Farewell Strathclyde University 2026
- Date
- Jun 27 - 30, 2026
- City
- Glasgow, City of Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Venue
Learning and Teaching Building, Strathclyde University
- Address
- 49 Richmond Street, G1 1XU
- Details
3rd Floor, Room TL328 + TL329
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Eleanor Sinnott and UK Cube Association
- WCA Delegates
- AJ Nicholls, Adam Leyton, Eleanor Sinnott, Gordon Rigg, Jake Brown, Mairi Rigg, Nevins Chan Pak Hoong (陈百鸿), Oliver Wheat, Ryan Eckersley, Sam Spendla, Scott Hunter, and Tyler Gatenby
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
After 32 competitions at Strathclyde, this weekend we celebrate the swan song of a much-loved venue. Please join us for 4 days of competing as we bid it a fond farewell!
This competition runs Saturday - Tuesday, however competitors are welcome to attend as many days of the event as they wish and more popular events will take place on the Saturday and Sunday.
Please note that there is a competitor limit in place at this competition for 4x4 Blindfolded, 5x5 Blindfolded, and 3x3 Multi-Blind of 20 competitors per event.
Please read all the information in the FAQ and the Important Information tabs before registering.
Spectators may attend for free. There is no need to book!
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 81
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 90 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is £45 (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 .
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.
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.
If you would like to change events, you can do so on the register page by simply reselecting your events list, and clicking "Update Registration".
Please note that there is a competitor limit in place at this competition for 4x4 Blindfolded, 5x5 Blindfolded, and 3x3 Multi-Blind of 20 competitors per event.
If you have any problems check out the FAQ, or feel free to contact us.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Daniel Rush won with an average of 6.72 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Ivo Stoutjesdijk finished second (7.47) and Jake Brown finished third (8.38).
African records: Daniel Rush 6x6x6 Cube 1:05.86 (single), 6x6x6 Cube 1:15.03 (average), 7x7x7 Cube 1:47.51 (single), and 7x7x7 Cube 1:52.95 (average).
3x3x3 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Rush | 5.72 | 6.72 | South Africa | 7.44 | 5.72 | 5.91 | 7.28 | 6.96 | |||
| 2 | Ivo Stoutjesdijk | 7.08 | 7.47 | Netherlands | 7.08 | 7.33 | 9.62 | 7.71 | 7.36 | |||
| 3 | Jake Brown | 7.17 | 8.38 | United Kingdom | 7.17 | 7.88 | 8.37 | 8.88 | 10.50 | |||
2x2x2 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob Sherwen Brown | 1.39 | 1.46 | United Kingdom | 1.50 | 1.39 | 1.48 | 1.95 | 1.39 | |||
| 2 | Ivo Stoutjesdijk | 1.72 | 1.81 | Netherlands | 1.72 | 1.79 | 2.11 | 1.86 | 1.79 | |||
| 3 | Nicky Sim | 1.45 | 2.48 | United Kingdom | 2.08 | 1.45 | 5.17 | 2.50 | 2.87 | |||
4x4x4 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Rush | 22.71 | 25.16 | South Africa | 22.71 | 25.98 | 25.59 | 24.83 | 25.07 | |||
| 2 | Ivo Stoutjesdijk | 30.16 | 31.20 | Netherlands | 30.16 | 33.94 | 31.51 | 31.60 | 30.50 | |||
| 3 | Jake Brown | 30.72 | 32.97 | United Kingdom | 32.12 | 33.53 | 34.93 | 33.25 | 30.72 | |||
5x5x5 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Rush | 42.43 | 44.24 | South Africa | 43.85 | 42.43 | 43.88 | 45.60 | 44.98 | |||
| 2 | Jake Brown | 47.54 | 53.24 | United Kingdom | 53.55 | 55.89 | 50.65 | 55.51 | 47.54 | |||
| 3 | Ivo Stoutjesdijk | 53.56 | 58.15 | Netherlands | 56.51 | 1:03.07 | 1:03.69 | 53.56 | 54.88 | |||
6x6x6 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Rush | 1:10.25 | 1:15.03 | AfR | South Africa | 1:17.76 | 1:10.25 | 1:17.09 | ||||
| 2 | Jake Brown | 1:35.38 | 1:37.62 | United Kingdom | 1:35.38 | 1:39.33 | 1:38.14 | |||||
| 3 | Ivo Stoutjesdijk | 1:45.72 | 1:50.51 | Netherlands | 1:50.83 | 1:54.97 | 1:45.72 | |||||
