Northwest Championship 2026
- Date
- Aug 21 - 23, 2026
- City
- Salem, Oregon, United States
- Venue
- 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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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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Competitors will be accepted from the waitlist in the order that they paid.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
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 | 7.17 | 6.70 | 5.50 | 5.73 | 5.83 | |||
| 2 | Max Siauw | 6.25 | 6.98 | United States | 6.25 | 8.16 | 7.09 | 7.13 | 6.72 | |||
| 3 | Greyson James | 6.55 | 7.30 | United States | 7.36 | 6.55 | 7.10 | 7.44 | 8.66 | |||
2x2x2 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Cantius Fredric | 1.12 | 1.19 | NR | India | 1.15 | 1.80 | 1.25 | 1.12 | 1.16 | ||
| 2 | Ron G. Arama | 1.45 | 1.82 | United States | 1.45 | 1.92 | 1.89 | 1.65 | 4.36 | |||
| 3 | Anishk Arora | 1.13 | 2.09 | United States | 1.13 | 1.86 | 1.95 | 2.45 | 2.63 | |||
4x4x4 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Siauw | 25.73 | 27.73 | United States | 28.32 | 25.73 | 27.13 | 27.73 | 28.76 | |||
| 2 | Kevin Hays | 25.09 | 28.18 | United States | 27.78 | 26.26 | 31.13 | 25.09 | 30.51 | |||
| 3 | Ron G. Arama | 25.99 | 29.50 | United States | 30.59 | 29.74 | 28.18 | 25.99 | 33.52 | |||
5x5x5 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Hays | 47.12 | 49.94 | United States | 47.12 | 51.04 | 51.93 | 51.15 | 47.63 | |||
| 2 | Ron G. Arama | 46.57 | 51.39 | United States | 1:01.17 | 53.43 | 48.29 | 46.57 | 52.44 | |||
| 3 | William Greninger | 48.04 | 51.99 | United States | 52.91 | 51.68 | 56.01 | 51.38 | 48.04 | |||
6x6x6 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Hays | 1:14.31 | 1:19.24 | United States | 1:25.62 | 1:17.80 | 1:14.31 | |||||
| 2 | William Greninger | 1:35.44 | 1:37.25 | United States | 1:35.44 | 1:39.97 | 1:36.33 | |||||
| 3 | Ron G. Arama | 1:40.31 | 1:43.92 | United States | 1:40.31 | 1:48.78 | 1:42.66 | |||||
7x7x7 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Hays | 2:04.63 | 2:12.75 | United States | 2:11.76 | 2:04.63 | 2:21.85 | |||||
| 2 | Tyler Halgren | 2:29.80 | 2:45.94 | United States | 3:00.71 | 2:29.80 | 2:47.30 | |||||
| 3 | Ron G. Arama | 2:43.24 | 2:48.92 | United States | 2:43.24 | 2:50.62 | 2:52.89 | |||||
3x3x3 Blindfolded
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethan Davis | 19.65 | DNF | United States | 19.65 | 22.60 | DNF | 26.58 | DNF | |||
| 2 | Viet Nguyen | 33.32 | DNF | United States | 33.32 | DNF | 1:26.11 | DNF | DNF | |||
| 3 | Ethan George Hayes | 1:01.83 | DNF | United States | 1:01.83 | DNF | 1:57.74 | DNF | 2:00.81 | |||
3x3x3 One-Handed
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethan George Hayes | 9.42 | 11.81 | United States | 12.83 | 12.81 | 11.31 | 11.30 | 9.42 | |||
| 2 | Sameer Aggarwal | 9.18 | 12.77 | United States | 16.25 | 10.41 | 9.18 | 11.64 | 18.45 | |||
| 3 | Max Siauw | 10.37 | 12.89 | United States | 10.37 | 13.40 | 11.95 | 13.32 | 15.33 | |||
Clock
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greyson James | 3.46 | 3.95 | United States | 3.97 | 4.32 | 9.84 | 3.46 | 3.57 | |||
| 2 | Anishk Arora | 3.91 | 4.27 | United States | 4.00 | 4.32 | 4.49 | 3.91 | 5.17 | |||
| 3 | Ron G. Arama | 3.23 | 4.30 | United States | DNF | 3.23 | 5.12 | 3.56 | 4.22 | |||
Megaminx
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethan Davis | 32.47 | 35.24 | United States | 35.02 | 36.83 | 32.47 | 33.86 | 40.11 | |||
| 2 | Ezra Fish | 34.75 | 35.71 | United States | 40.40 | 35.09 | 34.75 | 35.40 | 36.65 | |||
| 3 | Cindy Zhang | 35.85 | 37.14 | United States | 43.90 | 35.85 | 36.06 | 36.67 | 38.68 | |||
Pyraminx
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tripp Peters | 1.82 | 2.42 | United States | 5.41 | 1.84 | 3.49 | 1.93 | 1.82 | |||
| 2 | Hahoon Kim | 1.77 | 2.64 | Republic of Korea | 2.72 | 1.77 | 2.37 | 2.91 | 2.83 | |||
| 3 | Saharsh Sai Vontela | 2.18 | 2.81 | United States | 3.18 | 2.59 | 2.67 | 2.18 | 3.64 | |||
Skewb
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ash Black | 1.95 | 2.24 | United States | 2.00 | 2.17 | 1.95 | 2.56 | 4.21 | |||
| 2 | Ezra Severson | 2.72 | 3.60 | United States | 3.68 | 3.49 | 5.75 | 3.62 | 2.72 | |||
| 3 | Carston Hendricks | 1.87 | 3.66 | United States | 3.99 | 2.84 | 4.15 | 4.16 | 1.87 | |||
Square-1
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sameer Aggarwal | 4.00 | 5.17 | United States | 5.42 | 4.84 | 4.00 | 5.25 | 9.16 | |||
| 2 | Ezra Fish | 5.73 | 7.88 | United States | 11.39 | 6.30 | 5.73 | 9.02 | 8.31 | |||
| 3 | Benjamin Gottschalk | 5.34 | 8.29 | United States | 14.16 | 6.83 | 5.34 | 11.23 | 6.81 | |||
4x4x4 Blindfolded
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethan Davis | 3:20.54 | DNF | United States | DNF | 3:57.59 | 3:20.54 | |||||
| 2 | Jason White | 4:51.17 | DNF | United States | 5:17.32 | DNF | 4:51.17 | |||||
5x5x5 Blindfolded
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethan Davis | 10:23.00 | DNF | United States | 10:23.00 | DNF | DNF | |||||
3x3x3 Multi-Blind
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethan Davis | 32/33 55:16 | United States | 32/33 55:16 | 31/36 55:25 | |||||||
| 2 | Jason White | 14/17 50:08 | United States | 10/13 38:28 | 14/17 50:08 | |||||||
| 3 | Dylan Raymond | 3/3 20:07 | United States | 2/2 19:12 | 3/3 20:07 | |||||||
