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
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- Information
Please Note: There is no 3x3 being held at this competition. The main event of this competition will be Megaminx.
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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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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).
4x4x4 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zeke Mackay | 22.06 | 29.07 | United States | 26.19 | 22.06 | 33.29 | 27.73 | 37.16 | |||
| 2 | Brian Johnson | 26.59 | 29.92 | United States | 32.84 | 34.61 | 27.26 | 26.59 | 29.67 | |||
| 3 | Braxton Lee Fowler | 29.50 | 31.04 | United States | 29.67 | 29.50 | 31.41 | 32.04 | 36.32 | |||
5x5x5 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Johnson | 47.04 | 54.35 | United States | 52.08 | 53.69 | 57.74 | 57.27 | 47.04 | |||
| 2 | Zeke Mackay | 51.03 | 55.90 | United States | 56.79 | 57.80 | 51.03 | 53.10 | 58.74 | |||
| 3 | Zachary Johnson | 53.00 | 56.56 | United States | 57.30 | 53.00 | 1:06.10 | 57.58 | 54.80 | |||
6x6x6 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zeke Mackay | 1:30.87 | 1:38.40 | United States | 1:38.91 | 1:30.87 | 1:45.41 | |||||
| 2 | Chaeli Baker | 1:39.55 | 1:53.85 | United States | 2:01.13 | 2:00.88 | 1:39.55 | |||||
| 3 | Sebastian Carrillo | 1:54.36 | 1:59.17 | United States | 2:03.65 | 1:54.36 | 1:59.51 | |||||
7x7x7 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zeke Mackay | 2:29.28 | 2:31.56 | United States | 2:33.93 | 2:29.28 | 2:31.47 | |||||
| 2 | Sebastian Carrillo | 2:32.14 | 2:40.28 | United States | 2:43.25 | 2:32.14 | 2:45.46 | |||||
| 3 | Chaeli Baker | 2:31.91 | 2:47.13 | United States | 2:56.17 | 2:53.30 | 2:31.91 | |||||
Megaminx
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zeke Mackay | 29.08 | 31.34 | United States | 32.10 | 29.90 | 29.08 | 32.67 | 32.03 | |||
| 2 | Alexander Gager | 38.74 | 40.22 | United States | DNF | 40.24 | 38.74 | 41.01 | 39.41 | |||
| 3 | Brian Johnson | 39.38 | 42.78 | United States | 45.04 | 39.87 | 39.38 | 43.42 | 46.84 | |||
Square-1
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Johnson | 4.89 | 5.76 | United States | 5.68 | 4.89 | 10.95 | 6.04 | 5.56 | |||
| 2 | Zeke Mackay | 9.42 | 11.41 | United States | 13.53 | 10.66 | 13.10 | 10.48 | 9.42 | |||
| 3 | Simon Kellum | 7.82 | 12.22 | United States | 14.94 | 12.83 | 12.40 | 11.43 | 7.82 | |||