Northern Tier Twist 2026


Date
Apr 25, 2026
City
Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, United States
Venue

Northern Tier Regional Library

Address
4015 Dickey Rd, Gibsonia, PA 15044
Details

Richland Room, Enter through side entrance from lower parking lot

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Dev Choksi, Niam Choksi, and Stephen Griggs
WCA Delegates
Gabriel Gowman, Leia Jiang, and Stephen Griggs
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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, please refer to the Competitor Information tab.

Events
Main event
Competitors
37
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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The base registration fee for this competition is $25 (United States Dollar).
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No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Any spectator can attend for free.

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Once the 40 competitor limit has been reached, all subsequent registrations will be put on the waitlist. You must register and pay to get a spot on the waitlist. If you get off the waitlist, you will receive an email indicating that your registration was approved. If you are still on the waitlist on Friday, April 17th, 2026 at 8:00 PM EDT, you will receive a full refund of your registration fee.

Highlights
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Ganghui Lin (林刚辉) won with an average of 8.16 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Dev Choksi finished second (8.72) and Krishna Joyce finished third (8.94).

3x3x3 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Ganghui Lin (林刚辉) 6.88 8.16 China 8.076.888.817.5910.14
2 Dev Choksi 7.28 8.72 United States 9.588.988.089.097.28
3 Krishna Joyce 8.44 8.94 United States 8.759.078.4411.449.01

2x2x2 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Xavier Ye 1.18 1.81 United States 3.701.822.421.181.20
2 Emmett Dunn 2.39 2.95 United States 2.823.162.393.122.92
3 Krishna Joyce 2.33 3.18 United States 4.382.333.132.673.75

4x4x4 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Ganghui Lin (林刚辉) 28.06 32.38 China 32.4928.0631.2333.4233.65
2 Xavier Ye 33.67 34.73 United States 34.3633.8935.9333.6737.21
3 Gabriel Gowman 32.43 35.38 United States 35.6536.2434.2640.2532.43

3x3x3 One-Handed

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Ganghui Lin (林刚辉) 10.54 12.75 China 12.3514.2912.0110.5413.88
2 Gabriel Gowman 16.22 18.21 United States 19.4418.3816.8016.2219.84
3 Mark Gowman 17.99 19.41 United States 21.3818.1819.4817.9920.57

Clock

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Xavier Ye 4.46 5.51 United States 4.467.565.895.884.77
2 Gurucharan Sudeep Lanka 5.31 6.05 India 5.317.166.325.486.34
3 Mason Paice 4.42 6.09 United States 4.424.61DNF7.845.83

Megaminx

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Xavier Ye 50.26 54.21 United States 50.7450.2652.1759.7259.98
2 Isaac Hynes 51.87 57.43 United States 55.061:02.4251.8757.9759.26
3 Gabriel Gowman 55.03 59.42 United States 1:02.2659.8556.161:03.6155.03

Pyraminx

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Xavier Ye 1.89 2.38 United States 2.597.022.331.892.22
2 Emmett Dunn 2.27 2.61 United States 3.442.562.722.542.27
3 Mark Gowman 1.74 3.06 United States 2.743.241.743.463.20
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