Four Corners Orientation CO 2026

Date: Nov 7, 2026
City: Durango, Colorado, United States
Venue: Fort Lewis College
Address: 1000 Rim Dr, Durango, CO 81301
Details: Student Union Ballroom
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Colorado Cubers, TJ Kelly, and Thea Lancaster
WCA Delegates: Luke Meszar, Miles Walcott, Raymos Castillo, Stone Amsbaugh, and TJ Kelly

: Download all the competition's details as PDF here.

Information

Welcome to the first ever competition in Durango, Colorado!!

All competitors must read the Competitor Responsibilities tab before registering.

On-the-spot registration is NOT enabled for this competition! If you would like to compete, please register before October 30th, and before our registration cap has been filled to insure your spot.

Live results, group assignments, and a more in-depth schedule can be found on the Important Day-of Information tab.

Events
Main event

Competitor limit: 50

Number of times bookmarked: 10

Registration period: Online registration will be open from to .
Registration requirements: 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 50 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $32 (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.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.

Competitor's must read the required tabs above before registering.

How to Change/Cancel Your Registration

Competitors can modify their registration through the Register tab.

Competitors can also change or cancel by emailing the organization team with the following information:
1. Intent to change/cancel registration
2. Desired changes to registration
3. Name (and WCA ID, if applicable) of the competitor.

If you would like to add or remove events from your registration, this can be done by editing your registration yourself, or by contacting the organization team.

In the event that a competitor cancels their registration, they will only receive a 50% refund.

The deadline to change/cancel your registration is October 30th, 2026, at 6:25 PM Mountain Time.

Waitlist Procedure

If registration fills up, we will place competitors on a waitlist. In the event a competitor drops from the competition, competitors will be accepted from the waitlist in the order we receive payment up until registration closes.

As a reminder, we will NOT be accepting on-the-spot registration at this competition.

Guests

The space at this competition is very limited so please include an accurate guest count in your registration. You can adjust that number later on as plans change by either editing your own registration below, or contacting the organization team.

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 or even siblings and parents! Staffing is easy and we are happy to help get you started, and it's a great way to make time fly!

Before the competition, you will receive assignments to compete, as well as to staff (judging, running, 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 not have assigned staff, and we will rely on volunteers to make the competition run. 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 wanted to let you know this event is perfectly fine for cubers of any age and experience. We just ask you know a couple things before coming to compete...

First, please be familiar with the WCA Regulations, found here:
https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/

This video will explain most of what any cuber competing for the first time will need to know. However, it is still the competitors responsibility to be familiar with the full set of regulations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPL3eV-A0ww

If you have any questions after watching this video, we will be having a new competitor tutorial right before 3x3. That would be the perfect time to ask those questions and clear up any confusion.

Head over to the registration tab, if you are ready to sign-up for your first competiton! Click register, and fill out the information that it asks for. This will help you get set up into the WCA's system and one step closer to your first official solve!

Q&A:
Q: Do I use my own cube to compete?

A: YES! You are responsible for your own hardware in order to compete.

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 and should cube!

Q: What is the competition like?

A; Competitions are a bunch of tables where nerds like us get to sit and discuss our favorite thing, Cubes! Of course in addition there is competing, which will occupy one side of the competition hall, where you will see lots of timers flickering with contestants new personal bests. Most competitions have a break for lunch, and the competing is split up into groups, as to better organize who competes when. (Check the Groups tab and listen at the competition for more info on this.)

Q: How do I find results?

A: All results are posted on the WCA page a couple of days after the competition finishes. However, for the day of competing, go to the live results page to find information about current events. This is also where you will find information about 2nd and 3rd rounds of events.

Q: Why am I not on the registration list yet?

A: Make sure you pay your registration fee in order to be automatically placed on the registered list, which will also guarantee you a spot in the competition. If payment may be any issue, or you are not sure if you can attend, use the contact button to talk to us, and see if we can work out another payment strategy, or have you pay on arrival at the compeition. No matter what you situation may be however, please register online. It is much easier for us to have you register now and pay later, then to have to input information at another time.

Q: Are there age divisions?

A: Nope! All competitors compete in the same group.

Q: Can I have fun at this event?

A: HECK YES! Cubing is amazing, and we sincerely hope you enjoy the competition!

Arriving by plane:

Durango has a nearby commercal airport (KDRO), but you'd either need a bus or a car to make it to the competition from there.

By public transportation:

Durango Transit Center (DTC) connects to Fort Lewis College via bus line 2.The DTC is accessible from the Main Street Trolley, which connects downtown locations. Information on the transit system is available here: https://www.durangoco.gov/349/Services

By car:

Attendees may park in any lot marked by a blue circle which means it is a commuter parking lot. A permit is not needed for weekend parking. A campus map is available here: https://www.fortlewis.edu/Portals/0/assets/search-directories/campus-map.pdf?ver=X70zeVNEW1U%3d

Food:

On campus, the San Juan Dining Hall will be open from 10:30am - 1:29pm.
There are also many options in downtown Durango, about a 5 minute drive or a 22 minute bus ride.
Outside food is not permitted in the venue.

All live results, group assignments, and a more indepth schedule can be found here closer to the competition date.

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 can be found here when we are closer to the competition date.

Cutoff: 2:00.00
Time Limit: 4:00.00

To register for this unofficial round, you must also have an accepted registration for the competition here on the WCA site. Please email the organization team if you have any questions.

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 in the state of Colorado when they are announced, and will provide you with monthly updates with news and results.

To subscribe, please see the landing page here.

This competition is presented by Colorado Cubers, a non-profit organization that is dedicated to expanding and enriching the Colorado cubing community.

All proceeds from this competition will be reinvested into the Colorado Cubing Community to put on more competitions like these! :)

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.