San Ramon Fall 2025
- Date
- Sep 20, 2025
- City
- San Ramon, California, United States
- Venue
- Address
- 17011 Bollinger Canyon Rd, San Ramon, CA 94582
- Details
Ridgeview Room
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Jaidon Poraminthara Lin (เจเดิ้น ปรมินทร์ หลิน), TJ Kelly, and West Coast Cubing LLC Treasurer
- WCA Delegates
- Calvin Nielson, Chris Martin, Mitchell Lane, Nolan Yiu, and TJ Kelly
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This competition is organized in partnership with West Coast Cubing, SpeedCubeShop, and QiYi Toys.
- West Coast Cubing LLC presents another Bay Area Speedcubing competition! Get ready for 2 rounds of Clock, 10min timelimit PER SOLVE for 3BLD, and beginner friendly cutoffs all around!!
- If we run ahead of schedule, we will start first round events no earlier than 20 minutes, so please show up at least 20 minutes before your first event.
- We will be assigning judging assignments to competitors for the group before or after their own competing groups. Please check your personal competitor cards and/or Competition Groups when we assign them a week before the competition date for relevant info.
- Live results can be found on WCA Live.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 102
- 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 150 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $45 (United States Dollar).
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 .
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 $45 (United States Dollar).
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 event will be compromised and cancelled, a full refund shall be offered to all competitors, in contrast to the typical 75% registration refunds.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Zerui Cheng won with an average of 6.77 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Sebastian Stone finished second (7.03) and Cameron Miller (梅克龍) finished third (7.40).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Zerui Cheng | 6.22 | 6.77 | United States | 6.76 | 6.76 | 7.38 | 6.22 | 6.80 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Matt Mao | 39.77 | DNF | China | 39.77 | DNF | 43.10 | |||||
| Clock | Jaidon Poraminthara Lin (เจเดิ้น ปรมินทร์ หลิน) | 2.62 | 3.43 | Chinese Taipei | 3.22 | 3.69 | 3.39 | 2.62 | 3.77 | |||
| Megaminx | Nolan Yiu | 34.41 | 35.53 | United States | 35.48 | 35.53 | 34.41 | 36.85 | 35.57 | |||
| Pyraminx | Hrishikesh Kakati | 1.58 | 2.41 | India | 1.58 | 4.77 | 1.80 | 2.78 | 2.65 | |||
| Skewb | Yuto Konno | 2.71 | 3.12 | United States | 4.55 | 2.71 | 3.07 | 3.01 | 3.28 | |||
Arriving by plane:
The nearest airport is Oakland International (OAK), about 30 minutes away from the venue by car. Uber can be a good choice from the airport.
By public transportation:
Despite the name "Dougherty Station," there is no light rail station (yet). County Connection has bus stops for lines 35, 335, and 635 nearby.
By car:
Dougherty Station Community Center offers free parking. The parking lot is along Bollinger Canyon Road.
Food:
This competition will not be providing food for competitors. There are limited food options nearby. The nearest mall with a decent variety of food is The Plaza at Gale Ranch, approximately 5 minutes drive away from the venue.
For those of you new to cubing, WELCOME!
We wanted to let you know this event is perfectly fine for cubers of any age and experience. We just ask you know a couple things before coming to compete...
First, please be familiar with the WCA Regulations, found here:
https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/
This video will explain most of what any cuber competing for the first time will need to know. However, it is still the competitors responsibility to be familiar with the full set of regulations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPL3eV-A0ww
If you have any questions after watching this video, we will be having a new competitor tutorial right before 3x3. That would be the perfect time to ask those questions and clear up any confusion.
Head over to the registration tab, if you are ready to sign-up for your first competiton! Click register, and fill out the information that it asks for. This will help you get set up into the WCA's system and one step closer to your first official solve!
Q&A:
Q: Do I use my own cube to compete?
A: YES! You are responsible for your own hardware in order to compete.
Q: What is the normal age of competitors at these events?
A: All ages are welcome, but in general competitors are between 10 and 20 years old. Don't let this stop you though, everyone can and should cube!
Q: What is the competition like?
A; Competitions are a bunch of tables where nerds like us get to sit and discuss our favorite thing, Cubes! Of course in addition there is competing, which will occupy one side of the competition hall, where you will see lots of timers flickering with contestants new personal bests. Most competitions have a break for lunch, and the competing is split up into groups, as to better organize who competes when. (Check the Groups tab and listen at the competition for more info on this.)
Q: How do I find results?
A: All results are posted on the WCA page a couple of days after the competition finishes. However, for the day of competing, search "WCA Live" (https://live.worldcubeassociation.org) to find information about current events. This is also where you will find information about 2nd and 3rd rounds of events.
Q: Why am I not on the registration list yet?
A: Make sure you pay your registration fee in order to be automatically placed on the registered list, which will also guarantee you a spot in the competition. If payment may be any issue, or you are not sure if you can attend, use the contact button to talk to us, and see if we can work out another payment strategy, or have you pay on arrival at the compeition. No matter what you situation may be however, please register online. It is much easier for us to have you register now and pay later, then to have to input information at another time.
Q: Are there age divisions?
A: Nope! All competitors compete in the same group.
Q: Can I have fun at this event?
A: HECK YES! Cubing is amazing, and we sincerely hope you enjoy the competition!
All live results can be found here.
All group assignments can be found here.
And a more indepth schedule can be found here.
QiTi Toys is sponsoring our raffle! We will be giving away puzzles near the end of lunch (around 12:50). Make sure you’re present to claim your prize!
Each competitor will receive a free raffle ticket from the front desk, which you can use to enter the drawing for the puzzle of your choice. Please write your name on the back of the raffle ticket to facilitate the announcement of winners.
You can win an extra raffle ticket for each of the challenges you complete below. You may claim your ticket at the front desk.
--> Achieve a new personal record (max one ticket).
--> Take a selfie with a competitor with an ID of 2011 or earlier.
--> Superflip your Megaminx and show it to the front desk.
--> An official 6.25 result (take a picture of the display for proof).
--> Post a photo of the competition on Instagram and tag @qytoys, @westcoastcubing, and @speedcubeshopofficial. If you’re not able to use Instagram, you can share a photo through any means.
--> Take a picture of a clock puzzle and a clock where the dials on the clock puzzle match the time! Since clock puzzles only have one hand, you must take a picture at the top of the hour (10:00, 2:00, etc.)!
--> And any additional tickets will be for sale for $5 a ticket.
Want to stay connected with the West Coast community? Join the West Coast Cubing Community Discord Server! Speak with other competitors from NorCal, SoCal, Nevada, Hawaii, and Tijuana and keep in touch with fellow competitors and meet new ones! Find out about competition discussion as it happens in real time, and even announcements for competitions before registration opens!
Click here to be directly taken to the Discord Server!
We also have a NorCal Cubing Community Facebook group!
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This competition will be sponsored by SpeedCubeShop! They will be providing gift-card prizes for this competition. They will not be selling puzzles onsite.
Use code "WCC" for 5% off all orders at SpeedCubeShop.
This competition will also be sponsored by QiYi Toys! They will be providing prize puzzles for our raffle!! More information will come at a later date.
On the spot registration will be available at this competiton. Registration payment is $45 and can be made in cash or electronically (Venmo or Paypal).
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.