Kewbz UK Championship 2026

Results

Podiums All By Person

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Date: Aug 28 - 30, 2026
City: Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Venue: University of Birmingham, Sports & Fitness
Address: Sport & Fitness, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT
Details: Munrow Arena
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Eleanor Sinnott, Oliver Wheat, and UK Cube Association
WCA Delegates: AJ Nicholls, Ada Cooke, Adam Leyton, Ben Ridley, Bertie Longden, Charlie Butler, Eleanor Sinnott, Gordon Rigg, Jake Brown, James Golding, James Parker, Mairi Rigg, Nevins Chan Pak Hoong (陈百鸿), Oliver Hexter, Oliver Wheat, Rich Casey, Ryan Eckersley, Sam Spendla, Scott Hunter, Sean Moran, and Tyler Gatenby

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Information

Welcome to the Kewbz UK Championship 2026!

This year's UK National Championship!

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Spectators are welcome to attend for free. There's no need to pre-book - feel free to drop in whenever you wish!

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Newcomers: This competition is open to first-time competitors, who will only be able to compete in 3x3, 2x2, Pyraminx, Skewb, and 3x3 One-Handed. If you would like to attempt to qualify for other events, you must do so another competition first. You can see all upcoming UK competitions here.

Qualification Requirements: If you do not meet the qualification requirements outlined in the Events tab in an official WCA competition by August 16th you will not be eligible to compete in those events. You will not be able to add events to your registration which you do not qualify for, but can update your registration if you later qualify for them. Please note that there are no qualifications for 3x3, 2x2, Pyraminx, Skewb, or 3x3 One-Handed.

Final Round Advancements: The top 8 UK competitors will be guaranteed to progress into the finals for all events. In 3x3, any non-UK competitors faster than the 8th UK competitor will compete together, before UK competitors face off in seeded pairs. In other events, all 16 finalists will compete together, with the top 8 UK competitors being joined by the 8 remaining best competitors from any region.

Fewest Moves, 4x4 Blindfolded, 5x5 Blindfolded, 3x3 Multi-Blind: These events will not be held at this competition. To compete for the national champion title for these events, you must compete at the Kewbz UK Championship FMC 2026 or the Kewbz UK Blindfolded Championship 2026. The podium winners of these competition will be awarded their prize during the awards at Kewbz UK Championship 2026.

Prizes Eligiblity: As this is the UK National Championship, only competitors who represent the United Kingdom will be eligible for prizes. The competition remains open for all nationalities to compete.

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Events
Main event
Competitors: 483

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Nicholas Archer won with an average of 6.34 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. James Alonso finished second (6.96) and Johnny Morello Kerlaff finished third (7.06).

African records: Ali Antar‎ Megaminx 29.96 (single) and Megaminx 37.30 (average).

3x3x3 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Nicholas Archer	5.95	6.34	United Kingdom	8.15	6.37	6.36	5.95	6.30
2	James Alonso	6.28	6.96	United Kingdom	6.28	9.02	7.28	6.37	7.22
3	Johnny Morello Kerlaff	5.00	7.06	United Kingdom	7.20	7.92	7.23	5.00	6.75

2x2x2 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	James Alonso	0.98	1.62	United Kingdom	0.98	1.68	1.57	3.53	1.61
2	Harry Allen	1.20	1.62	United Kingdom	1.20	1.40	1.76	1.91	1.69
3	Niklas Aasen Eliasson	1.12	1.67	Norway	1.12	1.28	2.13	1.60	2.21

4x4x4 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Ciarán Beahan	20.30	22.10	Ireland	21.80	23.13	24.56	21.38	20.30
2	Harry Dixon	25.10	26.07	United Kingdom	25.10	25.54	25.29	27.37	DNF
3	Danny Morgan	20.84	26.40	United Kingdom	29.67	20.84	31.31	25.89	23.63

5x5x5 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Ciarán Beahan	39.64	41.33	Ireland	42.94	41.20	43.50	39.64	39.86
2	Danny Morgan	46.23	46.66	United Kingdom	50.71	46.34	46.23	47.18	46.47
3	Harry Dixon	45.42	46.89	United Kingdom	51.92	46.04	45.42	45.60	49.03

6x6x6 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Ciarán Beahan	1:10.86	1:13.11	Ireland	1:10.86	1:13.52	1:14.96
2	Danny Morgan	1:21.91	1:23.60	United Kingdom	1:23.61	1:25.28	1:21.91
3	Daniel Partridge	1:19.67	1:26.22	United Kingdom	1:32.57	1:19.67	1:26.41

7x7x7 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average		Representing	Solves
1	Ciarán Beahan	1:45.00	1:48.99		Ireland	1:54.64	1:47.33	1:45.00
2	Daniel Partridge	1:58.60	2:01.43		United Kingdom	1:58.60	2:00.57	2:05.12
3	Max Kwok U Sam (郭愉琛)	2:07.34	2:10.94	NR	Macau, China	2:07.34	2:17.52	2:07.96

3x3x3 Blindfolded

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Liam Pintat	16.58	DNF	United Kingdom	DNF	DNF	16.58	DNF	21.60
2	Ben Stokes	21.53	27.58	United Kingdom	24.93	21.53	DNF	35.37	22.44
3	Ryan Eckersley	22.73	26.16	United Kingdom	25.24	29.76	28.09	25.16	22.73

3x3x3 One-Handed

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Nicholas Archer	7.30	8.64	United Kingdom	8.46	8.88	8.58	7.30	9.39
2	Johnny Morello Kerlaff	10.11	10.65	United Kingdom	10.67	10.89	10.39	13.00	10.11
3	Ryan Chan	9.85	11.71	Hong Kong, China	11.38	11.82	12.08	11.94	9.85

Clock

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Luke Burns	2.81	3.16	United Kingdom	5.00	2.85	3.14	3.48	2.81
2	Danny Morgan	2.60	3.27	United Kingdom	8.52	2.87	3.37	3.57	2.60
3	Caleb Wolf Dunn	2.73	3.27	United Kingdom	7.99	3.21	2.73	3.59	3.02

Megaminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Aidan Grainger	24.39	27.47	United Kingdom	34.87	28.48	27.72	26.22	24.39
2	Sean Moran	33.06	33.93	United Kingdom	33.37	36.58	33.06	33.09	35.33
3	Nicolas Naing	32.77	34.43	United States	35.73	37.25	32.77	33.21	34.36

Pyraminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Daniel Partridge	1.55	1.74	United Kingdom	1.64	2.81	1.93	1.55	1.64
2	Niklas Aasen Eliasson	1.71	2.13	Norway	2.08	3.18	2.17	2.15	1.71
3	Edward Burgess	1.53	2.28	United Kingdom	1.53	2.42	2.59	1.83	3.61

Skewb

#	Name	Best		Average	Representing	Solves
1	Alex Rosado Saez de Langarica	1.56		1.92	Spain	2.83	1.56	1.94	1.97	1.84
2	Ariel Benchetrit	1.05	NR	2.10	United Kingdom	2.05	1.58	1.05	2.79	2.66
3	Urho Kinnunen	1.65		2.21	Finland	2.55	2.29	1.65	2.63	1.79

Square-1

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Isaac Corker	5.51	6.32	United Kingdom	5.73	6.06	5.51	7.17	8.77
2	Fengyuan Kelvin Lou (楼丰源)	5.69	6.80	United Kingdom	7.85	5.98	6.56	8.01	5.69
3	Dorian Chan	5.96	8.64	Hong Kong, China	9.09	12.28	5.96	7.66	9.17