Fearsome F Events at Carnegie Mellon 2026

Date
City: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Venue: Jared L. Cohon University Center, Connan Room
Address: University Center, 5032 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Details: The competition will be held in Connan Room of the Jared L. Cohon University Center (CUC).
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Ganghui Lin (林刚辉), Larry Zhang (张荣洲), and Leia Jiang
WCA Delegates: Gabriel Gowman and Leia Jiang

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Information

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Events
Main event
Competitors: 15

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Ganghui Lin (林刚辉) won with an average of 28.39 seconds in the 4x4x4 Cube event. Roxy Behrle finished second (30.82) and Noah Kim finished third (34.15).

Aarush Paladhi - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	Final	7	35.13	45.99	United States	47.47	52.00	42.88	47.62	35.13
	First round	9	40.51	44.45	United States	51.56	45.76	41.42	46.17	40.51
5x5x5 Cube	Final	7	1:17.96	1:22.96	United States	1:27.52	1:22.98	1:17.96	1:27.20	1:18.70
	First round	10	1:18.74	1:23.92	United States	1:34.87	1:32.78	1:19.22	1:19.77	1:18.74
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Final	7	43	48.33	United States	59	43	43

Gabriel Gowman - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	First round	4	32.14	34.46	United States	32.84	33.57	32.14	36.96	38.13
5x5x5 Cube	First round	4	1:07.21	1:07.85	United States	1:07.21	1:08.31	1:11.00	1:07.56	1:07.67
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Final	2	35	37.00	United States	37	39	35
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Final	3	DNF	DNF	United States	DNF	DNF	DNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded	Final	2	DNF	DNF	United States	DNF	DNF	DNS

Ganghui Lin (林刚辉) - China WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	Final	1	26.40	28.39	China	28.97	26.40	26.71	32.21	29.49
	First round	1	27.13	28.15	China	30.68	27.13	27.19	28.01	29.26
5x5x5 Cube	Final	1	48.62	54.15	China	54.96	48.62	53.47	54.03	57.75
	First round	1	46.15	52.14	China	51.29	54.71	50.42	55.38	46.15
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Final	9	37	DNF	China	37	43	DNF

Hayden Otey - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	First round	14	1:02.02		1:12.94		United States	1:24.86	1:10.02	1:13.44	1:02.02	1:15.36
5x5x5 Cube	First round	15	2:26.19				United States	2:26.19	2:33.45

Jordan Halford - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	Final	11	1:17.97	1:23.90	United States	1:27.59	1:22.80	1:24.24	1:17.97	1:24.67
	First round	15	1:33.90		United States	2:16.40	1:33.90
5x5x5 Cube	First round	14	2:12.38		United States	2:12.38	2:19.90
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Final	11	DNF	DNF	United States	DNF	DNF	DNF

Larry Zhang (张荣洲) - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	Final	6	40.56	44.81	United States	48.65	40.56	47.78	42.43	44.22
	First round	6	37.12	40.45	United States	39.00	46.77	37.12	43.23	39.13
5x5x5 Cube	Final	9	1:30.38	1:39.22	United States	1:30.38	1:37.57	1:32.05	1:48.05	2:01.75
	First round	11	1:33.26	1:41.33	United States	1:33.26	1:50.90	1:38.27	1:51.96	1:34.81
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Final	3	36	40.33	United States	44	36	41
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Final	2	10:38.00	DNF	United States	DNF	10:38.00	DNF

Leia Jiang - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	Final	8	43.81	48.17	United States	43.81	51.90	45.79	46.82	53.63
	First round	8	38.09	41.84	United States	40.07	41.70	38.09	49.21	43.75
5x5x5 Cube	Final	8	1:18.38	1:25.06	United States	1:32.21	1:22.90	1:18.38	1:22.14	1:30.13
	First round	8	1:14.65	1:19.78	United States	1:21.03	1:14.65	1:20.87	1:17.45	1:23.61
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Final	4	39	41.67	United States	44	42	39
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Final	3	DNF	DNF	United States	DNF	DNF	DNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded	Final	1	14:21.00	DNF	United States	DNF	14:21.00	14:38.00

