Ohio State Summer Warm Up 2026
- Date
- Jun 27, 2026
- City
- Columbus, Ohio, United States
- Venue
- Address
- 1739 N High St, Columbus, Ohio 43210
- Details
First Floor - Great Hall Meeting Room
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Andrew Fast, Carson Miller, Cubing Frontiers LLC, Jack Bohning, and The Rubik's Cube Club at Ohio State
- WCA Delegates
- Braden Richards, Gabriel Gowman, and Mason Langenderfer
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 66
- 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 80 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $18 (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 90% 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 $18 (United States Dollar).
Any spectator can attend for free.
Ohio State University students and alumni will be able to compete in this competition for free. If you are attending or graduated from The Ohio State University, register for the competition as normal and pay the full registration fee to be accepted. Your registration will not be accepted if the full fee is not paid. Once accepted, please contact the Organizers at ohiostatecubeclub@gmail.com with a picture of your BuckID or some other proof of current or previous attendance. Refunds will be sent out immediately following the competition date, and attending the competition is required to receive the refund. You will not receive a refund if you sign up and then no-show.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Luke Garrett won with an average of 5.96 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Nolan Wood finished second (6.40) and Jack Pfeifer finished third (7.61).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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| 3x3x3 Cube | Luke Garrett | 5.48 | 5.96 | United States | 5.61 | 6.07 | 5.48 | 6.21 | 6.45 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Luke Garrett | 22.26 | 24.51 | United States | 25.99 | 27.72 | 24.41 | 23.13 | 22.26 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Luke Garrett | 42.44 | 46.98 | United States | 48.63 | 42.44 | 46.78 | 45.70 | 48.47 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Mason Langenderfer | 22.20 | 25.19 | United States | 22.20 | 23.31 | 23.77 | 28.49 | DNF | |||
| Skewb | Darshan Bhavanasi | 2.77 | 3.18 | India | 3.18 | 2.77 | 2.94 | 3.43 | 3.78 | |||
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.
An email with more details about the venue and competition logistics will be sent out to all competitors 1–3 days before the competition.
Group Sheets for this competition can be found at competiongroups.com here
Live Results for this competion can be found on WCA Live here
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 (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.
Advancement Condition
The number of competitors shown as advancing to the next round is the planned maximum. The actual number may be lower if there are fewer competitors than expected, or if there are ties at the boundary.