WCC Western Championship 2022
- Date
- Oct 7 - 9, 2022
- City
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Venue
Friday: Bruin Reception Room; Saturday, Sunday: Ackerman Grand Ballroom
- Address
- 308 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095
- Details
- Contact
- Organizers
- Anto Kam (甘浩東), Michael Chai (柴天方), and Nathan Nakaguchi
- WCA Delegates
- Anto Kam (甘浩東), Calvin Nielson, Chris Martin, Michael Chai (柴天方), Michael Young, Mitchell Lane, and Nitin Subramanian
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
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This competition is in partnership with West Coast Cubing LLC
The WCC Western Championship 2022 will be held in Los Angeles, California, on October 7-9, 2022. Featuring 17 different events, Speedcubers from the CubingUSA-recognized West region of Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, and Utah will be eligibile for the title of Western Champion!
Bruin Reception Room shares the same address as Ackerman Ballroom, and we will provide signs and undisclosed details for competitors prior and day-of competition.
- Registration for current UCLA students and faculty is free. If you are UCLA affiliated, register and send the organization team a picture of your current student ID. We will then manually approve your registration.
Our schedule is subject to change based on the number of registrants for each event; please pay close attention throughout the open registration period to see if our schedule has been adjusted.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 323
- 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 350 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $40 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 50% 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 by contacting the organization team.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Registration is closed and the waitlist is full.
Adding/Dropping Events
Competitors can edit their registration until the deadline for updating events closes.
Alternatively, competitors may request by email to be added to more events BEFORE registration closes.
Competitors may not add events after registration closes.
Competitors may also request by email to remove events from their registration. It is also acceptable to not show up for any event you do not wish to compete in, although it is not encouraged.Waitlist: PLEASE CHECK THE COMPETITOR TAB ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE TO SEE HOW MANY COMPETITORS HAVE BEEN APPROVED
If Registration fills up, we will place competitors on a waitlist. In order to get on the waitlist, you must register and pay. You are not on the waitlist until you pay the registration fee. If you do not make it off of the waitlist, you will be fully refunded. If a competitor drops out, the first person on the waitlist will replace them. People can be replaced up until the registration close date indicated above.
In a catastrophic event where the event will be compromised and cancelled, a full refund shall be offered to all competitors, in contrast to the typical 50% registration refunds.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Max Park won with an average of 5.99 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Zayn Khanani finished second (7.25) and Varun Mohanraj finished third (7.33).
World records: Max Park 6x6x6 Cube 1:08.56 (average).
3x3x3 Cube
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Max Park | 4.95 | 5.99 | United States | 4.95 | 6.66 | 5.28 | 7.57 | 6.04 | |||
2 | Zayn Khanani | 6.23 | 7.25 | United States | 7.13 | 6.23 | 7.47 | 9.04 | 7.15 | |||
3 | Varun Mohanraj | 4.44 | 7.33 | United States | 8.47 | 6.79 | 4.44 | 8.92 | 6.72 |
2x2x2 Cube
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Zayn Khanani | 0.95 | 1.22 | United States | 1.14 | 0.95 | 1.35 | 1.17 | 3.31 | |||
2 | Kyeongmin Choi | 1.15 | 1.99 | Republic of Korea | 1.15 | 1.94 | 2.08 | 1.94 | 3.57 | |||
3 | Brendyn Dunagan | 1.24 | 2.06 | United States | 1.24 | DNF | 1.76 | 2.35 | 2.06 |
4x4x4 Cube
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Max Park | 19.10 | 20.85 | United States | 20.98 | 20.25 | 21.31 | 23.32 | 19.10 | |||
2 | Paul Mahvi | 25.60 | 28.83 | United States | 29.38 | 28.62 | 28.49 | 25.60 | 31.21 | |||
3 | Asher Kim-Magierek | 23.57 | 30.56 | United States | 30.78 | 27.89 | 40.33 | 33.00 | 23.57 |
