shentabla
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Do you know if he is registered on the Senior Cubing Rankings site?
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OtaMota
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He hasn’t competed yet. Or is that not a requirement to register?
He plans to compete in January
shentabla
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Oh yeah you need your WCA ID before registering, and you get that at your first comp. But I can still catch him for my weekly report if I know which comp he'll be in the week before.
shentabla
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WEEKEND COMP ROUNDUP (NOV 11-16)
No SWRs but we welcome a new 60+ top five solver...
István Kocza (3BLD SWR2s) made a 3BLD mean PR 52.73 at Hungarian All-Rounder 11 2025, remaining ranked 2nd in 50+, and moving from 6th to 5th ahead of Jens Grieme in 40+.
Jochen Bauer (50+ Kinch #3) made 3 PRs and 2 double PRs at South Germany 2025: 6x6 mean 3:23.00 and best 3:14.93 (both remain 4th); 7x7 mean 5:19.42 (remains 4th); 5x5 average 1:53.64 (remains 5th); 4BLD best 10:30.00 (17th to 15th); and 3x3 average 17.92 (remains 33rd) and best 15.43 (42nd to 40th). He also made a couple of 50+ PRs: 5x5 best 1:44.89 (remains 7th); and 4x4 average 1:04.58 (remains 11th).
Also in South Germany, Michael Stocker (7x7 SWR) made a 4BLD best PR 10:53.00, entering the rankings at 40th.
Morten Raknes Johansen had his first competition in the 60+ bracket a week ago at Kjeller Open 2025, and qualified for my watchlist with a couple of top 5 results. He made one PR but enters the 60+ rankings in all 7 events: 4x4 average 1:33.15 (5th ahead of Lisa Kucala) and best PR 1:22.01 (6th ahead of Peter Andersson); 5x5 average 3:17.91 (5th ahead of Peter Hugosson-Miller) and best 3:14.25 (7th at the time ahead of John Cook, subsequently 8th after Maria Oey's PR this week); 3x3 average 22.87 (7th) and best 19.99 (10th, both ahead of Lennart Aspelin); 3OH average 1:02.10 (8th) and best 54.97 (9th at the time, both ahead of Ulrich Spies, subsequently 10th after being beaten by John Cook); Skewb average 15.22 (12th) and best 9.94 (13th); 2x2 average 11.21 (22nd) and best 9.42 (32nd); and Pyraminx average 26.42 (28th) and best 23.73 (37th). Then this week he set an FMC best 60+ PR 50 at Norwegian FM Championship 2025, entering the rankings at 7th ahead of Mats Bergsten. All these results mean he has entered the 60+ Kinch rankings at 9th.
Maria Oey (60+ 4x4 WR) made double 5x5 PRs at Celebes Championship 2025: best 3:08.35 takes her from 9th to 5th, and average 3:34.35 from 9th to 6th, both ahead of Peter Hugosson-Miller.
Chan Tak Chuen (40+ 4x4, 3OH, Sq-1 top tens) made a Clock best PR 6.30 at Hong Kong Championship 2025, taking him from 11th to 8th ahead of Adam Leyton. This follows up on double Clock PRs last week, before which he was ranked 17th. He also made a few senior PRs: 4x4 average 46.46 (remains 6th); 3BLD best 4:31.95 (enters at 172nd); and 2x2 best 5.68 (364th to 353rd).
Ulrich Spies (60+ MM WR) made 2 PRs at Nilvange Open 2025: 5x5 average 3:36.95 enters the rankings at 8th, ahead of John Cook; and 4x4 average 2:00.08 takes him from 11th to 10th ahead of Mats Bergsten. His 60+ Kinch ranking has gone up from 8th to 6th.
John Cook (60+ FMC #2) made a 3OH best PR 54.76 at Nimble Newborough 2025, taking him from 11th to 9th ahead of Morten Raknes Johansen.
Thierry Boisivon (50+ 3OH #5) made two PRs at Cottbus Cubing 2025: Skewb average 10.34 (30th to 26th); and 4x4 average 1:17.91 (41st to 39th).
Petr Kundera (50+ Skewb, Pyra top fives) made a Clock best PR 19.70 at Kostelec Autumn 2025, entering the 50+ rankings at 85th.
There were several new top ten results from outside my watchlist in the last two weeks, which I usually find via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: André Romain (40+) at Palais'10Open 2025 - Skewb average 5.40 (5th to 3rd) and best 3.89 (32nd to 10th)
: Kate Stuart (70+) at Cubing on the Green MN 2025 – Skewb average 34.32 (remains 2nd) and best 23.18 (remains 5th)
- Pyraminx average 29.30 (9th to 6th) and best 20.27 (10th to 7th)
This week I also followed Peter Hugosson-Miller, Ron van Bruchem, Robert Ślesicki, Lisa Kucala, Thor Muto Asmund, Choi Goho, Jae Park, and Dennis Rosero, who competed without making any new PRs.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
In 40+ Kinch rankings, Aaron Soley is up from 12th to 11th ahead of François Courtès after PRs on Megaminx and OH this weekend.
In 50+, YongGeal Lee is up from 19th to 18th ahead of Javier Tirado Ortiz, with PRs on 4x4, 3BLD and 3OH.
In 60+, Ulrich Spies is up from 8th to 6th ahead of John Cook. Morten Raknes Johansen enters the rankings at 9th ahead of Maria Oey, pushing Rodney Topor out of the top 25.
In 70+, Kate Stuart is up from 6th to 5th ahead of David Kleiner.
Next week: AJ Nicholls, Sonja Black, Lisa Kucala, Ulrich Spies, Daniel Houghton, Helmut Heilig, Jochen Bauer, Ming Dao Ting, Rodney Topor, Shen Flindell, and Doug Li, in 7 competitions around the world.
My watchlist consists of the following:
: Cubes 3x3-7x7 - top 10 average, top 5 single 40+, top 5 average and top 2 single in older age groups
: 2x2, FMC, MM - top 5 average, top 2 single 40+, top 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 5 average and single 40+, top 3 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 106 "top ranked seniors". Please don't ask me to follow you as well, unless you fit the above criteria and I've missed something.
Please let me know if you know of anyone moving to a new age group who might be a candidate to join the top ranks.
Many thanks to Michael George for creating and maintaining the Senior Cubing Rankings website, and to Phil Lewis for creating the Senior Cubing Tracker site, which can be found via the Useful Links section of the SCR site.
No SWRs but we welcome a new 60+ top five solver...
István Kocza (3BLD SWR2s) made a 3BLD mean PR 52.73 at Hungarian All-Rounder 11 2025, remaining ranked 2nd in 50+, and moving from 6th to 5th ahead of Jens Grieme in 40+.
Jochen Bauer (50+ Kinch #3) made 3 PRs and 2 double PRs at South Germany 2025: 6x6 mean 3:23.00 and best 3:14.93 (both remain 4th); 7x7 mean 5:19.42 (remains 4th); 5x5 average 1:53.64 (remains 5th); 4BLD best 10:30.00 (17th to 15th); and 3x3 average 17.92 (remains 33rd) and best 15.43 (42nd to 40th). He also made a couple of 50+ PRs: 5x5 best 1:44.89 (remains 7th); and 4x4 average 1:04.58 (remains 11th).
Also in South Germany, Michael Stocker (7x7 SWR) made a 4BLD best PR 10:53.00, entering the rankings at 40th.
Morten Raknes Johansen had his first competition in the 60+ bracket a week ago at Kjeller Open 2025, and qualified for my watchlist with a couple of top 5 results. He made one PR but enters the 60+ rankings in all 7 events: 4x4 average 1:33.15 (5th ahead of Lisa Kucala) and best PR 1:22.01 (6th ahead of Peter Andersson); 5x5 average 3:17.91 (5th ahead of Peter Hugosson-Miller) and best 3:14.25 (7th at the time ahead of John Cook, subsequently 8th after Maria Oey's PR this week); 3x3 average 22.87 (7th) and best 19.99 (10th, both ahead of Lennart Aspelin); 3OH average 1:02.10 (8th) and best 54.97 (9th at the time, both ahead of Ulrich Spies, subsequently 10th after being beaten by John Cook); Skewb average 15.22 (12th) and best 9.94 (13th); 2x2 average 11.21 (22nd) and best 9.42 (32nd); and Pyraminx average 26.42 (28th) and best 23.73 (37th). Then this week he set an FMC best 60+ PR 50 at Norwegian FM Championship 2025, entering the rankings at 7th ahead of Mats Bergsten. All these results mean he has entered the 60+ Kinch rankings at 9th.
Maria Oey (60+ 4x4 WR) made double 5x5 PRs at Celebes Championship 2025: best 3:08.35 takes her from 9th to 5th, and average 3:34.35 from 9th to 6th, both ahead of Peter Hugosson-Miller.
Chan Tak Chuen (40+ 4x4, 3OH, Sq-1 top tens) made a Clock best PR 6.30 at Hong Kong Championship 2025, taking him from 11th to 8th ahead of Adam Leyton. This follows up on double Clock PRs last week, before which he was ranked 17th. He also made a few senior PRs: 4x4 average 46.46 (remains 6th); 3BLD best 4:31.95 (enters at 172nd); and 2x2 best 5.68 (364th to 353rd).
Ulrich Spies (60+ MM WR) made 2 PRs at Nilvange Open 2025: 5x5 average 3:36.95 enters the rankings at 8th, ahead of John Cook; and 4x4 average 2:00.08 takes him from 11th to 10th ahead of Mats Bergsten. His 60+ Kinch ranking has gone up from 8th to 6th.
John Cook (60+ FMC #2) made a 3OH best PR 54.76 at Nimble Newborough 2025, taking him from 11th to 9th ahead of Morten Raknes Johansen.
Thierry Boisivon (50+ 3OH #5) made two PRs at Cottbus Cubing 2025: Skewb average 10.34 (30th to 26th); and 4x4 average 1:17.91 (41st to 39th).
Petr Kundera (50+ Skewb, Pyra top fives) made a Clock best PR 19.70 at Kostelec Autumn 2025, entering the 50+ rankings at 85th.
There were several new top ten results from outside my watchlist in the last two weeks, which I usually find via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: André Romain (40+) at Palais'10Open 2025 - Skewb average 5.40 (5th to 3rd) and best 3.89 (32nd to 10th)
: Kate Stuart (70+) at Cubing on the Green MN 2025 – Skewb average 34.32 (remains 2nd) and best 23.18 (remains 5th)
- Pyraminx average 29.30 (9th to 6th) and best 20.27 (10th to 7th)
This week I also followed Peter Hugosson-Miller, Ron van Bruchem, Robert Ślesicki, Lisa Kucala, Thor Muto Asmund, Choi Goho, Jae Park, and Dennis Rosero, who competed without making any new PRs.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
In 40+ Kinch rankings, Aaron Soley is up from 12th to 11th ahead of François Courtès after PRs on Megaminx and OH this weekend.
In 50+, YongGeal Lee is up from 19th to 18th ahead of Javier Tirado Ortiz, with PRs on 4x4, 3BLD and 3OH.
In 60+, Ulrich Spies is up from 8th to 6th ahead of John Cook. Morten Raknes Johansen enters the rankings at 9th ahead of Maria Oey, pushing Rodney Topor out of the top 25.
In 70+, Kate Stuart is up from 6th to 5th ahead of David Kleiner.
Next week: AJ Nicholls, Sonja Black, Lisa Kucala, Ulrich Spies, Daniel Houghton, Helmut Heilig, Jochen Bauer, Ming Dao Ting, Rodney Topor, Shen Flindell, and Doug Li, in 7 competitions around the world.
My watchlist consists of the following:
: Cubes 3x3-7x7 - top 10 average, top 5 single 40+, top 5 average and top 2 single in older age groups
: 2x2, FMC, MM - top 5 average, top 2 single 40+, top 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 5 average and single 40+, top 3 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 106 "top ranked seniors". Please don't ask me to follow you as well, unless you fit the above criteria and I've missed something.
Please let me know if you know of anyone moving to a new age group who might be a candidate to join the top ranks.
Many thanks to Michael George for creating and maintaining the Senior Cubing Rankings website, and to Phil Lewis for creating the Senior Cubing Tracker site, which can be found via the Useful Links section of the SCR site.
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WEEKEND COMP ROUNDUP (NOV 21-23)
Most of this week's news comes from three top solvers from Brisbane...
Yours truly Shen Flindell (50+ big cube WRs) made 2 PRs and 2 double PRs at Speedy Southport 2025 this weekend: 5x5 best 1:27.68 remains ranked 2nd; 3OH average 23.61 remains ranked 2nd, and best 20.08 takes me from 7th to 3rd ahead of Ron van Bruchem; Megaminx average 1:54.13 enters the rankings at 6th, and best 1:37.08 takes me from 15th to 7th, both ahead of Chad Harris; and 3x3 best 13.60 takes me from 22nd to 19th. The new Megaminx average should give me enough Kinch points to rise from 8th to 6th.
Also in Southport, Rodney Topor (70+ Skewb WRs) made a Clock best PR 38.83, remaining ranked 4th.
