Illini Cubing Weeknights I 2026


Date
City
Urbana, Illinois, United States
Venue

Illini Union

Address
1401 W Green St
Details

Room 314A

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Ben Zhao and Carter Thomas
WCA Delegates
Carter Thomas and Derek Herrera
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Information

Join the Illini Cubers Registered Student Organization at the University of Illinois where we will hold three official rounds of 3x3x3 during a weekly meeting.

Any minors must be accomanpied by a guardian while in the venue.

Events
Main event
Competitors
38
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Highlights
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Ben Zhao won with an average of 6.58 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Derek Herrera finished second (8.57) and Jerich Lee finished third (9.16).

Aakarsh Singh - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 24 22.17 24.04 United States 25.9422.1724.7124.8522.55
Second round (Dual) 25 (27) 18.40 25.72 United States 27.5128.5922.3827.2618.40
First round (Dual) 27 (27) 19.19 21.42 United States 20.6423.6819.1919.9531.92

Aashay Maheshwari - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Second round (Dual) 27 (29) 24.72 28.44 United States 24.7228.9331.2827.9328.47
First round (Dual) 29 (29) 23.95 27.04 United States 24.3235.4927.5629.2523.95

Adriel Wiebe - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 5 9.19 9.53 United States 12.249.819.199.299.49
Second round (Dual) 4 (4) 7.81 8.88 United States 8.699.479.078.897.81
First round (Dual) 4 (4) 6.98 8.83 United States 8.928.586.989.879.00

Alex Thinh Do - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 16 14.71 18.45 United States DNF14.7117.1320.7417.48
Second round (Dual) 17 (20) 14.42 16.92 United States 17.0616.74DNF16.9514.42
First round (Dual) 20 (20) 15.80 17.14 United States 16.5116.7625.5215.8018.14

Allie Dunmire - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 25 26.82 28.34 United States 29.8228.0336.8227.1726.82
Second round (Dual) 26 (28) 24.93 28.29 United States 38.8525.0324.9333.1526.69
First round (Dual) 28 (28) 23.81 25.43 United States 24.3527.1024.8423.8129.11

Anay Maheshwari - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Second round (Dual) 33 (35) 29.74 32.40 United States 29.7432.0834.1837.7430.93
First round (Dual) 35 (35) 31.68 34.75 United States 31.6836.3335.50DNF32.41

Andrew Cheng (程清泉) - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 14 11.61 13.85 United States 11.6114.3014.7112.5318.36
Second round (Dual) 12 (13) 7.91 11.93 United States 7.9112.3312.7011.1112.35
First round (Dual) 12 (13) 9.80 12.39 United States 9.8012.9512.2911.9417.77

Andy Wu - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 10 8.96 11.41 United States 8.9614.6611.2312.6510.36
Second round (Dual) 10 (11) 9.71 11.10 United States 10.3110.4912.49DNF9.71
First round (Dual) 11 (11) 7.04 11.21 United States 7.0416.6510.6213.389.63

Arnav Sirigere - India WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 19 14.07 19.30 India 16.3922.9118.6014.0725.10
Second round (Dual) 19 (23) 14.15 17.55 India 14.1527.5715.3018.8618.48
First round (Dual) 22 (23) 11.92 17.56 India 19.0117.7415.9411.9219.61

Aswin Suresh Kumar - India WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 21 17.39 19.94 India 17.3920.6122.8817.9321.29
Second round (Dual) 22 (21) 18.30 19.95 India 18.3018.8522.8120.0620.93
First round (Dual) 19 (21) 12.97 17.05 India 13.5619.0912.9718.5025.12

Ben Zhao - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 1 6.42 6.58 United States 6.496.716.537.626.42
Second round (Dual) 1 (1) 5.97 6.99 United States 6.335.978.117.477.18
First round (Dual) 1 (1) 5.11 7.65 United States 8.728.026.735.118.21

Bryan Piatkiewicz - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Second round (Dual) 30 (33) 25.08 29.06 United States 26.0938.7230.2525.0830.84
First round (Dual) 33 (33) 28.88 33.64 United States 28.8850.6532.7034.0434.18

Carter Thomas - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 6 7.84 9.81 United States 8.557.8411.1912.229.70
Second round (Dual) 3 (3) 6.42 7.78 United States 8.178.267.686.427.50
First round (Dual) 2 (3) 6.82 7.83 United States 10.838.007.646.827.86

Derek Herrera - Philippines WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 2 7.33 8.57 Philippines 7.729.379.567.338.61
Second round (Dual) 2 (2) 6.64 7.77 Philippines 6.668.418.259.426.64
First round (Dual) 3 (2) 7.26 8.39 Philippines 8.058.3210.218.797.26

Eeshan Zele - India WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Second round (Dual) 8 (9) 8.40 10.93 India 13.5412.589.9910.218.40
First round (Dual) 9 (9) 9.31 10.79 India 11.7310.1610.499.3112.06

Evan Lin - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 9 10.16 11.40 United States 11.1610.1611.7014.9211.35
Second round (Dual) 14 (14) 11.20 12.44 United States 13.3611.2012.1912.1313.00
First round (Dual) 13 (14) 11.62 12.98 United States 12.6013.2713.4511.6213.08

Franklin Posadas - Philippines WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 15 15.10 18.34 Philippines 28.5015.1015.2021.1418.67
Second round (Dual) 16 (19) 12.98 16.56 Philippines 16.1718.3012.9820.4715.22
First round (Dual) 25 (19) 15.24 20.32 Philippines 17.7728.4026.2017.0015.24

