Empire State Newcomers 2026

Upcoming

November 21, 2026[Albany Capital Center](https://www.albanycapitalcenter.com/) · Albany, New York, US0 people5 events

16 first-timers + 57 returners = 73 people

Name
Aadil Arif	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Adam Vetser	✓	✓	✓		✓
Adrit BhattacharyaFirst-timer	✓	✓
Aidan Anderson	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Ali M. Bawla	✓
Anurag Anapindi	✓	✓	✓
Anyela Miranda RodriguezFirst-timer	✓
Arush Sarkar	✓	✓			✓
Asher MarkhamFirst-timer	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Atreyu WalraedFirst-timer	✓	✓
Ayden Dincher	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Bailey Murdoch	✓	✓	✓		✓
Bobby FooteFirst-timer	✓		✓
Brandon JohnsonFirst-timer	✓
Chris Chi	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Clem Tucker	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Connor Marley	✓	✓		✓	✓
Connor PearsonFirst-timer	✓	✓			✓
Connor Yau	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Daniel Goldstein	✓	✓	✓		✓
Daniel Rowoon Lee	✓	✓			✓
Darby Immer	✓	✓	✓
Daxton Smith	✓	✓			✓
Deven Ramchandran	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Dorien Phillips	✓	✓	✓		✓
Dylan Gesmundo	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Ed Merriman	✓	✓	✓		✓
Eli Rogers	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Elliott Perkins	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Ethan Zhuang	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Evan Waters	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Gregory Kaczynski	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Griffin O'Malley Coleman	✓	✓			✓
Henry Wang	✓				✓
Horatio Ben Yi LiaoFirst-timer	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Isaac BaeFirst-timer	✓
Isaac SpektorFirst-timer	✓	✓
Jalen Shareef	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Jeremy Daniel Bierker	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Jonathan Massett	✓	✓	✓
Kavin Prince	✓	✓	✓
Kelley Armstrong	✓	✓			✓
Kerry Go	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Leo LeeFirst-timer	✓
Louis Truong	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Milan Vincent Andric	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Mohammed McIver-BoydFirst-timer	✓
Natalie Vander Wilt	✓				✓
Nathaniel Yabut	✓	✓
Nicholas Trofimov	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Nova Krueger	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Oliver AlmeidaFirst-timer	✓	✓
Oskar Pfitsch Kawinski	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Parker Amador	✓	✓			✓
Rock Weiss	✓	✓	✓		✓
Roman PereraFirst-timer	✓	✓	✓		✓
Ronin Post	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Roy Lee	✓		✓	✓
Ryan Lewis	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Ryan SmithFirst-timer	✓
Sebastian IturraldeFirst-timer	✓
Shaher Naser	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Shyam Nair	✓	✓
Siddharth Anapindi	✓	✓
Steven Wintringham	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Sujan Feist	✓	✓	✓		✓
Timothy Kling	✓	✓	✓		✓
Viggo Dennerline McClellan	✓	✓			✓
Wang Ma (马旺)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Yili Yi	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Young Jin Cho	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Yuki Nagai	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Zaid Shircliff	✓	✓			✓
73 people	73	61	46	33	52

Source: the competition's WCA registration list and official WCA results.