Finally from Southport, Ming Dao Ting (3OH SWR2) made 2 PRs, 3 senior PRs and 2 double senior PRs: 3x3 average 12.70 (13th to 9th ahead of Gilles Roux and a missing entry); Megaminx best 1:26.72 (20th to 15th) and average 1:40.85 (24th to 19th); 5x5 best 1:32.14 (26th to 24th); 7x7 mean PR 5:22.22 (29th to 25th); Square-1 average 35.66 (51st to 45th) and best 30.53 (remains 60th); and Clock best PR 14.04 (187th to 184th) and average 23.50 (enters at 276th).
Ulrich Spies (60+ MM WR) made a Skewb 60+ PR average 10.66 at Belgian Nationals 2025, taking him from 6th to 4th ahead of Mike Hughey.
Daniel Houghton (big cubes top tens) made 2 PRs and a double at Dreht's Eich in Ergolding 2025: 7x7 best 4:08.21 remains ranked 7th; Megaminx average 2:19.92 enters at 70th, and best 2:09.09 takes him from 172nd to 80th; and FMC best 51 equals his previous PR so remains ranked 160th.
A few weeks ago, Chan Tak Chuen made double senior PRs at Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025, which took a while to be registered officially: 2x2 average 5.62 (118th to 44th) and best 4.14 (364th to 146th).
There was one new top ten result from outside my watchlist in the last two weeks, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Grzegorz Pacewicz (50+) at Olsztyn Open 2025 - 3x3 average 15.54 (11th to 9th)
This week I also followed AJ Nicholls, Sonja Black, Lisa Kucala, and Helmut Heilig, who competed without making any new PRs.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
In 40+ Kinch rankings, the recent deletion of the previous senior Square-1 record has led to some shuffling. François Courtès has moved up from 12th to 11th ahead of Aaron Soley. Jochen Bauer's PRs last week have taken him from 20th to 19th, swapping with Jia-Hong Lu. Christophe Grosjean is up from 22nd to 21st, swapping with Ron van Bruchem. Daniel Houghton has entered the top 25 at 23rd ahead of Chris Wright, pushing Anthony Rochester out of the top 25.
Next week: Igor Aipkin, Dennis Rosero, Lars Vennike Nielsson, Konsta Jukka, AJ Nicholls, Ben Coppin, Lisa Kucala, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Thierry Boisivon, and Sonja Black, in 10 competitions around the world.
My watchlist consists of the following:
: Cubes 3x3-7x7 - top 10 average, top 5 single 40+, top 5 average and top 2 single in older age groups
: 2x2, FMC, MM - top 5 average, top 2 single 40+, top 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 5 average and single 40+, top 3 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 106 "top ranked seniors". Please don't ask me to follow you as well, unless you fit the above criteria and I've missed something.
Please let me know if you know of anyone moving to a new age group who might be a candidate to join the top ranks.
Many thanks to Michael George for creating and maintaining the Senior Cubing Rankings website, and to Phil Lewis for creating the Senior Cubing Tracker site, which can be found via the Useful Links section of the SCR site.
Most of this week's news comes from three top solvers from Brisbane...
Yours truly Shen Flindell (50+ big cube WRs) made 2 PRs and 2 double PRs at Speedy Southport 2025 this weekend: 5x5 best 1:27.68 remains ranked 2nd; 3OH average 23.61 remains ranked 2nd, and best 20.08 takes me from 7th to 3rd ahead of Ron van Bruchem; Megaminx average 1:54.13 enters the rankings at 6th, and best 1:37.08 takes me from 15th to 7th, both ahead of Chad Harris; and 3x3 best 13.60 takes me from 22nd to 19th. The new Megaminx average should give me enough Kinch points to rise from 8th to 6th.
Also in Southport, Rodney Topor (70+ Skewb WRs) made a Clock best PR 38.83, remaining ranked 4th.
Finally from Southport, Ming Dao Ting (3OH SWR2) made 2 PRs, 3 senior PRs and 2 double senior PRs: 3x3 average 12.70 (13th to 9th ahead of Gilles Roux and a missing entry); Megaminx best 1:26.72 (20th to 15th) and average 1:40.85 (24th to 19th); 5x5 best 1:32.14 (26th to 24th); 7x7 mean PR 5:22.22 (29th to 25th); Square-1 average 35.66 (51st to 45th) and best 30.53 (remains 60th); and Clock best PR 14.04 (187th to 184th) and average 23.50 (enters at 276th).
Ulrich Spies (60+ MM WR) made a Skewb 60+ PR average 10.66 at Belgian Nationals 2025, taking him from 6th to 4th ahead of Mike Hughey.
Daniel Houghton (big cubes top tens) made 2 PRs and a double at Dreht's Eich in Ergolding 2025: 7x7 best 4:08.21 remains ranked 7th; Megaminx average 2:19.92 enters at 70th, and best 2:09.09 takes him from 172nd to 80th; and FMC best 51 equals his previous PR so remains ranked 160th.
A few weeks ago, Chan Tak Chuen made double senior PRs at Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025, which took a while to be registered officially: 2x2 average 5.62 (118th to 44th) and best 4.14 (364th to 146th).
There was one new top ten result from outside my watchlist in the last two weeks, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Grzegorz Pacewicz (50+) at Olsztyn Open 2025 - 3x3 average 15.54 (11th to 9th)
This week I also followed AJ Nicholls, Sonja Black, Lisa Kucala, and Helmut Heilig, who competed without making any new PRs.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
In 40+ Kinch rankings, the recent deletion of the previous senior Square-1 record has led to some shuffling. François Courtès has moved up from 12th to 11th ahead of Aaron Soley. Jochen Bauer's PRs last week have taken him from 20th to 19th, swapping with Jia-Hong Lu. Christophe Grosjean is up from 22nd to 21st, swapping with Ron van Bruchem. Daniel Houghton has entered the top 25 at 23rd ahead of Chris Wright, pushing Anthony Rochester out of the top 25.
Next week: Igor Aipkin, Dennis Rosero, Lars Vennike Nielsson, Konsta Jukka, AJ Nicholls, Ben Coppin, Lisa Kucala, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Thierry Boisivon, and Sonja Black, in 10 competitions around the world.
My watchlist consists of the following:
: Cubes 3x3-7x7 - top 10 average, top 5 single 40+, top 5 average and top 2 single in older age groups
: 2x2, FMC, MM - top 5 average, top 2 single 40+, top 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 5 average and single 40+, top 3 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 106 "top ranked seniors". Please don't ask me to follow you as well, unless you fit the above criteria and I've missed something.
Please let me know if you know of anyone moving to a new age group who might be a candidate to join the top ranks.
Many thanks to Michael George for creating and maintaining the Senior Cubing Rankings website, and to Phil Lewis for creating the Senior Cubing Tracker site, which can be found via the Useful Links section of the SCR site.
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WEEKEND COMP ROUNDUP (NOV 29-30)
SWRs in 3x3, FMC, 3OH and MBLD, plus some 5BLD NRs...
Konsta Jukka (3x3 SWR) made a new SWR as part of 3 PRs and 4 double PRs at Kamppi Cube Weekend 2025: 3x3 average 10.73 improves on the senior world record he set last month; 3OH average 22.95 followed by 21.72 takes him from 11th to 5th ahead of Michael Stocker, and best 20.38 followed by 19.53 from 19th to 12th; 5x5 average 1:35.53 takes him from 17th to 13th, and best 1:26.40 from 20th to 13th; 4x4 best 43.24 remains ranked 14th; 6x6 best 3:17.24 takes him from 30th to 25th; and Skewb average 11.85 takes him from 196th to 125th, and best 9.83 from 315th to 207th.
Modest Podzolkin (FMC SWR2) equalled the FMC best senior world record at Kyiv Blind Side Autumn 2025, moving from 3rd to equal first on 20 alongside Ben Coppin (2018) and Doug Li (twice this year). He also made a senior PR 3BLD mean 1:14.97, moving from 17th to 16th.
Lisa Kucala (60+ three SWRs) added one more 60+ WR to her tally with 3OH average 42.25 at Minnesota Championship 2025, taking her from 2nd to top place ahead of Mike Hughey's 2022 record by half a second, and completing the OH double along with the 3OH best 60+ WR she set last month. She also made a 60+ PR with 2x2 average 6.79, remaining ranked 4th.
Catching up on last week, Ting He made a new MBLD 50+ WR and a 50+ PR at Beijing Only 3x3 2025: MBLD PR 18/18 in 55:27 takes Ting from 25th to 1st place, and also takes him from 9th to 3rd in 40+, both ahead of the 17/17 István Kocza set in March; and 3BLD best 1:07.49 takes him from 12th to 10th ahead of Steve Clark in the 50+ rankings.
Also in Beijing last week, Liang Chen (MBLD SWR) made a 3BLD best PR 38.38, remaining ranked 5th.
Igor Aipkin (senior Kinch #5) made a pair of Uzbekistan National Records at 5BLD in Tashkent Phase One – Denial - 2025 this weekend: 5BLD mean 16:59 is a first in Uzbekistan and enters the senior rankings at 6th place, and best 14:30 takes him from 15th to 13th equal with Chris Hardwick, and is his 4th 5BLD best NR. (Author's note: I'm so happy I got to mention this comp title.)
Ben Coppin (FMC SWR) made one lifetime PR and five 50+ PRs at Leicestershire Autumn 2025: Skewb average 7.73 (remains 10th) and best 5.58 (37th to 18th); 5x5 average PR 3:05.60 (enters at 45th) and best 2:35.55 (55th to 50th); 4x4 best 1:17.50 (79th to 63rd); and 2x2 average 8.03 (75th to 71st).
Lars Vennike Nielsson (OH SWRs) made a PR and a double PR at Hvidovre Open 2025: 6x6 mean 3:48.87 takes him from 45th to 36th, and best 3:37.22 from 55th to 38th; and Square-1 average 38.55 takes him from 57th to 52nd. He also made a 2x2 best senior PR 2.49, taking him from 24th to 20th.
Thierry Boisivon (50+ OH #5) made a 4x4 best PR 1:07.47 at Rahn Education Advent Open 2025, taking him from 45th to 43rd.
There were a couple of new top ten results from outside my watchlist in the last two weeks, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Amit Sheffer (40+) at MegaMix Israel 2025 – 5x5 best 1:23.88 (enters at 9th)
: José Adrian Jaquez Salazar (60+) at Zacatecas Mexican Qualifier 2025 - Megaminx best 4:39.25 (remains 10th)
This week I also followed Dennis Rosero, AJ Nicholls, Peter Hugosson-Miller, and Sonja Black, who competed without making any new PRs.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
All the senior Kinch ranking news this week is from last week's Speedy Southport comp. In 40+, Ming Dao Ting has reached the first page at 25th place ahead of Akatsuki Kitamura, while in 50+ yours truly Shen Flindell is up from 8th to 6th ahead of Ron van Bruchem.
Next week: Jae Park, Jochen Bauer, Akatsuki Kitamura, Maria Oey, Ron van Bruchem, Ton Dennenbroek, Dennis Rosero, Gary Miller, Kerry Go, Rich Tayag, John Cook, Robert Ślesicki, Daniel Houghton, Michael Stocker, Olivier Wirz, Igor Aipkin, Chan Tak Chuen, Fumiki Koseki, Junya Tomita, Kanako Eguchi, Yuji Suse, in 13 competitions around the world.
My watchlist consists of the following:
: Cubes 3x3-7x7 - top 10 average, top 5 single 40+, top 5 average and top 2 single in older age groups
: 2x2, FMC, MM - top 5 average, top 2 single 40+, top 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 5 average and single 40+, top 3 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 108, "top ranked seniors". Please don't ask me to follow you as well, unless you fit the above criteria and I've missed something.
Please let me know if you know of anyone moving to a new age group who might be a candidate to join the top ranks.
Many thanks to Michael George for creating and maintaining the Senior Cubing Rankings website, and to Phil Lewis for creating the Senior Cubing Tracker site, which can be found via the Useful Links section of the SCR site.
SWRs in 3x3, FMC, 3OH and MBLD, plus some 5BLD NRs...
Konsta Jukka (3x3 SWR) made a new SWR as part of 3 PRs and 4 double PRs at Kamppi Cube Weekend 2025: 3x3 average 10.73 improves on the senior world record he set last month; 3OH average 22.95 followed by 21.72 takes him from 11th to 5th ahead of Michael Stocker, and best 20.38 followed by 19.53 from 19th to 12th; 5x5 average 1:35.53 takes him from 17th to 13th, and best 1:26.40 from 20th to 13th; 4x4 best 43.24 remains ranked 14th; 6x6 best 3:17.24 takes him from 30th to 25th; and Skewb average 11.85 takes him from 196th to 125th, and best 9.83 from 315th to 207th.
Modest Podzolkin (FMC SWR2) equalled the FMC best senior world record at Kyiv Blind Side Autumn 2025, moving from 3rd to equal first on 20 alongside Ben Coppin (2018) and Doug Li (twice this year). He also made a senior PR 3BLD mean 1:14.97, moving from 17th to 16th.
Lisa Kucala (60+ three SWRs) added one more 60+ WR to her tally with 3OH average 42.25 at Minnesota Championship 2025, taking her from 2nd to top place ahead of Mike Hughey's 2022 record by half a second, and completing the OH double along with the 3OH best 60+ WR she set last month. She also made a 60+ PR with 2x2 average 6.79, remaining ranked 4th.
