UCSD Weeknights IX 2026


Date
Apr 24, 2026
City
San Diego, California, United States
Venue

UC San Diego

Address
Student Service Center, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 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
Alex Lehman, Dylan Govic, and Kaoushik Murugan
Download all the competition's details as PDF here.
Information

This competition is on a weekday!


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 by the Rubik's Cube Club @ UC San Diego, in partnership with West Coast Cubing.

Events
Main event
Competitors
45
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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 50 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $20 (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 Monday, March 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM PDT. You cannot register prior to then. You cannot register after Friday, April 17, 2026 at 5:00 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, April 17, 2026 at 5:00 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, April 17, 2026 at 5:00 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, April 17, 2026 at 5:00 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
Click here to display the highlights of the competition.

Emily Nguyen won with an average of 51.58 seconds in the 5x5x5 Cube event. Ishaan Hadkar finished second (1:02.52) and Manning Karahashi (唐橋康成) finished third (1:08.24).

3x3x3 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Joel Kim 6.57 8.84 United States 9.347.696.5711.019.48
2 Dominic Shoji 7.12 8.84 United States 9.059.547.127.93DNF
3 Christian Tambriz 8.03 9.37 United States 8.8911.289.148.0310.07

2x2x2 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Dominic Shoji 1.04 1.61 United States 1.041.322.991.521.98
2 Joel Kim 1.52 2.96 United States 3.191.522.133.564.26
3 Dylan Govic 2.51 3.01 United States 2.623.452.972.516.23

5x5x5 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Emily Nguyen 48.96 51.58 United States 52.5152.5449.6956.4348.96
2 Ishaan Hadkar 58.33 1:02.52 India 59.581:01.2158.331:06.761:12.11
3 Manning Karahashi (唐橋康成) 1:04.65 1:08.24 United States 1:24.081:04.961:11.961:04.651:07.80
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