West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026
- Date
- May 23 - 25, 2026
- City
- Riverside, California, United States
- Venue
- Address
- 3637 5th St, Riverside, CA 92501
- Details
Ben H. Lewis Hall - Exhibit Hall A and B
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Abhimanyu Singhal (अभिमन्यु सिंघल), Alex Lehman, David Karalli (داود قراعلي), Dylan Govic, Hamza Hafeez, Jacob Marinas, Mia Sponseller, Muhtasim Al-Farabi, Robert Alan Marks, Ruby Lu (卢红), Shane Grogan, Sherry Tao (陶心仪), and West Coast Cubing LLC Treasurer
- WCA Delegates
- Abhimanyu Singhal (अभिमन्यु सिंघल), Alex Lehman, Andy French, Brendan McConkey, Calvin Nielson, Chris Martin, David Karalli (داود قراعلي), Dylan Govic, Franklin Pham, Hamza Hafeez, Jacob Vincent Vicente Mangosing, Jason Ostdiek, Kaoushik Murugan, Matthew Dickman, Michael Larsen, Michael Young, Mitchell Lane, Robert Alan Marks, Ruby Lu (卢红), Ryan H. Lee, Samuel Martin, Shane Grogan, and Sherry Tao (陶心仪)
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- Information
West Coast Cubing welcomes you to Riverside for Western Championship 2026!
Please visit the Key Information tab for an overview of everything Western Champs 2026!
The highest-placing competitor from the Western Region in each event at this competition will be recognized as the Western Champion! Check out the Eligibility tab for more 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 New Competitor section on the FAQ 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 West Coast Cubing and supported by our sponsors.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 335
- 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 370 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $85 (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 Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM PST. You cannot register prior to then. You cannot register after Friday, April 24, 2026 at 11:59 PM PDT. 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.
Competitors MUST pay their registration fee before being eligible for a spot in the competition.
Waitlist
Once the competitor limit has been reached, new registrations will be added to a waitlist and sorted in the order of payment.
Waitlisted competitors will be fully refunded if new spots are not available by Friday, April 24, 2026 at 11:59 PM PDT.
You can see your position on the waitlist on the Register tab.Registration Changes
If you would like to cancel your registration and receive a 75% registration refund, email the organization team before Friday, April 24, 2026 at 11:59 PM PDT.
If you would like to edit your registered events or listed guests, you may do so on the Register page before Friday, April 24, 2026 at 11:59 PM PDT.By registering, competitors agree to the information in the Key Information tab under Policies and Procedures.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Dylan Miller won the Head-to-Head finals of the 3x3x3 Cube event. Max Park finished second and Zerui Cheng finished third.
World records: Max Park 7x7x7 Cube 1:32.07 (single).