Evanston Qualifier 2026


Date
May 17, 2026
City
Evanston, Illinois, United States
Venue

Technological Institute, Northwestern University

Address
2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208
Details

Tech M345

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Draco Tong and Midwest Cubing Association
WCA Delegates
Carter Thomas, Draco Tong, James Wang (王俊杰), and Sebastian Carrillo
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Information

3x3 will not be held at this competition!

This competition provides one last chance to set qualifying times for the WCA North American Championship in July. Please read all tabs before registering. If you have not been to Northwestern before, allow at least 15 extra minutes to locate the venue.

Each competitor may register for at most 6 events.

This competition is supported by the Midwest Cubing Association.

Events
Main event
Competitors
37
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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There is a competitor limit of 40 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (United States Dollar).
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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 .
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.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Any spectator can attend for free.
Competitors may register in at most 6 events.

Current students of Northwestern University may register for free. Please see the Registration and Waitlist tab for details.

Highlights
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Max Walaszek won with an average of 53.43 seconds in the 5x5x5 Cube event. Brian Johnson finished second (55.68) and Lucas Lippman-Bruno finished third (56.44).

World records: Brian Johnson‎ Square-1 2.85 (single).

5x5x5 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Max Walaszek 49.44 53.43 United States 49.8752.7658.7049.4457.67
2 Brian Johnson 51.52 55.68 United States 54.531:00.701:01.8751.8151.52
3 Lucas Lippman-Bruno 50.90 56.44 United States 1:01.1059.3155.9150.9054.09

6x6x6 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Max Walaszek 1:33.71 1:35.23 United States 1:37.711:34.271:33.71
2 Lucy Grace Bryson 1:41.65 1:43.55 United States 1:41.651:44.141:44.87
3 Sebastian Carrillo 1:37.21 1:43.79 United States 1:37.211:46.771:47.40

7x7x7 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Max Walaszek 2:18.77 2:24.32 United States 2:33.162:21.042:18.77
2 Lucy Grace Bryson 2:30.03 2:35.92 United States 2:36.752:30.032:40.99
3 Lucas Lippman-Bruno 2:32.16 2:43.18 United States 2:42.292:55.092:32.16

3x3x3 One-Handed

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Brian Johnson 7.29 9.28 United States 9.5110.168.817.299.52
2 Nathaniel Gee 11.71 13.82 United States 11.7116.6514.1214.3013.04
3 Max Walaszek 12.43 15.22 United States 17.5614.1016.0715.4812.43

Clock

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Zachary Cribb 3.09 3.50 United States 3.273.395.113.093.85
2 Reed W. Richardson 3.24 3.53 United States 3.413.643.553.24DNF
3 Adam Schwenn 3.73 3.98 United States 3.734.246.753.763.95

Megaminx

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Lucy Grace Bryson 35.00 36.77 United States 42.5835.0036.7838.0735.45
2 Austin Worley 35.72 39.31 United States 42.8447.2735.7239.1235.96
3 Zachary Cribb 42.83 48.80 United States 50.5642.8345.8050.0452.95

Pyraminx

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Brian Johnson 1.50 2.54 United States 2.532.221.502.864.24
2 Adam Schwenn 1.82 2.84 United States 2.833.611.825.442.09
3 Zhiyuan Li (李致远) 2.86 3.06 China 3.063.164.002.972.86

Skewb

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Sebastian Carrillo 3.28 3.49 United States 3.584.213.283.483.41
2 Brian Johnson 2.66 3.79 United States 7.684.133.882.663.37
3 Simon Poldi 3.00 4.03 United States 3.006.624.574.233.28

Square-1

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Brian Johnson 6.35 7.76 United States 6.3510.087.188.098.00
2 Lucas Lippman-Bruno 6.74 11.26 United States 8.7512.0214.536.7413.00
3 Reed W. Richardson 9.09 12.27 United States 9.0916.7814.4412.1810.19
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