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 .
Registration requirements: This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.

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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 60 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (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 .
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
Highlights: Click here to display the highlights of the competition.

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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).