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
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- 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
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 60 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (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 .
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 $40 (United States Dollar).
Any spectator can attend for free.
There will be no refund to no-shows unless cancelled before Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 11:59 PM.
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 90% refund via the contact link on the General Info tab before registration closes. No refunds will be awarded after Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 11:59 PM.
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, November 1, 2026 at 11:59 PM.
Please follow all instructions or else your registration may be delayed.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
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 | 5.96 | 7.40 | 5.72 | 6.08 | 5.09 | |||
| 2 | Patrick Ponce | 4.90 | 5.94 | United States | 6.17 | 5.04 | 4.90 | 6.62 | 7.24 | |||
| 3 | Siddharth Reddy | 5.06 | 6.19 | United States | 6.22 | 8.65 | 6.34 | 5.06 | 6.02 | |||
2x2x2 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siddharth Reddy | 0.84 | 1.56 | United States | 1.58 | 2.01 | 1.75 | 1.35 | 0.84 | |||
| 2 | Ryan Pilat | 1.44 | 1.98 | United States | 2.27 | 4.32 | 2.05 | 1.62 | 1.44 | |||
| 3 | Samarth Sutar | 1.85 | 2.17 | India | 2.32 | 1.85 | 3.34 | 2.33 | 1.87 | |||
5x5x5 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Ponce | 41.06 | 42.35 | United States | 43.52 | 43.10 | 41.06 | 42.10 | 41.86 | |||
| 2 | Ryan Pilat | 46.45 | 48.26 | United States | 51.99 | 46.45 | 47.01 | 50.04 | 47.74 | |||
| 3 | Jadon Castillo | 50.17 | 53.00 | United States | 53.38 | 50.17 | 53.68 | 51.95 | 58.37 | |||
6x6x6 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Ponce | 1:17.14 | 1:22.83 | United States | 1:27.02 | 1:24.32 | 1:17.14 | |||||
| 2 | Ryan Pilat | 1:20.15 | 1:25.96 | United States | 1:20.15 | 1:22.47 | 1:35.27 | |||||
| 3 | Jadon Castillo | 1:32.48 | 1:35.86 | United States | 1:40.43 | 1:34.68 | 1:32.48 | |||||
7x7x7 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Pilat | 2:00.62 | 2:10.49 | United States | 2:21.21 | 2:00.62 | 2:09.63 | |||||
| 2 | Patrick Ponce | 2:15.85 | 2:19.77 | United States | 2:20.73 | 2:22.74 | 2:15.85 | |||||
| 3 | Jadon Castillo | 2:11.21 | 2:19.84 | United States | 2:25.24 | 2:11.21 | 2:23.07 | |||||
3x3x3 One-Handed
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Ponce | 6.88 | 8.82 | United States | 6.88 | 12.43 | 8.63 | 9.05 | 8.79 | |||
| 2 | Tyler Gee | 10.58 | 11.40 | United States | 10.58 | 11.52 | 11.31 | 11.36 | 12.54 | |||
| 3 | Ryan Pilat | 8.98 | 12.21 | United States | 12.76 | 11.91 | 11.95 | 8.98 | 13.07 | |||