Catching up on last week, Ting He made a new MBLD 50+ WR and a 50+ PR at Beijing Only 3x3 2025: MBLD PR 18/18 in 55:27 takes Ting from 25th to 1st place, and also takes him from 9th to 3rd in 40+, both ahead of the 17/17 István Kocza set in March; and 3BLD best 1:07.49 takes him from 12th to 10th ahead of Steve Clark in the 50+ rankings.
Also in Beijing last week, Liang Chen (MBLD SWR) made a 3BLD best PR 38.38, remaining ranked 5th.
Igor Aipkin (senior Kinch #5) made a pair of Uzbekistan National Records at 5BLD in Tashkent Phase One – Denial - 2025 this weekend: 5BLD mean 16:59 is a first in Uzbekistan and enters the senior rankings at 6th place, and best 14:30 takes him from 15th to 13th equal with Chris Hardwick, and is his 4th 5BLD best NR. (Author's note: I'm so happy I got to mention this comp title.)
Ben Coppin (FMC SWR) made one lifetime PR and five 50+ PRs at Leicestershire Autumn 2025: Skewb average 7.73 (remains 10th) and best 5.58 (37th to 18th); 5x5 average PR 3:05.60 (enters at 45th) and best 2:35.55 (55th to 50th); 4x4 best 1:17.50 (79th to 63rd); and 2x2 average 8.03 (75th to 71st).
Lars Vennike Nielsson (OH SWRs) made a PR and a double PR at Hvidovre Open 2025: 6x6 mean 3:48.87 takes him from 45th to 36th, and best 3:37.22 from 55th to 38th; and Square-1 average 38.55 takes him from 57th to 52nd. He also made a 2x2 best senior PR 2.49, taking him from 24th to 20th.
Thierry Boisivon (50+ OH #5) made a 4x4 best PR 1:07.47 at Rahn Education Advent Open 2025, taking him from 45th to 43rd.
There were a couple of new top ten results from outside my watchlist in the last two weeks, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Amit Sheffer (40+) at MegaMix Israel 2025 – 5x5 best 1:23.88 (enters at 9th)
: José Adrian Jaquez Salazar (60+) at Zacatecas Mexican Qualifier 2025 - Megaminx best 4:39.25 (remains 10th)
This week I also followed Dennis Rosero, AJ Nicholls, Peter Hugosson-Miller, and Sonja Black, who competed without making any new PRs.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
All the senior Kinch ranking news this week is from last week's Speedy Southport comp. In 40+, Ming Dao Ting has reached the first page at 25th place ahead of Akatsuki Kitamura, while in 50+ yours truly Shen Flindell is up from 8th to 6th ahead of Ron van Bruchem.
Next week: Jae Park, Jochen Bauer, Akatsuki Kitamura, Maria Oey, Ron van Bruchem, Ton Dennenbroek, Dennis Rosero, Gary Miller, Kerry Go, Rich Tayag, John Cook, Robert Ślesicki, Daniel Houghton, Michael Stocker, Olivier Wirz, Igor Aipkin, Chan Tak Chuen, Fumiki Koseki, Junya Tomita, Kanako Eguchi, Yuji Suse, in 13 competitions around the world.
My watchlist consists of the following:
: Cubes 3x3-7x7 - top 10 average, top 5 single 40+, top 5 average and top 2 single in older age groups
: 2x2, FMC, MM - top 5 average, top 2 single 40+, top 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 5 average and single 40+, top 3 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 108, "top ranked seniors". Please don't ask me to follow you as well, unless you fit the above criteria and I've missed something.
Please let me know if you know of anyone moving to a new age group who might be a candidate to join the top ranks.
Many thanks to Michael George for creating and maintaining the Senior Cubing Rankings website, and to Phil Lewis for creating the Senior Cubing Tracker site, which can be found via the Useful Links section of the SCR site.
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WEEKEND COMP ROUNDUP (DEC 6-7)
Another 3 SWRs this week, in 7x7, FMC, and 2x2...
Michael Stocker (7x7 SWR) improved his 7x7 mean SWR for the fifth time this year at Swisscubing Cup Final 2025: 3:52.30 improved on his previous SWR by 2.66s. His best time 3:43.91 was a senior PR, but remains ranked 2nd just 0.89s behind world record holder Choi Goho.
Also in Switzerland, Olivier Wirz (60+ 2x2 WR) made double PRs: Square-1 best 35.54 takes him from 11th to 5th ahead of Peter Hugosson-Miller, and average 1:05.88 enters at 6th ahead of Mats Bergsten. This new average takes Olivier from 18th to 15th in the 60+ Kinch rankings.
Finally from Switzerland, Daniel Houghton (big cubes top tens) made a Megaminx best PR 1:54.92, taking him from 82nd to 59th.
Akatsuki Kitamura (50+ Kinch #3) made double PRs at Otsu FMC Winter: best 23 is a new 50+ world record, taking him from 13th to equal 1st alongside David Roche (and also from 43rd to 5th in 40+), and mean 31.33 takes him from 13th to equal 8th with Anette Warberg Borg. Akatsuki-san has entered the top 25 in 40+ Kinch rankings at 22nd.
Gary Miller (80+ Kinch #1) made a 2x2 average PR 24.51 at River Hill Fall 2025, improving on his previous 80+ world record* for the 3rd time this year and bringing his tally of 80+ world records this year to 27.
* His 2x2 average is listed as #2 on the SCR website, as another 80+ competitor with a better record has not registered on the site.
Also in River Hall, Kerry Go (60+ Kinch #4) made a 4x4 average senior PR 1:25.09, remaining ranked 4th.
John Cook (60+ FMC WR2) made two PRs at ACT Championship 2025: 3OH best 47.36 takes him from 9th to 6th ahead of Ton Dennenbroek; and Clock average 20.01 remains ranked 15th.
Fumiki Koseki (50+ Kinch #5) made three 50+ PRs at Tokyo Winter 2025: 4x4 average 58.06 takes him from 5th to 4th ahead of Helmut Heilig; and Square-1 average 26.21 enters the rankings at 4th ahead of Akatsuki Kitamura, and best 25.26 at 7th ahead of Robert Ślesicki. The points from his Square-1 average take his 50+ Kinch ranking from 5th to 3rd.
Also in Tokyo, Yuji Suse (big cubes top tens) made 2 PRs, a double PR, and a senior PR: 4x4 average 47.32 takes him from 8th to 7th ahead of Ming Dao Ting; 2x2 average 5.60 enters the rankings at 43rd, and best senior PR 5.24 at 297th; Square-1 average 41.43 enters at 59th and best 33.10 at 72nd.
Finally from Tokyo, Kanako Eguchi (Clock SWR) made a PR and double senior PRs: 3x3 average PR 15.51 takes her from 63rd to 51st; and 2x2 average 6.46 enters at 112th, and best 5.99 at 411th.
Robert Ślesicki (50+ Skewb WR) made a Pyraminx average PR 9.25 at CF Claus Race Brzeziny 2025, taking him from 25th to 23rd.
Igor Aipkin (senior Kinch #5) made 3 PRs at Tashkent Open 2025: 3OH average 29.00 takes him from 38th to 35th; 3x3 average 15.71 equals his previous PR and remains ranked 71st; and Pyraminx average 13.49 takes him from 326th to 276th.
Dennis Rosero (senior Kinch #6) made a 4x4 average senior PR 50.11 at PS UD II Bogotá 2025, remaining ranked 10th.
There was one new top ten result from outside my watchlist in the last week, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Enrymar Cisneros (40+) at Cubeando en Navidad Caracas 2025 - Megaminx best 1:18.80 (10th to 9th)
This week I also followed Jae Park, Ron van Bruchem, Rich Tayag, Chan Tak Chuen, and Junya Tomita, who competed without making any new PRs.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
In 40+ Kinch rankings, Aaron Soley is up from 12th to 11th ahead of François Courtès, Christophe Grosjean is up from 21st to 20th ahead of Jia-Hong Lu, and Akatsuki Kitamura has entered the top 25 at 22nd ahead of Ron van Bruchem, forcing Ming Dao Ting off the top page.
In 50+, Fumiki Koseki is up from 5th to 3rd ahead of Akatsuki Kitamura, who retains 4th place ahead of Jochen Bauer falling to 5th.
In 60+, Olivier Wirz is up from 18th to 15th ahead of Shinichi Ono.
Next week: Dennis Rosero, Choi Goho, Robert Ślesicki, Thierry Megard, AJ Nicholls, Chris Wright, Steve Clarke, Martin Ernesto Melcop, Akatsuki Kitamura, and Fumiki Koseki in 10 competitions around the world. Dennis Rosero is competing in 4 of those 10 comps! I'll be watching Fumiki-san's big cube results a bit nervously...
My watchlist consists of the following:
: Cubes 3x3-7x7 - top 10 average, top 5 single 40+, top 5 average and top 2 single in older age groups
: 2x2, FMC, MM - top 5 average, top 2 single 40+, top 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 5 average and single 40+, top 3 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 108, "top ranked seniors". Please don't ask me to follow you as well, unless you fit the above criteria and I've missed something.
Please let me know if you know of anyone moving to a new age group who might be a candidate to join the top ranks.
Many thanks to Michael George for creating and maintaining the Senior Cubing Rankings website, and to Phil Lewis for creating the Senior Cubing Tracker site, which can be found via the Useful Links section of the SCR site.
Another 3 SWRs this week, in 7x7, FMC, and 2x2...
Michael Stocker (7x7 SWR) improved his 7x7 mean SWR for the fifth time this year at Swisscubing Cup Final 2025: 3:52.30 improved on his previous SWR by 2.66s. His best time 3:43.91 was a senior PR, but remains ranked 2nd just 0.89s behind world record holder Choi Goho.
Also in Switzerland, Olivier Wirz (60+ 2x2 WR) made double PRs: Square-1 best 35.54 takes him from 11th to 5th ahead of Peter Hugosson-Miller, and average 1:05.88 enters at 6th ahead of Mats Bergsten. This new average takes Olivier from 18th to 15th in the 60+ Kinch rankings.
Finally from Switzerland, Daniel Houghton (big cubes top tens) made a Megaminx best PR 1:54.92, taking him from 82nd to 59th.
Akatsuki Kitamura (50+ Kinch #3) made double PRs at Otsu FMC Winter: best 23 is a new 50+ world record, taking him from 13th to equal 1st alongside David Roche (and also from 43rd to 5th in 40+), and mean 31.33 takes him from 13th to equal 8th with Anette Warberg Borg. Akatsuki-san has entered the top 25 in 40+ Kinch rankings at 22nd.
Gary Miller (80+ Kinch #1) made a 2x2 average PR 24.51 at River Hill Fall 2025, improving on his previous 80+ world record* for the 3rd time this year and bringing his tally of 80+ world records this year to 27.
* His 2x2 average is listed as #2 on the SCR website, as another 80+ competitor with a better record has not registered on the site.
Also in River Hall, Kerry Go (60+ Kinch #4) made a 4x4 average senior PR 1:25.09, remaining ranked 4th.
John Cook (60+ FMC WR2) made two PRs at ACT Championship 2025: 3OH best 47.36 takes him from 9th to 6th ahead of Ton Dennenbroek; and Clock average 20.01 remains ranked 15th.
Fumiki Koseki (50+ Kinch #5) made three 50+ PRs at Tokyo Winter 2025: 4x4 average 58.06 takes him from 5th to 4th ahead of Helmut Heilig; and Square-1 average 26.21 enters the rankings at 4th ahead of Akatsuki Kitamura, and best 25.26 at 7th ahead of Robert Ślesicki. The points from his Square-1 average take his 50+ Kinch ranking from 5th to 3rd.
Also in Tokyo, Yuji Suse (big cubes top tens) made 2 PRs, a double PR, and a senior PR: 4x4 average 47.32 takes him from 8th to 7th ahead of Ming Dao Ting; 2x2 average 5.60 enters the rankings at 43rd, and best senior PR 5.24 at 297th; Square-1 average 41.43 enters at 59th and best 33.10 at 72nd.
Finally from Tokyo, Kanako Eguchi (Clock SWR) made a PR and double senior PRs: 3x3 average PR 15.51 takes her from 63rd to 51st; and 2x2 average 6.46 enters at 112th, and best 5.99 at 411th.
Robert Ślesicki (50+ Skewb WR) made a Pyraminx average PR 9.25 at CF Claus Race Brzeziny 2025, taking him from 25th to 23rd.
Igor Aipkin (senior Kinch #5) made 3 PRs at Tashkent Open 2025: 3OH average 29.00 takes him from 38th to 35th; 3x3 average 15.71 equals his previous PR and remains ranked 71st; and Pyraminx average 13.49 takes him from 326th to 276th.
Dennis Rosero (senior Kinch #6) made a 4x4 average senior PR 50.11 at PS UD II Bogotá 2025, remaining ranked 10th.
There was one new top ten result from outside my watchlist in the last week, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Enrymar Cisneros (40+) at Cubeando en Navidad Caracas 2025 - Megaminx best 1:18.80 (10th to 9th)
This week I also followed Jae Park, Ron van Bruchem, Rich Tayag, Chan Tak Chuen, and Junya Tomita, who competed without making any new PRs.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
In 40+ Kinch rankings, Aaron Soley is up from 12th to 11th ahead of François Courtès, Christophe Grosjean is up from 21st to 20th ahead of Jia-Hong Lu, and Akatsuki Kitamura has entered the top 25 at 22nd ahead of Ron van Bruchem, forcing Ming Dao Ting off the top page.
