Competitions · United Kingdom

Edinburgh Winter 2026

Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh · 24 January 2026 · 9 events · 124 competitors · 196 personal bests

Ryan Eckersley won three of the nine events (Square-1, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Liam Stuart Ferreira by 0.01 seconds. 124 competitors produced 196 personal bests, 120 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Max Kwok U Sam (郭愉琛) set the 5×5 average national record: 49.29.

Three wins

Ryan Eckersley — Square-1, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded

0.01s

closest final — Pyraminx, Liam Stuart Ferreira over Adam Black

196

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Johnny Morello Kerlaff	5.64	6.29
2×2	Johnny Morello Kerlaff	1.26	1.57
4×4	Max Kwok U Sam (郭愉琛)	27.84	31.10
5×5	Max Kwok U Sam (郭愉琛)	45.05	51.13
Clock	Thomas Allinson	3.32	3.95
Pyraminx	Liam Stuart Ferreira	1.58	3.64
Square-1	Ryan Eckersley	6.57	8.87
4×4 blindfolded	Ryan Eckersley	1:37.89	—
5×5 blindfolded	Ryan Eckersley	3:17.27	—

The PB harvest

196 set · 120 still standing

Sam Jones — 2×2 single 0.89: into the top 0.36% of the event's history.
Liam Stuart Ferreira — Pyraminx single 1.58: into the top 0.52% of the event's history.
Ryan McIlree — 2×2 single 1.09: into the top 0.75% of the event's history.
Marcus Siu — 2×2 single 1.25: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Seth Malachy Wilson Paterson — 2×2 single 1.40: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Tom Salmon — 2×2 single 1.40: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Rylan Cheng-Brown — Clock single 3.71: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Lachlan Jacob Noden — 2×2 single 1.49: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

124 competitors · 1023 results · 9 events.

Everyone who competed

124 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.