UCSD March A 2026

Date
Mar 1, 2026
City
San Diego, California, United States
Venue

UC San Diego

Address
Student Services Center, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, DA 92093
Details

Student Services Center - Multi Purpose Room

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Emily Nguyen, Manning Karahashi (唐橋康成), and West Coast Cubing LLC Treasurer
WCA Delegates
Abhimanyu Singhal (अभिमन्यु सिंघल), Alex Lehman, Dylan Govic, Kaoushik Murugan, Michael Larsen, Nate Minkevich, Ruby Lu (卢红), Shane Grogan, and Sherry Tao (陶心仪)
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Information

This competition is run in series with UCSD March B 2025. You can only register for one of the two competitions!

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.

Events
Main event
Competitors
44
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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Register for this competition here.
This competition is part of the UCSD March 2025 Competition Series. Other competitions in this Series are: Note: You can submit a registration for all competitions in a Series, but only one of those registrations can be confirmed and accepted. You will only be allowed to compete in one of the Series competitions!
There is a competitor limit of 50 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $25 (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

  1. Wait until registration opens on Friday, December 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM. You cannot register prior to then. You cannot register after Friday, February 20, 2026 at 4:00 PM. No exceptions to these will be given. If deemed necessary, we may close registration early.
  2. If you have not competed before, create a WCA account here.
  3. Go to the Register link on the competition website.
  4. Fill out the events you will be competing in, any comments you may have about your registration, and press register.
  5. Pay the registration fee via Stripe on the competition website.
  6. 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 Friday, February 20, 2026 at 4:00 PM, 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 Friday, February 20, 2026 at 4:00 PM.

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 Friday, February 20, 2026 at 4:00 PM.

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.

Highlights
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Yichen Sheng won with an average of 7.22 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Ethan Yeh finished second (7.85) and Joel Kim finished third (8.63).

Abhimanyu Singhal (अभिमन्यु सिंघल) - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 16 11.81 13.05 United States 11.8114.8012.5011.8616.90
Clock Final 4 7.36 8.45 United States 7.5610.40DNF7.367.40
Megaminx Final 5 1:05.26 1:05.88 United States 1:05.791:06.001:06.221:05.261:05.86
Pyraminx First round 11 7.51 10.02 United States 12.7612.327.518.858.90

Abidin Derin Balcı - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 40 45.88 50.40 United States 45.8851.7546.45DNF53.00

Adam Spaugh - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 38 32.52 33.18 United States 35.6232.5234.1232.7132.72
Clock Final 19 31.42 36.10 United States 48.1933.8537.2531.4237.19
Pyraminx First round 23 10.64 19.13 United States 16.9823.1417.9210.6422.48

Adam Walters - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 19 12.76 14.34 United States 13.3414.0612.76DNF15.62
Megaminx Final 11 1:24.66 1:32.08 United States 1:24.661:25.471:36.541:45.871:34.23

Albert Javier - Philippines WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 29 20.12 21.34 Philippines 20.2124.7220.1221.2122.59
Clock Final 11 6.70 13.36 Philippines DNF6.7018.897.3013.89

Alex Lehman - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 14 11.47 12.96 United States 16.4811.4712.7613.3012.83
Clock Final 14 11.80 15.63 United States 18.3815.1120.8211.8013.40
Megaminx Final 9 1:08.89 1:21.16 United States 1:25.341:25.121:08.891:17.651:20.71
Pyraminx First round 12 8.81 10.50 United States 9.9216.2811.979.608.81

Alex Lloyd - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 35 25.50 27.61 United States 29.0826.2825.5028.1528.40
Clock Final 16 16.27 18.85 United States 18.7016.27DNF20.6017.25
Megaminx Final 22 4:14.00 United States 5:45.704:14.00
Pyraminx First round 15 10.26 12.92 United States 16.2023.8211.0411.5210.26

Arvin Sahni - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 36 20.64 30.01 United States 20.64DNF35.0821.8033.15

August Barnard - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 9 9.53 10.41 United States 9.619.8917.8811.729.53
Clock Final 5 8.29 9.25 United States 10.789.349.738.688.29
Megaminx Final 14 1:36.84 1:44.36 United States DNF1:36.841:46.911:42.611:43.57
Pyraminx Final 3 1.86 3.54 United States 3.341.863.895.513.39
First round 2 2.56 3.52 United States 4.113.072.564.203.38

Austin Grant Nguyen - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 23 15.60 18.36 United States 19.1715.9519.9521.1215.60
Pyraminx First round 14 10.46 12.81 United States 10.4611.7211.6015.8815.11

