Bendigo Blitz 2026
- Date
- City
- Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
- Venue
Bendigo South East College
- Address
- 56 Ellis St, Flora Hill VIC 3550
- Details
Theatre
- Contact
- Organizers
- Speedcubing Australia and Tom Noble
- WCA Delegates
- Daniel Patton, Junqi Feng (冯骏骐), Myles Jarman, and Nicholas Eppingstall
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information


Contact us
We are on Facebook and Instagram!Welcome to the second ever WCA speedcubing competition in Bendigo!
Speedcubing Australia acknowledges the traditional owners of this land, the Dja Dja Wurrung people, and pays respect to the elders, past and present for they hold the memories, the traditions, the culture and hopes of Aboriginal Australia.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 68
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.Create a WCA account here if you don't have one.
If this is not your first competition, associate your WCA ID to your WCA account here.
Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 80 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $38 (Australian Dollar).
The registration fee has to be paid through Stripe here once registered.
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Any spectator can attend for free.
Payment:
Upon registering you will receive an email stating “Registration Pending: Bendigo Blitz 2026”. This does NOT mean that you are on the registration list. Competitors will not be approved until payment has been made.
Please ensure you have paid the registration fees via Stripe on the register page. Your registration is not complete and will not be processed until you have paid the $38 registration fee. Contact the organisational team if you encounter an issue.
Waiting List:
- Once the competitor limit of 80 has filled, the waiting list will be opened.
- You must pay the $38 registration fee to be added to the waiting list.
- New registrations will be added to a waitlist and sorted in the order of payment.
- Waitlisted competitors will only be added to the competition if existing competitors withdraw.
- All competitors still on the waiting list after Friday, October 9, 2026 at 11:59 PM AEDT will be removed and provided with a full refund.
- You may enquire about your position on the waiting list by contacting the organisational team.
Deleting Registration/Refunds:
- If you can no longer make the competition you may request a refund.
- To receive a full refund you must contact the organisational team by Friday, October 9, 2026 at 11:59 PM AEDT.
- Withdrawing enables us to maximise attendance and for competitors on the waiting list to attend.
You may change the events you are registered on the Register tab by Friday, October 9, 2026 at 11:59 PM AEDT. After this date it is not possible to add further events. It is also acceptable to not show up for any event you do not wish to compete in.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Firstian Fushada (符逢城) won with an average of 6.65 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Hamish Bassig finished second (6.85) and Roman Rudakov finished third (7.31).
3x3x3 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Firstian Fushada (符逢城) | 6.25 | 6.65 | Indonesia | 6.36 | 7.28 | 6.92 | 6.25 | 6.68 | |||
| 2 | Hamish Bassig | 6.40 | 6.85 | Australia | 6.40 | 8.05 | 6.42 | 7.58 | 6.55 | |||
| 3 | Roman Rudakov | 7.05 | 7.31 | Australia | 7.22 | 7.39 | 7.05 | 7.33 | 8.08 | |||
2x2x2 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roman Rudakov | 1.07 | 1.19 | Australia | 1.24 | 1.22 | 3.02 | 1.11 | 1.07 | |||
| 2 | Firstian Fushada (符逢城) | 1.19 | 1.73 | Indonesia | 1.81 | 1.81 | 1.19 | 1.57 | 1.97 | |||
| 3 | Phoenix Patterson | 0.90 | 1.77 | Australia | 2.47 | 1.37 | 0.90 | 1.58 | 2.37 | |||
4x4x4 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Firstian Fushada (符逢城) | 24.38 | 26.42 | Indonesia | 25.94 | 29.06 | 24.38 | 27.34 | 25.98 | |||
| 2 | Tommy Kiprillis | 26.30 | 30.11 | Australia | 28.84 | 30.10 | 38.41 | 31.40 | 26.30 | |||
| 3 | Roman Rudakov | 27.41 | 30.22 | Australia | 27.41 | 34.25 | 29.60 | 32.13 | 28.94 | |||
5x5x5 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Firstian Fushada (符逢城) | 44.30 | 49.51 | Indonesia | 49.31 | 54.86 | 44.30 | 49.75 | 49.47 | |||
| 2 | Roman Rudakov | 48.47 | 50.80 | Australia | 50.24 | 48.47 | 51.81 | 50.34 | 53.07 | |||
| 3 | Tommy Kiprillis | 52.56 | 58.33 | Australia | 57.51 | 1:02.23 | 1:02.18 | 52.56 | 55.30 | |||
3x3x3 Blindfolded
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Firstian Fushada (符逢城) | 24.72 | DNF | Indonesia | 24.72 | 27.91 | DNF | 26.12 | DNF | |||
| 2 | Alex Butera | 59.26 | DNF | Australia | 59.26 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | |||
| 3 | Peter Au | 1:02.09 | DNF | Australia | DNF | DNF | 1:02.69 | DNF | 1:02.09 | |||
3x3x3 One-Handed
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roman Rudakov | 10.12 | 12.02 | Australia | 13.33 | 12.88 | 12.76 | 10.12 | 10.43 | |||
| 2 | Hamish Bassig | 10.84 | 12.29 | Australia | 11.30 | 13.62 | 13.38 | 10.84 | 12.18 | |||
| 3 | Firstian Fushada (符逢城) | 11.20 | 12.41 | Indonesia | 13.92 | 11.93 | 17.70 | 11.37 | 11.20 | |||
Clock
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Butera | 3.96 | 4.71 | Australia | DNF | 3.96 | 4.38 | 4.14 | 5.61 | |||
| 2 | Miles Fetherston | 2.88 | 4.78 | Australia | 2.88 | 4.86 | 5.42 | 4.05 | DNF | |||
| 3 | Firstian Fushada (符逢城) | 4.47 | 5.41 | Indonesia | 4.99 | 6.36 | DNF | 4.47 | 4.89 | |||
Megaminx
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roman Rudakov | 33.02 | 34.59 | Australia | 38.81 | 33.02 | 34.88 | 35.88 | 33.02 | |||
| 2 | Firstian Fushada (符逢城) | 37.07 | 42.08 | Indonesia | 41.43 | 44.28 | 40.52 | 37.07 | 45.93 | |||
| 3 | Tommy Kiprillis | 44.52 | 45.75 | Australia | 45.63 | 56.07 | 44.52 | 47.03 | 44.59 | |||
Pyraminx
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eli Panetta | 1.42 | 1.89 | Australia | 2.33 | 2.12 | 1.60 | 1.42 | 1.94 | |||
| 2 | Junqi Feng (冯骏骐) | 1.74 | 2.21 | China | 2.32 | 2.56 | 1.74 | 1.89 | 2.42 | |||
| 3 | Phoenix Patterson | 1.77 | 2.35 | Australia | 4.27 | 2.40 | 1.77 | 2.04 | 2.62 | |||
Skewb
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eli Panetta | 1.96 | 2.79 | Australia | 2.73 | 1.96 | 2.51 | 5.13 | 3.12 | |||
| 2 | Roman Rudakov | 2.03 | 3.05 | Australia | 3.48 | 2.03 | 3.01 | 3.32 | 2.82 | |||
| 3 | Firstian Fushada (符逢城) | 1.90 | 3.22 | Indonesia | 2.88 | 1.90 | 2.94 | 5.04 | 3.83 | |||