In 50+, Fumiki Koseki is up from 5th to 3rd ahead of Akatsuki Kitamura, who retains 4th place ahead of Jochen Bauer falling to 5th.
In 60+, Olivier Wirz is up from 18th to 15th ahead of Shinichi Ono.
Next week: Dennis Rosero, Choi Goho, Robert Ślesicki, Thierry Megard, AJ Nicholls, Chris Wright, Steve Clarke, Martin Ernesto Melcop, Akatsuki Kitamura, and Fumiki Koseki in 10 competitions around the world. Dennis Rosero is competing in 4 of those 10 comps! I'll be watching Fumiki-san's big cube results a bit nervously...
My watchlist consists of the following:
: Cubes 3x3-7x7 - top 10 average, top 5 single 40+, top 5 average and top 2 single in older age groups
: 2x2, FMC, MM - top 5 average, top 2 single 40+, top 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 5 average and single 40+, top 3 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 108, "top ranked seniors". Please don't ask me to follow you as well, unless you fit the above criteria and I've missed something.
Please let me know if you know of anyone moving to a new age group who might be a candidate to join the top ranks.
Many thanks to Michael George for creating and maintaining the Senior Cubing Rankings website, and to Phil Lewis for creating the Senior Cubing Tracker site, which can be found via the Useful Links section of the SCR site.
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WEEKEND COMP ROUNDUP (DEC 10-14)
Our 2nd quietest week still features our man from Colombia...
Dennis Rosero (senior Kinch #6) had notable results at 2 of his 4 comps this week. He made a Skewb senior PR best 3.26 at Feral Ricaurte Cundinamarca 2025, taking him from 7th to 6th ahead of Chad Harris. Then he made a PR and a senior PR at Nova Plaza Facatativá III 2025: 4x4 PR best 40.05 takes him from 8th to 6th ahead of Yuji Suse, and senior PR average 47.41 takes him from 10th to 8th ahead of Ming Dao Ting.
Peter Hugosson-Miller (60+ Kinch #3) made 2 PRs at Götalandsmästerskapet 2025: Skewb best 5.96 takes him from 11th to 5th ahead of Martin Ernesto Melcop; and 4BLD best 26:25 remains ranked 5th.
There was one new top ten result from outside my watchlist in the last week, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Michael Orger (50+) at CCM Winter Open 2025 - 2x2 average 5.43 (enters at 8th)
This week I also followed Choi Goho, Robert Ślesicki, Thierry Megard, AJ Nicholls, Chris Wright, Steve Clarke, Martin Ernesto Melcop, and Akatsuki Kitamura, who competed without making any new PRs.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
In 40+ Kinch rankings, António Gomes is up from 16th to 15th ahead of Modest Podzolkin, having made Big Blind breakthroughs this weekend including a Portuguese NR 4BLD mean 17:17.
Next week: Dennis Rosero, Daniel Houghton, Helmut Heilig, Jochen Bauer, Michael Stocker, Ron van Bruchem, Sander Kaspers, Ton Dennenbroek, Ulrich Spies, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Javier Cabezuelo Sánchez, Kerry Go, Lisa Kucala, in 8 competitions around the world.
My watchlist consists of the following:
: Cubes 3x3-7x7 - top 10 average, top 5 single 40+, top 5 average and top 2 single in older age groups
: 2x2, FMC, MM - top 5 average, top 2 single 40+, top 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 5 average and single 40+, top 3 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 108, "top ranked seniors". Please don't ask me to follow you as well, unless you fit the above criteria and I've missed something.
Please let me know if you know of anyone moving to a new age group who might be a candidate to join the top ranks.
Many thanks to Michael George for creating and maintaining the Senior Cubing Rankings website, and to Phil Lewis for creating the Senior Cubing Tracker site, which can be found via the Useful Links section of the SCR site.
Our 2nd quietest week still features our man from Colombia...
Dennis Rosero (senior Kinch #6) had notable results at 2 of his 4 comps this week. He made a Skewb senior PR best 3.26 at Feral Ricaurte Cundinamarca 2025, taking him from 7th to 6th ahead of Chad Harris. Then he made a PR and a senior PR at Nova Plaza Facatativá III 2025: 4x4 PR best 40.05 takes him from 8th to 6th ahead of Yuji Suse, and senior PR average 47.41 takes him from 10th to 8th ahead of Ming Dao Ting.
Peter Hugosson-Miller (60+ Kinch #3) made 2 PRs at Götalandsmästerskapet 2025: Skewb best 5.96 takes him from 11th to 5th ahead of Martin Ernesto Melcop; and 4BLD best 26:25 remains ranked 5th.
There was one new top ten result from outside my watchlist in the last week, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Michael Orger (50+) at CCM Winter Open 2025 - 2x2 average 5.43 (enters at 8th)
This week I also followed Choi Goho, Robert Ślesicki, Thierry Megard, AJ Nicholls, Chris Wright, Steve Clarke, Martin Ernesto Melcop, and Akatsuki Kitamura, who competed without making any new PRs.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
In 40+ Kinch rankings, António Gomes is up from 16th to 15th ahead of Modest Podzolkin, having made Big Blind breakthroughs this weekend including a Portuguese NR 4BLD mean 17:17.
Next week: Dennis Rosero, Daniel Houghton, Helmut Heilig, Jochen Bauer, Michael Stocker, Ron van Bruchem, Sander Kaspers, Ton Dennenbroek, Ulrich Spies, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Javier Cabezuelo Sánchez, Kerry Go, Lisa Kucala, in 8 competitions around the world.
My watchlist consists of the following:
: Cubes 3x3-7x7 - top 10 average, top 5 single 40+, top 5 average and top 2 single in older age groups
: 2x2, FMC, MM - top 5 average, top 2 single 40+, top 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 5 average and single 40+, top 3 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 108, "top ranked seniors". Please don't ask me to follow you as well, unless you fit the above criteria and I've missed something.
Please let me know if you know of anyone moving to a new age group who might be a candidate to join the top ranks.
Many thanks to Michael George for creating and maintaining the Senior Cubing Rankings website, and to Phil Lewis for creating the Senior Cubing Tracker site, which can be found via the Useful Links section of the SCR site.
shentabla
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WEEKEND COMP ROUNDUP (DEC 18-21)
New FMC SWRs from last month, and our man in Colombia becomes the 7th senior to record sub-10 on 3x3...
Catching up on news from last month, Quiet Seattle November 2025 was the first WCA comp for Rodney Kinney, who proceeded to make double FMC 60+ world records with best 26 and mean 27.00. These results beat the previous records of 28 and 32.00 set by Mike Hughey at Ohio State Expo Open 2022. His mean 27.00 also enters the 50+ rankings at 2nd ahead of Guus Razoux Schultz, and the 40+ rankings at 4th ahead of Timothy Lawrance, and his best 26 also enters the 50+ rankings at 7th alongside Dieter Amberger, Guus Razoux Schultz and Mike Hughey. That is quite the debut, Rodney!
Dennis Rosero (senior Kinch #6) made 2 PRs and a double PR at Tocancipá III 2025: 3x3 best 9.27 takes him from 17th to 6th ahead of another recent sub-10 solve by Konsta Jukka; 5x5 average 1:37.04 takes him from 25th to 16th, and best 1:30.57 from 26th to 21st; and Clock average 8.95 takes him from 23rd to 21st. (I usually rank stories according to the top ranking, but for this week I'm giving a 3x3 sub-10 premium status. It was my lead story until I discovered Rodney Kinney in the final check...)
Liang Chen (MBLD SWR) made a 3BLD best PR 31.91 at Please Be Quiet Hefei 2025, taking him from 5th to 4th ahead of Shinji Mochizuki.
Jochen Bauer (50+ Kinch #5) made a 6x6 best PR 3:05.05 at Franconia Christmas 2025, remaining ranked 4th.
Also in Franconia, Michael Stocker (7x7 SWR) made 2 PRs: 5x5 best PR 1:20.77 remains ranked 6th; and 3OH best 18.57 takes him from 17th to 8th ahead of István Zoltán Bihari.
Finally from Franconia, Helmut Heilig (50+ 4x4 and OH top fives) made a 5x5 average PR 1:54.31, remaining ranked 6th.
Kerry Go (60+ Kinch #4) entered the FMC best rankings at 9th ahead of Mats Bergsten with a 54 at FMC Under the Mistletoe 2025. He is now on the top page of the 50+ Kinch rankings, replacing Yul-Hok Sung at 25th, and has moved from 4th to 3rd in 60+ Kinch rankings, ahead of Peter Hugosson-Miller.
Daniel Houghton (big cubes top tens) made a double PR at Red Cross Santa Solves 2025: Megaminx best 1:43.44 takes him from 60th to 38th and average 1:56.32 from 73rd to 39th. As a result, his senior Kinch ranking is up from 24th to 22nd ahead of Akatsuki Kitamura.
Sander Kaspers (50+ MM WRs) made a Clock best PR 26.29 at Cubing in Oud IJsselmuiden 2025, taking him from 149th to 112th.
There were quite a few top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last month, including several I missed in previous weeks, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Santiago Serrano Cernadas (60+) at Spanish Championship 2025 - Clock average 10.28 (10th to 5th)
: Toby Chamberlain (50+) at Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025 – 3x3 best 11.91 (14th to 6th)
: Yvonne Chow (60+) at I Hope It's Solved Edmonton 2025 – 3BLD best 2:05.42 (enters at 6th)
: Pete Lee (40+) at Wiltshire Winter 2025 – Megaminx average 1:23.25 (remains 7th)
: João Luiz Melo Novaes (50+) at Click Clock 2 Brasília 2025 - Skewb average 7.11 (remains 7th)
: Eric Dodson (50+) at Ohio Championship 2025 – Clock average 9.14 (8th to 7th) and best 8.17 (remains 9th)
: Pier Ubbiali (50+) at Rubik's Italian Championship 2025 – Clock best 7.80 (enters at 8th)
: Stephane Tahon (50+) at Christmas Cubing by Sorrento Beach 2025 – 4x4 best 54.50 (13th to 10th)
This week I also followed Ron van Bruchem, Ulrich Spies, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Javier Cabezuelo Sánchez, and Lisa Kucala, who competed without making any new PRs.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
I've put this week's Kinch news alongside the relevant solver's results. It's nice when the results propagate to the rankings page so quickly.
Next week: Dennis Rosero, Timothy Lawrance, Kate Stuart, Lisa Kucala, Choi Goho, Ryuji Hamano, and Shinichi Ono, in 7 competitions around the world. My report might be a few days late, or be missing Kinch updates, as I'll be at Woodford Folk Festival with only my phone to work with.
My watchlist consists of the following:
: Cubes 3x3-7x7 - top 10 average, top 5 single 40+, top 5 average and top 2 single in older age groups
: 2x2, FMC, MM - top 5 average, top 2 single 40+, top 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 5 average and single 40+, top 3 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 107 "top ranked seniors". Please don't ask me to follow you as well, unless you fit the above criteria and I've missed something.
Please let me know if you know of anyone moving to a new age group who might be a candidate to join the top ranks.
Many thanks to Michael George for creating and maintaining the Senior Cubing Rankings website, and to Phil Lewis for creating the Senior Cubing Tracker site, which can be found via the Useful Links section of the SCR site.
New FMC SWRs from last month, and our man in Colombia becomes the 7th senior to record sub-10 on 3x3...
Catching up on news from last month, Quiet Seattle November 2025 was the first WCA comp for Rodney Kinney, who proceeded to make double FMC 60+ world records with best 26 and mean 27.00. These results beat the previous records of 28 and 32.00 set by Mike Hughey at Ohio State Expo Open 2022. His mean 27.00 also enters the 50+ rankings at 2nd ahead of Guus Razoux Schultz, and the 40+ rankings at 4th ahead of Timothy Lawrance, and his best 26 also enters the 50+ rankings at 7th alongside Dieter Amberger, Guus Razoux Schultz and Mike Hughey. That is quite the debut, Rodney!
Dennis Rosero (senior Kinch #6) made 2 PRs and a double PR at Tocancipá III 2025: 3x3 best 9.27 takes him from 17th to 6th ahead of another recent sub-10 solve by Konsta Jukka; 5x5 average 1:37.04 takes him from 25th to 16th, and best 1:30.57 from 26th to 21st; and Clock average 8.95 takes him from 23rd to 21st. (I usually rank stories according to the top ranking, but for this week I'm giving a 3x3 sub-10 premium status. It was my lead story until I discovered Rodney Kinney in the final check...)
Liang Chen (MBLD SWR) made a 3BLD best PR 31.91 at Please Be Quiet Hefei 2025, taking him from 5th to 4th ahead of Shinji Mochizuki.
Jochen Bauer (50+ Kinch #5) made a 6x6 best PR 3:05.05 at Franconia Christmas 2025, remaining ranked 4th.
Also in Franconia, Michael Stocker (7x7 SWR) made 2 PRs: 5x5 best PR 1:20.77 remains ranked 6th; and 3OH best 18.57 takes him from 17th to 8th ahead of István Zoltán Bihari.
