Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026


Information

We are pleased to announce that the 2026 North American Championship will take place in Raleigh, North Carolina! This competition will serve as both the US National Championship and the North American Championship.

Please note that all spectators must have a spectator ticket. Competitors will receive one free spectator ticket as part of their registration. Additional tickets can be purchased on Ticketor; limited quantities are available so make sure to purchase your spectator tickets early!

All events have qualifying times; please refer to the CubingUSA site for full details.

Events
Main event
Competitors
892
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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There is a competitor limit of 1200 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $150 (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.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Spectators can attend paying an entry fee of $25 (United States Dollar).
Competitors may only register for events that they are already qualified for.

All competitors automatically receive one spectator ticket. Additional tickets can be purchased on Ticketor; limited quantities are available so make sure to purchase your spectator tickets early!

Highlights
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Kyle Santucci won with an average of 5.63 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Matty Hiroto Inaba finished second (5.70) and Max Park finished third (5.93).

World records: Max Park‎ 7x7x7 Cube 1:30.59 (single).

North American records: Max Park‎ 5x5x5 Cube 34.65 (average).

Event Name Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Kyle Santucci 5.23 5.63 Canada 5.306.285.235.506.09
2x2x2 Cube Sujan Feist 0.96 1.31 United States 1.063.181.050.961.83
4x4x4 Cube Max Park 18.98 21.00 United States 18.9820.6922.3621.1321.18
5x5x5 Cube Max Park 31.74 34.65 NAR United States 31.7437.6134.7037.0332.22
6x6x6 Cube Max Park 1:08.04 1:08.64 United States 1:08.041:08.491:09.40
7x7x7 Cube Max Park 1:30.59 WR 1:40.10 United States 1:44.781:44.921:30.59
3x3x3 Blindfolded Tommy Cherry 14.19 DNF United States DNF18.07DNF14.1916.84
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Aedan Bryant 18 21.00 United States 232218
3x3x3 One-Handed Luke Garrett 7.42 8.79 United States 7.427.9610.469.359.06
Clock Aaron Jake Wong 2.30 2.73 United States 2.562.393.252.303.91
Megaminx Matthew Liong 27.19 NR 30.03 Indonesia 30.4729.7829.8332.1827.19
Pyraminx David Andron-Silva 1.66 1.95 United States 2.323.061.711.661.81
Skewb Dean Jacob Adamo Susskind 1.53 1.77 United States 1.532.161.631.682.01
Square-1 Hassan Khanani 4.45 6.21 United States 6.576.296.484.455.87
4x4x4 Blindfolded Stanley Chapel 55.15 DNF United States 1:03.4355.15DNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded Stanley Chapel 2:50.32 DNF United States DNF2:50.32DNF
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Andrew Tao 60/63 58:36 United States 54/63 1:00:0060/63 58:36

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 (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.

Qualification

Qualification times must be set in other WCA competitions in order to compete. Qualification times must be set on or before May 19, 2026.

Advancement Condition

The number of competitors shown as advancing to the next round is the planned maximum. The actual number may be lower if there are fewer competitors than expected, or if there are ties at the boundary.

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