UCLA Spring 2026
- Date
- Feb 15, 2026
- City
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Venue
Ackerman Grand Ballroom
- Address
- 308 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Alan Kuo (郭建廷), Daniel Cho, Franklin Pham, and West Coast Cubing LLC Treasurer
- WCA Delegates
- Abhimanyu Singhal (अभिमन्यु सिंघल), Alex Lehman, Dylan Govic, Franklin Pham, Jaden Thompson, Matthew Dickman, Ruby Lu (卢红), Shane Grogan, and Sherry Tao (陶心仪)
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This competition is recognized as an official World Cube Association competition. Therefore, all competitors must be familiar with the WCA Regulations. If you are new to competing, please refer to the Competitor Responsibilities tab.
Spectators can attend for free and can come and go as they please! No registration or check-in process is needed for spectating.
This competition is organized in partnership with West Coast Cubing and SpeedCubeShop.

UCLA Students
If you are a UCLA Student or Faculty member, your registration fee for this competition will be waived. Register for the competition without paying, and contact the organization team with your credentials (such as a student ID) attached. Your registration will be accepted in the order in which this email is received.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 185
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.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 a competitor limit of 200 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $35 (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 75% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Any spectator can attend for free.
Registration Process
- Wait until registration opens on Sunday, November 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM PST. You cannot register prior to then. You cannot register after Sunday, February 8, 2026 at 12:30 PM PST. No exceptions to these will be given. If deemed necessary, we may close registration early.
- If you have not competed before, create a WCA account here.
- Go to the Register link on the competition website.
- Fill out the events you will be competing in, any comments you may have about your registration, and press register.
- Pay the registration fee via Stripe on the competition website.
- A member of the organization team will manually accept registrations. Wait for an email confirming your registration has been accepted.
Competitors MUST pay their registration fee before being eligible for a spot in the competition.
Waitlist
If the competition is full, a message will be displayed saying such on the competition website. If, after this time, you register and pay for the competition, you will be added to the competition waitlist.
If a competitor cancels their registration, the person at the top of the waitlist will be added to the competitor list.
If you are on the waitlist, you may cancel your registration (see below) at any time for a full refund.
If you are on the waitlist, you will be informed whether you have made it on the competitor list after Sunday, February 8, 2026 at 12:30 PM PST, otherwise you will be given a full refund.
Registration Changes
If you would like to cancel your registration, email the organization team with your request and you will be refunded 75% of your registration fee. Refunds are available only until Sunday, February 8, 2026 at 12:30 PM PST.
If you would like to edit your registered events or listed guests, you may do so on the Register page. This can only be done prior to Sunday, February 8, 2026 at 12:30 PM PST.
By registering, competitors agree to the information in the Competitor Responsibilities tab. This tab details the responsibilities of all competitors at this competition. Not abiding by these responsibilities can result in disqualification.
UCLA Students
If you are a UCLA Student or Faculty member, your registration fee for this competition will be waived. Register for the competition without paying, and contact the organization team with your credentials (such as a student ID) attached. Your registration will be accepted in the order in which this email is received.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Max Park won with an average of 5.34 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Dylan Miller finished second (6.46) and Kien Ly Biggs finished third (7.83).
3x3x3 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Park | 4.35 | 5.34 | United States | 4.72 | 7.04 | 4.35 | 5.32 | 5.98 | |||
| 2 | Dylan Miller | 4.89 | 6.46 | United States | 4.89 | 8.52 | 5.67 | 8.15 | 5.55 | |||
| 3 | Kien Ly Biggs | 7.29 | 7.83 | United States | 7.52 | 7.29 | 7.69 | 11.56 | 8.27 | |||
4x4x4 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Park | 17.86 | 21.11 | United States | 17.86 | 18.60 | 23.24 | 23.56 | 21.50 | |||
| 2 | Kate Grahame | 25.75 | 27.57 | United States | 36.11 | 29.75 | 26.13 | 25.75 | 26.84 | |||
| 3 | Dylan Miller | 28.84 | 29.81 | United States | 29.93 | 30.09 | 28.84 | 32.17 | 29.41 | |||
3x3x3 One-Handed
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Park | 8.21 | 8.97 | United States | 9.17 | 8.21 | 8.61 | 9.14 | 10.79 | |||
| 2 | Dylan Govic | 10.65 | 12.53 | United States | 10.65 | 14.81 | 12.86 | 11.35 | 13.39 | |||
| 3 | Kate Grahame | 12.87 | 13.83 | United States | 14.61 | 13.61 | 15.58 | 12.87 | 13.28 | |||
Megaminx
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dylan Miller | 33.15 | 35.22 | United States | 36.04 | 34.75 | 35.84 | 33.15 | 35.08 | |||
| 2 | Michael Muething | 29.09 | 37.15 | United States | 35.18 | 35.00 | 29.09 | 44.91 | 41.28 | |||
| 3 | Jack Flynn Stewart | 41.97 | 43.86 | United States | 43.44 | 55.98 | 41.97 | 42.10 | 46.05 | |||
Pyraminx
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Franklin Pham | 2.39 | 2.85 | United States | 2.74 | 2.98 | 3.32 | 2.39 | 2.84 | |||
| 2 | Jaden Thompson | 2.14 | 3.15 | United States | 3.21 | 3.07 | 3.16 | 2.14 | 3.28 | |||
| 3 | Kate Grahame | 2.39 | 3.42 | United States | 2.39 | 3.17 | 4.54 | 2.54 | 7.25 | |||