Competitions · United Kingdom

Manchester Favourites II 2026

Manchester, Greater Manchester · 17 January 2026 · 7 events · 97 competitors · 83 personal bests

Caleb Wolf Dunn won two of the seven events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Luke Burns by 0.05 seconds. 97 competitors produced 83 personal bests, 55 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Adejuwon Adebusuyi Oluwemimo set the Skewb average national record: 3.64.

Two wins

Caleb Wolf Dunn — 3×3, 4×4

0.05s

closest final — 2×2, Luke Burns over Caleb Wolf Dunn

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Caleb Wolf Dunn	5.49	6.95
2×2	Luke Burns	1.21	1.46
4×4	Caleb Wolf Dunn	24.59	29.23
3×3 one-handed	Joseph Briggs	10.48	13.40
Megaminx	Fred Lang	40.13	44.34
Pyraminx	Edward Burgess	2.02	2.39
Skewb	Adejuwon Adebusuyi Oluwemimo	3.09	3.64

The PB harvest

83 set · 55 still standing

Caleb Wolf Dunn — 2×2 single 0.80: into the top 0.23% of the event's history.
Hugo Feng Yang — 2×2 single 0.83: into the top 0.27% of the event's history.
Sandeep Sambhi — 3×3 single 6.62: into the top 0.96% of the event's history.
Tommy Lynn — 2×2 single 1.24: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Franklyn Bensley — 3×3 one-handed single 10.35: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Tim van Loo — Pyraminx single 2.09: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Joey Gouly — 3×3 single 7.31: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Charlie Harrison — 3×3 one-handed single 12.34: into the top 3.5% 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

97 competitors · 459 results · 7 events.

Everyone who competed

97 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.