Aedan BryantRubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · · 3 solution(s)
First win at a major and first major podium since clock 2nd place at US nats 2019 7 years ago!
Solve 1 could have definitly been better, I'm especially proud of solve 2 as that is a particularly hard solution to find and I don't think I could have done better, and I'm glad I didn't miss the 18 on 3.
Chris ChiRubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · · 3 solution(s)
Very funny mean, I thought I had no chance of podium after starting with 24 25, and even more so after the 18 spawned in on attempt 3. I'm kind of annoyed that I threw an 18 with the other two terrible attempts, but I'm very happy to complete the set of national/continental/world podiums in FMC :P
Joseph GuzmanNon-participantRubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · · 3 solution(s)
at-home attempts shortly after each scramble was posted. 'if I was there would this be what I got'? eh, 23 and 18 on A2 & A3 seemed quite simple but 21 A1 not so much. out from a flight and under a lot of nerves so early? i might've missed the pure 6c6e case, but the finish is easy. either way i don't really mind.
this was certainly a more skill-based scramble set than FMC Worlds and moreso what i'd like to see at a majors. have the title feel a little more 'earned'
Zach BaruchFMC World 2026 · · 3 solution(s)
Final#6025.0024(26 24 25)
26, 24, 25 = 25.00 PR2 mean! Nice consistent mean just before NAC. My only goal for this comp was to not DNF and I safely submitted with 15-20 mins left each time. For NAC I plan to do the same strategy but spend the whole hour checking every 4 move EO in case there's a 19 or two...
Wong Chong Wen (黄崇文)FMC World 2026 · · 3 solution(s)
Drinking past midnight the day before, woke up at 4am unable to go back to sleep, still won lmao
This comp was really fun! I probably got a rather large buff from having experience dealing with this immense pressure after an insanely good start, which helped me pull through in the end despite a few misses on the last attempt. I still have a few more bad solves to roll out in my big official averages, but I don’t have any rounds upcoming oops.
Congrats to Enrico and Baiqiang for shared 1st place and everyone else who got PRs/records!!!
Qijun Miao (缪其隽)FMC World 2026 · · 3 solution(s)
I’ve always believed that for FMC solvers whose proficiency isn’t strong enough to cover most findable solutions (like me), a good result basically just equals a neat fit between the right solutions and your search coverage.
So the part of Enrico’s view that I really resonate with is: you just need to be prepared, but for **my coverage part** (and of course, slowly expand that coverage over time xd), then wait for the right scrams.
For me, this might mean trying not to miss any 4-move EOs, or making sure to at least glance at every rzp1 for 4 movers, or, if you need a safety solution, spending all your remaining time on a single DR to get its optimal.
These three points actually happen to be concise reflections of my three attempts. And because of that, I can comfortably draw one conclusion: today was exactly that neat fit for me.