Naperville Gray Skies 2026
- Date
- Jan 17, 2026
- City
- Naperville, Illinois, United States
- Venue
Northern Illinois University - Naperville
- Address
- 1120 E Diehl Road, Naperville, IL, 60563
- Details
Ballroom
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Matthew Dickman and Midwest Cubing Association
- WCA Delegates
- Brandon Reichman, Carter Kucala, and Matthew Dickman
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This competition is recognized as an official World Cube Association competition. Therefore, all competitors must be familiar with the WCA Regulations. If you are new to competing and have any questions beforehand, please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) tab.
This competition is supported by the Midwest Cubing Association.
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- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 73
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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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 85 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 90% 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.
Any spectator can attend for free.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Luke Garrett won with an average of 6.30 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Henry Lichner finished second (6.63) and Ben Zhao finished third (6.66).
3x3x3 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luke Garrett | 5.02 | 6.30 | United States | 6.91 | 7.00 | 6.77 | 5.21 | 5.02 | |||
| 2 | Henry Lichner | 6.29 | 6.63 | United States | 6.29 | 6.38 | 7.31 | 6.70 | 6.81 | |||
| 3 | Ben Zhao | 6.13 | 6.66 | United States | 6.13 | 6.20 | 7.98 | 6.22 | 7.55 | |||
5x5x5 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henry Lichner | 38.84 | 41.16 | United States | 45.33 | 38.84 | 39.58 | 43.24 | 40.66 | |||
| 2 | Luke Garrett | 43.54 | 48.89 | United States | 47.48 | DNF | 47.37 | 51.82 | 43.54 | |||
| 3 | Ben Zhao | 45.42 | 49.63 | United States | 45.42 | 49.94 | 49.51 | 50.67 | 49.44 | |||
6x6x6 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henry Lichner | 1:13.79 | 1:15.33 | United States | 1:13.79 | 1:15.69 | 1:16.51 | |||||
| 2 | Ethan Cho | 1:20.02 | 1:26.99 | United States | 1:20.02 | 1:26.54 | 1:34.41 | |||||
| 3 | Luke Garrett | 1:25.61 | 1:28.82 | United States | 1:29.45 | 1:25.61 | 1:31.41 | |||||
Clock
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zachary Cribb | 3.30 | 3.48 | United States | 3.30 | 3.31 | 3.84 | 3.60 | 3.53 | |||
| 2 | Luke Garrett | 3.12 | 3.66 | United States | 3.45 | 3.72 | 5.33 | 3.12 | 3.81 | |||
| 3 | Adam Schwenn | 3.63 | 4.36 | United States | 8.54 | 4.42 | 4.91 | 3.74 | 3.63 | |||
Pyraminx
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marcus Kamen | 1.56 | 1.82 | United States | 2.60 | 1.82 | 1.56 | 1.84 | 1.80 | |||
| 2 | Luke Garrett | 1.69 | 2.01 | United States | 2.23 | 1.69 | 1.70 | 2.57 | 2.11 | |||
| 3 | Tripp Peters | 1.92 | 2.33 | United States | 1.92 | 2.58 | 2.56 | 2.01 | 2.41 | |||