Ohio State Summer Mini 2026
- Date
- Jul 26, 2026
- City
- Columbus, Ohio, United States
- Venue
- Address
- 1739 N High St, Columbus, Ohio 43210
- Details
Cartoon Room
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Carson Miller, Cubing Frontiers LLC, Keenan Darkins, and The Rubik's Cube Club at Ohio State
- WCA Delegates
- Braden Richards, Evan Brown, and Mason Langenderfer
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This competition will be happening after Ohio Quiet Championship 2026 concludes in the same room. If you want to participate in the fewest moves event that morning, consider signing up!
- Events
- Main event
- Competitor limit
- 50
- Number of times bookmarked
- 19
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and will close .
- Registration requirements
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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 50 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $15 (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 75% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Any spectator can attend for free.
Links to group sheets and live results will be added closer to the competition date.
Our WCA competitions are open to all ages and competitors. If you are interested in signing up for this competition as your first WCA competition, read this page. If you have any questions, reach out to an organizer via email or ask in-person at the competition.
All newcomers must be familiar with the WCA Regulations before competing. This video gives a fun overview of the rules.
Also, please be familiar with how to judge at a cubing competition. All competitors will be required to judge at least once in the events they are competing in. This video gives a basic overview of how to judge. If you have any questions or concerns about judging at your first compeition, reach out to an organizer via email or ask in-person at the competition.
All competitors will be expected to help out during their given staffing assignments. If you do not arrive to help during your scheduled assignment and there are not enough staff members, we reserve the right to disqualify you from competing after a warning.
Check out the Events tab to see cutoffs, time limits, and round qualifications. The Schedule tab has a detailed plan for event times, but keep in mind that the competition may drift ahead or behind slightly as the competition continues. Significant changes in the schedule will be announced via email and in-person if necessary. Competitors only need to be present for the events they're signed up to compete in; we recommend showing up at least 15 minutes in advance.
Parking:
There is a parking garage located adjacent to the building at 1759 N. High Street Columbus, Ohio 43210. Pricing can be found at the garage website.
Entrance:
Ohio Union: You may enter either at the East Entrance on High Street or at the West Entrance on College Road. Proceed to the Cartoon Room on the Third Floor.
Hotels:
There is no designated hotel for this competition.
However, there are multiple hotels located near the univeristy including Holiday Inn Express, Days Inn, Comfort Suites, The Blackwell Inn, The Urban, and more
Food:
There are several options inside the Ohio Union including the Union Market, Woody's Tavern, and Sloopy's Diner, and Espress-OH Cafe. There are also many options within walking distance on High Street.
Venue Map:
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).
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.