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GAN Southern Championship 2026

Fort Worth, Texas · 11 June 2026 · 17 events · 251 competitors · 524 personal bests

Ryan Pilat won five of the 17 events (6×6, 7×7, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Siddharth Reddy by 0.03 seconds. 251 competitors produced 524 personal bests, 433 of which still stand today, and 32 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Abdel Issa (عبدالرحمن عيسى) set the 7×7 average national record: 2:54.74.

Five wins
Ryan Pilat — 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 Fewest Moves, Square-1
0.03s
closest final — 3×3, Siddharth Reddy over Matty Hiroto Inaba
524
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Siddharth Reddy5.916.23
2×2Sujan Feist1.041.44
4×4Matty Hiroto Inaba20.9223.21
5×5Matty Hiroto Inaba40.7845.14
6×6Ryan Pilat1:22.861:27.38
7×7Ryan Pilat2:15.152:19.18
3×3 blindfoldedRyan Pilat20.07—
3×3 Fewest MovesRyan Pilat22 moves26.00
3×3 one-handedMatty Hiroto Inaba10.3311.56
ClockGunner Engelsman2.913.70
MegaminxMaddox Smith32.0334.81
PyraminxMarcus Kamen1.151.81
SkewbSid Shivnath1.252.00
Square-1Ryan Pilat5.567.06
4×4 blindfoldedJoshua Gao1:48.73—
5×5 blindfoldedJoshua Gao4:47.05—
3×3 Multi-BlindJoshua Gao55 of 66 cubes · 59:38—

The PB harvest

524 set · 433 still standing
  • Don Daniels — Pyraminx single 1.43: into the top 0.34% of the event's history.
  • Seth Talbot — Pyraminx single 1.56: into the top 0.5% of the event's history.
  • Ryan Ylagan — 2×2 single 1.13: into the top 0.85% of the event's history.
  • Minh Tran — Pyraminx single 1.88: into the top 0.95% of the event's history.
  • Trishan Reddy Katamreddy — Skewb single 1.86: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
  • Gideon Dalum — Pyraminx single 2.02: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
  • William Henry Ruppert V — Skewb single 2.20: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
  • Nathan Benson — Pyraminx single 2.38: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

32 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

251 competitors · 2916 results · 17 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. Siddharth Reddy won it with a 6.23 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

251 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.