Competitions · United States
Tartan Twist PA 2026
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · 29 August 2026 · 5 events · 53 competitors · 44 personal bests
Fiona Bao won the 3×3 with a 7.44 and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Leland Pak by 0.06 seconds. 53 competitors produced 44 personal bests, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
John Pelley took a 4×4 single of 2:07.26 down to 1:10.95, 44 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Fiona Bao | 6.08 | 7.44 |
| 4×4 | Ganghui Lin (林刚辉) | 24.64 | 27.49 |
| 5×5 | Noah Kim | 50.28 | 54.20 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Leia Jiang | 28.38 | — |
| Pyraminx | Leland Pak | 2.01 | 2.53 |
The PB harvest
44 set · 44 still standing- Chris Choi — 3×3 single 5.64: into the top 0.3% of the event's history.
- Mark Gowman — 3×3 single 5.81: into the top 0.38% of the event's history.
- Asher Bowen McDaniel — Pyraminx single 1.98: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
- Noah Kim — 5×5 single 50.28: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
- Matthew Lu — 3×3 single 7.97: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
- Leia Jiang — 3×3 blindfolded single 28.38: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
- Jalen DeVera — 3×3 single 9.54: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
- Leia Jiang — 4×4 single 34.57: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
First-timers
Nine 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
53 competitors · 266 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. Fiona Bao won it with a 7.44 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
R' L B' U' D F R2 D R2 U2 D2 F B2 L2 F' R2 B' D2 L' B - 2
F D2 F' R' D' L U L2 B2 U2 F B2 U2 D2 B U' F D' B2 - 3
F U2 B2 D2 U2 R2 U2 F' D R' D' U F' D2 R' F L' B' F' - 4
F2 R2 U L2 U R2 B2 U F U2 R U' L F' L' R2 U B' F' - 5
F B2 U' F2 U F2 U L2 F' L D' L' U' R D2 B2 L2 U2 F'
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
53 competitors- Alan Stanger
- Alex Alvarado
- Alexander Reno-Gaus
- Ali Mohammed Tayeb
- Anthony Xu
- Arianna Smock
- Asher Bowen McDaniel
- Atticus Marek Mozley
- Beck Ezra Miller
- Braydon Grossic
- Chris Choi
- Colton Gehrling
- Danny Weil
- Dev Choksi
- Evan Lahtinen
- Everett Resek
- Fiona Bao
- Gabriel Gowman
- Ganghui Lin (林刚辉)
- Gurucharan Sudeep Lanka
- Heather Hess
- Isaiah Hollowood
- Jalen DeVera
- John Pelley
- Jordan D. Taheri
- Jordan Halford
- Kaiji Dehus
- Kevin Chen
- Krishna Joyce
- Larry Zhang (张荣洲)
- Leia Jiang
- Leland Pak
- Liam Ritter
- Mark Gowman
- Matthew Lu
- Maxwell C. Mays
- Niam Choksi
- Nivyan Banuri
- Noah Kim
- Oscar Shapiama
- Penelope Moorhouse
- Preston Gibbons
- Richard Gardner
- Russell Herhold
- Sebastien Ferrence
- Sriram Marthineni
- Stanley Ou
- Stephen Griggs
- Sullivan Contray
- Teller Coates
- Viaan Vishal Naik
- Xavier Ye
- Zach Baruch
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.