Iowa Championship 2026


Date
Sep 19 - 20, 2026
City
West Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Venue

MidAmerican Energy Company RecPlex

Address
6500 Grand Avenue, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266
Details

Hy-Vee Fieldhouse

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Kurt Sparks, Lisa Kucala, Max McGill, Midwest Cubing Association, and Trenton Cuzick
WCA Delegates
Carter Kucala, Chaeli Baker, Kurt Sparks, and Lisa Kucala
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Information

Join us for the first ever Iowa State Championship!!!


This competition is supported by the Midwest Cubing Association,

Events
Main event
Competitors
108
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

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Highlights
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Nathan Phillips won with an average of 6.90 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Brian Johnson finished second (7.26) and Brody Rhoades finished third (7.30).

3x3x3 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Nathan Phillips 6.63 6.90 United States 6.636.856.847.0110.50
2 Brian Johnson 5.62 7.26 United States 7.045.6211.048.865.89
3 Brody Rhoades 6.29 7.30 United States 10.746.926.997.996.29

2x2x2 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Brian Johnson 0.91 1.90 United States 0.911.672.621.418.42
2 Carter Kucala 1.18 1.98 United States 3.231.741.182.771.43
3 Joshua Carey 1.81 2.47 United States 2.311.812.702.393.23

4x4x4 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Brian Johnson 22.42 25.00 United States 26.7526.3524.3224.3222.42
2 Nathan Phillips 25.46 26.76 United States 25.7829.7927.9226.5825.46
3 Kaius Young 24.21 28.19 United States 27.87DNF29.2127.4924.21

5x5x5 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Nathan Phillips 43.30 46.84 United States 44.1843.3050.2848.1448.19
2 Brody Rhoades 45.81 49.49 United States 45.8154.0058.1447.4846.98
3 Kaius Young 50.13 53.48 United States 55.7057.0450.1352.5152.24

6x6x6 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Nathan Phillips 1:27.15 1:30.75 United States 1:28.201:36.911:27.15
2 Brody Rhoades 1:30.26 1:32.56 United States 1:31.031:30.261:36.39
3 Kaius Young 1:30.78 1:35.10 United States 1:30.781:36.641:37.89

7x7x7 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Nathan Phillips 2:03.98 2:07.52 United States 2:10.712:07.872:03.98
2 Chaeli Baker 2:13.95 2:26.20 United States 2:13.952:33.442:31.20
3 Brian Johnson 2:37.61 2:40.96 United States 2:43.912:41.372:37.61

3x3x3 Blindfolded

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Carter Kucala 35.67 DNF United States DNF35.67DNFDNFDNF
2 Nathan Phillips 51.50 DNF United States 55.63DNFDNF51.50DNF
3 Kaius Young 59.67 1:23.18 United States 1:17.321:14.7159.671:37.50DNF

3x3x3 One-Handed

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Brian Johnson 9.18 9.95 United States 13.2410.399.1810.089.38
2 Nathan Rahn 13.64 14.08 United States 16.8513.6414.1514.1313.97
3 Carter Kucala 10.81 14.10 United States 13.2512.4210.8116.6417.40

Clock

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Max McGill 2.35 3.19 United States 3.332.356.522.843.39
2 Chris Van Der Brink 3.57 3.97 United States 3.953.634.33DNF3.57
3 Nathan Rahn 4.44 4.93 United States 4.675.885.065.054.44

Megaminx

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Tyler Robinson 38.25 39.23 United States 39.3540.8338.2539.6338.71
2 Nathan Phillips 43.97 45.75 United States 47.8945.0243.9744.331:00.78
3 Brian Johnson 42.44 47.98 United States 46.9542.4454.7946.0550.95

Pyraminx

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Brian Johnson 1.76 2.51 United States 3.641.942.902.701.76
2 Charles Bois 2.25 2.57 United States 2.962.252.494.172.27
3 Carter Kucala 1.49 2.86 United States 3.182.783.982.621.49

Skewb

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Sid Shivnath 1.61 2.01 United States 1.632.602.092.301.61
2 Carter Kucala 1.30 2.26 United States 1.302.592.642.211.98
3 Tyler Robinson 2.69 3.21 United States 2.693.413.643.452.78

Square-1

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Brian Johnson 5.08 6.36 United States 9.006.915.086.885.28
2 Nathan Rahn 6.67 8.04 United States 7.529.347.276.6711.26
3 Carter Kucala 7.14 8.59 United States 8.188.119.4912.637.14
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