Competitions · United States

New Braunfels Tube & Twist 2026

New Braunfels, Texas · 2 August 2026 · 5 events · 91 competitors · 70 personal bests

Sid Shivnath won two of the five events (2×2, Skewb) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Sid Shivnath by 0.15 seconds. 91 competitors produced 70 personal bests, 67 of which still stand today, and 27 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Christopher Longsworth set the 5×5 single national record: 1:39.27.

Two wins

Sid Shivnath — 2×2, Skewb

0.15s

closest final — 2×2, Sid Shivnath over Eduardo Sandoval Maldonado

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	AJ Le	6.35	7.71
2×2	Sid Shivnath	1.79	2.08
5×5	Jose Ortiz Jr.	55.97	58.06
Skewb	Sid Shivnath	1.78	2.56
Square-1	Tucker Chamberlain	5.78	6.87

The PB harvest

70 set · 67 still standing

Kyumin Shim (심규민) — 3×3 single 7.10: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Brandon McClelland — 3×3 single 7.64: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Eduardo Sandoval Maldonado — 3×3 single 8.14: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Matthew Elizalde — 3×3 single 8.17: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Kyumin Shim (심규민) — 2×2 single 1.72: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Samuel Walker — 3×3 single 8.83: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Jacob Samuel Donaire — 3×3 single 8.89: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Owen Zarovy — 3×3 single 9.12: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

27 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

91 competitors · 479 results · 5 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. AJ Le won it with a 7.71 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

91 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.