Competitions · United States

Soda City Cubing SC 2026

Lexington, South Carolina · 26 September 2026 · 5 events · 66 competitors · 70 personal bests

Nicolás Sánchez won the 3×3 with a 6.64 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Nicolás Sánchez by 0.11 seconds. 66 competitors produced 70 personal bests, 69 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Abdel Issa (عبدالرحمن عيسى) set the 3×3 one-handed single national record: 9.60.

events decided

0.11s

closest final — 3×3, Nicolás Sánchez over Elijah Slater

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Nicolás Sánchez	6.13	6.64
2×2	Micah Heckerling	0.97	1.33
4×4	Katie Hull	26.84	28.83
3×3 one-handed	Andreas Lambropoulos	7.27	11.80
Skewb	Jakub Zytka	1.55	2.72

The PB harvest

70 set · 69 still standing

Andreas Lambropoulos — 3×3 one-handed single 7.27: into the top 0.092% of the event's history.
Elijah Slater — 3×3 single 5.33: into the top 0.2% of the event's history.
Abdel Issa (عبدالرحمن عيسى) — 3×3 one-handed single 9.60: into the top 0.82% of the event's history.
Allie Henderson — 3×3 single 6.91: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Elijah Slater — 3×3 one-handed single 10.92: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Jakub Zytka — 2×2 single 1.46: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Rhys Courtine — 3×3 single 8.23: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Rhys Courtine — 2×2 single 1.78: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 22,685 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

66 competitors · 449 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. Nicolás Sánchez won it with a 6.64 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

66 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.