Tyler Blocks in Bloom 2026


Date
City
Tyler, Texas, United States
Venue

Tyler Rose Garden Center

Address
420 Rose Park Dr
Details

Camellia Room

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Jonathan Pelser, Nathan Benson, and Southern Cubing LLC
WCA Delegates
Caleb Torres, Jonathan Pelser, Nathan Benson, Patrick Ponce, and Ryan Pilat
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Information

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
42
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

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Highlights
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Ryan Pilat won with an average of 5.92 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Patrick Ponce finished second (5.94) and Siddharth Reddy finished third (6.19).

3x3x3 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Ryan Pilat 5.09 5.92 United States 5.967.405.726.085.09
2 Patrick Ponce 4.90 5.94 United States 6.175.044.906.627.24
3 Siddharth Reddy 5.06 6.19 United States 6.228.656.345.066.02

2x2x2 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Siddharth Reddy 0.84 1.56 United States 1.582.011.751.350.84
2 Ryan Pilat 1.44 1.98 United States 2.274.322.051.621.44
3 Samarth Sutar 1.85 2.17 India 2.321.853.342.331.87

5x5x5 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Patrick Ponce 41.06 42.35 United States 43.5243.1041.0642.1041.86
2 Ryan Pilat 46.45 48.26 United States 51.9946.4547.0150.0447.74
3 Jadon Castillo 50.17 53.00 United States 53.3850.1753.6851.9558.37

6x6x6 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Patrick Ponce 1:17.14 1:22.83 United States 1:27.021:24.321:17.14
2 Ryan Pilat 1:20.15 1:25.96 United States 1:20.151:22.471:35.27
3 Jadon Castillo 1:32.48 1:35.86 United States 1:40.431:34.681:32.48

7x7x7 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Ryan Pilat 2:00.62 2:10.49 United States 2:21.212:00.622:09.63
2 Patrick Ponce 2:15.85 2:19.77 United States 2:20.732:22.742:15.85
3 Jadon Castillo 2:11.21 2:19.84 United States 2:25.242:11.212:23.07

3x3x3 One-Handed

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Patrick Ponce 6.88 8.82 United States 6.8812.438.639.058.79
2 Tyler Gee 10.58 11.40 United States 10.5811.5211.3111.3612.54
3 Ryan Pilat 8.98 12.21 United States 12.7611.9111.958.9813.07
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