Competitions · United States

Temecula Valley Back To School 2026

Murrieta, California · 22 August 2026 · 5 events · 150 competitors · 129 personal bests

Max Park won two of the five events (3×3, 7×7) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Brendyn Dunagan by 0.01 seconds. 150 competitors produced 129 personal bests, and 27 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Remy Trieu took a Skewb single of 8.87 down to 2.67, 70 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Max Park — 3×3, 7×7

0.01s

closest final — Clock, Brendyn Dunagan over Dylan DeRubertis

129

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	4.86	5.49
7×7	Max Park	1:38.90	1:41.84
Clock	Brendyn Dunagan	3.09	4.22
Megaminx	Brendyn Dunagan	36.95	38.13
Skewb	Dean Jacob Adamo Susskind	1.23	2.08

The PB harvest

129 set · 129 still standing

Remy Trieu — 3×3 single 5.37: into the top 0.21% of the event's history.
Derrick Hung — 3×3 single 6.54: into the top 0.89% of the event's history.
Remy Trieu — Clock single 3.40: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Daiven Strom — 3×3 single 7.28: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Phillip Espinoza — 3×3 single 7.41: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Remy Trieu — Skewb single 2.67: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Edwin Villa — Skewb single 2.90: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Justin Rhee — Skewb single 3.10: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

27 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

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

The field

150 competitors · 692 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. Max Park won it with a 5.49 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

150 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.