.5825.8325.2316.2217.18

Pedro Hernandez - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 59 30.94 42.20 United States 34.0350.2142.3730.941:13.86
Pyraminx First round 32 16.25 20.71 United States 17.0616.2521.2623.8141.58

Peter Changhee Park - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 14 11.25 11.92 United States 13.0211.6112.3411.2511.80

Rafayel Ghumashyan - Armenia WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 19 9.81 13.11 Armenia 13.8511.9113.58DNF9.81
Pyraminx First round 22 8.15 13.11 Armenia 13.83DNF13.598.1511.92

Riel Gonzalez - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 24 13.40 15.19 United States 16.5713.8915.1013.4023.91
Pyraminx First round 11 5.31 8.94 United States 8.236.555.3112.0517.38

Rocco Apostol - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 23 12.40 14.59 United States 13.1012.4014.8615.8017.26

Ryan Roth - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 6 7.92 9.01 United States 8.587.928.8413.629.61
First round 3 6.24 8.11 United States 8.359.968.147.836.24
Pyraminx Final 9 4.33 6.33 United States 5.187.924.335.997.82
First round 7 4.47 5.42 United States 6.16DNF4.474.535.58

Shane Grogan - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 8 8.86 9.22 United States 11.618.878.869.239.55

Sherry Tao (陶心仪) - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 46 18.98 24.27 United States 25.7621.0226.0218.9827.84
Pyraminx First round 23 10.55 13.19 United States 13.6510.5513.6513.5412.38

Spursh Deshpande (स्पर्श देशपांडे) - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 3 7.38 8.10 United States 7.707.878.737.389.22
First round 4 7.25 8.33 United States 8.0810.067.257.928.98
Pyraminx First round 20 5.20 12.09 United States 14.6911.1810.415.20DNS

Sudarsan Kunde Govindarajan - Sudan WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 53 24.88 29.06 Sudan 31.0132.4826.5124.8829.66

Tarun Jagadish - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 13 11.02 12.07 United States 12.0413.1311.0212.3411.83
First round 12 9.40 10.97 United States 12.269.4011.069.5913.99
Pyraminx Final 11 7.60 8.70 United States 7.608.1812.289.158.76
First round 13 6.23 9.39 United States 6.2312.9014.846.468.80

Thomas Đặng Hoàng Thịnh - Vietnam WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 27 13.43 15.95 Vietnam 17.0113.4315.5518.0915.28
Pyraminx First round 14 8.85 9.60 Vietnam 8.929.2310.6615.688.85

Tianhao Wu (吴天昊) - China WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 28 12.36 16.24 China 21.2315.6215.5417.5612.36
Pyraminx First round 27 8.60 13.47 China 20.5814.0314.848.6011.55

Vladimir Chasovskikh - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 74 45.58 1:09.87 United States 1:24.84DNF57.3545.581:07.43
Pyraminx First round 39 26.15 42.28 United States 1:07.1458.0926.1531.4937.26

Wyatt Chan - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 35 14.80 17.35 United States 18.1517.6819.5416.2314.80
Pyraminx First round 18 5.75 11.90 United States 14.095.758.9912.61DNF

Wylder Brown - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 31 14.42 16.59 United States 15.8014.4220.6914.8819.08

Yaakov Benarrous - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 36 16.04 17.54 United States 16.9018.3621.1816.0417.36
Pyraminx First round 25 9.52 13.24 United States 16.4515.0911.389.5213.25

Yucheng Chen (陈裕铖) - China WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 21 12.22 14.16 China 15.6812.2218.1413.0413.75
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