Iowa Winter Cooldown 2026
- Date
- Feb 28, 2026
- City
- Ames, Iowa, United States
- Venue
Gateway Hotel
- Address
- 2100 Green Hills Dr, Ames, IA 50014
- Details
Enter venue through doors next to parking lot and follow signs for the competition space.
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Ethan Cho, Maxim Duncan, and Midwest Cubing Association
- WCA Delegates
- Chaeli Baker, Francisco García, and Kurt Sparks
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This competition is supported by the Midwest Cubing Association (MCA).
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- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 65
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 90 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 75% 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.
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Competitors may bring at most 1 guest.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Ethan Cho won with an average of 8.42 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Zachary Johnson finished second (9.33) and Miles Greco finished third (9.35).