Competitions · United States

SacCubing XXIII 2026

Sacramento, California · 17 May 2026 · 5 events · 92 competitors · 58 personal bests

Sebastian Stone won the 3×3 with a 7.20 and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Calvin Nielson by 0.01 seconds. 92 competitors produced 58 personal bests, 45 of which still stand today, and 31 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Alejandro Buendia took a Skewb single of 10.70 down to 5.42, 49 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.01s

closest final — Square-1, Calvin Nielson over Matt Mao

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Sebastian Stone	6.47	7.20
4×4	Dan Pastushkov	25.71	29.40
Pyraminx	Hrishikesh Kakati	1.70	2.11
Skewb	Vedanth Bharadwaj	3.05	4.63
Square-1	Calvin Nielson	5.31	8.38

The PB harvest

58 set · 45 still standing

Matt Mao — Square-1 single 5.24: into the top 0.34% of the event's history.
Jaden Thompson — 3×3 single 6.59: into the top 0.93% of the event's history.
Sebastian Stone — Skewb single 1.84: into the top 0.99% of the event's history.
Daniel Dinh — 3×3 single 7.16: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Gavin Zhu — Pyraminx single 2.38: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Matt Mao — 4×4 single 28.34: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Thomas Liu (刘江宁) — 3×3 single 7.84: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Vedanth Bharadwaj — 3×3 single 8.24: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

31 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

92 competitors · 343 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. Sebastian Stone won it with a 7.20 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

92 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.