Glasgow Winter - Scottish Blind Off 2026
- Date
- Feb 7 - 8, 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
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Maria Holton, Ryan Eckersley, and UK Cube Association
- WCA Delegates
- Eleanor Sinnott, Ryan Eckersley, and Scott Hunter
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
This is a blindfolded events specialist competition, so we do not recommend this competition to first time competitors.
Please make sure to read all the information in the tabs above.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 26
- 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 40 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is £30 (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. 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. You may contact us to ask for your current position on the waiting list.
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".
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.
Ryan Eckersley won with a single solve of 2:57.28 in the 5x5x5 Blindfolded event. Michael Ngan (顏律言) finished second (6:42.82) and Gabriele Bacchieri finished third (10:05.00).
3x3x3 Blindfolded
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Eckersley | 19.51 | 26.74 | United Kingdom | 25.93 | 19.51 | 29.98 | 24.31 | DNF | |||
| 2 | Victor Valentin Glyrskov | 20.65 | 24.46 | Denmark | 20.65 | 22.38 | 26.25 | 24.74 | DNF | |||
| 3 | Adam Devere | 25.17 | 28.43 | United Kingdom | 25.17 | 25.63 | 34.38 | 39.47 | 25.28 | |||
3x3x3 Fewest Moves
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Marcellus Kelly | 22 | 24.00 | Denmark | 22 | 25 | 25 | |||||
| 2 | Victor Valentin Glyrskov | 23 | 24.67 | Denmark | 23 | 26 | 25 | |||||
| 3 | Charlie Butler | 27 | 31.00 | United Kingdom | 27 | 27 | 39 | |||||
4x4x4 Blindfolded
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Eckersley | 2:12.34 | DNF | United Kingdom | 2:12.34 | DNF | DNF | |||||
| 2 | Michael Ngan (顏律言) | 3:01.28 | DNF | Hong Kong, China | DNF | DNF | 3:01.28 | |||||
| 3 | Adam Devere | 3:16.78 | DNF | United Kingdom | 3:16.78 | DNF | DNF | |||||
5x5x5 Blindfolded
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Eckersley | 2:57.28 | DNF | United Kingdom | 2:57.28 | 3:40.80 | DNF | |||||
| 2 | Michael Ngan (顏律言) | 6:42.82 | DNF | Hong Kong, China | DNF | DNF | 6:42.82 | |||||
| 3 | Gabriele Bacchieri | 10:05.00 | DNF | Italy | 10:05.00 | DNF | DNF | |||||
3x3x3 Multi-Blind
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Eckersley | 35/44 1:00:00 | United Kingdom | 35/44 1:00:00 | 35/44 1:00:00 | |||||||
| 2 | Victor Valentin Glyrskov | 32/41 57:58 | Denmark | 32/41 57:58 | 32/41 59:51 | |||||||
| 3 | James Ballantine | 20/22 58:07 | United Kingdom | 13/22 54:59 | 20/22 58:07 | |||||||
