Gobbler Cube Day Winter at VT 2026


Date
Feb 21, 2026
City
Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
Venue

Owens Hall Ballroom at Virginia Tech

Address
150 Kent St, Blacksburg, VA 24060
Details

Owens Hall Ballroom

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Joshua Gao, Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing, and Siddharth Suresh
WCA Delegates
Andrew Clippinger, Benjamin Christie, Pierce Tickle, and Siddharth Suresh
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Information

Check out the VT Rubik's Cube Club Here: https://gobblerconnect.vt.edu/organization/cubing

Events
Main event
Competitors
72
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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There is a competitor limit of 80 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $15 (United States Dollar).
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Highlights
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Zayn Khanani won with an average of 6.97 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Michael Nielsen finished second (8.03) and Benjamin Christie finished third (8.29).

3x3x3 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Zayn Khanani 5.69 6.97 United States 6.835.698.186.507.59
2 Michael Nielsen 6.16 8.03 United States 8.446.167.867.809.73
3 Benjamin Christie 6.67 8.29 United States 7.508.796.678.5810.43

2x2x2 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Zayn Khanani 0.87 1.02 United States 0.870.902.151.250.91
2 Michael Nielsen 1.17 1.48 United States 1.531.653.021.251.17
3 Makai Guay 1.66 1.89 United States 1.812.032.411.661.84

4x4x4 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Benjamin Christie 27.43 32.52 United States 30.8227.4334.4133.3433.41
2 Michael Nielsen 28.80 33.28 United States 32.1631.6340.8836.0628.80
3 Mayson Frye 33.10 35.66 United States 39.1236.4433.7636.7733.10

Clock

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Chase Pak 3.21 4.29 United States 4.123.21DNF3.745.01
2 Griffin Kim 4.04 4.81 United States 5.044.734.674.045.95
3 Makai Guay 4.10 4.86 United States 5.114.954.514.106.17

Pyraminx

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Michael Nielsen 1.08 1.55 United States 1.081.432.161.721.51
2 Leland Pak 1.82 2.47 United States 2.601.822.612.203.35
3 Mayson Frye 2.47 3.21 United States 2.472.783.316.833.53

Skewb

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Zayn Khanani 1.60 2.82 United States 2.813.623.872.041.60
2 Michael Nielsen 2.50 2.88 United States 3.642.502.953.172.52
3 Nathan Smith 4.04 4.43 United States 7.294.044.114.554.63
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