Finally from Franconia, Helmut Heilig (50+ 4x4 and OH top fives) made a 5x5 average PR 1:54.31, remaining ranked 6th.
Kerry Go (60+ Kinch #4) entered the FMC best rankings at 9th ahead of Mats Bergsten with a 54 at FMC Under the Mistletoe 2025. He is now on the top page of the 50+ Kinch rankings, replacing Yul-Hok Sung at 25th, and has moved from 4th to 3rd in 60+ Kinch rankings, ahead of Peter Hugosson-Miller.
Daniel Houghton (big cubes top tens) made a double PR at Red Cross Santa Solves 2025: Megaminx best 1:43.44 takes him from 60th to 38th and average 1:56.32 from 73rd to 39th. As a result, his senior Kinch ranking is up from 24th to 22nd ahead of Akatsuki Kitamura.
Sander Kaspers (50+ MM WRs) made a Clock best PR 26.29 at Cubing in Oud IJsselmuiden 2025, taking him from 149th to 112th.
There were quite a few top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last month, including several I missed in previous weeks, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Santiago Serrano Cernadas (60+) at Spanish Championship 2025 - Clock average 10.28 (10th to 5th)
: Toby Chamberlain (50+) at Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025 – 3x3 best 11.91 (14th to 6th)
: Yvonne Chow (60+) at I Hope It's Solved Edmonton 2025 – 3BLD best 2:05.42 (enters at 6th)
: Pete Lee (40+) at Wiltshire Winter 2025 – Megaminx average 1:23.25 (remains 7th)
: João Luiz Melo Novaes (50+) at Click Clock 2 Brasília 2025 - Skewb average 7.11 (remains 7th)
: Eric Dodson (50+) at Ohio Championship 2025 – Clock average 9.14 (8th to 7th) and best 8.17 (remains 9th)
: Pier Ubbiali (50+) at Rubik's Italian Championship 2025 – Clock best 7.80 (enters at 8th)
: Stephane Tahon (50+) at Christmas Cubing by Sorrento Beach 2025 – 4x4 best 54.50 (13th to 10th)
This week I also followed Ron van Bruchem, Ulrich Spies, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Javier Cabezuelo Sánchez, and Lisa Kucala, who competed without making any new PRs.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
I've put this week's Kinch news alongside the relevant solver's results. It's nice when the results propagate to the rankings page so quickly.
Next week: Dennis Rosero, Timothy Lawrance, Kate Stuart, Lisa Kucala, Choi Goho, Ryuji Hamano, and Shinichi Ono, in 7 competitions around the world. My report might be a few days late, or be missing Kinch updates, as I'll be at Woodford Folk Festival with only my phone to work with.
My watchlist consists of the following:
: Cubes 3x3-7x7 - top 10 average, top 5 single 40+, top 5 average and top 2 single in older age groups
: 2x2, FMC, MM - top 5 average, top 2 single 40+, top 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 5 average and single 40+, top 3 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 107 "top ranked seniors". Please don't ask me to follow you as well, unless you fit the above criteria and I've missed something.
Please let me know if you know of anyone moving to a new age group who might be a candidate to join the top ranks.
Many thanks to Michael George for creating and maintaining the Senior Cubing Rankings website, and to Phil Lewis for creating the Senior Cubing Tracker site, which can be found via the Useful Links section of the SCR site.
pglewis
Veteran
I've had a new site about 95% done for over 6 months with some polish for the Senior Kinch Ranks, support for light/dark themes, and senior profile pages that give a nice competitor overview. I carved out a hole in the schedule to dust it off and get about 4% more done, which is good enough to put this out to the public.
Everything should be phone friendly and nearly everything I could think to cross-link is cross-linked. The light theme is usable but could use some love. I'm no designer and I'm a dark theme guy, so I admit it got a lot more attention while testing. A few things are still on my list but not yet done: I'd like to include the date for the PRs on the profile page, highlight recent PRs, as well as highlight competitors with recent records on the Kinch leaderboard.
Effusive thanks to Michael George as always. None of this would be possible without all his work putting together the Senior Rankings and curating and maintaining the data.
It has been an amazing year for senior cubing achievements, cheers to you all and here's to an amazing 2026!
pglewis.github.io
Everything should be phone friendly and nearly everything I could think to cross-link is cross-linked. The light theme is usable but could use some love. I'm no designer and I'm a dark theme guy, so I admit it got a lot more attention while testing. A few things are still on my list but not yet done: I'd like to include the date for the PRs on the profile page, highlight recent PRs, as well as highlight competitors with recent records on the Kinch leaderboard.
Effusive thanks to Michael George as always. None of this would be possible without all his work putting together the Senior Rankings and curating and maintaining the data.
It has been an amazing year for senior cubing achievements, cheers to you all and here's to an amazing 2026!
Senior Cubing Tracker
shentabla
Regular
Thanks so much Phil. Having had access to these pages has been a huge help for my weekly comp reports.I've had a new site about 95% done for over 6 months with some polish for the Senior Kinch Ranks, support for light/dark themes, and senior profile pages that give a nice competitor overview. I carved out a hole in the schedule to dust it off and get about 4% more done, which is good enough to put this out to the public.
Everything should be phone friendly and nearly everything I could think to cross-link is cross-linked. The light theme is usable but could use some love. I'm no designer and I'm a dark theme guy, so I admit it got a lot more attention while testing. A few things are still on my list but not yet done: I'd like to include the date for the PRs on the profile page, highlight recent PRs, as well as highlight competitors with recent records on the Kinch leaderboard.
Effusive thanks to Michael George as always. None of this would be possible without all his work putting together the Senior Rankings and curating and maintaining the data.
It has been an amazing year for senior cubing achievements, cheers to you all and here's to an amazing 2026!
Senior Cubing Tracker
Recent entries on the Kinch page would be fab!
shentabla
Regular
WEEKEND COMP ROUNDUP (DEC 26-28)
It’s the last roundup of 2026! Happy new year everybody!
Lisa Kucala (60+ OH and Clock WRs) made two PRs at Race the Clock MN 2025: 6x6 best 5:01.78 remains 3rd; and 4x4 average 1:29.67 takes her from 6th to 5th ahead of Morten Raknes Johansen.
Also in Michigan, Kate Stuart (70+ Kinch #5) made a PR and two doubles: 4x4 best 3:16.79 enters at 3rd ahead of Mike Stone; Clock average 45.98 enters at 4th ahead of Mike Stone, and best 40.41 enters at 5th ahead of Yang-Mo Sung; and 3x3 average 1:08.74 takes her from 20th to 16th, and best 59.58 from 20th to 18th.
Shinichi Ono (60+ Skewb WR) made a 2x2 best PR 4.06 at Shimonoseki 2025, taking him from 37th to 8th ahead of Peter Hugosson-Miller.
Yongtao Sun (4x4 top ten) made a bunch of senior PRs including some first attempts as a senior at Zhengzhou Zeal 2025: 4x4 average 49.50 takes him from 10th to 9th equal with Ming Dao Ting and best 45.38 from 19th to 16th; 6x6 best 2:52.94 enters the rankings at 9th and mean 3:12.49 at 13th; 7x7 best 5:01.74 enters at 26th; and Megaminx best 1:36.27 enters at 30th.
Timothy Lawrance (senior Kinch #6) made a double PR at Noordhoek Quiet Xmas 2025: 6x6 mean 3:51.17 (remains 39th) and best 3:35.39 (41st to 39th).
There were no other top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last month, which I usually find via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page.
This week I also followed Dennis Rosero, Choi Goho, and Ryuji Hamano, who competed without making any new PRs.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
I’m compiling this week’s report on my phone while enjoying Woodford Folk Festival, so will have to wait until I’m back at my computer next week to report on any changes in senior Kinch rankings.
Next week: Dennis Rosero, Chan Tak Chuen, Daniel Houghton, Olivier Wirz, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Thor Muto Asmund, Ming Chai, Robert Ślesicki, Rich Tayag, AJ Nicholls, Chris Wright, Glyn Brown, in 10 competitions around the world.
My watchlist consists of the following:
: Cubes 3x3-7x7 - top 10 average, top 5 single 40+, top 5 average and top 2 single in older age groups
: 2x2, FMC, MM - top 5 average, top 2 single 40+, top 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 5 average and single 40+, top 3 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 107 "top ranked seniors". Please don't ask me to follow you as well, unless you fit the above criteria and I've missed something.
Please let me know if you know of anyone moving to a new age group who might be a candidate to join the top ranks.
Many thanks to Michael George for creating and maintaining the Senior Cubing Rankings website, and to Phil Lewis for creating the Senior Cubing Tracker site, which can be found via the Useful Links section of the SCR site.
It’s the last roundup of 2026! Happy new year everybody!
Lisa Kucala (60+ OH and Clock WRs) made two PRs at Race the Clock MN 2025: 6x6 best 5:01.78 remains 3rd; and 4x4 average 1:29.67 takes her from 6th to 5th ahead of Morten Raknes Johansen.
Also in Michigan, Kate Stuart (70+ Kinch #5) made a PR and two doubles: 4x4 best 3:16.79 enters at 3rd ahead of Mike Stone; Clock average 45.98 enters at 4th ahead of Mike Stone, and best 40.41 enters at 5th ahead of Yang-Mo Sung; and 3x3 average 1:08.74 takes her from 20th to 16th, and best 59.58 from 20th to 18th.
Shinichi Ono (60+ Skewb WR) made a 2x2 best PR 4.06 at Shimonoseki 2025, taking him from 37th to 8th ahead of Peter Hugosson-Miller.
Yongtao Sun (4x4 top ten) made a bunch of senior PRs including some first attempts as a senior at Zhengzhou Zeal 2025: 4x4 average 49.50 takes him from 10th to 9th equal with Ming Dao Ting and best 45.38 from 19th to 16th; 6x6 best 2:52.94 enters the rankings at 9th and mean 3:12.49 at 13th; 7x7 best 5:01.74 enters at 26th; and Megaminx best 1:36.27 enters at 30th.
Timothy Lawrance (senior Kinch #6) made a double PR at Noordhoek Quiet Xmas 2025: 6x6 mean 3:51.17 (remains 39th) and best 3:35.39 (41st to 39th).
There were no other top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last month, which I usually find via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page.
This week I also followed Dennis Rosero, Choi Goho, and Ryuji Hamano, who competed without making any new PRs.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
I’m compiling this week’s report on my phone while enjoying Woodford Folk Festival, so will have to wait until I’m back at my computer next week to report on any changes in senior Kinch rankings.
Next week: Dennis Rosero, Chan Tak Chuen, Daniel Houghton, Olivier Wirz, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Thor Muto Asmund, Ming Chai, Robert Ślesicki, Rich Tayag, AJ Nicholls, Chris Wright, Glyn Brown, in 10 competitions around the world.
My watchlist consists of the following:
: Cubes 3x3-7x7 - top 10 average, top 5 single 40+, top 5 average and top 2 single in older age groups
: 2x2, FMC, MM - top 5 average, top 2 single 40+, top 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 5 average and single 40+, top 3 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 107 "top ranked seniors". Please don't ask me to follow you as well, unless you fit the above criteria and I've missed something.
Please let me know if you know of anyone moving to a new age group who might be a candidate to join the top ranks.
Many thanks to Michael George for creating and maintaining the Senior Cubing Rankings website, and to Phil Lewis for creating the Senior Cubing Tracker site, which can be found via the Useful Links section of the SCR site.
shentabla
Regular
2025 SENIOR WORLD RECORD REVIEW
There were a total of 125 senior world records set by 35 people in 2025: 27 in 40+, 27 in 50+, 20 in 60+, 27 in 70+, and 24 in 80+.
Gary Miller has the biggest tally with 27 SWRs – three 70+ and the rest 80+. After setting the 3OH average and Clock best SWRs, he turned 80 in late August and started claiming all the records he could. At Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025 he set 11 new 80+ records in 2x2, 3OH, 4x4, Pyraminx, Square-1, Clock and Skewb, as well as improving his 70+ Clock record. In total over the year he set six 2x2 records, five each for Clock, Pyraminx and Skewb, three on 3OH, two on 4x4 and one on Square-1.
Next up is Mats Bersten with 17 SWRs in the 70+ bracket. He set 3x3 best records four times, 3OH and 3x3 average twice each, and also set records in 2x2, 4x4, 3BLD, 5BLD, MBLD, Clock and Square-1.
In third place is yours truly Shen Flindell with nine big cube 50+ SWRs: 7x7 best 4 times, 7x7 mean 3 times, and the 6x6 double.
Three top solvers set six SWRs in 2025. Ron van Bruchem made huge news with his 3x3 best time 7.66 at Samoa Nationals 2025, which is both a 40+ and 50+ SWR and improved on the 9.01s 50+ SWR he set in February. He also set 50+ SWRs in 5x5 average (twice) and 4x4 average.
Jia-Hong Lu demonstrated his all-round skills with six records in 5x5 average (twice), 3x3 average, 4BLD (mean and best) and 5BLD best.
Also on six SWRs is my fellow Brisbanite Rodney Topor in the 70+ age bracket: Skewb average 3 times, Skewb best twice, and 7x7 best.
Michael Stocker dominated the 7x7 mean table with 5 records through the year.
