Cubing Contests

FM plan C 2026

Event	Round	Format	Time Limit	Cutoff
2x2x2 Cube	Final	Best of 1	30.00
Face-Turning Octahedron	Final	Average of 5	6:00.00	2 attempts to get < 3:33.33
3x3x3 Team-Blind Solve a 3x3x3 as a team with a solver who is blindfolded, and a caller who is not allowed to touch the cube or the solver's arms below the elbow. There is no inspection time.	Final	Average of 5	26:00 cumulative
Mirror Blocks	Final	Average of 5	5:00.00	2 attempts to get < 2:30.00
Magic	Final	Average of 5	1:00.00
Master Magic	Final	Average of 5	1:00.00
3x3x3 Linear Fewest Moves Solve a 3x3x3 cube with as few moves as possible without backtracking. The first solution is the final result. Smart cubes are used for counting the number of moves.	Final	Mean of 3
3x3x3 Match The Scramble Using a solved 3x3x3 (A) and a scrambled one (B), bring cube A to the same state as cube B without making turns on cube B. There is no inspection time.	Final	Best of 3	10:00 cumulative
Mini Guildford One-Handed Solve all of these puzzles one-handed: 2x2x2, two 3x3x3s, 4x4x4, 5x5x5, Pyraminx, Megaminx, Skewb, Square-1, Clock.	Final	Best of 3	26:00	1 attempt to get < 10:00
3x3x3 Team-Blind With Inspection The old format of Team-Blind that has inspection time	Final	Average of 5	26:00 cumulative
3x3x3 Supersolve Solve a 3x3x3 cube using as much preparation time as needed. The scrambles can be shared ahead of time. Only execution is timed. Only the first timed attempt is accepted.	Final	Best of 1	1:00.00
3x3x3 Bets Write down a time prediction on the scorecard and try to get a solve faster than or equal to the predicted time. If the solve is slower, the result is DNF.	Final	Best of 3	10:00
2x2x2 Fewest Moves The time limit for each attempt is 8 minutes	Final	Average of 5
4x4x4 Fewest Moves The time limit for each attempt is 90 minutes	Final	Mean of 3
2x2x2 Squared Solve a 4x4x4 that has been scrambled like a 2x2x2	Final	Best of 2	1:00.00
Clock Blindfolded	Final	Average of 5	15:00 cumulative
Square-1 One-Handed	Final	Average of 5	7:00.00	2 attempts to get < 4:00.67
Magic One-Handed	Final	Average of 5	1:00.00
Snake	Final	Average of 5	1:00.00
3x3x4 Cuboid	Final	Average of 5	10:00 cumulative	2 attempts to get < 2:00.00

FM plan C 2026

3x3x3 Team-BlindSolve a 3x3x3 as a team with a solver who is blindfolded, and a caller who is not allowed to touch the cube or the solver's arms below the elbow. There is no inspection time.

3x3x3 Linear Fewest MovesSolve a 3x3x3 cube with as few moves as possible without backtracking. The first solution is the final result. Smart cubes are used for counting the number of moves.

3x3x3 Match The ScrambleUsing a solved 3x3x3 (A) and a scrambled one (B), bring cube A to the same state as cube B without making turns on cube B. There is no inspection time.

Mini Guildford One-HandedSolve all of these puzzles one-handed: 2x2x2, two 3x3x3s, 4x4x4, 5x5x5, Pyraminx, Megaminx, Skewb, Square-1, Clock.

3x3x3 Team-Blind With InspectionThe old format of Team-Blind that has inspection time

3x3x3 SupersolveSolve a 3x3x3 cube using as much preparation time as needed. The scrambles can be shared ahead of time. Only execution is timed. Only the first timed attempt is accepted.

3x3x3 BetsWrite down a time prediction on the scorecard and try to get a solve faster than or equal to the predicted time. If the solve is slower, the result is DNF.

2x2x2 Fewest MovesThe time limit for each attempt is 8 minutes

4x4x4 Fewest MovesThe time limit for each attempt is 90 minutes

2x2x2 SquaredSolve a 4x4x4 that has been scrambled like a 2x2x2

3x3x3 Team-Blind
Solve a 3x3x3 as a team with a solver who is blindfolded, and a caller who is not allowed to touch the cube or the solver's arms below the elbow. There is no inspection time.

3x3x3 Linear Fewest Moves
Solve a 3x3x3 cube with as few moves as possible without backtracking. The first solution is the final result. Smart cubes are used for counting the number of moves.

3x3x3 Match The Scramble
Using a solved 3x3x3 (A) and a scrambled one (B), bring cube A to the same state as cube B without making turns on cube B. There is no inspection time.

Mini Guildford One-Handed
Solve all of these puzzles one-handed: 2x2x2, two 3x3x3s, 4x4x4, 5x5x5, Pyraminx, Megaminx, Skewb, Square-1, Clock.

3x3x3 Team-Blind With Inspection
The old format of Team-Blind that has inspection time

3x3x3 Supersolve
Solve a 3x3x3 cube using as much preparation time as needed. The scrambles can be shared ahead of time. Only execution is timed. Only the first timed attempt is accepted.

3x3x3 Bets
Write down a time prediction on the scorecard and try to get a solve faster than or equal to the predicted time. If the solve is slower, the result is DNF.

2x2x2 Fewest Moves
The time limit for each attempt is 8 minutes

4x4x4 Fewest Moves
The time limit for each attempt is 90 minutes

2x2x2 Squared
Solve a 4x4x4 that has been scrambled like a 2x2x2