Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2026


Date
Apr 19, 2026
City
Aliso Viejo, California, United States
Venue

Aliso Niguel High School

Address
28000 Wolverine Way, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
Details

Main Gym

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Anvi Mody, Arav Mody, Ishan Kumar, Jacob Antonio, Jacob Schmidt, Oliver Luu, Ryan Hadiono, West Coast Cubing LLC Treasurer, and William Hur
WCA Delegates
Andy French, Dylan Govic, Matthew Dickman, Nate Minkevich, and Shane Grogan
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Information

This competition is a part of the Cube Against Cancer competition series in collaboration with Ethan's Ohana. We are asking that all competitors bring at least one unopened 3x3 cube or STEM-related item, which will be donated to a pediatric cancer patient. See the Cube Against Cancer tab for more 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 (We ask that each competitor bring no more than 2 guests).

This competition is organized in partnership with West Coast Cubing, SpeedCubeShop, and the Aliso Niguel Cubing Club.

Events
Main event
Competitors
148
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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 200 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 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 $40 (United States Dollar).
Any spectator can attend for free.

Registration Process

  1. Wait until registration opens on Friday, March 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM PST. You cannot register prior to then. You cannot register after Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 6:25 AM 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. Due to the competition's late publish date, we will most likely have on-site registration available. We will send an email to everyone after the registration deadline for updates.

Competitors MUST pay their registration fee before being eligible for a spot in 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 Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 6:25 AM 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 Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 6:25 AM 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 Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 6:25 AM 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
Click here to display the highlights of the competition.

Max Park won with an average of 5.10 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Khôi Minh Nguyễn finished second (6.85) and Emil Lazaryev finished third (7.64).

3x3x3 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Max Park 4.03 5.10 United States 4.036.765.105.075.12
2 Khôi Minh Nguyễn 6.08 6.85 Vietnam 6.457.499.326.086.60
3 Emil Lazaryev 6.27 7.64 United States 6.278.987.409.106.54

2x2x2 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Khôi Minh Nguyễn 1.28 1.47 NR Vietnam 1.281.401.491.521.86
2 Dominic Shoji 1.15 1.65 United States DNF1.151.481.422.04
3 Ryan Roth 1.76 2.04 United States 2.651.761.981.952.20

4x4x4 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Max Park 20.66 21.70 United States 20.6621.4421.2023.4422.45
2 Khôi Minh Nguyễn 22.93 27.41 Vietnam 22.9324.3129.1829.3628.73
3 Kate Grahame 22.27 27.95 United States 22.2724.6033.5128.6130.64

Megaminx

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Zhai Phifer 40.55 45.63 United States 44.4251.6845.2540.5547.22
2 Ryan Roth 41.84 49.68 United States 49.0841.8451.4948.4754.70
3 Kate Grahame 55.29 57.89 United States 1:08.0455.2955.291:02.1456.25

Pyraminx

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Daxton Westlake 1.63 2.50 United States 1.634.782.412.842.24
2 Dominic Shoji 1.65 2.58 United States 2.575.323.181.651.99
3 Elijah Gabriel Ret 3.06 3.19 United States 6.173.343.173.063.06
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