Mesa County Mixup 2026

Date: Apr 25, 2026
City: Grand Junction, Colorado, United States
Venue: The Grand Valley Event Center
Address: 2400 Consistory Ct
Details: Auditorium
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Colorado Cubers, Dimitri Alvey, and TJ Kelly
WCA Delegate: TJ Kelly

: Download all the competition's details as PDF here.

Information

Welcome back for another Grand Valley Competition!!

All competitors must read the Competitor Responsibilities tab before registering.

Even though on-the-spot registration is enabled, do not count on this! If the competition fills up, we won't be able to accept on-the-spot registrations, even if competitors do not show up. If you are able, we very much appreciate you registering in advance to save us time and effort, and save you some money!

Events
Main event

Competitor limit: 75

Number of times bookmarked: 7

Registration period: Online registration opened and will close .
Registration requirements: Create a WCA account here if you don't have one.
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 75 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $32 (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 50% 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.
On the spot registrations will be accepted if there are remaining spots available, with a base registration fee of $37 (United States Dollar).

Competitor's must read the required tabs above before registering.

How to Change/Cancel Your Registration

Competitors can modify their registration through the Register tab.

Competitors can also change or cancel by emailing the organization team with the following information:
1. Intent to change/cancel registration
2. Desired changes to registration
3. Name (and WCA ID, if applicable) of the competitor.

In the event that a competitor cancels their registration, they will only receive a 50% refund.

The deadline to change/cancel your registration is April 18rd, 2026, 6:00 PM Mountain Time.

Waitlist Procedure

If registration fills up, we will place competitors on a waitlist. In the event a competitor drops from the competition, competitors will be accepted from the waitlist in the order we receive payment up until registration closes.

IF THE COMPETITION FILLS UP AND A WAITLIST EXISTS, WE WILL NOT BE OFFERING ON THE SPOT REGISTRATION. CHECK BEFORE COMING!

ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING.

Competitions rely on volunteers to happen! All the staff at competitions are volunteers, and we need your help to have a successful competition. Helping out by running and judging is invaluable and keeps the competition on schedule. Everyone can help, this includes first time competitors and even siblings and parents! Staffing is easy and we are happy to help get you started, and it is a great way to make time fly!

Before the competition, you will receive assignments to compete, as well as to staff (judging, running, or possibly scrambling). You are required to show up for these staffing assignments unless you communicate with the organizers of the competition prior to the assignment. Failure to do so may result in disqualification from one or multiple events.

For second rounds and finals, we will not have assigned staff, and we will rely on volunteers to make the competition run. We really appreciate it if we get volunteers, but if you are asked to staff by a delegate when you are available you must do so to avoid the same risk of disqualification.

BY REGISTERING, YOU AGREE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND AND WILL FOLLOW ALL THE INFORMATION LISTED ABOVE.

A note from the venue:

The Grand Valley Event Center is available for rental to responsible groups with the understanding that the premises and furnishings will be treated with care, left in the condition existing prior to the event, that the guests will behave in a decent and respectable manner, and will not cause annoyance to the neighborhood.

The following is a list of venue-specific rules as well as general etiquette that we at Colorado Cubers expect out of all participants and spectators:

No flash photography. Photography and video are welcome. Just be sure the flash is off.
Please leave adequate room between you and the competitors at their stations. Please do not walk up close to their tables, as you could be blocking someone else's view or distracting other competitors.
Do not be extremely loud. Loud noises may distract competitors.
The venue requires that all drivers adhere to posted speed limits on the property, especially on BOOKCLIFF AVE and CONSISTORY COURT, where the speed limits are 20 MPH.
The auditorium, bathrooms, hallways, entryways, and the parking lot are all available for our use, but ALL OTHER ROOMS are OFF LIMITS. Other events may be taking place in other rooms, and we do not want to disturb them.
A responsible adult must accompany any children who wish to attend and compete in this competition.

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/

This video will explain most of what any cuber competing for the first time will need to know. However, it is still the competitors responsibility to be familiar with the full set of regulations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPL3eV-A0ww

If you have any questions after watching this video, we will be having a new competitor tutorial right before 3x3. That would be the perfect time to ask those questions and clear up any confusion.

Head over to the registration tab, if you are ready to sign-up for your first competiton! Click register, and fill out the information that it asks for. This will help you get set up into 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. Most competitions have a break for lunch, and the competing is split up into groups, 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, search "WCA Live" (https://live.worldcubeassociation.org) to find information about current events. This is also where you will find information about 2nd and 3rd rounds of events. A link to WCA Live will be on the "Important Links" tab closer to the competition date.

Q: Why am I not on the registration list yet?

A: Make sure you pay your registration 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 compeition. 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!

Arriving by plane:

The nearest airport is Grand Junction Regional Airport (GJT), it's less than 10 minutes away from the venue by car. Uber can be a good choice from the airport.

By public transportation:

Amtrak runs the California Zephyr (lines 5 and 6) through Grand Junction and the station is only 8 minutes away.

By car:

The Grand Valley Event Center will be offering free parking but PLEASE READ THE VENUE SPECIFIC RULES for more information regarding parking.

Food:

This competition will not be providing food for competitors and there are limited options within walking distance to the venue. Rimrock Market Place and the Grand Mesa Center are a bit of a drive away but have a ton of options.

All live results can be found here.

All group assignments can be found here.

And a more indepth schedule can be found here.

If you would like to be notified of future competitions in the state of Colorado, please sign up for the Colorado Cubers newsletter! This newsletter will notify you of future competitions in the state of Colorado when they are announced, and will provide you with monthly updates with news and results.

To subscribe, please see the landing page here.

This competition is presented by Colorado Cubers, a non-profit organization that is dedicated to expanding and enriching the Colorado cubing community.

All proceeds from this competition will be reinvested into the Colorado Cubing Community to put on more competitions like these! :)

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).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced across rounds (see Regulation A1a2).

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.