For the Love of FMC USA 2026
- Date
- Feb 14, 2026
- City
- Multiple cities, United States
- Venue
Multiple cities
- Address
- Multiple Locations
- Details
See the locations tab for more information about venue locations
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Southern Cubing LLC, Thai Bui, and Tristan Patrick
- WCA Delegates
- Abhimanyu Singhal (अभिमन्यु सिंघल), Austin Reed, Braden Richards, Calvin Nielson, Carter Kucala, Chris Martin, Hamza Hafeez, Robert Alan Marks, Shawn Parker, Steven Wintringham, Tristan Patrick, and Zeke Mackay
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
The competition will be held in multiple locations, across the USA. Please pay attention to the date and time zone of your location!
This competition is supported by Southern Cubing LLC. To learn more about cubing in the Southern USA, including other competitions, visit Southern Cubing.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 42
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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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 no competitor limit.
Registering for this competition is free.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
To register successfully, fill out the registration form and enter the city name followed by the state of the location you want to compete at in the comment field. Example: "Prairieville, Louisiana"
Do not write anything else in this field! To see a list of all For the Love of FMC 2026 locations, look at the locations tab.
Registration fees are different depending on which location you sign up for and are listed on the locations tab.
If there is a registration fee, it will need to be paid online or at the venue of your competing location, according to that location's registration rules. The price at each location can be found in the locations tab.
Even if your registration is accepted before you pay, you are still responsible for paying the appropriate registration fee, if there is one.
No on-the-spot registration will be allowed in any venue.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Carter Kucala won with a mean of 20.33 moves in the 3x3x3 Fewest Moves event. Brian Johnson finished second (21.67) and Alexander Wheeler, Daichi Halphen, and Elliot Wiecek finished third (22.00).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Carter Kucala | 19 | 20.33 | United States | 21 | 19 | 21 | |||||
Locations may be added until January 31st 23:59 UTC so if there isn't a location near you yet contact your local Delegate.
Any questions specific to a particular venue should be directed to relevant delegates.
Venues labelled 'Private Residence' will have the address communicated to confirmed competitors closer to the date, contact the relevant delegate with any questions.
| Country | City | Delegate | Location | Address | Price | Method of Payment | Time Zone | Competitor Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Pflugerville, Texas | Tristan Patrick | Private Residence | Private Residence | Free | None | CST (UTC-6) | 5/6 |
| United States | Prairieville, Louisiana | Shawn Parker | Graceworks Church | 16131 Highway 44, Prairieville, LA 70769 | Free | None | CST (UTC-6) | 4/15 |
| United States | Los Angeles, California | Abhimanyu Singhal | Private Residence (Koreatown) | Private Residence | $5 | Cash/PayPal/Venmo day of | PST (UTC-8) | 4/5 |
| United States | Machesney Park, Illinois | Zeke Mackay | Harlem High School | 1 Huskie Cir, Machesney Park, IL 61115 | $5 | Cash/Venmo/PayPal on the day of the competition | CST (UTC-6) | 8/15 |
| United States | Santa Clara, California | Calvin Nielson, Robert Alan Marks | Santa Clara University SCDI 3302 | 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053 | Free | Competitors will be required to fill out and submit SCU's liability form prior to competing. This will be collected at a later time. | PST (UTC-8) | 6/24 |
| United States | Ossining, New York | Austin Reed, Steven Wintringham | Ossining Padres Hispanos | 109 Upper Croton Ave, Ossining, NY 10562 | $10 | Cash/Venmo on the day of the competition | EST (UTC-5) | 10/15 |
| United States | Columbus, Ohio | Braden Richards, Evan Brown | Ohio Union, SPHINX Centennial Leadership Suite (2nd Floor) | 1739 N High St, Columbus, Ohio 43210 | $5 | Cash/PayPal/Venmo on the day of the competition | EST (UTC-5) | 7/16 |
| United States | Davis, CA | Hamza Hafeez | The Colleges at La Rue | 166 Orchard Park Dr Davis, CA 95616 | Free | None | PST (UTC-8) | 5/10 |
| United States | Sacramento, CA | Chris Martin | Private Residence | Private Residence | Free | None | PST (UTC-8) | 1/10 |
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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).
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.