Temple Cubing Winter 2026


Date
Feb 20, 2026
City
Temple, Texas, United States
Venue

Frank W. Mayborn Civic & Convention Center

Address
3303 N 3rd St, Temple, TX 76501
Details

North Rooms

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Southern Cubing LLC, Thai Bui, and Tristan Patrick
WCA Delegates
Ryan Pilat and Tristan Patrick
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Information

THIS COMPETITION HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE DUE TO SEVERE WINTER WEATHER. THE COMPETITION IS NOW TAKING PLACE ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH.

Please check the schedule for when each event is being held. The less popular events are being held in the morning before lunch, while more popular events such as 3x3 and 2x2 will be after lunch.

This competition is supported by Southern Cubing LLC. To learn more about cubing in the Southern USA, including other competitions, visit Southern Cubing.

Events
Main event
Competitors
32
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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There is a competitor limit of 50 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $22.50 (United States Dollar).
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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 $35 (United States Dollar).
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Competitors may bring at most 2 guests.

There will be no refund to no-shows unless cancelled before the deadline (Sunday, February 15th at 11:59 PM CST).

Registration is first come, first served based on the order of when payment is received.

If you register and later realize you cannot make the competition, you can request a 75% refund via the contact link on the General Info tab before registration closes. No refunds will be awarded after Sunday, February 15th at 11:59 PM CST.

If the competitor limit has been reached, you may still register and pay the registration fee if you wish, but you will be placed on a waitlist. Competitors will be accepted from the waitlist in the order that they paid. Competitors who do not make it off of the waitlist before the deadline will receive a full refund shortly before the competition. No more registrations will be accepted from the waitlist after Sunday, February 15th at 11:59 PM CST.

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Highlights
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Ryan Pilat won with an average of 5.95 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Ray Bai finished second (8.02) and Tucker Chamberlain finished third (8.33).

3x3x3 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Ryan Pilat 5.48 5.95 United States 5.696.646.096.075.48
2 Ray Bai 7.45 8.02 United States 9.928.317.507.458.24
3 Tucker Chamberlain 7.30 8.33 United States 7.848.587.308.628.56

2x2x2 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Tucker Chamberlain 0.64 1.87 United States 0.641.681.712.212.78
2 Ryan Pilat 0.78 2.14 United States 0.781.58DNF1.603.25
3 Jaxon Sensabaugh 1.46 2.68 United States 1.462.702.293.054.27

4x4x4 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Ray Bai 22.91 23.99 United States 24.6323.9825.4322.9123.36
2 Ryan Pilat 26.20 27.76 United States 28.2727.8433.2227.1726.20
3 Tristan Patrick 31.56 32.96 United States 32.8635.9332.9433.0731.56

5x5x5 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Ryan Pilat 44.12 46.88 United States 44.4748.2647.9144.12DNF
2 Ray Bai 41.84 48.37 United States 41.8448.7946.7349.5949.62
3 Jose Ortiz Jr. 56.61 1:00.92 United States 1:06.5157.061:04.821:00.8756.61

6x6x6 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Ryan Pilat 1:24.69 1:32.22 United States 1:24.691:38.081:33.88
2 Jose Ortiz Jr. 1:36.29 1:50.24 United States 1:57.871:56.571:36.29
3 Maddox Smith 1:53.94 2:04.62 United States 1:59.292:20.641:53.94

7x7x7 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Ryan Pilat 2:14.59 2:17.58 United States 2:20.692:14.592:17.47
2 Jose Ortiz Jr. 2:41.64 2:51.40 United States 3:03.112:49.462:41.64
3 Maddox Smith 3:08.99 3:20.10 United States 3:25.343:25.963:08.99

3x3x3 Blindfolded

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Ryan Pilat 18.84 DNF United States 24.3818.8421.98DNFDNF
2 Thai Bui 33.63 DNF United States DNF37.7933.63DNFDNF
3 Tristan Patrick 2:34.68 DNF United States DNF2:34.91DNFDNF2:34.68

Megaminx

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Maddox Smith 34.80 35.98 United States 38.2036.5535.2036.2034.80
2 Jose Ortiz Jr. 38.28 42.46 United States 38.2842.0149.8442.2043.16
3 Ryan Pilat 39.30 43.12 United States 47.1939.3045.7142.1241.52

Skewb

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Max William Colwell 2.73 3.82 United States 2.733.853.94DNF3.66
2 Ryan Pilat 3.25 4.20 United States 4.515.913.253.304.80
3 Benjamin Spradley 3.27 5.13 United States 23.524.173.274.456.78

Square-1

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Ryan Pilat 5.88 6.38 United States 5.886.037.356.876.24
2 Tucker Chamberlain 5.93 7.62 United States 7.505.938.409.116.97
3 Thai Bui 10.32 14.02 United States 15.4012.4716.8410.3214.18
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