Northwest Championship 2026


Date
Aug 21 - 23, 2026
City
Salem, Oregon, United States
Venue

Salem Convention Center

Address
200 Commercial St SE, Salem, OR 97301
Details

Willamette Ballroom

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Adam Walker, Benjamin Gottschalk, Cailyn Sinclair, Clancy Caster, Emily Severson, Kevin Hays, Pacific Northwest Cubing, and Tripp Peters
WCA Delegates
Adam Walker, Ben Royce, Benjamin Gottschalk, Cailyn Sinclair, Clancy Caster, Emú Ticknor Byrd, Jason White, Kinkajou Celeste Oren, Rainier Feiler, and Tripp Peters
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Events
Main event
Competitors
138
Registration period

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Highlights
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Sameer Aggarwal won with an average of 6.09 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Max Siauw finished second (6.98) and Greyson James finished third (7.30).

3x3x3 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Sameer Aggarwal 5.50 6.09 United States 7.176.705.505.735.83
2 Max Siauw 6.25 6.98 United States 6.258.167.097.136.72
3 Greyson James 6.55 7.30 United States 7.366.557.107.448.66

2x2x2 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Ian Cantius Fredric 1.12 1.19 NR India 1.151.801.251.121.16
2 Ron G. Arama 1.45 1.82 United States 1.451.921.891.654.36
3 Anishk Arora 1.13 2.09 United States 1.131.861.952.452.63

4x4x4 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Max Siauw 25.73 27.73 United States 28.3225.7327.1327.7328.76
2 Kevin Hays 25.09 28.18 United States 27.7826.2631.1325.0930.51
3 Ron G. Arama 25.99 29.50 United States 30.5929.7428.1825.9933.52

5x5x5 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Kevin Hays 47.12 49.94 United States 47.1251.0451.9351.1547.63
2 Ron G. Arama 46.57 51.39 United States 1:01.1753.4348.2946.5752.44
3 William Greninger 48.04 51.99 United States 52.9151.6856.0151.3848.04

6x6x6 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Kevin Hays 1:14.31 1:19.24 United States 1:25.621:17.801:14.31
2 William Greninger 1:35.44 1:37.25 United States 1:35.441:39.971:36.33
3 Ron G. Arama 1:40.31 1:43.92 United States 1:40.311:48.781:42.66

7x7x7 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Kevin Hays 2:04.63 2:12.75 United States 2:11.762:04.632:21.85
2 Tyler Halgren 2:29.80 2:45.94 United States 3:00.712:29.802:47.30
3 Ron G. Arama 2:43.24 2:48.92 United States 2:43.242:50.622:52.89

3x3x3 Blindfolded

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Ethan Davis 19.65 DNF United States 19.6522.60DNF26.58DNF
2 Viet Nguyen 33.32 DNF United States 33.32DNF1:26.11DNFDNF
3 Ethan George Hayes 1:01.83 DNF United States 1:01.83DNF1:57.74DNF2:00.81

3x3x3 One-Handed

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Ethan George Hayes 9.42 11.81 United States 12.8312.8111.3111.309.42
2 Sameer Aggarwal 9.18 12.77 United States 16.2510.419.1811.6418.45
3 Max Siauw 10.37 12.89 United States 10.3713.4011.9513.3215.33

Clock

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Greyson James 3.46 3.95 United States 3.974.329.843.463.57
2 Anishk Arora 3.91 4.27 United States 4.004.324.493.915.17
3 Ron G. Arama 3.23 4.30 United States DNF3.235.123.564.22

Megaminx

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Ethan Davis 32.47 35.24 United States 35.0236.8332.4733.8640.11
2 Ezra Fish 34.75 35.71 United States 40.4035.0934.7535.4036.65
3 Cindy Zhang 35.85 37.14 United States 43.9035.8536.0636.6738.68

Pyraminx

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Tripp Peters 1.82 2.42 United States 5.411.843.491.931.82
2 Hahoon Kim 1.77 2.64 Republic of Korea 2.721.772.372.912.83
3 Saharsh Sai Vontela 2.18 2.81 United States 3.182.592.672.183.64

Skewb

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Ash Black 1.95 2.24 United States 2.002.171.952.564.21
2 Ezra Severson 2.72 3.60 United States 3.683.495.753.622.72
3 Carston Hendricks 1.87 3.66 United States 3.992.844.154.161.87

Square-1

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Sameer Aggarwal 4.00 5.17 United States 5.424.844.005.259.16
2 Ezra Fish 5.73 7.88 United States 11.396.305.739.028.31
3 Benjamin Gottschalk 5.34 8.29 United States 14.166.835.3411.236.81

4x4x4 Blindfolded

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Ethan Davis 3:20.54 DNF United States DNF3:57.593:20.54
2 Jason White 4:51.17 DNF United States 5:17.32DNF4:51.17

5x5x5 Blindfolded

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Ethan Davis 10:23.00 DNF United States 10:23.00DNFDNF

3x3x3 Multi-Blind

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Ethan Davis 32/33 55:16 United States 32/33 55:1631/36 55:25
2 Jason White 14/17 50:08 United States 10/13 38:2814/17 50:08
3 Dylan Raymond 3/3 20:07 United States 2/2 19:123/3 20:07
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