Three people set four SWRs each this year: In FMC Doug Li topped the table with mean 22.67 and best 20 twice each; blindfold expert István Kocza set 50+ SWRs in 3BLD mean (twice), MBLD and 4BLD; and 60+ all-rounder Lisa Kucala set two Clock average SWRs and claimed both 3OH records.
On three SWRs each we have Jae Park with 50+ SWRs in 4BLD best, 3BLD best and mean, and Ton Dennenbroek with 60+ SWRs in Megaminx best.
Eight people made two SWRs each: in 40+, Akihiro Ishida (Megaminx), Konsta Jukka (3x3 average), Lars Vennike Nielsson (OH average), Ming Chai (Clock),
: in 60+, Kerry Go (Megaminx), Olivier Wirz (2x2 average), Rodney Kinney (FMC), and Takao Hashimoto (Square-1).
The remaining records were: in 40+, Choi Goho (5x5 average), Kanako Eguchi (Clock average), Modest Podzolkin (FMC equal best);
: in 50+, Akatsuki Kitamura (FMC best), Fumiki Koseki (7x7 best), Javier Tirado Ortiz (Pyraminx average), Kevin Gray (Pyraminx average), Robert Ślesicki (Skewb best), Sander Kaspers (Megaminx average), Ting He (MBLD);
: in 60+, Jesús Masanet García (Clock best), Maria Oey (4x4 best), Shinichi Ono (Skewb best), Thierry Megard (3x3 best), Ulrich Spies (Megaminx average).
There were a few competitive records which changed hands this year, in some cases by the barest of margins, which highlight some of senior cubing's most exciting rivalries:
: 3x3 average 40+ record was 11.15 set by Jia-Hong Lu in April, beaten by Konsta Jukka with 11.14 in October. Since then Konsta has improved the record to 10.73.
: 5x5 average 40+ record was 1:22.19 set by Jia-Hong Lu in May (his second record of the year), beaten by Choi Goho with 1:22.18 in August.
: 7x7 mean 40+ record last year was 4:01.39 set by Choi Goho, beaten by Michael Stocker with 4:01.37 in April, and subsequently improved on 4 times finishing with 3:52.30.
: Clock average 40+ record was 6.53 set by Ming Chai in July, beaten by Kanako Eguchi with 6.36 in September.
: Megaminx 40+ records were previously held by Choi Goho (53.26 and 1:04.97), beaten by Akihiro Ishida (52.87 and 1:02.42) in March at his first comp in three years.
: 6x6 50+ records were previously held by Chris Wright (2:53.57 and 3:08.35), beaten by Shen Flindell (2:31.15 and 2:49.66) in August.
: 7x7 best 50+ record was mostly held by Shen Flindell, but three weeks after setting a time of 4:11.06, Fumiki Koseki briefly claimed the record with 4:08.02, before it was reclaimed by Shen the following week with 4:00.82.
: 3BLD mean 50+ record was set twice by István Kocza ending with 52.81 in March, beaten by Jae Park with 43.18 in July.
: 4BLD best 50+ record was 5:33.37 set by István Kocza in March, beaten by Jae Park with 3:53.92 in June.
: Pyraminx average 50+ record was 5.80 set by Javier Tirado Ortiz in June, beaten by Kevin Gray with 5.70 in August.
: Clock best 60+ record was 7.98 previously held by Lisa Kucala, beaten by Jesús Masanet García with 7.27 in June.
: Megaminx average 60+ record was 2:08.96 previously held by Mike Hughey, beaten by Kerry Go with 2:03.37 in May, then by Ulrich Spies with 2:00.90 in September.
: Megaminx best 60+ record changed hands several times, starting with Mike Hughey's previous 1:58.08, beaten by Ton Dennenbroek with 1:54.11 in April, then by Kerry Go with 1:51.90 a week later, then reclaimed by Ton with 1:51.90 in July, and since improved twice more ending on 1:45.11.
: Skewb best 60+ record was 5.10 previously held by Lisa Kucala, beaten by Shinichi Ono with 4.31 in September.
: Square-1 60+ records were previously held by Mike Hughey (25.87 and 31.89), beaten by Takao Hashimoto (16.24 and 22.13) in July.
: Clock best 70+ record was 33.72 previously held by Mats Bergsten, beaten by Gary Miller with 32.23 and then 31.06 in August, reclaimed by Mats two weeks later with 22.73.
: Clock average 70+ record was 50.98 previously held by Gary Miller, beaten by Mats Bergsten with 29.95 in September.
There were a total of 125 senior world records set by 35 people in 2025: 27 in 40+, 27 in 50+, 20 in 60+, 27 in 70+, and 24 in 80+.
Gary Miller has the biggest tally with 27 SWRs – three 70+ and the rest 80+. After setting the 3OH average and Clock best SWRs, he turned 80 in late August and started claiming all the records he could. At Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025 he set 11 new 80+ records in 2x2, 3OH, 4x4, Pyraminx, Square-1, Clock and Skewb, as well as improving his 70+ Clock record. In total over the year he set six 2x2 records, five each for Clock, Pyraminx and Skewb, three on 3OH, two on 4x4 and one on Square-1.
Next up is Mats Bersten with 17 SWRs in the 70+ bracket. He set 3x3 best records four times, 3OH and 3x3 average twice each, and also set records in 2x2, 4x4, 3BLD, 5BLD, MBLD, Clock and Square-1.
In third place is yours truly Shen Flindell with nine big cube 50+ SWRs: 7x7 best 4 times, 7x7 mean 3 times, and the 6x6 double.
Three top solvers set six SWRs in 2025. Ron van Bruchem made huge news with his 3x3 best time 7.66 at Samoa Nationals 2025, which is both a 40+ and 50+ SWR and improved on the 9.01s 50+ SWR he set in February. He also set 50+ SWRs in 5x5 average (twice) and 4x4 average.
Jia-Hong Lu demonstrated his all-round skills with six records in 5x5 average (twice), 3x3 average, 4BLD (mean and best) and 5BLD best.
Also on six SWRs is my fellow Brisbanite Rodney Topor in the 70+ age bracket: Skewb average 3 times, Skewb best twice, and 7x7 best.
Michael Stocker dominated the 7x7 mean table with 5 records through the year.
Three people set four SWRs each this year: In FMC Doug Li topped the table with mean 22.67 and best 20 twice each; blindfold expert István Kocza set 50+ SWRs in 3BLD mean (twice), MBLD and 4BLD; and 60+ all-rounder Lisa Kucala set two Clock average SWRs and claimed both 3OH records.
On three SWRs each we have Jae Park with 50+ SWRs in 4BLD best, 3BLD best and mean, and Ton Dennenbroek with 60+ SWRs in Megaminx best.
Eight people made two SWRs each: in 40+, Akihiro Ishida (Megaminx), Konsta Jukka (3x3 average), Lars Vennike Nielsson (OH average), Ming Chai (Clock),
: in 60+, Kerry Go (Megaminx), Olivier Wirz (2x2 average), Rodney Kinney (FMC), and Takao Hashimoto (Square-1).
The remaining records were: in 40+, Choi Goho (5x5 average), Kanako Eguchi (Clock average), Modest Podzolkin (FMC equal best);
: in 50+, Akatsuki Kitamura (FMC best), Fumiki Koseki (7x7 best), Javier Tirado Ortiz (Pyraminx average), Kevin Gray (Pyraminx average), Robert Ślesicki (Skewb best), Sander Kaspers (Megaminx average), Ting He (MBLD);
: in 60+, Jesús Masanet García (Clock best), Maria Oey (4x4 best), Shinichi Ono (Skewb best), Thierry Megard (3x3 best), Ulrich Spies (Megaminx average).
There were a few competitive records which changed hands this year, in some cases by the barest of margins, which highlight some of senior cubing's most exciting rivalries:
: 3x3 average 40+ record was 11.15 set by Jia-Hong Lu in April, beaten by Konsta Jukka with 11.14 in October. Since then Konsta has improved the record to 10.73.
: 5x5 average 40+ record was 1:22.19 set by Jia-Hong Lu in May (his second record of the year), beaten by Choi Goho with 1:22.18 in August.
: 7x7 mean 40+ record last year was 4:01.39 set by Choi Goho, beaten by Michael Stocker with 4:01.37 in April, and subsequently improved on 4 times finishing with 3:52.30.
: Clock average 40+ record was 6.53 set by Ming Chai in July, beaten by Kanako Eguchi with 6.36 in September.
: Megaminx 40+ records were previously held by Choi Goho (53.26 and 1:04.97), beaten by Akihiro Ishida (52.87 and 1:02.42) in March at his first comp in three years.
: 6x6 50+ records were previously held by Chris Wright (2:53.57 and 3:08.35), beaten by Shen Flindell (2:31.15 and 2:49.66) in August.
: 7x7 best 50+ record was mostly held by Shen Flindell, but three weeks after setting a time of 4:11.06, Fumiki Koseki briefly claimed the record with 4:08.02, before it was reclaimed by Shen the following week with 4:00.82.
: 3BLD mean 50+ record was set twice by István Kocza ending with 52.81 in March, beaten by Jae Park with 43.18 in July.
: 4BLD best 50+ record was 5:33.37 set by István Kocza in March, beaten by Jae Park with 3:53.92 in June.
: Pyraminx average 50+ record was 5.80 set by Javier Tirado Ortiz in June, beaten by Kevin Gray with 5.70 in August.
: Clock best 60+ record was 7.98 previously held by Lisa Kucala, beaten by Jesús Masanet García with 7.27 in June.
: Megaminx average 60+ record was 2:08.96 previously held by Mike Hughey, beaten by Kerry Go with 2:03.37 in May, then by Ulrich Spies with 2:00.90 in September.
: Megaminx best 60+ record changed hands several times, starting with Mike Hughey's previous 1:58.08, beaten by Ton Dennenbroek with 1:54.11 in April, then by Kerry Go with 1:51.90 a week later, then reclaimed by Ton with 1:51.90 in July, and since improved twice more ending on 1:45.11.
: Skewb best 60+ record was 5.10 previously held by Lisa Kucala, beaten by Shinichi Ono with 4.31 in September.
: Square-1 60+ records were previously held by Mike Hughey (25.87 and 31.89), beaten by Takao Hashimoto (16.24 and 22.13) in July.
: Clock best 70+ record was 33.72 previously held by Mats Bergsten, beaten by Gary Miller with 32.23 and then 31.06 in August, reclaimed by Mats two weeks later with 22.73.
: Clock average 70+ record was 50.98 previously held by Gary Miller, beaten by Mats Bergsten with 29.95 in September.
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WEEKEND COMP ROUNDUP (DEC 29-JAN 4)
Catching up on one more 2025 SWR, with huge impacts on the 40+ Kinch rankings...
Just prior to Christmas Jia-Hong Lu (nine SWRs) made his 9th SWR with a 4BLD mean PR 2:34.45 at Taiwan Championship 2025. This record is better than twice as fast as Timothy Lawrance's SWR2 time, with huge impacts on the 40+ Kinch rankings (see below).
Glyn Brown (big cubes top tens) made a PR and a double at Weston-super-Mare Winter 2026: 7x7 best 3:45.52 remains ranked 3rd and mean 4:14.41 remains 4th; and 3OH best 53.05 enters the rankings at 277th.
Also in WSM, Chris Wright (50+ Kinch #9) made a Skewb best PR 8.39, taking him from 78th to 51st.
Finally from WSM, AJ Nicholls (senior Kinch #11) earned a 3rd place podium in MBLD with 10/12 in 59:39.
Robert Ślesicki (50+ Skewb WR) made 2 PRs at CF Goes Crazy II Brzeziny 2026: Square-1 average 31.62 takes him from 11th to 7th ahead of Mike Hughey.; and 4x4 average 1:33.06 from 93rd to 65th.
Peter Hugosson-Miller (60+ Kinch #4) made a 3BLD best PR 3:48.14 at Chääswürfel 2025, remaining ranked 9th. This achievement is all the more remarkable because it happened at 4am, as part of an all-night New Year's event starting at midday on the 31st.
Also in Chääswürfel, Daniel Houghton (big cubes top tens) made a Megaminx best PR 1:35.45, taking him from 39th to 28th.
Dennis Rosero (senior Kinch #4) made a 7x7 mean PR 5:52.62 at Pocos Cupos Bogotá XVII 2025, taking him from 44th to 38th. He also made a 6x6 mean senior PR 3:36.10, remaining ranked 30th.
Chan Tak Chuen (4x4, OH, Sq-1 top tens) made 3 senior PRs at Canton Countdown 2025: 5x5 best 1:28.16 (18th to 17th); and 2x2 average 5.52 (45th to 41st) and best 3.38 (150th to 63rd).
Ming Chai (Clock SWR) made 2 PRs and a double at New York New Year 2025: Megaminx best 2:32.43 (148th to 119th); best 15.23 (262nd to 211th) and 3x3 average 19.16 (309th to 231st); and 5x5 best 3:15.22 (290th to 283rd). Then at Westport Icebreaker 2026 he made another 3x3 average PR 19.11, ending up at 229th.
There were a couple of top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last two weeks, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page.
