Temple Qualifier 2026


Date
May 9 - 10, 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
Casey Ngo, James Wang (王俊杰), Michael Conard, Thai Bui, and Tristan Patrick
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Information

Are you going to any continental or national championships this summer? Join us in Temple to get any last minute qualifying times before the earliest major qualification deadline of May 19th (for NAC)!

Please note that no outside food/drink will be permitted in the venue.

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
35
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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There is a competitor limit of 48 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $50 (United States Dollar).
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On the spot registrations will be accepted if there are remaining spots available, with a base registration fee of $60 (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, May 3, 2026 at 11:00 PM.

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

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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, May 3, 2026 at 11:00 PM.

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Highlights
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Azhar Virani won with an average of 7.83 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Ray Bai finished second (8.25) and Kyumin Shim (심규민) finished third (8.85).

3x3x3 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Azhar Virani 7.05 7.83 United States 7.567.1211.098.817.05
2 Ray Bai 6.56 8.25 United States DNF8.098.478.186.56
3 Kyumin Shim (심규민) 7.92 8.85 Republic of Korea 7.929.308.268.9911.33

2x2x2 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Ayushmaan Arora 1.50 2.31 United States 1.753.172.871.502.32
2 Jaxon Sensabaugh 1.52 2.49 United States 1.522.573.652.642.25
3 Trishan Reddy Katamreddy 2.28 2.55 United States 2.612.352.692.284.48

4x4x4 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Ray Bai 24.37 24.89 United States 25.2124.37DNF24.9024.56
2 Casey Ngo 24.86 28.87 United States 24.8630.5229.1029.0628.46
3 Azhar Virani 29.11 30.18 United States 29.1129.7331.0931.1229.73

5x5x5 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Ray Bai 44.05 49.24 United States 44.0551.1858.7647.7848.76
2 William Henry Ruppert V 50.30 50.91 United States 51.6750.4854.9750.3050.58
3 Azhar Virani 46.96 57.60 United States 55.761:03.4146.961:01.0256.02

6x6x6 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 William Henry Ruppert V 1:29.94 1:32.45 United States 1:29.941:36.361:31.06
2 Ray Bai 1:31.72 1:33.59 United States 1:31.721:35.601:33.45
3 Casey Ngo 1:48.72 1:51.69 United States 1:48.721:48.921:57.44

7x7x7 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 William Henry Ruppert V 2:28.25 2:34.59 United States 2:40.612:34.912:28.25
2 Ray Bai 2:32.65 2:36.12 United States 2:36.542:39.172:32.65
3 Casey Ngo 2:49.17 3:05.89 United States 3:12.943:15.552:49.17

3x3x3 One-Handed

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Ray Bai 8.67 10.73 United States 11.589.8311.888.6710.78
2 Tyler Gee 11.12 11.80 United States 13.3112.0711.5211.1211.80
3 Casey Ngo 14.29 14.63 United States 14.2918.2014.5014.3315.06

Clock

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 William Henry Ruppert V 2.93 3.77 United States 3.754.014.603.542.93
2 Vyom Sharma 3.54 4.55 India 3.547.063.663.856.14
3 Ignacio Montilla 3.60 4.91 United States 3.787.163.604.616.33

Megaminx

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Maddox Smith 34.60 37.48 United States 34.6036.1339.4336.8942.03
2 Tyler Gee 36.56 44.16 United States DNF50.6144.7036.5637.17
3 William Henry Ruppert V 44.59 48.89 United States 46.8756.5750.2944.5949.51

Pyraminx

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Jeffrey Woolston 1.69 2.74 United States 3.122.353.152.741.69
2 Don Daniels 1.85 2.84 United States 3.78DNF2.771.851.98
3 Tucker Chamberlain 2.71 3.01 United States 3.182.845.222.713.02

Square-1

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Tucker Chamberlain 5.48 6.69 United States 6.376.896.825.48DNF
2 Alejandro Kolster Passos 8.21 8.58 Argentina 8.758.218.368.6213.05
3 Tyler Gee 8.34 11.98 United States 8.3413.619.7812.5620.24
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