Mark Gowman - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	First round	7	33.60	41.01	United States	42.05	44.89	36.63	33.60	44.34
5x5x5 Cube	First round	6	1:04.02	1:12.15	United States	1:09.21	1:12.68	1:26.88	1:14.56	1:04.02
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Final	5	38	42.00	United States	44	38	44

Noah Kim - Republic of Korea WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	Final	3	30.64	34.15	Republic of Korea	35.83	31.91	30.64	35.79	34.76
	First round	2	28.99	32.62	Republic of Korea	32.36	28.99	32.46	35.97	33.05
5x5x5 Cube	Final	3	54.83	1:01.45	Republic of Korea	1:01.54	1:05.08	1:06.03	54.83	57.72
	First round	3	55.50	59.55	Republic of Korea	55.50	1:10.59	59.71	59.63	59.32

Oscar Shapiama - Peru WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	Final	10	56.10	1:01.37	Peru	1:05.04	59.76	59.31	56.10	1:06.87
	First round	13	1:03.31	1:08.36	Peru	1:03.31	1:11.88	1:08.65	1:11.55	1:04.88
5x5x5 Cube	Final	10	1:52.37	1:59.49	Peru	2:07.82	1:59.60	1:57.45	2:01.41	1:52.37
	First round	13	1:58.59	2:04.77	Peru	2:04.49	1:58.59	2:03.71	2:06.10	2:07.52
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Final	6	45	45.67	Peru	46	45	46
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Final	1	6:51.11	7:25.90	Peru	6:51.11	8:08.19	7:18.40
5x5x5 Blindfolded	Final	2	DNF	DNF	Peru	DNF	DNF	DNF

Roxy Behrle - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	Final	2	29.54	30.82	United States	29.54	30.93	33.71	29.57	31.97
	First round	3	31.85	32.97	United States	32.67	36.08	31.85	32.95	33.28
5x5x5 Cube	Final	2	45.36	56.52	United States	57.92	54.63	1:00.80	57.02	45.36
	First round	2	50.59	53.94	United States	56.14	50.59	57.39	52.61	53.08
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Final	8	46	51.00	United States	58	46	49

Russell Herhold - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	Final	9	42.57	49.42	United States	52.27	48.22	50.46	49.58	42.57
	First round	10	32.05	44.96	United States	43.41	49.32	32.05	43.46	48.02
5x5x5 Cube	Final	6	1:20.17	1:22.55	United States	1:29.99	1:25.47	1:21.51	1:20.17	1:20.66
	First round	9	1:15.70	1:23.49	United States	1:15.70	1:24.75	1:30.43	1:24.51	1:21.20
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Final	10	46	DNF	United States	46	DNF	57

Sean Van Alen - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	Final	5	35.08	40.73	United States	37.23	41.95	1:00.47	35.08	43.01
	First round	11	42.97	45.01	United States	49.50	42.97	44.53	43.53	46.98
5x5x5 Cube	Final	4	1:01.88	1:13.81	United States	1:16.17	1:18.25	1:10.59	1:01.88	1:14.67
	First round	5	1:01.42	1:09.15	United States	1:03.68	1:10.68	1:13.09	1:15.40	1:01.42

Steven Hewitt - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	First round	12	48.96		59.07		United States	54.63	1:07.26	59.28	1:03.31	48.96
5x5x5 Cube	First round	12	1:41.02		1:57.84		United States	1:41.02	2:04.68	1:54.25	2:15.43	1:54.60

Xavier Ye - United States WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
4x4x4 Cube	Final	4	36.44	40.13	United States	40.27	38.30	50.49	41.83	36.44
	First round	5	34.22	37.86	United States	42.20	34.54	42.98	34.22	36.83
5x5x5 Cube	Final	5	1:08.35	1:14.92	United States	1:11.35	1:28.42	1:08.35	1:19.68	1:13.72
	First round	7	1:05.80	1:15.73	United States	1:16.40	1:13.36	1:17.43	1:18.60	1:05.80
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Final	1	24	32.00	United States	37	35	24