: Eric Dodson (50+) at Lexington Winter 2025 - Clock best 7.66 (9th to 6th)
: Ge Shi (40+) Hong Kong FMC Championship 2025 – FMC average 28.33 (18th to 8th) and best 24 (14th to 9th)
This week I also followed Olivier Wirz, Thor Muto Asmund, and Rich Tayag, who competed without making any new PRs.
In 40+ Kinch rankings, Jia-Hong Lu's 4BLD mean SWR has demoted several of the top 16. Jen Grieme is down from 2 to 3, giving Michael Stocker the #2 slot. Timothy Lawrance is down from 4th to 6th, and Igor Aipkin has also lost points but remains 5th, resulting in Dennis Rosero rising from 6th to 4th. Thor Muto Asmund is down from 7th to 8th, and Mike Hughey from 8th to 10th, allowing Lars Vennike Nielsson to rise from 9th to 7th. AJ Nicholls is down from 10th to 11th, and Aaron Soley from 11th to 13th, allowing François Courtès to rise from 12th to 9th. Dieter Amberger is down from 13th to 15th, allowing Fumiki Koseki to rise from 14th to 12th. António Gomes is down from 15th to 16th, so Modest Podzolkin is up from 16th to 14th.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
Next week: Peter Hugosson-Miller, Dennis Rosero, Igor Aipkin, Robert Ślesicki, Thor Muto Asmund, Maria Oey, Ron van Bruchem, Sander Kaspers, Ton Dennenbroek, Jochen Bauer, Michael Stocker, AJ Nicholls, Kevin Gray, Steve Clarke, Gary Miller, and Ming Chai, in 11 competitions around the world.
My watchlist consists of the following:
: Cubes 3x3-7x7 - top 10 average, top 5 single 40+, top 5 average and top 2 single in older age groups
: 2x2, FMC, MM - top 5 average, top 2 single 40+, top 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 5 average and single 40+, top 3 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 107 "top ranked seniors". Please don't ask me to follow you as well, unless you fit the above criteria and I've missed something.
Please let me know if you know of anyone moving to a new age group who might be a candidate to join the top ranks.
Many thanks to Michael George for creating and maintaining the Senior Cubing Rankings website, and to Phil Lewis for creating the Senior Cubing Tracker site, which can be found via the Useful Links section of the SCR site.
Catching up on one more 2025 SWR, with huge impacts on the 40+ Kinch rankings...
Just prior to Christmas Jia-Hong Lu (nine SWRs) made his 9th SWR with a 4BLD mean PR 2:34.45 at Taiwan Championship 2025. This record is better than twice as fast as Timothy Lawrance's SWR2 time, with huge impacts on the 40+ Kinch rankings (see below).
Glyn Brown (big cubes top tens) made a PR and a double at Weston-super-Mare Winter 2026: 7x7 best 3:45.52 remains ranked 3rd and mean 4:14.41 remains 4th; and 3OH best 53.05 enters the rankings at 277th.
Also in WSM, Chris Wright (50+ Kinch #9) made a Skewb best PR 8.39, taking him from 78th to 51st.
Finally from WSM, AJ Nicholls (senior Kinch #11) earned a 3rd place podium in MBLD with 10/12 in 59:39.
Robert Ślesicki (50+ Skewb WR) made 2 PRs at CF Goes Crazy II Brzeziny 2026: Square-1 average 31.62 takes him from 11th to 7th ahead of Mike Hughey.; and 4x4 average 1:33.06 from 93rd to 65th.
Peter Hugosson-Miller (60+ Kinch #4) made a 3BLD best PR 3:48.14 at Chääswürfel 2025, remaining ranked 9th. This achievement is all the more remarkable because it happened at 4am, as part of an all-night New Year's event starting at midday on the 31st.
Also in Chääswürfel, Daniel Houghton (big cubes top tens) made a Megaminx best PR 1:35.45, taking him from 39th to 28th.
Dennis Rosero (senior Kinch #4) made a 7x7 mean PR 5:52.62 at Pocos Cupos Bogotá XVII 2025, taking him from 44th to 38th. He also made a 6x6 mean senior PR 3:36.10, remaining ranked 30th.
Chan Tak Chuen (4x4, OH, Sq-1 top tens) made 3 senior PRs at Canton Countdown 2025: 5x5 best 1:28.16 (18th to 17th); and 2x2 average 5.52 (45th to 41st) and best 3.38 (150th to 63rd).
Ming Chai (Clock SWR) made 2 PRs and a double at New York New Year 2025: Megaminx best 2:32.43 (148th to 119th); best 15.23 (262nd to 211th) and 3x3 average 19.16 (309th to 231st); and 5x5 best 3:15.22 (290th to 283rd). Then at Westport Icebreaker 2026 he made another 3x3 average PR 19.11, ending up at 229th.
There were a couple of top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last two weeks, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page.
: Eric Dodson (50+) at Lexington Winter 2025 - Clock best 7.66 (9th to 6th)
: Ge Shi (40+) Hong Kong FMC Championship 2025 – FMC average 28.33 (18th to 8th) and best 24 (14th to 9th)
This week I also followed Olivier Wirz, Thor Muto Asmund, and Rich Tayag, who competed without making any new PRs.
In 40+ Kinch rankings, Jia-Hong Lu's 4BLD mean SWR has demoted several of the top 16. Jen Grieme is down from 2 to 3, giving Michael Stocker the #2 slot. Timothy Lawrance is down from 4th to 6th, and Igor Aipkin has also lost points but remains 5th, resulting in Dennis Rosero rising from 6th to 4th. Thor Muto Asmund is down from 7th to 8th, and Mike Hughey from 8th to 10th, allowing Lars Vennike Nielsson to rise from 9th to 7th. AJ Nicholls is down from 10th to 11th, and Aaron Soley from 11th to 13th, allowing François Courtès to rise from 12th to 9th. Dieter Amberger is down from 13th to 15th, allowing Fumiki Koseki to rise from 14th to 12th. António Gomes is down from 15th to 16th, so Modest Podzolkin is up from 16th to 14th.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
Next week: Peter Hugosson-Miller, Dennis Rosero, Igor Aipkin, Robert Ślesicki, Thor Muto Asmund, Maria Oey, Ron van Bruchem, Sander Kaspers, Ton Dennenbroek, Jochen Bauer, Michael Stocker, AJ Nicholls, Kevin Gray, Steve Clarke, Gary Miller, and Ming Chai, in 11 competitions around the world.
My watchlist consists of the following:
: Cubes 3x3-7x7 - top 10 average, top 5 single 40+, top 5 average and top 2 single in older age groups
: 2x2, FMC, MM - top 5 average, top 2 single 40+, top 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 5 average and single 40+, top 3 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 107 "top ranked seniors". Please don't ask me to follow you as well, unless you fit the above criteria and I've missed something.
Please let me know if you know of anyone moving to a new age group who might be a candidate to join the top ranks.
Many thanks to Michael George for creating and maintaining the Senior Cubing Rankings website, and to Phil Lewis for creating the Senior Cubing Tracker site, which can be found via the Useful Links section of the SCR site.
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Don’t forget Frank Zieminski 90+ WR contender on Jan 17-18.
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I have a reminder set to follow his results.
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WEEKEND COMP ROUNDUP (JAN 7-11)
The first SWRs of 2026 are in the 70+ and 80+ age brackets...
Gary Miller (80+ Kinch #1) improved on two of his 80+ world records and set a new one at Wide Moves & Waterslides CT 2026: Square-1 best 2:45.49 is more than 5 minutes faster than his previous record, and remains ranked 3rd in 70+; and Clock best 29.32 beat his previous record by 1.19s and also remains 2nd in 70+; 2x2 best 24.98 is an 80+ PR and counts as an SWR for us until the missing #1 entry registers.
Also in Connecticut, Ming Chai (Clock SWR) made a Pyraminx average PR 7.92, taking him from 54th to 46th.
Walter Müller is a new 70+ competitor who launched his cubing career at Rhön Open 2026 with a world first Megaminx result: best time 7:28.98 becomes the new 70+ SWR by virtue of being the first and only. He also recorded a 3x3 best time of 1:51.88, entering the 70+ rankings at 31st or 32nd. Thanks to Thomas Schukraft for informing me of these results so that I could include them this week rather than waiting for his SCR registration to go through.
Also in Rhön, Jochen Bauer (50+ Kinch #5) made two PRs at: Square-1 best 25.56 takes him from 12th to 10th; and 3BLD best 1:59.80 remains 25th.
Finally from Rhön, Michael Stocker (7x7 SWR) made two PRs and a double: 4x4 average 50.01 takes him from 12th to 11th; Pyraminx average 6.42 takes him from 20th to 16th; and Square-1 best 29.23 takes him from 90th to 57th and average 43.35 from 69th to 66th.
Kevin Gray (50+ Pyraminx WRs) made a PR and two doubles at Stevenage January 2026: Skewb average 6.95 takes him from 8th to 5th ahead of Matthew Clark; Square-1 average 34.97 enters at 12th and best 28.03 takes him from 33rd to 12th; and 5x5 average 2:46.53 enters at 38th and best 2:29.14 takes him from 63rd to 45th.
Thor Muto Asmund (50+ Kinch #1) made 3 PRs on 4x4 at Hvidovre for Alle 2026: average 1:02.35 takes him from 9th to 7th, and best 55.66 in the first round followed by 55.20 in the final takes him from 18th to 12th.
Igor Aipkin (senior Kinch #5) made two PRs and two doubles at Winter in Bishkek 2026: 3BLD best 51.35 remains ranked 15th; 6x6 mean 3:11.46 takes him from 31st to 13th, and best 3:08.08 from 36th to 21st; 3x3 best 11.04 takes him from 44th to 27th and average 15.32 from 73rd to 57th; and Megaminx best 1:41.23 takes him from 49th to 39th.
Dennis Rosero (senior Kinch #4) made a 6x6 mean senior PR 3:27.67 at Pocos Cupos Bogotá XVIII 2026 this week, taking him from 30th to 27th.
Robert Ślesicki (50+ Skewb WR) made a 2x2 best PR 4.46 at OlsztyNxN 2026, taking him from 56th to 52nd equal with Mickey Doyle.
There were a few top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last two weeks, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page.
: Klaus Diller (70+) at Rhön Open 2026 - Pyraminx best 12.07 (5th to 2nd) and average 18.98 (remains 3rd)
: Thomas Miholic (50+) at Rhön Open 2026 – 2x2 best 2.77 (24th to 8th)
This week I also followed Peter Hugosson-Miller, Maria Oey, Ron van Bruchem, Sander Kaspers, Ton Dennenbroek, AJ Nicholls, and Steve Clarke, who competed without making any new PRs.
In 50+ Kinch rankings, Thomas Schukraft is up from 13th to 12th ahead of Chad Harris, thanks to a new 50+ Square-1 average.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
Next week: Frank Zieminski (a new 90+ competitor), Dennis Rosero, Ulrich Spies, AJ Nicholls, Maria Oey, Ton Dennenbroek, Lisa Kucala, Akatsuki Kitamura, Kerry Go, Igor Aipkin, Jae Park, Choi Goho, Daniel Houghton, Anthony Rochester, and Rodney Topor, in 13 competitions around the world.
My watchlist consists of the following:
: Cubes 3x3-7x7 - top 10 average, top 5 single 40+, top 5 average and top 2 single in older age groups
: 2x2, FMC, MM - top 5 average, top 2 single 40+, top 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 5 average and single 40+, top 3 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 107 "top ranked seniors". Please don't ask me to follow you as well, unless you fit the above criteria and I've missed something.
Please let me know if you know of anyone moving to a new age group who might be a candidate to join the top ranks.
Many thanks to Michael George for creating and maintaining the Senior Cubing Rankings website, and to Phil Lewis for creating the Senior Cubing Tracker site, which can be found via the Useful Links section of the SCR site.
The first SWRs of 2026 are in the 70+ and 80+ age brackets...
Gary Miller (80+ Kinch #1) improved on two of his 80+ world records and set a new one at Wide Moves & Waterslides CT 2026: Square-1 best 2:45.49 is more than 5 minutes faster than his previous record, and remains ranked 3rd in 70+; and Clock best 29.32 beat his previous record by 1.19s and also remains 2nd in 70+; 2x2 best 24.98 is an 80+ PR and counts as an SWR for us until the missing #1 entry registers.
Also in Connecticut, Ming Chai (Clock SWR) made a Pyraminx average PR 7.92, taking him from 54th to 46th.
Walter Müller is a new 70+ competitor who launched his cubing career at Rhön Open 2026 with a world first Megaminx result: best time 7:28.98 becomes the new 70+ SWR by virtue of being the first and only. He also recorded a 3x3 best time of 1:51.88, entering the 70+ rankings at 31st or 32nd. Thanks to Thomas Schukraft for informing me of these results so that I could include them this week rather than waiting for his SCR registration to go through.
Also in Rhön, Jochen Bauer (50+ Kinch #5) made two PRs at: Square-1 best 25.56 takes him from 12th to 10th; and 3BLD best 1:59.80 remains 25th.
Finally from Rhön, Michael Stocker (7x7 SWR) made two PRs and a double: 4x4 average 50.01 takes him from 12th to 11th; Pyraminx average 6.42 takes him from 20th to 16th; and Square-1 best 29.23 takes him from 90th to 57th and average 43.35 from 69th to 66th.
