Warm Up Carolina Pride 2026
- Date
- Jun 27 - 28, 2026
- City
- Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
- Venue
North Carolina State University Talley Student Union
- Address
- 2610 Cates Avenue, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606
- Details
State Ballroom on the 3rd floor (one floor up from main level entrances)
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Addy Coolidge, Cady Shields, Kathryn Zavadil, Katie Hull, Roman Wofford, Roxana Johnson, Rue Clippinger, and Southeast Cubing
- WCA Delegates
- Ada Cooke, Addy Coolidge, Cady Shields, Joshua Feran, Justin Barker, Katie Hull, Phillip Lane, Pierce Tickle, Raymond Goslow, Roman Wofford, Roxana Johnson, Rue Clippinger, and Zachary Ochs
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
North Carolina and Southeast Cubing, Inc. would like to welcome everyone to Raleigh for Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026! This Pride competition is to celebrate and support LGBTQ+ cubers and allies. Any person may register for this competition.
All competitors must read the Competitor Information tab prior to registering.
Please read all tabs prior to the competition and regularly check your email for updates from us. All contact will be made by email.$5 from every registration will be donated to The Trevor Project. Their mission is to end suicide among LGBTQ+ young people and provide them support.
This competition is supported by Southeast Cubing, Inc., the official nonprofit organization for speedcubing in the Southeast! Please check out the Southeast Cubing, Inc. tab to learn more about the organization and what you can do to support the mission.


- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 87
- 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 $40 (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 .
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.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Any spectator can attend for free.
- All competitors must read the Competitor Information tab.
- To register for this competition, you must pay in full in advance through Stripe. Your registration is not complete until you pay.
- You do not have a spot at the competition until you receive a confirmation email with the subject line: "Your registration for Warm Up Carolina Pride 2026" has been accepted." Do not make travel plans until you receive the acceptance email.
- After the competition reaches 200 complete registrations, a waiting list will be created. You must pay to be placed on the waiting list.
- To cancel your registration, please contact the organizers with your name telling them you want to cancel your registration.
- $5 from every registration will be donated to The Trevor Project. Their mission is to end suicide among LGBTQ+ young people and provide them support.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Kavin Prince won with an average of 7.06 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Nicolás Sánchez finished second (7.57) and Justin Barker finished third (7.71).
3x3x3 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kavin Prince | 5.46 | 7.06 | United States | 6.96 | 11.92 | 8.23 | 5.98 | 5.46 | |||
| 2 | Nicolás Sánchez | 6.34 | 7.57 | United States | 7.89 | 6.54 | 8.28 | 10.29 | 6.34 | |||
| 3 | Justin Barker | 6.10 | 7.71 | United States | 7.53 | 8.75 | 6.10 | 7.42 | 8.19 | |||
2x2x2 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zayn Khanani | 0.84 | 1.12 | United States | 0.84 | 1.28 | 1.72 | 0.89 | 1.20 | |||
| 2 | Nicolás Sánchez | 0.99 | 1.44 | United States | 0.99 | 1.58 | 1.29 | 1.45 | 4.16 | |||
| 3 | Kerry Creech | 1.09 | 1.49 | United States | 1.09 | 1.59 | 2.59 | 1.38 | 1.51 | |||
4x4x4 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicolás Sánchez | 24.80 | 27.33 | United States | 24.80 | 25.63 | 26.63 | 29.73 | 32.01 | |||
| 2 | Katie Hull | 23.95 | 29.37 | United States | 28.28 | 23.95 | 26.40 | 37.70 | 33.42 | |||
| 3 | Easan Peacock | 30.01 | 32.36 | United States | 31.80 | 30.01 | 30.60 | 34.67 | 38.05 | |||
5x5x5 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kavin Rajendran | 46.86 | 53.06 | United States | 55.26 | 54.12 | 51.56 | 53.51 | 46.86 | |||
| 2 | Katie Hull | 47.63 | 54.34 | United States | 47.63 | 57.52 | 55.25 | 1:00.43 | 50.26 | |||
| 3 | Nicolás Sánchez | 53.00 | 59.04 | United States | 53.00 | 1:03.28 | 1:01.28 | 57.56 | 58.28 | |||
6x6x6 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ibrahim Khanani | 1:39.24 | 1:45.53 | United States | 1:47.27 | 1:39.24 | 1:50.08 | |||||
| 2 | Katie Hull | 1:39.79 | 1:46.61 | United States | 1:44.93 | 1:55.12 | 1:39.79 | |||||
| 3 | Kerry Creech | 1:44.40 | 1:47.80 | United States | 1:45.79 | 1:44.40 | 1:53.20 | |||||
3x3x3 One-Handed
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andreas Lambropoulos | 9.06 | 10.44 | United States | 10.96 | 10.03 | 9.06 | 11.21 | 10.32 | |||
| 2 | Kavin Rajendran | 10.06 | 12.57 | United States | 14.08 | 14.04 | 10.06 | 12.97 | 10.70 | |||
| 3 | Raghav Reddy | 12.48 | 13.52 | United States | 12.48 | 14.00 | 13.04 | 13.51 | DNF | |||
Clock
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chase Pak | 3.08 | 3.62 | United States | 3.60 | 3.08 | 3.41 | 3.86 | 4.41 | |||
| 2 | Andreas Lambropoulos | 4.30 | 4.72 | United States | 4.30 | 4.52 | 5.06 | 5.20 | 4.57 | |||
| 3 | Kerry Creech | 4.77 | 5.16 | United States | 5.11 | 4.77 | 5.93 | 4.96 | 5.41 | |||
Skewb
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zayn Khanani | 1.76 | 2.63 | United States | 3.89 | 2.20 | 1.76 | 1.81 | 4.40 | |||
| 2 | Willem A. Schmidt | 3.31 | 3.80 | United States | 4.10 | 4.60 | 3.97 | 3.32 | 3.31 | |||
| 3 | Zachary Ochs | 1.99 | 3.87 | United States | 4.64 | 3.93 | 3.04 | 8.50 | 1.99 | |||