7x7x7 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Rush | 1:51.61 | 1:54.30 | South Africa | 1:51.61 | 1:57.24 | 1:54.05 | |||||
| 2 | Jake Brown | 2:19.48 | 2:25.30 | United Kingdom | 2:19.48 | 2:32.29 | 2:24.13 | |||||
| 3 | Ivo Stoutjesdijk | 2:36.36 | 2:40.15 | Netherlands | 2:36.36 | 2:43.37 | 2:40.73 | |||||
3x3x3 Blindfolded
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivo Stoutjesdijk | 22.36 | DNF | Netherlands | DNF | DNF | 22.36 | DNF | 25.37 | |||
| 2 | Ryan Eckersley | 23.83 | DNF | United Kingdom | DNF | 23.83 | DNF | 24.56 | 26.46 | |||
| 3 | Mattheo de Wit | 25.96 | DNF | Netherlands | 32.11 | DNF | 25.96 | DNF | 38.88 | |||
3x3x3 Fewest Moves
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bella Campbell | 18 | 26.00 | United Kingdom | 18 | 35 | 25 | |||||
| 2 | Ivo Stoutjesdijk | 24 | 26.67 | Netherlands | 24 | 28 | 28 | |||||
| 3 | Mattheo de Wit | 25 | 28.67 | Netherlands | 32 | 25 | 29 | |||||
3x3x3 One-Handed
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luan Philippe Da Silva | 11.36 | 12.98 | United Kingdom | 19.18 | 11.36 | 11.55 | 13.53 | 13.86 | |||
| 2 | Ivo Stoutjesdijk | 12.75 | 13.51 | Netherlands | 12.75 | 13.24 | 17.86 | 14.28 | 13.00 | |||
| 3 | Jacob Sherwen Brown | 12.35 | 14.60 | United Kingdom | 13.68 | 14.09 | 16.03 | 19.00 | 12.35 | |||
Clock
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seth Malachy Wilson Paterson | 3.19 | 4.42 | United Kingdom | 4.22 | 4.75 | 6.86 | 3.19 | 4.28 | |||
| 2 | Ivo Stoutjesdijk | 4.29 | 4.71 | Netherlands | 4.38 | 4.38 | 5.37 | 4.29 | DNF | |||
| 3 | Nicky Sim | 4.51 | 4.79 | United Kingdom | 4.74 | 8.34 | 4.95 | 4.51 | 4.69 | |||
Megaminx
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jimi Naysmith | 37.62 | 40.33 | United Kingdom | 37.62 | 41.33 | 38.05 | 43.25 | 41.61 | |||
| 2 | Marcel Borkowski | 35.03 | 40.84 | Poland | 37.85 | 48.58 | 41.34 | 35.03 | 43.32 | |||
| 3 | Ivo Stoutjesdijk | 37.09 | 43.77 | Netherlands | 42.01 | 45.10 | 44.19 | 37.09 | 56.24 | |||
Pyraminx
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taj Bressert | 3.27 | 3.69 | Netherlands | 3.27 | 3.31 | 4.30 | 3.47 | 6.50 | |||
| 2 | Jacob Sherwen Brown | 2.67 | 4.09 | United Kingdom | 5.13 | 2.67 | 4.17 | 5.10 | 2.99 | |||
| 3 | Adam Black | 2.71 | 4.12 | United Kingdom | 6.41 | 2.71 | 3.92 | 3.71 | 4.72 | |||
Skewb
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mattheo de Wit | 1.87 | 2.73 | Netherlands | 3.50 | 3.79 | 2.16 | 1.87 | 2.53 | |||
| 2 | Taj Bressert | 2.31 | 3.47 | Netherlands | 4.80 | 3.20 | 2.31 | 4.29 | 2.93 | |||
| 3 | Ivo Stoutjesdijk | 3.26 | 3.64 | Netherlands | 3.37 | 4.24 | 7.10 | 3.26 | 3.32 | |||
Square-1
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Eckersley | 8.58 | 9.51 | United Kingdom | 9.29 | 10.17 | 10.78 | 8.58 | 9.06 | |||
| 2 | Ivo Stoutjesdijk | 8.18 | 9.87 | Netherlands | 8.38 | 18.28 | 11.66 | 8.18 | 9.58 | |||
| 3 | Billie Hammill | 9.10 | 10.38 | United Kingdom | 11.51 | 10.74 | 11.12 | 9.10 | 9.28 | |||
4x4x4 Blindfolded
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Eckersley | 1:31.88 | DNF | United Kingdom | DNF | 1:31.88 | DNF | |||||
| 2 | Ivo Stoutjesdijk | 3:54.60 | DNF | Netherlands | 3:54.60 | DNF | DNF | |||||
| 3 | Alistair Miller | 5:52.52 | 7:23.28 | United Kingdom | 7:00.63 | 5:52.52 | 9:16.69 | |||||
5x5x5 Blindfolded
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Eckersley | 2:35.72 | DNF | United Kingdom | DNF | DNF | 2:35.72 | |||||
| 2 | Ivo Stoutjesdijk | 10:00.00 | DNF | Netherlands | 10:00.00 | DNF | DNF | |||||
| 3 | Adam Black | 10:32.00 | DNF | United Kingdom | DNF | 10:32.00 | DNF | |||||
3x3x3 Multi-Blind
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alistair Miller | 20/24 1:00:00 | United Kingdom | 16/23 1:00:02 | 20/24 1:00:00 | |||||||
| 2 | Ivo Stoutjesdijk | 23/33 1:00:00 | Netherlands | 23/33 1:00:00 | 18/33 55:09 | |||||||
| 3 | Ryan Eckersley | 28/45 1:00:00 | United Kingdom | 24/45 1:00:02 | 28/45 1:00:00 | |||||||

