KCKC 9 Big and Awkward 2026
- Date
- Mar 7, 2026
- City
- Grandview, Missouri, United States
- Venue
Arrington Place Event Center
- Address
- 13600 Arrington Rd, Grandview MO
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Mickey Doyle, Southern Heartland Cubing, and Trenton Cuzick
- WCA Delegates
- Chaeli Baker, Dan Smith, Mickey Doyle, Simon Kellum, and Zeke Mackay
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Please Note: There is no 3x3 being held at this competition. The main event of this competition will be Megaminx.
We have a local facebook group where we will be posting upcoming events as they are announced as well as supporting local cubing conversations for Missouri. Jump over and join the Missouri Cubing facebook group.
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- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 36
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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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 $35 (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 by contacting the organization team.
On the spot registrations will be accepted if there are remaining spots available, with a base registration fee of $35 (United States Dollar).
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Registration is accepted in the order paid. Payment must be made for registration to be considered complete.⚠️If all competing spots are filled, a waitlist will begin. Waitlist spots are added in the order paid.
Please wait 48 hours for your registration to be manually accepted.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Zeke Mackay won with an average of 31.34 seconds in the Megaminx event. Alexander Gager finished second (40.22) and Brian Johnson finished third (42.78).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4x4x4 Cube | Zeke Mackay | 22.06 | 29.07 | United States | 26.19 | 22.06 | 33.29 | 27.73 | 37.16 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Brian Johnson | 47.04 | 54.35 | United States | 52.08 | 53.69 | 57.74 | 57.27 | 47.04 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Zeke Mackay | 1:30.87 | 1:38.40 | United States | 1:38.91 | 1:30.87 | 1:45.41 | |||||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Zeke Mackay | 2:29.28 | 2:31.56 | United States | 2:33.93 | 2:29.28 | 2:31.47 | |||||
| Megaminx | Zeke Mackay | 29.08 | 31.34 | United States | 32.10 | 29.90 | 29.08 | 32.67 | 32.03 | |||
| Square-1 | Brian Johnson | 4.89 | 5.76 | United States | 5.68 | 4.89 | 10.95 | 6.04 | 5.56 | |||
For those of you new to cubing, WELCOME!
We wanted to let you know this event is perfectly fine for cubers of any age and experience. We just ask you know a couple things before coming to compete...
First, please be familiar with the WCA Regulations, found here:
https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/
We have a video made specifically for new cubers, just to show them the basics of competing. This video will explain most of what any cuber competing for the first time will need to know.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPL3eV-A0ww&t=2s
If you have any questions after this video, we will be having a new competitor tutorial, Saturday morning of the competition. That would be the perfect time to ask those questions and clear up any confusion.
If you are stoked to compete and ready to sign up, head over to the registration tab, click register, and fill out the information it asks for. This will help you get set up the WCA's system and one step closer to your first official solve!
Q&A:
Q: Do I use my own cube to compete?
A: YES! You are responsible for your own hardware in order to compete.
Q: What is the normal age of competitors at these events?
A: All ages are welcome, but in general competitors are between 10 and 20 years old. Don't let this stop you though, everyone can and should cube!
Q: What is the competition like?
A; Competitions are a bunch of tables where nerds like us get to sit and discuss our favorite thing, Cubes! Of course in addition there is competing, which will occupy one side of the competition hall, where you will see lots of timers flickering with contestants new personal bests, and a vendor, where you can purchase all you cubing related needs. Most competitions have a break for lunch, and the competing is split up into heats, as to better organize who competes when. (Check the Groups tab and listen at the competition for more info on this.)
Q: How do I find results?
A: All results are posted on the WCA page a couple of days after the competition finishes. However, for the day of competing, go to WCA Live to find information about current events. This is also where you will find information about 2nd and 3rd rounds of events.
Q: Why am I not on the registration list yet?
A: Make sure you pay you entrance fee in order to be automatically placed on the registered list, which will also guarantee you a spot in the competition. If payment may be any issue, or you are not sure if you can attend, use the contact button to talk to us, and see if we can work out another payment strategy, or have you pay on arrival at the competition. No matter what you situation may be however, please register online. It is much easier for us to have you register now and pay later, then to have to input information at another time.
Q: Are there age divisions?
A: Nope! All competitors compete in the same group.
Q: Can I have fun at this event?
A: HECK YES! Cubing is amazing, and we sincerely hope you enjoy the competition!
Stationary/Fixed Seating w/ Running Judges
In this format, there is no competitor waiting area and competitors will complete all their solves for the round at the same solving station. Each solving station is numbered and cube covers with matching numbers will be available at the cube drop-off table.
When the competitor’s group is called, the competitor goes up to that stage’s scorecard/cube dropoff table and submits their scorecard and puzzle in a numbered cube cover.
When submitting their puzzle, the competitor takes note of the station number on their cube cover and goes to that corresponding station. Competitor will stay in this spot throughout the entire round.
Running judge drops off puzzle(s) at the scrambling table and takes the next available scrambled puzzle to the corresponding competitor/station based on the number on the cube cover and proceeds to judge their attempt. NOTE: The running judge may not be judging the same competitor each time.
After each attempt, the running judge packs the solved cube and competitor scorecard in the cube cover and brings this to the scrambling table.
Repeat this process until all competitors in the group have completed all their attempts.
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).
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.