Don't DNF Davis 2026

Date
Feb 21, 2026
City
Davis, California, United States
Venue

Teaching & Learning Complex

Address
482 Hutchison Dr, Davis, CA 95616
Details

Classroom 1218, First Floor

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Hamza Hafeez, Jacob Marinas, Naomi Solnick, and West Coast Cubing LLC Treasurer
WCA Delegates
Abhimanyu Singhal (अभिमन्यु सिंघल), Chris Martin, Hamza Hafeez, Jacob Vincent Vicente Mangosing, Robert Alan Marks, and Wilson Li (李超雄)
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Information

Davis' first ever competition featuring blindfolded events, fewest moves, and clock - Don't DNF!

This competition will be specializing in quiet events and will not have 3x3 or typical events found in traditional competitions.

New competitors are welcome — for Clock solvers, we highly encourage you to explore and take on the challenge of blindfolded and fewest moves!

  • All attendees under the age of 18 are required to be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
  • Competition attendees may appear on livestream and media.
  • Competitors may not compete in an event if they miss last call for that event. In general, last call is a few minutes after the last group is called.

This competition is organized in partnership with West Coast Cubing and Speedcubeshop.

Events
Main event
Competitors
24
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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There is a competitor limit of 35 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $15 (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 80% 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.


Payment

Upon registering, you will receive an email with the subject "Registration Pending: Don't DNF Davis 2026". However, your registration is not complete until you have paid the registration fee. Contact the organizational team if you encounter an issue.

Waitlist

Once the competitor limit has been reached, new registrations will be added to a waitlist and sorted in the order of payment.
Waitlisted competitors will be fully refunded if new spots are not available by Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 10:00 PM.
You can see your position on the waitlist by checking the Waitlist Tab)

Registration Refunds

If you can no longer make the competition, you may request a full refund by contacting the organizational team before Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 10:00 PM.

Event Changes

Competitors may add or remove events using the Register tab until Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 10:00 PM. It is also acceptable to not show up for any event you do not wish to compete in.

Free Registration for UC Davis Students

If you're a UC Davis student, please mention your student status in the registration comments and email organizer Hamza Hafeez (hyhafeez@ucdavis.edu) with a photo of your UC Davis student ID. Please do not enter any payment information; we will manually approve your registration without payment.

Highlights
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Sebastian Stone won with an average of 4.32 seconds in the Clock event. Naomi Solnick finished second (4.78) and Mason Wong finished third (5.41).

Abhimanyu Singhal (अभिमन्यु सिंघल) - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 6 1:28.34 DNF United States DNF1:28.34DNFDNFDNF
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 4 28 35.33 United States 284137
Clock Final 6 5.98 7.92 United States 5.988.66DNF7.307.79
First round 5 7.06 7.81 United States 8.179.947.587.067.67
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final 3 DNF DNF United States DNFDNFDNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded Final 3 DNF DNF United States DNFDNFDNF
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 2 11/14 55:21 United States 11/14 55:21

Anoop Gill - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
Clock First round 9 6.12 11.38 United States 7.4820.31DNF6.126.35

Arvin Nguyen - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
Clock Final 4 5.12 6.47 United States 5.126.916.835.687.38
First round 3 4.97 6.11 United States 6.695.538.184.976.10

Bowen Deng (邓博文) - China WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 3 1:00.86 DNF China DNFDNF1:00.861:08.761:58.49
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 2 27 30.33 China 302734
Clock Final 7 6.28 8.00 China 7.338.94DNF6.287.73
First round 8 6.77 9.13 China 17.096.779.009.528.88
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final 2 9:34.99 DNF China 10:38.009:34.99DNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded Final 2 24:16.00 DNF China 24:16.00DNFDNF
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 6 6/8 58:36 China 6/8 58:36

Brandon Lin - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 9 3:02.61 DNF United States DNFDNF3:02.61DNFDNF

Cary Huang - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 11 33 DNF United States DNS33DNS
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final 1 5:42.94 DNF United States 6:13.54DNF5:42.94
5x5x5 Blindfolded Final 1 9:02.55 DNF United States DNF11:48.009:02.55
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 5 4/4 11:07 United States 4/4 11:07

Caspar Wong - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 14 DNF DNF United States DNFDNFDNF
Clock First round 18 25.66 DNF United States 48.1525.6639.35DNFDNF

Chris Martin - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 9 46 48.33 United States 465346
Clock Final 8 7.43 8.29 United States 7.4310.547.817.439.63
First round 7 6.91 8.31 United States 8.816.917.638.48DNF

