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Adelaide Summer 2026

Adelaide, South Australia · 10 January 2026 · 11 events · 100 competitors · 149 personal bests

Seth Ferry won three of the eleven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Alex Butera by 0.20 seconds. 100 competitors produced 149 personal bests, 112 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ku Ching Yin (顧清弦) took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 3:00.76 down to 26.61, 85 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Seth Ferry — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5
0.20s
closest final — Clock, Alex Butera over Miles Fetherston
149
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Seth Ferry5.997.84
2×2Gerard McGinley1.862.15
4×4Seth Ferry28.1830.48
5×5Seth Ferry51.9357.04
6×6Jaxon Foster1:47.131:48.56
7×7Jaxon Foster3:00.803:09.57
3×3 blindfoldedFelix Williams30.66—
3×3 one-handedTess Karon10.3912.52
ClockAlex Butera2.654.31
PyraminxCody Driver2.583.89
SkewbAlex Butera2.634.06

The PB harvest

149 set · 112 still standing
  • Gerard McGinley — 3×3 single 5.30: into the top 0.19% of the event's history.
  • Adrian Oon — 3×3 single 5.66: into the top 0.31% of the event's history.
  • Tess Karon — 3×3 single 5.99: into the top 0.48% of the event's history.
  • Miles Fetherston — 3×3 single 6.08: into the top 0.53% of the event's history.
  • Miles Fetherston — Clock single 3.19: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
  • Regan Roberts — 3×3 single 6.93: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
  • Tess Karon — 3×3 one-handed single 10.39: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
  • Jonah Blakeley — 3×3 single 7.37: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 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

100 competitors · 692 results · 11 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. Seth Ferry won it with a 7.84 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

100 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.