Competitions · Indonesia

Balam Cubes Jakarta New Year 2026

Jakarta · 10 January 2026 · 10 events · 130 competitors · 144 personal bests

Leon Marcell Alamanda won three of the ten events (2×2, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Leon Marcell Alamanda by 0.03 seconds. 130 competitors produced 144 personal bests, 73 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Abraham Joachim Hadiwijaya set the Clock average national record: 4.13.

Three wins

Leon Marcell Alamanda — 2×2, 4×4, 5×5

0.03s

closest final — 2×2, Leon Marcell Alamanda over Kingston Dylan Karianto

144

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	William Arthur Wiranda	6.10	6.85
2×2	Leon Marcell Alamanda	1.92	2.25
4×4	Leon Marcell Alamanda	24.46	28.80
5×5	Leon Marcell Alamanda	45.83	48.51
3×3 blindfolded	Phillip Maxwell	16.67	19.45
3×3 one-handed	Muhammad Faeyza Koda	8.86	10.27
Clock	Abraham Joachim Hadiwijaya	3.89	4.13
Pyraminx	Davelno Danish Raziq	1.52	2.57
Skewb	Muhammad Fahri Rahman	3.57	4.12
Square-1	Hezekiah Jaden Susanto (叶奇安)	8.36	10.35

The PB harvest

144 set · 73 still standing

Nathan Aristotle Fan — 3×3 single 5.99: into the top 0.48% of the event's history.
Steve Jourdane Saputra — 3×3 single 5.99: into the top 0.48% of the event's history.
Sri Ganesh Krishna — Skewb single 1.85: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Abraham Joachim Hadiwijaya — Pyraminx single 2.99: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Dastan Lim — 3×3 single 8.84: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Kingston Dylan Karianto — 3×3 one-handed single 13.41: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Galih Arya Santosa — 3×3 single 9.49: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Syota Satria Yabuki — 3×3 single 9.81: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

130 competitors · 777 results · 10 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. William Arthur Wiranda won it with a 6.85 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

130 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.