5x5x5 Cube
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Max Park | 37.35 | 40.12 | United States | 37.35 | 41.12 | 45.57 | 40.32 | 38.91 | |||
2 | Varun Mohanraj | 44.10 | 51.54 | United States | 48.34 | 44.10 | 51.36 | 58.11 | 54.93 | |||
3 | Benjamin Wei | 51.18 | 54.83 | United States | 56.29 | 51.18 | 55.37 | 52.82 | 57.33 |
6x6x6 Cube
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Max Park | 1:03.71 | 1:08.56 | WR | United States | 1:11.79 | 1:03.71 | 1:10.18 | ||||
2 | Benjamin Wei | 1:33.62 | 1:37.69 | United States | 1:33.62 | 1:38.44 | 1:41.00 | |||||
3 | Paul Mahvi | 1:40.34 | 1:42.88 | United States | 1:40.34 | 1:45.79 | 1:42.50 |
7x7x7 Cube
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Max Park | 1:54.52 | 1:55.82 | United States | 1:54.52 | 1:56.05 | 1:56.88 | |||||
2 | Benjamin Wei | 2:06.91 | 2:14.73 | United States | 2:17.74 | 2:06.91 | 2:19.54 | |||||
3 | Paul Mahvi | 2:15.55 | 2:20.36 | United States | 2:22.60 | 2:15.55 | 2:22.92 |
3x3x3 Blindfolded
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Graham Siggins | 17.46 | DNF | United States | 17.46 | 24.05 | DNF | |||||
2 | Josh Weimer | 21.44 | 23.32 | United States | 22.47 | 21.44 | 26.04 | |||||
3 | Kevin Matthews | 31.38 | DNF | Canada | 31.38 | 41.39 | DNF |
3x3x3 Fewest Moves
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Kyeongmin Choi | 21 | NR | 24.00 | Republic of Korea | 26 | 21 | 25 | ||||
2 | Andrew Nathenson | 22 | 24.00 | United States | 24 | 22 | 26 | |||||
3 | Ray Bai | 27 | 28.67 | United States | 28 | 27 | 31 |
3x3x3 One-Handed
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Max Park | 9.15 | 10.85 | United States | 10.24 | 11.92 | 9.15 | 11.16 | 11.15 | |||
2 | Zhouheng Sun (孙舟横) | 9.91 | 11.21 | China | 11.07 | 9.91 | 11.47 | 11.67 | 11.08 | |||
3 | Brendyn Dunagan | 8.55 | 12.32 | United States | 10.00 | 12.64 | 8.55 | 17.86 | 14.31 |
Clock
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Lucas Nieuwland | 4.28 | 4.70 | NR | Canada | 5.55 | 4.57 | 4.28 | 5.21 | 4.33 | ||
2 | Brendyn Dunagan | 3.67 | 4.74 | United States | 5.32 | 5.97 | 4.52 | 4.39 | 3.67 | |||
3 | Ryan Fong | 4.74 | 5.90 | United States | 5.43 | 7.15 | 10.38 | 5.12 | 4.74 |
Megaminx
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Kyeongmin Choi | 33.82 | 36.03 | Republic of Korea | 33.82 | 36.06 | 37.44 | 37.60 | 34.58 | |||
2 | Ray Bai | 34.36 | 42.46 | United States | 39.92 | 34.36 | 45.84 | 44.53 | 42.92 | |||
3 | Michael Muething | 41.67 | 44.61 | United States | 47.39 | 41.67 | 45.80 | 43.96 | 44.06 |
Pyraminx
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Owen Yepeng Sun (孙叶芃) | 1.97 | 2.56 | China | 2.56 | 2.61 | 4.31 | 1.97 | 2.51 | |||
2 | Elijah Brown | 2.39 | 2.83 | United States | 2.39 | 3.71 | 2.50 | 3.11 | 2.89 | |||
3 | Aaron Paskow | 2.42 | 3.24 | United States | 3.80 | 6.24 | 2.97 | 2.95 | 2.42 |
Skewb
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Brendyn Dunagan | 3.08 | 3.20 | United States | 4.94 | 3.25 | 3.19 | 3.16 | 3.08 | |||
2 | Zayn Khanani | 1.33 | 3.55 | United States | 3.76 | 3.46 | 1.33 | 3.43 | 4.06 | |||
3 | Zeke Miller | 3.54 | 4.51 | United States | 8.16 | 4.71 | 3.99 | 4.83 | 3.54 |
Square-1
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Brendyn Dunagan | 6.42 | 6.84 | United States | 6.81 | 7.96 | 6.42 | 6.47 | 7.24 | |||
2 | Calvin Nielson | 6.92 | 8.33 | United States | 9.10 | 8.62 | 8.10 | 8.27 | 6.92 | |||
3 | Hassan Khanani | 7.01 | 8.34 | United States | 8.15 | 11.32 | 7.83 | 7.01 | 9.05 |
4x4x4 Blindfolded
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Graham Siggins | 1:48.90 | DNF | United States | 2:08.05 | 1:48.90 | DNF | |||||
2 | Josh Weimer | 2:25.44 | DNF | United States | DNF | DNF | 2:25.44 | |||||
3 | Anthony Lauro | 3:56.78 | DNF | United States | 3:56.78 | 4:11.52 | DNF |
5x5x5 Blindfolded
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Graham Siggins | 3:18.00 | DNF | United States | DNF | 3:18.00 | DNF | |||||
2 | Josh Weimer | 6:19.60 | DNF | United States | 6:19.60 | DNF | DNF | |||||
3 | Anthony Lauro | 9:49.02 | DNF | United States | 12:13.00 | 9:49.02 | DNF |
3x3x3 Multi-Blind
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Graham Siggins | 50/62 1:00:00 | United States | 50/62 1:00:00 | ||||||||
2 | Kevin Matthews | 27/31 59:12 | Canada | 27/31 59:12 | ||||||||
3 | Hassan Khanani | 12/14 54:18 | United States | 12/14 54:18 |