GAN Southern Championship 2026


Date
Jun 11 - 14, 2026
City
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Venue

Will Rogers Memorial Center

Address
3401 W Lancaster Ave, Fort Worth, TX 76107
Details

Round Up Inn

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Brendon Hatfield, Ivan Ruiz, John Wanger, Matt Lee, Michael S. Lander, Nathan Benson, RJ Gohn, Ryan Pilat, Southern Cubing LLC, Tristan Patrick, and Zachary Walden
WCA Delegates
Casey Ngo, Derek Herrera, James Wang (王俊杰), Jeremy Falanga, Matt Lee, Michael Conard, Michael S. Lander, Nathan Benson, RJ Gohn, Ryan Pilat, Seth Talbot, Thai Bui, and Tristan Patrick
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Information

Southern Cubing welcomes you to Fort Worth for Southern Championship 2026!

Please visit the Key Information tab for an overview of everything Southern Champs 2026!

The highest placing resident of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma or Texas in each event at this competition will be recognized as the Southern Champion! Check out the Southern Championship Eligibility tab for more information.

This competition is recognized as an official World Cube Association competition. Therefore, all competitors must be familiar with the WCA Regulations. If you are new to competing, please refer to the New Competitor Information tab.

Spectators can attend for free and can come and go as they please! No registration or check-in process is needed for spectating.

This competition is organized by Southern Cubing and supported by our sponsors.

Events
Main event
Competitors
251
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 320 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $80 (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.
Competitors may only register for events that they are already qualified for.

Registration Process

  1. Wait until registration opens on Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM CDT. You cannot register prior to then. You cannot register after Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 11:59 PM CDT. If deemed necessary, we may close registration early.
  2. If you have not competed before, create a WCA account here.
  3. Go to the Register link on the competition website.
  4. Fill out the events you will be competing in, any comments you may have about your registration, and press register.
  5. Pay the registration fee via Stripe on the competition website.

Competitors MUST pay their registration fee before being eligible for a spot in the competition.

Waitlist

If the competition is full, a message will be displayed saying such on the competition website. If, after this time, you register and pay for the competition, you will be added to the competition waitlist.

If a competitor cancels their registration, the person at the top of the waitlist will be added to the competitor list.

If you are on the waitlist, you may cancel your registration (see below) at any time for a full refund.

If you are on the waitlist, you will be informed whether you have made it on the competitor list after Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 11:59 PM CDT, otherwise you will be given a full refund.

Registration Changes

If you would like to cancel your registration, email the organization team with your request and you will be refunded 75% of your registration fee. Refunds are available only until Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 11:59 PM CDT.

If you would like to edit your registered events or listed guests, you may do so on the Register page. This can only be done prior to Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 11:59 PM CDT.

By registering, competitors agree to the information in the Key Information tab under Policies and Procedures tab.

Highlights
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Siddharth Reddy won with an average of 6.23 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Matty Hiroto Inaba finished second (6.26) and Dylan Miller finished third (6.81).

3x3x3 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Siddharth Reddy 5.91 6.23 United States 6.206.136.356.715.91
2 Matty Hiroto Inaba 5.36 6.26 United States 5.366.036.277.276.49
3 Dylan Miller 5.29 6.81 United States 7.686.757.906.005.29

2x2x2 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Sujan Feist 1.04 1.44 United States 4.061.041.671.361.30
2 Siddharth Reddy 1.09 1.57 United States 2.151.881.341.491.09
3 Ryan Pilat 1.41 1.66 United States 1.902.441.511.561.41

4x4x4 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Matty Hiroto Inaba 20.92 23.21 United States 20.9224.6622.6824.7222.29
2 Ray Bai 22.84 24.08 United States 23.2825.5023.4722.84DNF
3 Ryan Pilat 23.83 27.88 United States 23.8327.0229.3728.3328.29

