Texas FMC Championship 2026
- Date
- Oct 24, 2026
- City
- Multiple cities, United States
- Venue
Multiple Venues
- Address
- See Locations tab
- Details
See the Locations tab for more information about the locations
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Matthew Bidwell, Michael Conard, RJ Gohn, Ryan Pilat, Southern Cubing LLC, and Thai Bui
- WCA Delegates
- Michael Conard, Nathan Benson, RJ Gohn, Ryan Pilat, and Thai Bui
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This is a multi-location competition and only features FMC. For a more normal competition experience, check out the many other competitions happening in Texas, including Texas Championship 2026.
To learn more about cubing in the Southern USA, including other competitions, visit Southern Cubing.
- Events
- Main event
- Number of times bookmarked
- 10
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and will close .
- 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 no competitor limit.
The base registration fee for this competition is $5 (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 90% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
See the Locations tab for information regarding the locations.
When registering you must enter the location you are competing at in the comment field
When Registering, you must include which location you will be competing at in your comments. Your registration will not be accepted unless the location is included.
| City | Delegate | Location | Address | Competitor Limit | Spots Available |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richardson, TX | Nathan Benson & Ryan Pilat | The University of Texas at Dallas - SCI 3.250 | 800 W. Campbell Road, Richardson, TX 75080 | 30 | 27/30 Spots Available |
| Austin, TX | Michael Conard & Thai Bui | Little Walnut Creek Library, Meeting Room | 835 W Rundberg Ln, Austin, TX 78758 | 20 | 16/20 Spots Available |
| Baton Rouge, LA | RJ Gohn | EBR Public Library, 2nd Floor rm 2D | 7711 Goodwood Blvd, Baton Rouge, LA 70806 | 10 | 10/10 Spots Available - guests not allowed in meeting room due to capacity |
This is the 2026 Texas FMC Championship structured around the fifth annual Texas Championship, part of a series of State Championships supported by CubingUSA. The goal of these competitions is to allow competitors from all over the country to compete for state titles.
While only residents of the Texas are eligible to win the title of Texas FMC Champion, residents of any state or country are welcome and encouraged to compete!
The deadline to officially declare your Texas residency by listing your home state on your CubingUSA account is Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at 11:59 PM CDT. Only those who declare residency by the deadline will be eligible for the Texas FMC Champion title. If you achieve a state champion title, you may be asked to verify your residency at the competition.
Fewest Moves Challenge, or FMC, is a quiet event where competitors are given a scramble and have one hour to find the shortest solution. The regulations for the event can be found here, but below are the most important things to remember:
- You can only use up to 3 3x3s
- Your solution must be 80 moves or less. Rotations are included in this 80 move limit, but are not counted in the final solution.
- You can only use outer face move turns to solve the puzzle - no slice moves!
- You may use wide moves to move 2 layers at once (e.g. Rw), but they must be written correctly. Rw' is valid notation, but R'w or r' will result in a DNF.
- You may use rotations (x, y, z), but they must be written correctly - x follows R, y follows U, z follows F. Notation such as (x) or [r] is not valid.
If you are interested, we recommend giving it a try!
Southern Cubing
Southern Cubing's goal is to grow speedcubing in the American South through holding officially recognized WCA competitions, assisting with local meet ups, popularizing speedcubing on social media, and holding our annual Regional Championship.
Southern Cubing is primarily supported by the incredible community of speedcubers and their families in the South. If you'd like to donate towards our mission, you can do so via our PayPal.
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Stay Connected
Looking to stay in touch with the Southern cubing scene? Whether you're from Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, or Mississippi, there are plenty of ways to stay informed, meet fellow cubers, and be part of the community beyond competitions!
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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).
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.