SCU IV: Don't Be Blinded by the Solstice 2026


Date
Jun 20, 2026
City
Santa Clara, California, United States
Venue

Santa Clara University

Address
500 El Camino Real Santa Clara, CA 95053
Details

Sobrato Campus for Discovery and Innovation (SCDI Building, 3rd Floor, Room 3302).

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Abhimanyu Singhal (अभिमन्यु सिंघल), Calvin Nielson, Robert Alan Marks, and West Coast Cubing LLC Treasurer
WCA Delegates
Abhimanyu Singhal (अभिमन्यु सिंघल), Anto Kam (甘浩東), Brandon Lin (林博浩), Calvin Nielson, Robert Alan Marks, and Sherry Tao (陶心仪)
Download all the competition's details as PDF here.
Information

This competition is organized in partnership with West Coast Cubing and Speedcubeshop. Note that it is taking place right before FMC World 2026, and one can register for the Santa Clara University location of FMC World 2026 for free here.

  • Current SCU students may register for a reduced fee or $3.00 by sending Professor Marks (rmarks@scu.edu) an email from their @scu.edu account prior to registering with this site.
  • If we run ahead of schedule, we will start first round events no more than 20 minutes early, so please show up at least 20 minutes before your first event.
Events
Competitors
18
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

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 20 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $10 (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 by contacting the organization team.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.


Lunch is NOT included with the registration fee for this competition. Competitors will be given the option to purchase a group lunch for an additional fee. Arrangements will be made after registration closes, but before the competition date.

All competitors (of any age) must complete and sign Santa Clara University's release of liability form.
One form must be submitted for each competitor.
The form can be submitted by:
(1) Preferred: emailing a scanned in and signed copy to Robert Marks (rmarks@scu.edu) as soon as possible. (You can even submit it before registration opens.)
(2) Bringing a signed paper copy of the form to the competition.
(3) If you forget, blank forms will be available at the competition, but they must be completed before you can participate in the competition.
If you are a minor (under age 18), your parent or legal guardian must complete the form.
If you are a minor, you must be accompanied by an adult at the competition.

Adding/Dropping Events

-When registering, please carefully select the events you intend to compete in; i.e., don't simply select all of them unless that is your intention. Depending on how many competitors there are for each event, we may be able to accept additional competitors for certain events.
- Competitors may update their registration BEFORE registration closes by contacting the organization team. It is also acceptable to not show up for any event you do not wish to compete in, although it is not encouraged.
- Competitors may not add events after registration closes.

Waitlist: PLEASE CHECK THE COMPETITOR TAB ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE TO SEE HOW MANY COMPETITORS HAVE BEEN APPROVED

If Registration fills up, we will place competitors on a waitlist. In order to get on the waitlist, you must register and pay. You are not on the waitlist until you pay the registration fee. If you do not make it off of the waitlist, you will be fully refunded. If a competitor drops out, the first person on the waitlist will replace them. People can be replaced up until the registration close date indicated above.

In a catastrophic event where the competition will be compromised and cancelled, a full refund shall be offered to all competitors, in contrast to the typical 75% registration refunds.

Abhimanyu Singhal (अभिमन्यु सिंघल) - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 11 1:19.45 1:41.58 United States 1:19.451:51.51DNF1:22.371:50.87
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final 5 9:38.15 DNF United States 9:38.15DNFDNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded Final 3 23:14.00 DNF United States DNFDNF23:14.00

Anoop Gill - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 17 DNF DNF United States DNFDNSDNSDNSDNS

Anto Kam (甘浩東) - Hong Kong, China WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 1 15.48 DNF Hong Kong, China 16.40DNFDNF22.0615.48
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final 7 DNF DNF Hong Kong, China DNFDNFDNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded Final 5 DNF DNF Hong Kong, China DNFDNFDNF

Avi Kumar Agarwal - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 7 1:04.45 DNF United States 1:04.45DNF1:04.61DNF1:18.08
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final 2 5:12.92 DNF United States 5:12.926:35.00DNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded Final 5 DNF DNF United States DNFDNFDNF
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 2 11/13 55:52 United States 11/13 55:52

Bowen Deng (邓博文) - China WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 10 1:19.34 DNF China DNFDNFDNF1:19.34DNF
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final 7 DNF DNF China DNFDNFDNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded Final 5 DNF DNF China DNFDNFDNF
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 3 9/9 58:03 China 9/9 58:03

Brandon Lin (林博浩) - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 2 22.52 DNF United States 22.52DNF27.37DNFDNF
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final 1 3:18.06 DNF United States DNFDNF3:18.06
5x5x5 Blindfolded Final 1 7:09.71 DNF United States DNF7:09.718:10.34
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 8 DNF United States DNF

Calvin Nielson - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 16 2:17.36 DNF United States 2:17.36DNFDNFDNFDNF

Cindy Xiaoyue Huang (黄小越) - China WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 5 44.02 DNF China 44.02DNFDNFDNFDNF

Dewei Tan (譚得唯) - Hong Kong, China WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 8 1:07.48 DNF Hong Kong, China 1:51.481:45.48DNFDNF1:07.48
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 7 2/3 14:04 Hong Kong, China 2/3 14:04

Eric Wu (吴典皓) - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 9 1:08.09 1:10.00 United States DNF1:13.301:08.091:08.231:08.46
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final 6 9:39.97 DNF United States 9:39.97DNFDNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded Final 2 22:34.00 DNF United States 22:34.00DNFDNF
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 6 4/5 32:40 United States 4/5 32:40

Jacob Marinas - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 6 52.69 DNF United States 52.69DNF1:33.84DNFDNF
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final 7 DNF DNF United States DNFDNFDNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded Final 5 DNF DNF United States DNFDNSDNS
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 8 DNF United States DNF

Naomi Solnick - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 3 25.00 DNF United States 32.7325.0032.30DNFDNF
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final 7 DNF DNF United States DNFDNSDNS
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 1 26/29 54:36 United States 26/29 54:36

Nathan Scovis - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 14 1:51.57 DNF United States DNFDNF1:53.931:51.57DNF
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final 7 DNF DNF United States DNFDNFDNS
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 8 DNF United States DNF

Nipun Das - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 4 30.96 DNF United States 30.96DNFDNFDNFDNF
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final 7 DNF DNF United States DNFDNFDNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded Final 5 DNF DNF United States DNFDNFDNF
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 8 DNF United States DNF

Oscar Shapiama - Peru WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 12 1:37.53 DNF Peru DNF1:37.531:40.272:52.61DNF
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final 3 8:43.19 8:55.68 Peru 8:57.828:43.199:06.02
5x5x5 Blindfolded Final 4 26:20.00 DNF Peru DNF26:20.00DNS
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 5 7/10 43:28 Peru 7/10 43:28

Rashad Kadado (رشاد قدادو) - Lebanon WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 17 DNF DNF Lebanon DNFDNFDNFDNFDNS
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 8 DNF Lebanon DNF

Stanley Tran - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 15 1:59.32 DNF United States DNF1:59.322:08.65DNFDNF
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 8 DNF United States DNF

Thomas Liu (刘江宁) - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 13 1:41.18 DNF United States DNFDNFDNF1:41.18DNF
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final 4 9:31.86 DNF United States 9:31.86DNFDNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded Final 5 DNF DNF United States DNFDNFDNF
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 4 8/8 48:39 United States 8/8 48:39
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