Ayman Hoque - Bangladesh WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 18 11.24 14.33 Bangladesh 15.5114.1413.8714.9811.24
Clock Final 3 6.42 8.09 Bangladesh 8.118.896.4210.117.26
Megaminx Final 13 1:27.30 1:40.68 Bangladesh 1:40.411:27.301:47.931:37.651:43.99
Pyraminx First round 13 7.52 11.06 Bangladesh 8.9617.4213.807.5210.43

Billy Fallon - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 33 21.45 24.22 United States 21.4528.1927.0922.0723.50
Clock Final 17 23.27 26.78 United States 29.49DNF26.8023.2724.05
Megaminx Final 21 2:57.94 United States 2:57.943:02.92
Pyraminx First round 17 13.43 14.41 United States 16.5713.7313.4314.4815.01

Cahit Ege Balci - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 22 12.66 15.47 United States 14.0816.9315.4017.3012.66

Caleb Kim - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 26 16.06 19.22 United States 20.7816.0619.3517.53DNF
Pyraminx First round 9 4.57 7.15 United States 7.018.076.384.579.82

Cathy Ceng - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 31 16.98 23.18 United States 23.1422.9826.4123.4316.98
Clock Final 15 14.83 16.32 United States 16.0514.8316.8216.7216.20
Pyraminx First round 20 15.12 16.46 United States 22.7518.1315.6615.5915.12

David Goldberg - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 17 11.51 14.08 United States 17.8411.7311.5112.6718.94

Dongyeon Kim - Republic of Korea WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 37 31.33 33.00 Republic of Korea 31.3331.7733.74DNF33.49

Dylan Trueblood - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 11 10.29 11.21 United States 13.6512.1611.0910.3710.29
Clock Final 9 10.46 12.41 United States 14.7311.4611.0517.6410.46
Megaminx Final 16 1:44.58 2:04.12 United States 2:30.531:50.472:37.341:51.351:44.58
Pyraminx First round 16 9.68 13.53 United States 19.2814.499.6813.0713.02

Elena Bretl - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 42 52.31 56.41 United States 55.9452.3156.181:13.5457.11

Elijah Gabriel Ret - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 21 11.46 14.99 United States 14.3714.8318.0811.4615.76
Clock Final 10 11.83 12.80 United States 11.8315.1014.2711.8612.26
Megaminx Final 18 2:13.55 2:24.07 United States 2:13.552:32.342:25.712:27.802:18.69
Pyraminx Final 4 2.38 3.72 United States 3.362.385.236.352.58
First round 4 3.37 4.76 United States 4.917.393.373.835.55

Ethan Johnson - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 24 16.04 18.67 United States 31.6116.0420.4116.7318.88

Ethan Yeh - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 2 7.18 7.85 United States 7.187.2611.168.827.46
First round 2 7.12 7.54 United States 7.497.448.997.127.70
Clock Final 1 3.24 4.16 United States 3.244.903.633.94DNF
Megaminx Final 7 59.00 1:10.33 United States 59.001:12.131:16.761:02.101:22.25
Pyraminx Final 7 4.18 4.75 United States 4.885.154.235.524.18
First round 7 3.91 5.55 United States 5.756.293.915.095.80

Gustavo Ramirez - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 28 17.09 20.53 United States 20.8721.9420.4920.2317.09

Harrison Stevens - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 20 12.67 14.58 United States 12.7318.4014.3212.6716.68
Megaminx Final 17 1:58.59 2:08.65 United States 2:17.592:06.771:58.592:01.582:23.04

Jacob Ramirez - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 15 11.97 13.03 United States 13.2512.7813.0716.2611.97
Clock Final 7 9.57 10.62 United States 11.079.5710.2217.3310.56
Megaminx Final 12 1:18.48 1:34.55 United States 1:48.361:52.971:20.821:18.481:34.47
Pyraminx First round 10 6.09 9.60 United States 6.0920.639.877.8411.08

Joel Kim - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 3 6.80 8.63 United States 6.8010.668.459.867.57
First round 3 7.87 8.39 United States 7.877.998.838.348.87
Clock Final 2 4.28 5.60 United States 5.516.034.285.945.34
Megaminx Final 6 1:04.19 1:09.32 United States 1:04.191:04.301:10.481:15.161:13.19
Pyraminx Final 2 2.22 2.81 United States 2.992.443.004.202.22
First round 3 2.31 3.62 United States 2.316.374.482.993.40

Michael Larsen - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 5 5.85 9.10 United States 8.075.858.6410.9310.58
First round 5 7.43 8.98 United States 8.777.438.269.9110.68
Megaminx Final 3 59.62 1:00.01 United States 59.661:00.301:00.071:05.2459.62
Pyraminx Final 6 3.19 4.65 United States 4.003.19DNF4.385.56
First round 8 3.54 6.26 United States 6.643.54DNF4.957.20