5x5x5 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Matty Hiroto Inaba 40.78 45.14 United States 45.3242.7848.2747.3240.78
2 Ray Bai 40.35 46.02 United States 45.9742.2449.8551.3440.35
3 Ryan Pilat 43.28 49.56 United States 52.5752.7343.3843.2853.95

6x6x6 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Ryan Pilat 1:22.86 1:27.38 United States 1:35.181:24.111:22.86
2 Ray Bai 1:24.75 1:31.80 United States 1:29.001:41.661:24.75
3 William Henry Ruppert V 1:36.00 1:37.51 United States 1:38.561:37.971:36.00

7x7x7 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Ryan Pilat 2:15.15 2:19.18 United States 2:21.122:15.152:21.27
2 Ray Bai 2:20.77 2:24.00 United States 2:29.562:20.772:21.68
3 William Henry Ruppert V 2:13.67 2:31.11 United States 2:27.782:13.672:51.89

3x3x3 Blindfolded

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Ryan Pilat 20.07 DNF United States 20.0721.28DNFDNFDNF
2 Fletcher Berry 25.44 DNF United States 27.5125.4433.22DNFDNF
3 Braden McDonough 39.15 42.32 United States 44.2339.1541.10DNF41.62

3x3x3 Fewest Moves

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Ryan Pilat 22 26.00 United States 223224
2 Octavio Cobos 25 27.33 United States 312526
3 Titus Sutterfield 28 30.33 United States 312832

3x3x3 One-Handed

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Matty Hiroto Inaba 10.33 11.56 United States 13.0910.3311.6310.8112.24
2 Ray Bai 9.73 11.76 United States 15.7912.0512.4310.809.73
3 Tyler Gee 11.05 12.51 United States 11.0612.6511.0514.1913.82

Clock

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Gunner Engelsman 2.91 3.70 United States 2.913.25DNF4.223.63
2 William Henry Ruppert V 3.61 4.07 United States 3.775.974.294.163.61
3 Jackson Bodkin 3.27 4.87 United States 4.294.94DNF5.383.27

Megaminx

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Maddox Smith 32.03 34.81 United States 38.3334.9434.6734.8332.03
2 Dylan Miller 33.64 35.82 United States 34.9837.6633.6440.3334.83
3 Jose Ortiz Jr. 35.08 38.46 United States 35.0843.5440.8937.2837.20

Pyraminx

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Marcus Kamen 1.15 1.81 United States 2.201.421.822.381.15
2 Ryan Pilat 1.33 2.28 United States 2.221.333.252.861.75
3 Andres Rodriguez 1.62 2.32 United States 2.281.622.332.354.36

Skewb

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Sid Shivnath 1.25 2.00 United States 2.361.601.252.032.43
2 Max William Colwell 2.17 2.55 United States 2.322.683.092.652.17
3 Joseph Hirsch 2.07 3.00 United States 2.074.092.883.113.00

Square-1

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Ryan Pilat 5.56 7.06 United States 6.637.059.737.515.56
2 Gunner Engelsman 7.38 8.67 United States 7.388.0210.198.549.44
3 Cole Dugger 8.98 9.92 United States 16.259.1610.4410.158.98

4x4x4 Blindfolded

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Joshua Gao 1:48.73 DNF United States 1:48.732:13.82DNF
2 Ryan Pilat 3:31.78 DNF United States DNFDNF3:31.78
3 Braden McDonough 4:39.45 DNF United States DNFDNF4:39.45

5x5x5 Blindfolded

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Joshua Gao 4:47.05 DNF United States 4:47.05DNFDNF
2 Ryan Pilat 9:49.76 DNF United States DNFDNF9:49.76
3 Emmett O'Leary-Liu 16:28.00 DNF United States 16:28.0022:41.00DNF

3x3x3 Multi-Blind

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Joshua Gao 55/66 59:38 United States 55/66 59:3852/66 59:56
2 Fletcher Berry 22/28 58:11 United States 22/28 58:1121/27 58:43
3 Braden McDonough 12/15 56:19 United States 10/17 1:00:0012/15 56:19
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