FMC Cheltenham Winter 2026
- Date
- Feb 14, 2026
- City
- Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
- Venue
St Mark's Church Hall
- Address
- Church Hall, St Mark's, Cheltenham GL51 7AL
- Details
Church hall at St Mark's CofE (not St Mark's Methodist), to the left of the main Church.
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Oliver Wheat and UK Cube Association
- WCA Delegates
- AJ Nicholls and Oliver Wheat
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This is a FMC-only competition and is not recommended for new competitors. 3x3x3 Fewest Moves will be the only WCA event held. There will be no traditional speedsolving events.
Guests will be allowed but we do not recommend this event for spectators.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 20
- 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 20 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is £15 (British Pound).
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 .
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Make sure to register and pay for the competition to be accepted. We will not accept any registrations at the competition.
Once you have been accepted, you will receive a confirmation email. If registration is full by the time you pay then you will not receive this confirmation email and you will be on the waiting list, which will be visible on the waiting list tab. If you do not make the competitor list by the limit date for refunds (specified above), then you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee.
If you can no longer attend, let us know as soon as possible through the contact link on the General Info page. We often have waiting lists so letting us know you cannot attend allows us to add another person to the competition.
Registration deletions will only be processed after a request through the contact form. We will not accept any changes to registrations via any other platform.
If you have any problems feel free to contact us.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Fabio Schwandt won with a mean of 20.67 moves in the 3x3x3 Fewest Moves event. Dorian Chan finished second (21.67) and Ben Stokes finished third (28.00).
AJ Nicholls - United Kingdom WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | First round | 16 | 43 | 48.33 | United Kingdom | 51 | 51 | 43 | |||||
Adam Stringer - United Kingdom WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 10 | 38 | 40.33 | United Kingdom | 38 | 41 | 42 | |||||
| First round | 20 | 44 | DNF | United Kingdom | 44 | 48 | DNF | ||||||
Ben Coppin - United Kingdom WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 6 | 30 | 30.67 | United Kingdom | 30 | 31 | 31 | |||||
| First round | 5 | 31 | 32.33 | United Kingdom | 33 | 31 | 33 | ||||||
Ben Stokes - United Kingdom WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 3 | 25 | 28.00 | United Kingdom | 33 | 25 | 26 | |||||
| First round | 6 | 31 | 33.67 | United Kingdom | 31 | 38 | 32 | ||||||
Blue James - United Kingdom WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 8 | 34 | 34.33 | United Kingdom | 34 | 35 | 34 | |||||
| First round | 17 | 43 | 51.67 | United Kingdom | 68 | 43 | 44 | ||||||
Caleb Joshua Thomas - United Kingdom WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 11 | 45 | 48.33 | United Kingdom | 46 | 45 | 54 | |||||
| First round | 18 | 48 | 54.67 | United Kingdom | 59 | 48 | 57 | ||||||
Callum Inglis - United Kingdom WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 15 | 42 | DNF | United Kingdom | 42 | 44 | DNF | |||||
| First round | 14 | 35 | 42.67 | United Kingdom | 48 | 45 | 35 | ||||||
Charlie Butler - United Kingdom WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | First round | 3 | 26 | 27.00 | United Kingdom | 27 | 26 | 28 | |||||
Dorian Chan - Hong Kong, China WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 2 | 20 | NR | 21.67 | NR | Hong Kong, China | 21 | 24 | 20 | |||
| First round | 1 | 22 | 22.67 | Hong Kong, China | 22 | 23 | 23 | ||||||
Edward Carew-Jones - United Kingdom WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 12 | 46 | 57.33 | United Kingdom | 68 | 58 | 46 | |||||
| First round | 19 | 57 | 62.67 | United Kingdom | 57 | 62 | 69 | ||||||
Fabio Schwandt - United Kingdom WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 1 | 20 | 20.67 | NR | United Kingdom | 21 | 21 | 20 | ||||
| First round | 2 | 22 | 23.00 | United Kingdom | 22 | 22 | 25 | ||||||
Jacob Sherwen Brown - United Kingdom WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 5 | 27 | 29.67 | United Kingdom | 32 | 30 | 27 | |||||
| First round | 8 | 29 | 35.33 | United Kingdom | 48 | 29 | 29 | ||||||
James Allsopp - United Kingdom WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 13 | 29 | DNF | United Kingdom | 38 | 29 | DNF | |||||
| First round | 9 | 32 | 36.00 | United Kingdom | 39 | 37 | 32 | ||||||
James Ballantine - United Kingdom WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | First round | 11 | 35 | 36.33 | United Kingdom | 37 | 37 | 35 | |||||
Oliver Wheat - United Kingdom WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | First round | 12 | 31 | 38.00 | United Kingdom | 31 | 46 | 37 | |||||
Reuben Zane - United Kingdom WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 4 | 20 | 29.67 | United Kingdom | 34 | 20 | 35 | |||||
| First round | 4 | 29 | 32.00 | United Kingdom | 29 | 33 | 34 | ||||||
Richard Taylor - United Kingdom WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 14 | 31 | DNF | United Kingdom | 31 | DNF | DNF | |||||
| First round | 13 | 40 | 41.67 | United Kingdom | 43 | 42 | 40 | ||||||
Satya Bhavesh Gala - United Kingdom WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 7 | 31 | 33.00 | United Kingdom | 33 | 31 | 35 | |||||
| First round | 7 | 34 | 35.00 | United Kingdom | 35 | 34 | 36 | ||||||
Steve Clarke - United Kingdom WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | First round | 15 | 42 | 43.33 | United Kingdom | 42 | 45 | 43 | |||||
Thomas Bevan - United Kingdom WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 9 | 34 | 35.67 | United Kingdom | 37 | 36 | 34 | |||||
| First round | 10 | 30 | 36.33 | United Kingdom | 30 | 39 | 40 | ||||||