Odin Nacios - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 39 40.74 47.31 United States 42.8149.0240.741:00.5350.10
Pyraminx First round 22 16.92 19.12 United States DNF18.6516.9219.5219.19

Penelope Maksim - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
Pyraminx First round 26 35.97 44.74 United States 53.2337.6746.4050.1635.97

Rachel Castillo - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 12 10.68 12.51 United States 10.6812.1813.5811.7815.30
Clock Final 12 10.37 13.58 United States 12.3211.7917.1216.6310.37
Megaminx Final 15 1:41.15 1:47.97 United States 1:42.311:59.782:12.731:41.151:41.83
Pyraminx Final 8 4.26 5.85 United States 6.864.265.445.926.18
First round 6 3.85 5.55 United States 3.855.528.217.114.03

Rachel Waung - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 25 17.51 19.05 United States 19.1017.5118.9919.0522.26
Clock Final 18 25.97 29.86 United States 30.4133.0240.1825.9726.15
Megaminx Final 19 2:29.64 3:08.32 United States 2:29.643:07.692:59.583:17.693:47.48
Pyraminx First round 21 11.30 17.08 United States 22.9215.3612.97DNF11.30

Rohan Mirchandaney - Australia WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 41 45.76 53.76 Australia 1:53.7454.8056.1250.3545.76
Pyraminx First round 24 16.87 20.14 Australia 16.8722.2121.4016.9122.11

Ruby Lu (卢红) - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 4 8.00 8.90 United States 8.008.469.129.1212.11
First round 4 7.14 8.50 United States 8.888.127.148.49DNS
Megaminx Final 2 45.19 48.26 United States 45.4452.6145.1948.6450.71

Ryo Horikawa - Japan WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 32 18.47 24.06 Japan 18.4720.8423.7127.6329.54
Pyraminx First round 18 12.95 16.10 Japan 12.9517.2314.0529.9117.01

Shane Grogan - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 7 8.83 9.63 United States 8.968.8310.5710.159.79
First round 6 8.51 9.05 United States 10.388.788.988.519.39
Clock Final 8 9.44 10.98 United States 12.0111.1711.1710.609.44
Megaminx Final 8 1:04.86 1:10.37 United States 1:05.801:04.861:17.271:08.051:20.91

Shareef Sabir - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 30 17.96 21.56 United States 17.9619.3421.9726.6423.37

Shiun Choi - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 6 7.88 9.35 United States 8.487.889.2710.2912.34
First round 7 9.07 9.84 United States 9.3710.079.0710.2010.07
Megaminx Final 4 59.70 1:03.69 United States 59.701:04.911:07.711:02.511:03.65

Tiffany Sack - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 27 17.00 19.95 United States 21.0321.0817.7417.0021.51

Timothy Zhang (张学义) - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 13 9.98 12.68 United States 12.879.9812.8319.7312.34
Clock Final 20 39.91 43.69 United States 50.5739.9142.3642.0246.68
Megaminx Final 20 50.79 DNF United States 50.79DNFDNF59.6959.45
Pyraminx First round 19 9.10 16.17 United States 9.1019.0216.9512.54DNF

Tripp Peters - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 10 9.98 10.58 United States 10.5611.8610.959.9810.22
Clock Final 6 8.80 9.96 United States 10.2221.2110.198.809.48
Megaminx Final 10 1:16.89 1:24.80 United States 1:21.831:24.861:27.721:16.89DNF
Pyraminx Final 1 1.68 2.70 United States 1.931.684.063.832.34
First round 1 1.74 2.60 United States DNF2.311.742.652.85

Yichen Sheng - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 1 5.60 7.22 United States 6.948.687.537.195.60
First round 1 5.79 6.22 United States 6.246.385.796.276.16

Zachary Freiwald - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 34 21.38 24.71 United States 21.3828.5325.6125.9522.58

Zachary Maksim - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 43 53.62 1:03.98 United States 53.621:03.861:05.821:02.261:38.08
Pyraminx First round 25 17.03 26.25 United States 29.7729.4417.0325.5023.80

Zhai Phifer - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 8 9.21 10.14 United States 13.8910.909.4610.059.21
First round 8 8.68 10.39 United States 12.6910.838.689.6710.66
Clock Final 13 7.32 14.04 United States 7.3220.52DNF11.3310.26
Megaminx Final 1 37.14 44.14 United States 45.4542.1645.4937.1444.80
Pyraminx Final 5 2.47 4.06 United States 3.632.474.586.033.98
First round 5 3.80 4.95 United States 4.664.893.807.905.30
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