Dewei Tan (譚得唯) - Hong Kong, China WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 4 1:19.19 DNF Hong Kong, China 1:19.19DNFDNF1:35.831:32.86
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 1 23 23.67 Hong Kong, China 232424
Clock First round 12 8.11 20.36 Hong Kong, China 25.0718.2417.768.11DNF
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 8 DNF Hong Kong, China DNF

Emmett O'Leary-Liu - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 5 1:24.57 1:33.74 United States 1:33.801:34.591:24.57DNF1:32.83
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 14 DNF DNF United States DNFDNFDNF
Clock First round 16 12.48 DNF United States DNF19.5615.0212.48DNF
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final 3 DNF DNF United States DNFDNFDNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded Final 3 DNF DNF United States DNFDNSDNS
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 4 6/7 26:07 United States 6/7 26:07

Goodwin Liu - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 11 DNF DNF United States DNFDNFDNFDNSDNS
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 7 2/4 31:34 United States 2/4 31:34

Hamza Hafeez - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 10 3:18.88 DNF United States DNF3:18.88DNFDNFDNF
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 6 41 43.00 United States 464142
Clock First round 15 10.88 DNF United States 13.00DNFDNF10.88DNF
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final 3 DNF DNF United States DNFDNFDNS
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 8 DNF United States DNF

Isaac Modrow - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
Clock Final 5 6.96 7.77 United States 8.677.038.656.967.64
First round 6 6.96 7.82 United States 7.707.767.99DNF6.96

Jacob Marinas - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 11 DNF DNF United States DNFDNFDNFDNFDNF
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 13 34 DNF United States 34DNSDNS
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final 3 DNF DNF United States DNFDNFDNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded Final 3 DNF DNF United States DNFDNSDNS
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 8 DNF United States DNF

Jacob Vincent Vicente Mangosing - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 11 DNF DNF United States DNFDNFDNFDNSDNS
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 5 32 36.00 United States 383238
Clock First round 14 4.06 DNF United States 5.044.06DNFDNF4.38

Jimmy Kingston - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 2 37.79 DNF United States 37.791:38.56DNFDNF42.10
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final 3 DNF DNF United States DNFDNFDNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded Final 3 DNF DNF United States DNFDNFDNF
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 3 12/18 51:45 United States 12/18 51:45

Mason Wong - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 11 DNF DNF United States DNFDNFDNFDNFDNF
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 10 43 49.00 United States 494355
Clock Final 3 4.71 5.41 United States 5.015.475.994.715.74
First round 4 4.74 6.21 United States 5.786.306.554.7412.73
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final 3 DNF DNF United States DNFDNFDNS
5x5x5 Blindfolded Final 3 DNF DNF United States DNFDNSDNS
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 8 DNF United States DNF

Naomi Solnick - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 1 22.92 31.69 United States 22.92DNF24.0431.1939.84
Clock Final 2 4.58 4.78 United States 5.264.614.654.585.08
First round 2 4.31 4.79 United States 4.464.515.40DNF4.31
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final 3 DNF DNF United States DNFDNFDNF
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 1 21/24 53:04 United States 21/24 53:04

Nathan Scovis - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 7 1:45.87 DNF United States DNFDNF1:45.87DNFDNF
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 8 44 46.00 United States 464448
Clock First round 10 9.94 11.41 United States 9.94DNF12.5810.4611.20
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 8 DNF United States DNF

Rashad Kadado (رشاد قدادو) - Lebanon WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 11 DNF DNF Lebanon DNFDNFDNFDNFDNF
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 7 38 NR 44.67 Lebanon 524438
Clock First round 13 15.68 24.84 Lebanon 24.63DNF27.5615.6822.34
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 8 DNF Lebanon DNF

Robert Alan Marks - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 3 32 34.00 United States 343236

Sebastian Stone - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
Clock Final 1 2.30 4.32 United States 3.954.284.882.304.73
First round 1 2.41 3.19 United States 3.492.853.222.413.61

Thomas Liu - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 8 2:57.43 DNF United States 3:46.93DNF2:57.43DNFDNF
Clock First round 17 21.16 DNF United States 21.1635.7737.32DNFDNF
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 8 DNF United States DNF

Wilson Li (李超雄) - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 11 DNF DNF United States DNFDNFDNFDNFDNF
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Final 11 33 DNF United States DNFDNF33
Clock First round 11 10.27 13.52 United States 13.7213.4413.41DNF10.27
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final 3 DNF DNF United States DNFDNFDNF
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