Competitions · United States

Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026

Berkeley, California · 29 August 2026 · 6 events · 275 competitors · 171 personal bests

Max Siauw won two of the six events (3×3, 5×5) and the closest final was the 5×5, won by Max Siauw by 0.15 seconds. 275 competitors produced 171 personal bests, and 46 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Davis Sherman took a 3×3 single of 50.80 down to 16.19, 68 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Max Siauw — 3×3, 5×5

0.15s

closest final — 5×5, Max Siauw over Jerry Yao

171

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Siauw	6.20	6.69
5×5	Max Siauw	44.21	45.81
6×6	Kate Grahame	1:26.36	1:29.14
3×3 blindfolded	Jeff Park	14.15	—
3×3 one-handed	Micah Yeo	9.71	10.18
Skewb	Dean Jacob Adamo Susskind	1.18	1.56

The PB harvest

171 set · 171 still standing

Calix Tang — 3×3 one-handed single 7.60: into the top 0.14% of the event's history.
Ethan Jan — 3×3 one-handed single 8.17: into the top 0.24% of the event's history.
Kate Grahame — 3×3 single 5.92: into the top 0.44% of the event's history.
Amahl Weinstein Agrawal — 3×3 single 6.33: into the top 0.7% of the event's history.
Cameron Miller (梅克龍) — 3×3 one-handed single 9.58: into the top 0.79% of the event's history.
Joseph Ong — 3×3 single 6.52: into the top 0.87% of the event's history.
RC Hamner — 3×3 single 7.25: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Aarav Shankar — 3×3 single 7.69: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

46 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

275 competitors · 908 results · 6 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. Max Siauw won it with a 6.69 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

275 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.