FoCo Open 2026
- Date
- Nov 14, 2026
- City
- Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
- Venue
Council Tree Covenant Church
- Address
- 4825 South Lemay Avenue
- Details
Follow signs to the gymnasium.
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Colorado Cubers, Kristina Lim, and Rachel Joy Peterson
- WCA Delegates
- Elizabeth Cutting, Luke Meszar, Miles Walcott, Stone Amsbaugh, and TJ Kelly
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Join us in Fort Collins for a great day of cubing, including an unofficial round of Face Turning Octahedron!
All competitors must read the Competitor Responsibilities tab before registering.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitor limit
- 65
- Number of times bookmarked
- 8
- Registration period
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Online registration will be open from to .
- Registration requirements
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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 65 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $21 (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 50% 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.
On the spot registrations will be accepted if there are remaining spots available, with a base registration fee of $26 (United States Dollar).
Make sure to complete payment to have your registration accepted! Use the Contact link to email the organizers if you wish to update your registered events, cancel your registration, or if you have any questions.
ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING.
Competitions rely on volunteers to happen! All the staff at competitions are volunteers, and we need your help to have a successful competition. Helping out by running and judging is invaluable and keeps the competition on schedule. Everyone can help, this includes first time competitors and even siblings and parents! Staffing is easy and we are happy to help get you started, and it is a great way to make time fly!
Before the competition, you will receive assignments to compete, as well as to staff (judging or possibly scrambling). You are required to show up for these staffing assignments unless you communicate with the organizers of the competition prior to the assignment. Failure to do so may result in disqualification from one or multiple events.
For second rounds and finals we will partly rely on volunteers to make the competition run. Your assignments will be posted online, and you are required to manage them. We really appreciate it if we get volunteers, but if you are asked to staff by a delegate when you are available you must do so to avoid the same risk of disqualification.
BY REGISTERING, YOU AGREE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND AND WILL FOLLOW ALL THE INFORMATION LISTED ABOVE.
For those of you new to cubing, welcome! We just ask that you know a couple things before coming to compete...
First, please be familiar with the WCA Regulations, found here.
Here are some frequently asked questions:
Q: Are there any restrictions on competing?
A: Nope! Anyone of any skill can compete in this competition, including first-timers. As long as you know how to solve the cube, go ahead and sign up!
Q: Do spectators have to pay?
A: No! All spectators are let into building for free.
Q: Do I use my own cube to compete?
A: Yes! You are responsible for your own hardware in order to compete. We heavily discourage borrowing or sharing other people's cubes at the competition.
Q: How do I find results?
A: All results are posted on the WCA page a couple of days after the competition finishes. On the day of the competition, you'll be able to find live results and other information here.
Q: Why am I not on the registration list yet?
A: When you register, make sure you have paid the registration fee. Afterwards, your registration must then be manually accepted, so please wait at least 24 hours before contacting us. You should receive an email when your registration is accepted.
Q: What is the normal age of competitors at these events?
A: All ages are welcome, but in general competitors are between 10 and 20 years old. Don't let this stop you though, everyone can cube!
Q: Are there age divisions?
A: No! All competitors are on an equal playing field.
If you have any other questions, feel free to contact us by using the contact links on the general info page!
If you would like to be notified of future competitions in the state of Colorado, please sign up for the Colorado Cubers newsletter! This newsletter will notify you of future competitions when they are announced, and will provide you with monthly updates with news and results.
To subscribe, please see the landing page here.
We will be holding an unofficial round of Face-Turning Octahedron (FTO) during lunch at this competition. This round will be held through Cubing Contests, and both live and final results will be posted there. As this is not an official event, results will not be put on any competitor's WCA profiles. The competition page on Cubing Contests will be found here, but be aware that this link won't work until a little closer to the competition.
Cutoff: 1:30.00
Time Limit: 3:00.00
To register for this unofficial round, you must also have an accepted registration for the competition here on the WCA site. Use the link below to register - be aware that the link won't work until registration opens.
Registration link: https://forms.gle/UkswspyKhxoE7qLj6
Time limit
If you reach the time limit during your solve, the judge will stop you and your result will be DNF (see Regulation A1a4).
Cutoff
The result to beat to proceed to the second phase of a cutoff round (see Regulation 9g).
Format
The format describes how to determine the ranking of competitors based on their results. The list of allowed formats per event is described in Regulation 9b. See Regulation 9f for a description of each format.
Advancement Condition
The number of competitors shown as advancing to the next round is the planned maximum. The actual number may be lower if there are fewer competitors than expected, or if there are ties at the boundary.