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).
Abhimanyu Singhal (अभिमन्यु सिंघल) - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 12 | 24 | 25.67 | United States | 28 | 25 | 24 | |||||
Alexander Wheeler - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 3 | 20 | 22.00 | United States | 24 | 20 | 22 | |||||
Alexei Sinyavin - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 9 | 24 | 24.67 | United States | 24 | 25 | 25 | |||||
Austin Reed - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 13 | 25 | 26.67 | United States | 27 | 28 | 25 | |||||
Bowen Deng (邓博文) - China WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 16 | 27 | 30.00 | China | 27 | 29 | 34 | |||||
Braden Richards - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 32 | 26 | DNF | United States | 26 | DNF | 28 | |||||
Bradley Parker - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 40 | 65 | DNF | United States | 71 | 65 | DNF | |||||
Brian Johnson - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 2 | 21 | 21.67 | United States | 21 | 23 | 21 | |||||
Caleb Torres - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 39 | 55 | DNF | United States | DNF | 56 | 55 | |||||
Calvin Nielson - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 15 | 25 | 28.67 | United States | 34 | 25 | 27 | |||||
Carter Kucala - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 1 | 19 | 20.33 | United States | 21 | 19 | 21 | |||||
Charles Bois - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 31 | 22 | DNF | United States | DNF | 22 | 25 | |||||
Chris Martin - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 28 | 42 | 48.33 | United States | 42 | 53 | 50 | |||||
Daichi Halphen - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 3 | 20 | 22.00 | United States | 24 | 20 | 22 | |||||
Daniel Cho - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 26 | 38 | 43.33 | United States | 38 | 45 | 47 | |||||
Dewei Tan (譚得唯) - Hong Kong, China WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 11 | 23 | 25.33 | Hong Kong, China | 23 | 30 | 23 | |||||
Elliot Wiecek - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 3 | 20 | 22.00 | United States | 24 | 20 | 22 | |||||
Elliott Perkins - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 20 | 30 | 32.00 | United States | 31 | 30 | 35 | |||||
Emery McFeeter - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 22 | 26 | 35.00 | United States | 26 | 38 | 41 | |||||
Ethan Mendelson - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 23 | 29 | 37.00 | United States | 31 | 29 | 51 | |||||
Hamza Hafeez - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 38 | 47 | DNF | United States | DNF | 47 | DNS | |||||
Jack Lee - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 29 | 19 | NR | DNF | Canada | 27 | 19 | DNF | ||||
Jack Pfeifer - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 34 | 30 | DNF | United States | 43 | 30 | DNF | |||||
James Wang (王俊杰) - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 36 | 37 | DNF | Canada | 37 | DNF | DNF | |||||
Joseph Guzman - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 6 | 21 | 22.67 | United States | 24 | 21 | 23 | |||||
Lachlan Barilleau - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 41 | DNF | DNF | United States | DNF | DNS | DNS | |||||
Ordway Persyn - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 24 | 30 | 38.33 | United States | 43 | 30 | 42 | |||||
Parker Trager - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 17 | 29 | 30.33 | United States | 29 | 31 | 31 | |||||
Robert Alan Marks - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 21 | 31 | 34.33 | United States | 36 | 31 | 36 | |||||
Sebastian Carrillo - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 33 | 28 | DNF | United States | 28 | 35 | DNF | |||||
Serena Meng - Canada WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 14 | 26 | 27.33 | Canada | 26 | 29 | 27 | |||||
Shawn Parker - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 41 | DNF | DNF | United States | DNF | DNF | DNF | |||||
Simon Kellum - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 7 | 22 | 24.00 | United States | 26 | 24 | 22 | |||||
Stanley Tran - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 19 | 28 | 31.33 | United States | 36 | 30 | 28 | |||||
Steven Wintringham - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 25 | 32 | 39.67 | United States | 32 | 45 | 42 | |||||
Thai Bui - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 35 | 33 | DNF | United States | 33 | 52 | DNF | |||||
Trevor Mendelson - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 18 | 29 | 30.67 | United States | 31 | 32 | 29 | |||||
Tristan Patrick - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 27 | 40 | 44.33 | United States | 46 | 40 | 47 | |||||
Tyler Newey - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 37 | 41 | DNF | United States | 53 | 41 | DNF | |||||
Yunhao Lou (娄云皓) - China WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 10 | 20 | 25.33 | China | 24 | 20 | 32 | |||||
Zach Baruch - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 30 | 20 | DNF | United States | DNF | 20 | 27 | |||||
Zeke Mackay - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 8 | 23 | 24.67 | United States | 27 | 24 | 23 | |||||