Grand Forks 2026


Date
Oct 3, 2026
City
Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States
Venue

University of North Dakota-Memorial Union

Address
2901 University Avenue, Grand Forks, ND 58202
Details

Henry Family Ballroom (Room 220)

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Lisa Kucala, Midwest Cubing Association, Thomas Anthony Hughey, and Volodymyr Kapustianskyi
WCA Delegate
Lisa Kucala
Download all the competition's details as PDF here.
Information

This competition is supported by the Midwest Cubing Association.

We have local Facebook groups for our Cubing Area. Feel free to join the Minnesota Cubing Community and follow the Midwest Cubing Assocation for information and announcements on upcoming competitions.

Events
Main event
Competitor limit
65
Number of times bookmarked
27
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 65 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (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 90% 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.
Any spectator can attend for free.

Before You Register

All prospective registrants need a WCA account. New competitors can create their own WCA account by clicking here and entering the required information.

How to Register Online

Prospective competitors register by:
1. Signing into their WCA account;
2. Clicking "Register" on the left side of this webpage, selecting the events they would like to compete in, and submitting their registration;
3. Paying the registration fee of $30.00. (The registration fee is the same regardless of how many events are selected.) Your registration is not complete until you have paid the registration fee.

The competitor limit for this competition is 65. The list of approved competitors can be found by clicking "Competitors" on the left side of this webpage. If there are already 65 competitors on that list, it means the competition is full, and any future registrants will be placed on the waitlist.

Competitors MUST register and pay online in order to compete. No at-the-door registrations or payments will be accepted.

Any requested changes to registration prior to the registration deadline will be honored. Your registration is not complete until your name shows up on the list.

How to Pay for Registration Online

Payment is processed through Stripe. Click on the "Register" tab on the left side of the webpage to register and pay all in one place! You can start the payment process by clicking "Pay your fees with card."

Refunds

Approved competitors who cancel their registration before the cancellation deadline are eligible for a refund of 90% of their registration cost. After this date, no refund requests will be honored.

Waitlist Information

We will be keeping a waitlist for this competition. To secure a place on the waitlist once the competitor limit has been reached, simply pay the registration fee. If a competitor emails us to drop out before the cancellation deadline, you will be notified if you are the next competitor on the waitlist. After that deadline, all remaining competitors on the waitlist will be emailed letting them know they did not get off the waitlist and will be fully refunded.

Venue, Parking, Food

This competition will be held at the Memorial Union at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, ND. We will be in the Henry Family Ballroom (Room 220) of the Memorial Union. Enter through the main entrance, and take the elevator or stairs to the second floor to reach the ballroom.

Parking is available in the parking ramp next to Memorial Hall at the intersection of University Avenue and Columbia Road. It's a 30-45 second walk from the ramp to the venue. A parking map is available here. Parking in the ramp is free on Saturdays, and you can park in any spot that is not marked "RESERVED".

There are a several dining/lunch options available on the 1st floor of the Memorial Union, which you can find here.

Want to stay connected with the MIdwest Cubing community? Join the Midwest Cubing Community Discord Server! Speak with other competitors from around the midwest, keep in touch with fellow competitors and meet new ones! Find out about competition discussion as it happens in real time, and even announcements for competitions before registration opens!

Click here to be taken directly to the Discord Server!

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).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced (see Regulation A1a2).

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.

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