Competitions · United Kingdom

Kewbz UK Championship 2026

Birmingham, West Midlands · 28 August 2026 · 13 events · 483 competitors · 556 personal bests

Ciarán Beahan won four of the 13 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by James Alonso by 0.00 seconds. 483 competitors produced 556 personal bests, and 57 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Ali Antar set the Megaminx single continental record: 29.96.

Four wins

Ciarán Beahan — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.00s

closest final — 2×2, James Alonso over Harry Allen

556

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Nicholas Archer	5.95	6.34
2×2	James Alonso	0.98	1.62
4×4	Ciarán Beahan	20.30	22.10
5×5	Ciarán Beahan	39.64	41.33
6×6	Ciarán Beahan	1:10.86	1:13.11
7×7	Ciarán Beahan	1:45.00	1:48.99
3×3 blindfolded	Liam Pintat	16.58	—
3×3 one-handed	Nicholas Archer	7.30	8.64
Clock	Luke Burns	2.81	3.16
Megaminx	Aidan Grainger	24.39	27.47
Pyraminx	Daniel Partridge	1.55	1.74
Skewb	Alex Rosado Saez de Langarica	1.56	1.92
Square-1	Isaac Corker	5.51	6.32

The PB harvest

556 set · 556 still standing

Ariel Benchetrit — Skewb single 1.05: into the top 0.064% of the event's history.
Bo Forsell — Pyraminx single 1.09: into the top 0.072% of the event's history.
Sandeep Sambhi — 2×2 single 0.87: into the top 0.33% of the event's history.
Adam Stringer — Pyraminx single 1.48: into the top 0.39% of the event's history.
Joseph Archibald — Pyraminx single 1.63: into the top 0.59% of the event's history.
Noah Calderon-Kamata — Pyraminx single 1.64: into the top 0.6% of the event's history.
Zak Messenger — 2×2 single 1.04: into the top 0.64% of the event's history.
Seamus Murphy — Pyraminx single 1.93: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

57 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

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

483 competitors · 3852 results · 13 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. Nicholas Archer won it with a 6.34 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

483 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.