Oberlin Big Cubes 2025
- Date
- Nov 15, 2025
- City
- Oberlin, Ohio, United States
- Venue
Carnegie Library
- Address
- 101 N Professor St, Oberlin, OH 44074
- Details
Root Room, Second Floor
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Levi Gibson, Midwest Cubing Association, Shuxiu Jiang (蒋束修), and Tze Tseng Soh
- WCA Delegates
- Braden Richards, Evan Brown, Levi Gibson, Will Russo, and Zachary Garber
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This competition is supported by the Midwest Cubing Association
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- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 31
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.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 100 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.
On the spot registrations will be accepted if there are remaining spots available, with a base registration fee of $30 (United States Dollar).
Any spectator can attend for free.
Please leave a comment if you are an Oberlin College student to recieve free registration
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Jack Pfeifer won with an average of 8.40 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Levi Gibson finished second (8.45) and Braden Richards finished third (9.07).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Jack Pfeifer | 5.80 | 8.40 | United States | 7.15 | 12.50 | 9.87 | 5.80 | 8.19 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Sujan Feist | 0.95 | 1.04 | United States | 0.95 | 0.99 | 0.96 | 1.18 | 1.50 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Jack Pfeifer | 23.31 | 27.61 | United States | 30.90 | 26.58 | 28.60 | 27.64 | 23.31 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Jack Pfeifer | 40.11 | 44.39 | United States | 47.45 | 43.05 | 40.11 | 42.68 | 49.00 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Jack Pfeifer | 1:15.81 | 1:19.02 | United States | 1:23.38 | 1:15.81 | 1:17.88 | |||||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Jack Pfeifer | 1:43.39 | 1:50.86 | United States | 1:45.34 | 2:03.86 | 1:43.39 | |||||
ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING
For First-Time Competitors
All newcomers must be familiar with the WCA Regulations before competing. This video gives a fun overview of the rules.
In addition, please read this document before coming to the competition.
This document is also useful: Competing, Judging, and Running Tutorial
Finally, please be familiar with how to judge at a cubing competition. All competitors will be required to judge in at least one of the events they are competing in. This video gives a basic overview of how to judge, and does include more up-to-date information.
For All Competitors
Before you arrive, you will recieve an email with competition information including your groups for the competition. This could be displayed in one of two ways, either as a pdf or as a website link to competitiongroups.com.
If you recieve a pdf, it will contain multiple competitor cards. Find the card with your name on it, and it will contain personalized information detailing your events and what group you will be competing in for each event, along with judging/scrambling assignments. Every competitor is expected to help out during the event(s) they are registered for. The card will look similar to the following:
If you recieve a website link to competitiongroups.com, click on the link (or head to the Groups tab on this website) and login to your WCA account. Then, find the competition and scroll to your name. Your list of groups will look similar to the following:
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If you do not arrive to help during your scheduled event, and there are not enough staff members, we reserve the right to disqualify you from competing.
This will be updated a few days before the competition starts
Groups:
Live Results:
There are several dining halls on campus, the closest of which is Stevenson Dining Hall.
FAQ:
Who can compete?
Everyone is welcome to compete. All you need to do is register for the event.
Is there a competitor limit?
Yes, it is 100 competitors. You just need to make sure to register before the registration deadline.
How do I register?
Click on the registration tab on the competition website and follow the instructions.
Where can I find my WCA ID?
If you have never competed before, you do not have a WCA ID. You will automatically be assigned one when the results for your first competition are posted. If you have competed before, you can find your WCA ID and profile by searching for yourself on the WCA website.
Do spectators have to pay to attend?
Nope! Spectators may attend free of charge. However we will have a limit of how many spectators/guests may be in the room at one time.
This is my first competition. What do I need to know?
There is a lot of good information available in the "Competitor Info" tab.
I can only attend for part of the competition. Can I do my solves early?
Unfortunately, no. In order to keep the competition running smoothly, we have to stay on schedule.
When do I need to show up?
Look at the schedule on the competition website. You must be present and ready to compete during all events that you are registered for. The schedule is subject to change. We recommend coming about 15-30 minutes before the start of your first event.
Where can I see the results for the competition?
During the competition, live results will be posted on WCA Live. These results are unofficial. A week or so after the competition, official results will be posted on the WCA website.
Time limit
If you reach the time limit during your solve, the judge will stop you and your result will be DNF (see Regulation A1a4).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced across rounds (see Regulation A1a2).
Cutoff
The result to beat to proceed to the second phase of a cutoff round (see Regulation 9g).
Format
The format describes how to determine the ranking of competitors based on their results. The list of allowed formats per event is described in Regulation 9b. See Regulation 9f for a description of each format.