New York Big and Quiet Championship 2026

Date: Sep 5 - 7, 2026
City: West Nyack, New York, United States
Venue: Palisades Center
Address: 1000 Palisades Center Dr, West Nyack, NY 10994
Details: 4th Floor, Harry & Thelma Adler Community Room
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Empire State Cubing, Evan Liu, and Steven Wintringham
WCA Delegates: Chris Chi, Evan Liu, and Steven Wintringham

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Information

This is the New York state championship for big cubes (5x5, 6x6, and 7x7) and quiet events (3x3 Blindfolded, 3x3 Fewest Moves, 4x4 Blindfolded, 5x5 Blindfolded, and 3x3 Multi-Blind)! This competition is open to everyone, but only New York residents are eligible for New York champion titles - see the Championship Eligibility tab for more info.

There are separate registration limits for each event. Out of courtesy for other competitors, please only register for events that you actually plan to compete in. If every individual event has already reached its limit, no further registrations will be accepted, even if the overall limit of 60 hasn't been reached.

4BLD, 5BLD, MBLD: 30 competitors each
5x5, 6x6, 7x7, 3BLD, FMC: 40 competitors each

Please avoid bringing unnecessary guests, especially on Days 2 and 3, to help the competition stay quiet.
The Harry & Thelma Adler Community Room is located on the 4th floor in front of the Ice Skating Rink on your right hand side.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 29

Registration period: Online registration opened and closed .
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There is a competitor limit of 60 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (United States Dollar).
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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 .
We encourage everyone to register for the events they want to compete in via your online registration, however you may add events to your registration up until the event has started.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Competitors may bring at most 1 guest.

Due to the nature of this competition, there are separate registration limits for each event. Out of courtesy for other competitors, please only register for events that you actually plan to compete in. If every individual event has already reached its limit, no further registrations will be accepted, even if the overall limit of 60 hasn't been reached.

4BLD, 5BLD, MBLD: 30 competitors each
5x5, 6x6, 7x7, 3BLD, FMC: 40 competitors each

Registrations for each event will be accepted on a first come, first served basis, and a per event waiting list will be managed manually.

Waiting list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AEXvM3ydI1ceWFN8p4gaHiCSW8JiGEA1y_GZf1luKj4/edit?usp=sharing
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Andrew Tao won with a single solve of 20.97 seconds in the 3x3x3 Blindfolded event. Chris Chi finished second (25.69) and Quinn Maloney finished third (34.12).

5x5x5 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Alexei Sinyavin	42.47	46.37	United States	48.49	46.33	42.47	50.01	44.29
2	Ayden Dincher	43.16	47.82	United States	45.33	47.56	50.57	51.73	43.16
3	Jeffrey Li	47.81	49.36	United States	48.74	47.81	49.54	49.80	53.51

6x6x6 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Jeffrey Li	1:29.10	1:29.64	United States	1:29.10	1:29.45	1:30.38
2	Alexei Sinyavin	1:21.87	1:29.97	United States	1:29.00	1:21.87	1:39.05
3	Ayden Dincher	1:28.79	1:33.95	United States	1:38.15	1:28.79	1:34.90

7x7x7 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Jeffrey Li	2:00.25	2:01.90	United States	2:00.47	2:04.99	2:00.25
2	Alexei Sinyavin	2:13.62	2:15.74	United States	2:14.60	2:13.62	2:19.00
3	Cameron Soulagnet	2:11.01	2:16.05	United States	2:22.32	2:14.83	2:11.01

3x3x3 Blindfolded

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Andrew Tao	20.97	DNF	United States	22.36	DNF	20.97	DNF	DNF
2	Chris Chi	25.69	29.61	United States	25.69	26.55	DNF	30.54	31.75
3	Quinn Maloney	34.12	DNF	United States	DNF	39.73	34.83	DNF	34.12

3x3x3 Fewest Moves

#	Name	Best		Average	Representing	Solves
1	Joseph Guzman	21		21.33	United States	21	21	22
2	Benjamin Kyle	19	NR	22.67	Canada	25	24	19
3	Elliot Wiecek	21		22.67	United States	21	25	22

4x4x4 Blindfolded

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Quinn Maloney	3:07.02	DNF	United States	3:07.02	DNF	DNF
2	Evan Liu	3:40.55	DNF	United States	3:40.55	3:41.23	DNF
3	Brandon Villadolid	4:22.87	DNF	United States	4:22.87	DNF	DNF

5x5x5 Blindfolded

#	Name	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
1	Evan Liu	8:09.83		DNF		United States	11:21.00	DNF	8:09.83
2	Brandon Villadolid	13:13.00		DNF		United States	13:13.00	DNF	DNF

3x3x3 Multi-Blind

#	Name	Best	Representing	Solves
1	Andrew Tao	58/64 59:31	United States	58/64 59:31	58/64 1:00:00
2	Chris Chi	21/31 1:00:00	United States	21/31 1:00:00	18/31 58:00
3	Serena Meng	11/13 56:34	Canada	8/13 59:29	11/13 56:34