Competitions · Italy

Salento Taralli e Cubing 2026

San Vito dei Normanni, Brindisi, Puglia · 29 August 2026 · 11 events · 49 competitors · 98 personal bests

Sofia Saletnich won four of the eleven events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Jorge Orrite De Alba by 0.08 seconds. 49 competitors produced 98 personal bests, 90 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Michael Zammit set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 3:01.98.

Four wins

Sofia Saletnich — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, Megaminx

0.08s

closest final — Skewb, Jorge Orrite De Alba over Alessandro Russo

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Riccardo Polignano	7.55	8.46
2×2	Stefania Gabriela Mihalache	2.08	2.68
4×4	Sofia Saletnich	30.12	32.26
5×5	Sofia Saletnich	54.16	59.27
6×6	Sofia Saletnich	1:41.78	1:46.31
3×3 blindfolded	Jishnu Jeevan	1:27.38	—
Clock	Alessia Novizio	5.02	5.98
Megaminx	Sofia Saletnich	39.95	46.85
Pyraminx	Riccardo Polignano	2.43	3.01
Skewb	Jorge Orrite De Alba	2.75	3.85
Square-1	Tommaso Huang	7.81	9.02

The PB harvest

98 set · 90 still standing

Riccardo Polignano — 3×3 single 7.55: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Alessandro Russo — Pyraminx single 2.49: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Alessandro Russo — Skewb single 2.55: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Tommaso Huang — 3×3 single 8.25: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Riccardo Polignano — Clock single 6.06: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Michele Mongiello — 3×3 single 10.34: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
Gabriele Giuri — Pyraminx single 4.46: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
Ludovico Scurti — Pyraminx single 4.51: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 22,685 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

49 competitors · 532 results · 11 events.

Everyone who competed

49 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.