Branchburg Bizarre Blocks 2026 delivers specialty events and tight podiums
Fifteen cubers packed Branchburg's specialty-heavy meet, where Evan Liu won 6x6x6 and Can Uzun posted a 43.06 NR Megaminx average.
Branchburg Bizarre Blocks 2026 turned a 15-person field into a concentrated stage for specialist events, with Evan Liu taking the 6x6x6 title in a 1:37.90 average and Can Uzun adding a 43.06 NR average in Megaminx. Held June 27 at Hyatt House Branchburg / Bridgewater in Branchburg, New Jersey, the meet was organized by Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing and delegated by Evan Liu, Shaun Mack, and Zach Ridall.
The World Cube Association capped registration at 50, set the base fee at $30, and closed entries on Saturday, June 20 at 8:59 PM PDT. Spectators were restricted to companions of competitors, and each competitor could bring only one guest, keeping the room tighter than a typical open local and reinforcing the meet’s small, controlled feel.
That setup fit the schedule. Branchburg Bizarre Blocks included a tutorial for new competitors, then leaned hard into unofficial events with rounds and finals for Face Turning Octahedron, 3x3x3 Team-Blind, Mirror Blocks, Mini Guildford, and a Lunch / Can on Pen block. The WCA listed the competition as a special unofficial-events format rather than a standard broad-slate meet, which made the event feel built for solvers who care as much about oddball formats and side events as they do about the usual headline lanes.
The podiums backed that up. Liu topped 6x6x6 Cube ahead of Shaun Mack, who finished second in 1:38.91, while Can Uzun placed third in 1:46.79. Zach Ridall also won Square-1 with a 9.20 average, giving the Branchburg meet another strong specialist result to go with the big-cube finish. For a field this small, the performances did not look diluted; they looked concentrated.
Branchburg also sat inside a larger Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing weekend. Mid-Atlantic Quiet Championship 2026 was scheduled for the same Hyatt House Branchburg / Bridgewater venue on June 27-28, and Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026 was already lined up for August 14-16 in Dover, Delaware, with a 400-competitor limit and an $80 base fee. The timing mattered, too: on June 24, the WCA announced that Face Turning Octahedron would become an official event starting January 2, 2027, while Clock would eventually be removed after the 2027 World Championship.
That is what made Branchburg Bizarre Blocks worth watching. It was small, selective, and unapologetically niche, but it still produced meaningful podiums and real big-cube value, exactly the kind of meet that gives specialist solvers a room where their events are the point.
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