Gareth David Kim (김태율) - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round (Dual) 38 (38) 21.89 DNF United States 30.6221.89DNF34.34DNF

Ian Cho - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 17 14.89 18.55 United States 18.8420.7214.8921.5616.08
Second round (Dual) 18 (17) 14.91 17.53 United States 17.1917.4014.9120.0818.01
First round (Dual) 17 (17) 14.17 14.89 United States 15.5114.1714.4314.7216.72

Jason Niu - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round (Dual) 14 (16) 11.42 13.71 United States 11.4214.6414.0412.4415.41

Jerich Lee - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 3 8.00 9.16 United States 11.058.2310.388.008.86
Second round (Dual) 6 (6) 7.61 9.19 United States 10.147.649.7911.147.61
First round (Dual) 5 (6) 8.06 9.08 United States 9.419.3612.868.488.06

Juan Andres Celis Peña - Colombia WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Second round (Dual) 29 (30) 25.61 29.03 Colombia 25.6141.5230.7230.5725.80
First round (Dual) 30 (30) 24.83 27.83 Colombia 29.0626.6027.8324.8335.43

Julia Zhuang - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 13 10.79 12.20 United States 12.7310.7912.0511.9412.60
Second round (Dual) 11 (12) 11.09 11.46 United States 11.3211.0911.93DNF11.12
First round (Dual) 15 (12) 11.41 13.85 United States 12.0516.70DNF12.8111.41

Kartik Bhide - India WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 11 10.36 11.76 India 11.4810.3612.0613.5211.74
Second round (Dual) 15 (15) 11.00 12.72 India 13.0311.1114.4311.0014.03
First round (Dual) 16 (15) 11.81 14.21 India 14.2911.8112.6815.9515.65

Levi Whitney - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Second round (Dual) 32 (31) 28.87 30.27 United States 31.9029.5028.8729.9131.41
First round (Dual) 31 (31) 23.61 28.56 United States 23.6128.4231.8828.0729.19

Lucas Stambaugh - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 12 8.95 12.07 United States 11.8112.548.9513.1611.86
Second round (Dual) 13 (8) 7.72 12.16 United States 12.6711.417.7215.6612.40
First round (Dual) 8 (8) 8.76 10.69 United States 10.2714.928.7611.0410.75

Marco Garcia - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Second round (Dual) 34 (36) 29.64 40.16 United States 47.7536.9143.3829.6440.20
First round (Dual) 36 (36) 32.52 36.50 United States 37.6632.5258.8034.8137.04

Mark Yang - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 7 9.12 10.78 United States 12.579.839.1210.5511.96
Second round (Dual) 9 (10) 9.15 10.93 United States 10.289.1511.1211.3913.17
First round (Dual) 10 (10) 10.50 10.96 United States 11.8910.6311.5010.7510.50

Mingwenxi Bao - China WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Second round (Dual) 28 (32) 20.04 28.95 China DNF30.6627.0520.0429.13
First round (Dual) 32 (32) 20.30 30.67 China 34.20DNF23.1220.3034.70

Newzat Naizhade - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round (Dual) 21 (22) 15.11 17.29 United States 15.6319.9515.1116.3020.27

Oswald Stevens - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Second round (Dual) 35 (37) 50.01 57.09 United States 59.831:13.1155.9850.0155.46
First round (Dual) 37 (37) 54.24 58.03 United States 56.6654.2458.9758.471:07.31

Raphael G. Wiebe - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 18 17.51 19.23 United States 21.6817.9919.3920.3117.51
Second round (Dual) 24 (25) 16.70 22.83 United States 31.14DNF16.7019.9117.45
First round (Dual) 23 (25) 15.02 19.98 United States 18.4240.5723.3918.1415.02

Riley Houser - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 22 13.15 20.06 United States 25.3413.1518.8521.5219.81
Second round (Dual) 21 (24) 16.68 18.35 United States 16.7623.3420.1518.1516.68
First round (Dual) 26 (24) 18.28 20.81 United States 24.9621.0118.2822.0619.35

Roshan Hegde - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 23 20.57 22.70 United States 20.5724.4720.5723.05DNF
Second round (Dual) 23 (26) 18.36 20.21 United States 18.5518.3622.0221.2720.81
First round (Dual) 24 (26) 18.33 20.09 United States 22.5920.6920.1419.4318.33

Samuel Johnson - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Second round (Dual) 31 (34) 27.87 29.74 United States 27.8932.9228.4127.8733.76
First round (Dual) 34 (34) 29.03 34.57 United States DNF29.0337.3631.1435.21

Syed Mohammed Habeeburehman - India WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 20 15.81 19.42 India 21.7617.7018.8030.2915.81
Second round (Dual) 20 (18) 15.69 18.17 India 19.8419.2315.6919.3215.96
First round (Dual) 18 (18) 14.56 15.53 India 15.6615.2515.6714.5621.00

Wonder Dygico - Philippines WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 4 7.36 9.49 Philippines 7.368.579.2210.6711.46
Second round (Dual) 5 (5) 7.94 8.88 Philippines 7.947.989.559.919.11
First round (Dual) 6 (5) 7.97 9.91 Philippines 12.6010.639.407.979.69

Zennan Zuiker - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 8 8.22 11.22 United States 11.7311.328.2211.3111.02
Second round (Dual) 7 (7) 6.84 9.93 United States 12.9610.3410.586.848.87
First round (Dual) 7 (7) 9.29 10.57 United States 9.2910.1812.0512.959.47
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