Competitions · United States

Moore Cubes in Loudoun 2026

Sterling, Virginia · 19 September 2026 · 6 events · 127 competitors · 145 personal bests

Sam Popp won the 3×3 with a 7.00 and the closest final was the Clock, won by Wesley Chase by 0.13 seconds. 127 competitors produced 145 personal bests, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Aditya Shah took a 2×2 single of 20.84 down to 3.82, 82 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.13s

closest final — Clock, Wesley Chase over Fiona Bao

145

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Sam Popp	6.29	7.00
2×2	Zayn Khanani	1.04	1.29
5×5	Fiona Bao	48.11	53.87
Clock	Wesley Chase	2.52	3.22
Pyraminx	Daniel Goodman	2.51	3.15
Square-1	Hassan Khanani	3.94	6.10

The PB harvest

145 set · 145 still standing

Wesley Chase — Clock single 2.52: into the top 0.27% of the event's history.
Declan Gladwin — 2×2 single 1.30: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Eesa Darab — Pyraminx single 2.28: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Sam Popp — 2×2 single 1.56: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Tucker Williams — 2×2 single 1.63: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Tucker Williams — Clock single 4.62: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Sriram Bhamidipati — 2×2 single 1.79: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Tucker Williams — Pyraminx single 2.99: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

14 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 20,074 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

127 competitors · 787 results · 6 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Sam Popp won it with a 7.00 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

1B2 D' L2 D2 B2 D F L2 B2 U' B D' R D L U' F' D'
2B R U2 F2 R2 F2 L D2 R' U2 B' D U2 F' R2 F' U2 L' F2
3R' F' L U' F' B2 L2 F' L' B' R2 U' B2 L2 U2 B2 U R2 L
4B' R2 U L F' L' F B' R U2 D2 L' F2 R2 L U' L B
5R2 U2 L' R2 B2 R2 U L2 D' B2 F U L2 B2 D' U' B R' U'

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

127 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.