Welcome to Washington D.C. 2026
- Date
- Apr 25, 2026
- City
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Venue
Alice Deal Middle School
- Address
- 3815 Fort Dr NW, Washington, DC 20016
- Details
Cafeteria
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- James O'Connell, Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing, and Stone Payne
- WCA Delegates
- Benjamin Christie, Pierce Tickle, Ryland Wilson, Siddharth Suresh, and Stone Payne
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This competition will take place in the Cafeteria.

This competition is being held in the Mid-Atlantic Region (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA, VA, WV). See the regions on CubingUSA's website.
- Join the Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Discord server
- Follow the Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Instagram account
- Join the Tri-State Cubing Facebook group (NJ, NY, PA)
- See the Mid-Atlantic Region Organizational Spreadsheet
- See upcoming competitions:
- in D.C.
- in Delaware
- in Maryland
- in New Jersey
- in New York
- in Pennsylvania
- in Virginia
- in West Virginia
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 123
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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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 140 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $10 (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 .
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.
Please keep in mind that registrations are approved manually after payment, so your registration may not be approved immediately.
Your registration is not complete until your registration fee has been paid.
All competitiors must read the "Competitor Responsibilities" tab.WAITLIST INFORMATION:
If the competitor limit of 140 has been reached, you can still register and pay the registration fee to secure a spot on the waitlist. During the registration period, any competitor can cancel their registration and allow the first person on the waitlist to take their spot. If you find that you cannot make it to the competition after registering, please contact us so that we can maximize attendance.
All registrants still on the waitlist after the registration period will have their registrations deleted, and will be fully refunded.
We may completely close registration if the waitlist becomes very large. - Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Charles Jerome won with an average of 7.67 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Zayn Khanani finished second (7.96) and Jeffrey Chen finished third (8.14).
3x3x3 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles Jerome | 6.22 | 7.67 | United States | 8.09 | 7.72 | 13.64 | 7.19 | 6.22 | |||
| 2 | Zayn Khanani | 5.83 | 7.96 | United States | 7.52 | 7.34 | 9.98 | 5.83 | 9.03 | |||
| 3 | Jeffrey Chen | 7.29 | 8.14 | United States | 8.34 | 7.29 | 7.73 | 9.68 | 8.36 | |||
2x2x2 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zayn Khanani | 0.74 | 1.34 | United States | 1.34 | 1.56 | 1.13 | 2.62 | 0.74 | |||
| 2 | Hassan Khanani | 1.22 | 1.60 | United States | 1.88 | 2.78 | 1.25 | 1.22 | 1.67 | |||
| 3 | Shvant Gode | 1.02 | 1.73 | United States | 1.83 | 2.13 | DNF | 1.22 | 1.02 | |||
4x4x4 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fiona Bao | 26.45 | 28.38 | United States | 29.00 | 26.45 | 29.02 | 27.12 | 29.62 | |||
| 2 | Benjamin Christie | 27.07 | 28.93 | United States | 28.50 | 27.07 | 29.62 | 33.47 | 28.67 | |||
| 3 | Olivia Trace | 29.66 | 30.74 | United States | 29.66 | 30.66 | 32.19 | 31.10 | 30.46 | |||
5x5x5 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olivia Trace | 49.16 | 53.79 | United States | 55.52 | 55.96 | 49.89 | 49.16 | 1:00.77 | |||
| 2 | Sanzhar Beisembayev | 48.24 | 55.15 | United States | 1:00.17 | 54.91 | 48.24 | 57.02 | 53.52 | |||
| 3 | Stone Payne | 51.18 | 56.32 | United States | 59.19 | 1:02.54 | 55.41 | 54.35 | 51.18 | |||
Clock
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zachary Shaw | 2.88 | 3.43 | United States | 4.34 | 2.94 | 4.42 | 3.00 | 2.88 | |||
| 2 | Fiona Bao | 3.00 | 3.58 | United States | 3.81 | 4.56 | 3.00 | 3.35 | 3.58 | |||
| 3 | David John Gomez | 3.81 | 4.58 | United States | 3.81 | 4.10 | 4.78 | DNF | 4.85 | |||