PBQ NCSU 2026
- Date
- Mar 15, 2026
- City
- Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
- Venue
North Carolina State University Witherspoon Student Center
- Address
- 2810 Cates Ave, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606
- Details
Room 126 - Washington Sankofa
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Abdel Issa, Addy Coolidge, Andrew Clippinger, Kathryn Zavadil, and Southeast Cubing
- WCA Delegates
- Ada Cooke, Addy Coolidge, Andrew Clippinger, and Dalton Padgett
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This competition does NOT have the standard 3x3x3 Cube event.
All competitors must read the Competitor Information tab prior to registering.
Please read all tabs prior to the competition and regularly check your email for updates from us. All contact will be made by email.This competition is supported by Southeast Cubing, Inc., the official nonprofit organization for speedcubing in the Southeast! Please check out the Southeast Cubing, Inc. tab to learn more about the organization and what you can do to support the mission.

Additionally, this competition has been made possible with the help of CubePack, the cubing club at NC State!
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 19
- 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 40 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $25 (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.
- All competitors must read the Competitor Information tab
- To register for this competition, you must pay in full in advance through Stripe. Your registration is not complete until you pay.
- You do not have a spot at the competition until you receive a confirmation email with the subject line: "Your registration for PBQ NCSU 2026" has been accepted." Do not make travel plans until you receive the acceptance email.
- After the competition reaches 40 complete registrations, a waiting list will be created. You must pay to be placed on the waiting list.
- To cancel your registration, please contact the organizers with your name telling them you want to cancel your registration.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Aditya Arunkumar won with a single solve of 57.07 seconds in the 3x3x3 Blindfolded event. Andrew Clippinger finished second (1:21.89) and Raghav Reddy finished third (1:37.08).
6x6x6 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ibrahim Khanani | 1:40.13 | 1:44.10 | United States | 1:40.13 | 1:45.09 | 1:47.09 | |||||
| 2 | Bhuvanesh Ganta | 1:42.64 | 1:44.96 | United States | 1:42.64 | 1:45.44 | 1:46.80 | |||||
| 3 | Ashten Jampayas | 1:42.08 | 1:46.23 | United States | 1:53.76 | 1:42.08 | 1:42.84 | |||||
7x7x7 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ibrahim Khanani | 2:17.26 | 2:25.45 | United States | 2:17.26 | 2:34.69 | 2:24.41 | |||||
| 2 | Bhuvanesh Ganta | 2:30.51 | 2:36.12 | United States | 2:37.10 | 2:30.51 | 2:40.74 | |||||
| 3 | Ashten Jampayas | 2:50.91 | 2:54.16 | United States | 2:50.91 | 2:56.86 | 2:54.71 | |||||
3x3x3 Blindfolded
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aditya Arunkumar | 57.07 | DNF | United States | DNF | 57.07 | DNF | DNF | DNF | |||
| 2 | Andrew Clippinger | 1:21.89 | DNF | United States | 1:21.89 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | |||
| 3 | Raghav Reddy | 1:37.08 | DNF | United States | DNF | DNF | DNF | 1:37.08 | DNF | |||
4x4x4 Blindfolded
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aditya Arunkumar | 6:56.77 | DNF | United States | DNF | 6:56.77 | DNF | |||||
3x3x3 Multi-Blind
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aditya Arunkumar | 8/8 41:41 | United States | 8/8 41:41 | ||||||||
| 2 | Ledger Ramirez | 3/3 19:03 | United States | 3/3 19:03 | ||||||||
| 3 | Kyra Joiner | 8/13 55:00 | United States | 8/13 55:00 | ||||||||