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Solve what they solved

Every sequence below is a real scramble from a real competition, published in the WCA's official record. Pick up your cube, follow the moves, and race the person who won.

In official competition nobody scrambles their own cube. A computer generates a random position, printed as a move sequence, and a scrambler sets every competitor's cube to that exact position behind a screen, so that everyone in the round faces the same puzzle. Those sequences are not secret. The WCA publishes every one, 3,238,638 of them and counting, in its official record.

Which means you can do something no spectator in most sports can do: set your cube to the position the winner saw, start a timer, and find out.

How to read a scramble

Hold the cube with the white centre up and the green centre facing you. Each letter is a face: Up, Down, Left, Right, Front, Back. A plain letter means turn that face a quarter-turn clockwise as if you were looking straight at it. An apostrophe (R') means anticlockwise. A 2 means a half-turn. Work left to right, then check your cube against the pictures: if they match, you scrambled it right.

Timing yourself honestly

Competition rules allow 15 seconds to inspect the scrambled cube before the solve starts. Any timer works. Five solves make an official-style average: drop the best and the worst, average the middle three.

This week's finals, on your desk

the exact scrambles, from the official record

The newest

Guilin Open 2026

China · 18 October 2026 · won by Yi Shen (沈懿) with a 4.66 average

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Five solves; drop your best and worst and average the middle three. Anything under 4.66 would have taken the trophy that day.

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The most beatable

North Tasmania Spring 2026

Australia · 17 October 2026 · won by Veer Liu Dogra with a 10.70 average

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Five solves; drop your best and worst and average the middle three. Anything under 10.70 would have taken the trophy that day.

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Start smaller

For newer solvers · 2×2

Guilin Open 2026

China · 18 October 2026 · won by Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝) with a 1.15 average

1R' F' U' F U2 R U2 R U' R2 F'
2R' U' F' R U' R' F' R F' R' U'
3U' R' F U2 F' U' F R2 U' R' U
4U2 R' F U2 F R U2 R' U2 F R
5R' U' F2 U' R2 F' R' U' R' F U

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Five solves; drop your best and worst and average the middle three. Anything under 1.15 would have taken the trophy that day.

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The Classics

the finals that decided world titles

The world title, 2025

Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025

United States · 3 July 2025 · the five scrambles of the 3×3 final that decided the world championship. The whole final solved one scramble group, so this is exactly what the podium faced.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

	Podium	1	2	3	4	5	Average
1	Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)	5.45	3.80	4.31	3.94	4.43	4.23
2	Xuanyi Geng (耿暄一)	4.94	4.30	4.24	3.95	5.10	4.49
3	Tymon Kolasiński	4.61	4.89	5.31	4.74	5.80	4.98

Their five solves, scramble by scramble. Compare yours one for one.

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The world title, 2023

Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023

Republic of Korea · 12 August 2023 · the five scrambles of the 3×3 final that decided the world championship. The whole final solved one scramble group, so this is exactly what the podium faced.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

	Podium	1	2	3	4	5	Average
1	Max Park	5.04	5.42	5.69	4.54	5.48	5.31
2	Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)	6.10	4.72	4.61	5.15	6.47	5.32
3	Tymon Kolasiński	6.61	4.76	5.00	4.54	6.49	5.42

Their five solves, scramble by scramble. Compare yours one for one.

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Reading this page: an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a single is one solve's time · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium.

Scrambles are shown only for finals that used a single scramble group, so the five sequences above are the set issued to every competitor in that final. Competitions also print spare scrambles in case a cube is mis-scrambled; substitutions are rare and are not recorded in the export. Source: WCA results export of 24 October 2026. The pictured cubes are computed by applying each scramble to a solved cube.