Competitions · United States

NxN Nonsense NC 2026

Greensboro, North Carolina · 22 February 2026 · 5 events · 133 competitors · 139 personal bests

Vishwa Sankar won four of the five events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Andreas Lambropoulos by 0.03 seconds. 133 competitors produced 139 personal bests, 80 of which still stand today, and 31 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Abdel Issa (عبدالرحمن عيسى) set the 6×6 single national record: 1:44.30.

Four wins

Vishwa Sankar — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.03s

closest final — 3×3, Andreas Lambropoulos over Kerry Creech

139

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Andreas Lambropoulos	6.63	7.60
4×4	Vishwa Sankar	24.22	25.81
5×5	Vishwa Sankar	42.92	44.82
6×6	Vishwa Sankar	1:15.78	1:25.96
7×7	Vishwa Sankar	2:06.04	2:17.76

The PB harvest

139 set · 80 still standing

Vishwa Sankar — 6×6 single 1:07.72: into the top 0.08% of the event's history.
Breylan Ouellette — 3×3 single 6.60: into the top 0.94% of the event's history.
Bhuvanesh Ganta — 5×5 single 46.77: into the top 1% of the event's history.
Ibrahim Khanani — 4×4 single 28.35: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Breylan Ouellette — 4×4 single 29.68: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Ibrahim Khanani — 5×5 single 53.26: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Titus Henry — 5×5 single 53.96: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Parker Powell — 4×4 single 33.50: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

31 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

133 competitors · 520 results · 5 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. Andreas Lambropoulos won it with a 7.60 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

133 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.