Kevin Gray (50+ Pyraminx WRs) made a PR and two doubles at Stevenage January 2026: Skewb average 6.95 takes him from 8th to 5th ahead of Matthew Clark; Square-1 average 34.97 enters at 12th and best 28.03 takes him from 33rd to 12th; and 5x5 average 2:46.53 enters at 38th and best 2:29.14 takes him from 63rd to 45th.
Thor Muto Asmund (50+ Kinch #1) made 3 PRs on 4x4 at Hvidovre for Alle 2026: average 1:02.35 takes him from 9th to 7th, and best 55.66 in the first round followed by 55.20 in the final takes him from 18th to 12th.
Igor Aipkin (senior Kinch #5) made two PRs and two doubles at Winter in Bishkek 2026: 3BLD best 51.35 remains ranked 15th; 6x6 mean 3:11.46 takes him from 31st to 13th, and best 3:08.08 from 36th to 21st; 3x3 best 11.04 takes him from 44th to 27th and average 15.32 from 73rd to 57th; and Megaminx best 1:41.23 takes him from 49th to 39th.
Dennis Rosero (senior Kinch #4) made a 6x6 mean senior PR 3:27.67 at Pocos Cupos Bogotá XVIII 2026 this week, taking him from 30th to 27th.
Robert Ślesicki (50+ Skewb WR) made a 2x2 best PR 4.46 at OlsztyNxN 2026, taking him from 56th to 52nd equal with Mickey Doyle.
There were a few top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last two weeks, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page.
: Klaus Diller (70+) at Rhön Open 2026 - Pyraminx best 12.07 (5th to 2nd) and average 18.98 (remains 3rd)
: Thomas Miholic (50+) at Rhön Open 2026 – 2x2 best 2.77 (24th to 8th)
This week I also followed Peter Hugosson-Miller, Maria Oey, Ron van Bruchem, Sander Kaspers, Ton Dennenbroek, AJ Nicholls, and Steve Clarke, who competed without making any new PRs.
In 50+ Kinch rankings, Thomas Schukraft is up from 13th to 12th ahead of Chad Harris, thanks to a new 50+ Square-1 average.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
Next week: Frank Zieminski (a new 90+ competitor), Dennis Rosero, Ulrich Spies, AJ Nicholls, Maria Oey, Ton Dennenbroek, Lisa Kucala, Akatsuki Kitamura, Kerry Go, Igor Aipkin, Jae Park, Choi Goho, Daniel Houghton, Anthony Rochester, and Rodney Topor, in 13 competitions around the world.
My watchlist consists of the following:
: Cubes 3x3-7x7 - top 10 average, top 5 single 40+, top 5 average and top 2 single in older age groups
: 2x2, FMC, MM - top 5 average, top 2 single 40+, top 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 5 average and single 40+, top 3 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 107 "top ranked seniors". Please don't ask me to follow you as well, unless you fit the above criteria and I've missed something.
Please let me know if you know of anyone moving to a new age group who might be a candidate to join the top ranks.
Many thanks to Michael George for creating and maintaining the Senior Cubing Rankings website, and to Phil Lewis for creating the Senior Cubing Tracker site, which can be found via the Useful Links section of the SCR site.
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WEEKEND COMP ROUNDUP (JAN 14-18)
Seven SWRs and an all-ages NR this week, including some 90+ firsts…
Choi Goho (senior Kinch #1) made three big cube average PRs at Seoul Winter 2026, including improvements on two of his senior world records: 5x5 average 1:21.04 improves his record from last August by over a second; 6x6 mean 2:26.85 is a massive 10 seconds faster than his 2024 record; and 7x7 mean 3:59.07 remains ranked 2nd about 7 seconds behind Michael Stocker.
Frank Zieminski is over 90 and started his WCA career this week at Two Buffalo Cube Days 2026 with three new 90+ world records: 3x3 best 5:49.75 beats the previous record 5:52.16 set by Egon Micheelsen in 2011*; and 2x2 average 2:26.27 and best 1:17.03 are both world firsts for competitors over 90! Frank has not registered on the SCR website yet so it might take a little while to see his results there.
* Egon's record had been the oldest world record listed on the SCR website. That honour now passes to Mats Bergsten's 4BLD mean 60+ world record, set later in 2011.
Rodney Topor (70+ Skewb, 7x7 WRs) made two PRs and a double, including two new 70+ world records at Tassie Summer 2026: 2x2 average 11.55 takes him from 6th to 1st place ahead of Mike Stone's 12.96 set in 2022; Clock average 26.05 takes him from 3rd to top place ahead of Mats Bergsten's 29.95 set last year, and best 24.60 from 4th to 2nd ahead of Gary Miller; and Pyraminx best 19.11 remains ranked 6th.
Also in Tasmania, Anthony Rochester (MBLD SWR2) earned three podiums: 1st place in MBLD with 18/25 in 52:36, 2nd place in 3BLD with best 58.76, and an unofficial 3rd place podium in FTO with average around 1:48.
Ton Dennenbroek (60+ MM WR) made a Megaminx average PR 2:07.29 at Manchester Favourites II 2026, taking him from 4th to 3rd ahead of Mike Hughey.
Lisa Kucala (60+ OH, Clock SWRs) made double 4x4 PRs at The Bahamas Cube Challenge 2026: 4x4 best 1:11.13 remains ranked 4th and average 1:27.81 remains 5th.
Ulrich Spies (60+ MM WR) made a 6x6 mean PR 7:02.03 at Rhein-Sieg Open 2026, remaining ranked 6th.
Kerry Go (60+ Kinch #3) made double FMC PRs at No Sprinting NY 2026: mean 55.67 enters at 7th and best 51 remains ranked 9th.
Akatsuki Kitamura (50+ Kinch #4) made an FMC mean PR 31.33 at Tokyo FMC Winter 2026, equalling his previous best set in December and thus remaining ranked 9th.
Peter Hugosson-Miller (60+ Kinch #4) made a 3BLD best PR 3:26.96 at Curtan Cubing Contest 2026, remaining ranked 9th.
Igor Aipkin (senior Kinch #5) improved on his all-ages Uzbek 5BLD best national record with 13:42 at PBQ in Almaty 2026, taking him from 13th to 11th ahead of me. It's the 6th time he has set an Uzbek NR in 5BLD. He also earned three 2nd place podiums: 5BLD, 4BLD with best 5:38.89, and MBLD with 13/14 in 57:14.
Daniel Houghton (big cubes top tens) made two PRs and a double at Swisscubing Cup I 2026: Megaminx average 1:47.87 (40th to 30th); Pyraminx best 5.59 (134th to 78th) and average 10.67 (144th to 132nd); and Skewb average 12.31 (147th to 138th).
Dennis Rosero (senior Kinch #4) made a 7x7 mean PR 5:50.74 at Pocos Cupos Bogotá XIX 2026, remaining ranked 39th.
No new top ten results from outside my watchlist have come in, which I usually find via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page.
This week I also followed AJ Nicholls and Maria Oey, who competed without making any new PRs.
Choi Goho's world records have caused almost everyone else on the 40+ Kinch top page to lose points. though an improved Pyraminx average has lifted Aaron Soley from 13th to 11th ahead of AJ Nicholls. Modest Podzolkin has fallen from 14th to 15th behind Dieter Amberger, and Christophe Grosjean has fallen from 20th to 21st behind Jia-Hong Lu.
In 50+, YongGeal Lee is up with an improved 5x5 average from 18th to 17th ahead of Mark Rivers, and an FMC PR has helped Yuichi Hamada enter the top 25 at 23rd ahead of Dieter Amberger, pushing Kerry Go off the top page to 26th.
In 70+, a 3x3 PR has lifted Howard J. Rutter from 24th to 23rd ahead of Zhiwei Jin.
(Double thanks to Phil Lewis this week. A new feature on his Senior Kinch Ranks and Profile pages highlights recent results, so I can now easily see what's behind each ranking change.)
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
Next week: Dennis Rosero, Robert Ślesicki, Helmut Heilig, Jochen Bauer, Michael Stocker, Thierry Boisivon, Ming Chai, Bobby Mapp, Gary Miller, Kerry Go, Peter Hugosson-Miller, AJ Nicholls, Ming Dao Ting, Rodney Topor, Akatsuki Kitamura, Kanako Eguchi, and Yuji Suse, in 11 competitions around the world.
My watchlist consists of the following:
: Cubes 3x3-7x7 - top 10 average, top 5 single 40+, top 5 average and top 2 single in older age groups
: 2x2, FMC, MM - top 5 average, top 2 single 40+, top 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 5 average and single 40+, top 3 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 107 "top ranked seniors". Please don't ask me to follow you as well, unless you fit the above criteria and I've missed something.
Please let me know if you know of anyone moving to a new age group who might be a candidate to join the top ranks.
Many thanks to Michael George for creating and maintaining the Senior Cubing Rankings website, and to Phil Lewis for creating the Senior Cubing Tracker site, which can be found via the Useful Links section of the SCR site.
Seven SWRs and an all-ages NR this week, including some 90+ firsts…
Choi Goho (senior Kinch #1) made three big cube average PRs at Seoul Winter 2026, including improvements on two of his senior world records: 5x5 average 1:21.04 improves his record from last August by over a second; 6x6 mean 2:26.85 is a massive 10 seconds faster than his 2024 record; and 7x7 mean 3:59.07 remains ranked 2nd about 7 seconds behind Michael Stocker.
Frank Zieminski is over 90 and started his WCA career this week at Two Buffalo Cube Days 2026 with three new 90+ world records: 3x3 best 5:49.75 beats the previous record 5:52.16 set by Egon Micheelsen in 2011*; and 2x2 average 2:26.27 and best 1:17.03 are both world firsts for competitors over 90! Frank has not registered on the SCR website yet so it might take a little while to see his results there.
* Egon's record had been the oldest world record listed on the SCR website. That honour now passes to Mats Bergsten's 4BLD mean 60+ world record, set later in 2011.
Rodney Topor (70+ Skewb, 7x7 WRs) made two PRs and a double, including two new 70+ world records at Tassie Summer 2026: 2x2 average 11.55 takes him from 6th to 1st place ahead of Mike Stone's 12.96 set in 2022; Clock average 26.05 takes him from 3rd to top place ahead of Mats Bergsten's 29.95 set last year, and best 24.60 from 4th to 2nd ahead of Gary Miller; and Pyraminx best 19.11 remains ranked 6th.
Also in Tasmania, Anthony Rochester (MBLD SWR2) earned three podiums: 1st place in MBLD with 18/25 in 52:36, 2nd place in 3BLD with best 58.76, and an unofficial 3rd place podium in FTO with average around 1:48.
Ton Dennenbroek (60+ MM WR) made a Megaminx average PR 2:07.29 at Manchester Favourites II 2026, taking him from 4th to 3rd ahead of Mike Hughey.
Lisa Kucala (60+ OH, Clock SWRs) made double 4x4 PRs at The Bahamas Cube Challenge 2026: 4x4 best 1:11.13 remains ranked 4th and average 1:27.81 remains 5th.
Ulrich Spies (60+ MM WR) made a 6x6 mean PR 7:02.03 at Rhein-Sieg Open 2026, remaining ranked 6th.
Kerry Go (60+ Kinch #3) made double FMC PRs at No Sprinting NY 2026: mean 55.67 enters at 7th and best 51 remains ranked 9th.
Akatsuki Kitamura (50+ Kinch #4) made an FMC mean PR 31.33 at Tokyo FMC Winter 2026, equalling his previous best set in December and thus remaining ranked 9th.
Peter Hugosson-Miller (60+ Kinch #4) made a 3BLD best PR 3:26.96 at Curtan Cubing Contest 2026, remaining ranked 9th.
Igor Aipkin (senior Kinch #5) improved on his all-ages Uzbek 5BLD best national record with 13:42 at PBQ in Almaty 2026, taking him from 13th to 11th ahead of me. It's the 6th time he has set an Uzbek NR in 5BLD. He also earned three 2nd place podiums: 5BLD, 4BLD with best 5:38.89, and MBLD with 13/14 in 57:14.
Daniel Houghton (big cubes top tens) made two PRs and a double at Swisscubing Cup I 2026: Megaminx average 1:47.87 (40th to 30th); Pyraminx best 5.59 (134th to 78th) and average 10.67 (144th to 132nd); and Skewb average 12.31 (147th to 138th).
Dennis Rosero (senior Kinch #4) made a 7x7 mean PR 5:50.74 at Pocos Cupos Bogotá XIX 2026, remaining ranked 39th.
No new top ten results from outside my watchlist have come in, which I usually find via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page.
This week I also followed AJ Nicholls and Maria Oey, who competed without making any new PRs.
Choi Goho's world records have caused almost everyone else on the 40+ Kinch top page to lose points. though an improved Pyraminx average has lifted Aaron Soley from 13th to 11th ahead of AJ Nicholls. Modest Podzolkin has fallen from 14th to 15th behind Dieter Amberger, and Christophe Grosjean has fallen from 20th to 21st behind Jia-Hong Lu.
In 50+, YongGeal Lee is up with an improved 5x5 average from 18th to 17th ahead of Mark Rivers, and an FMC PR has helped Yuichi Hamada enter the top 25 at 23rd ahead of Dieter Amberger, pushing Kerry Go off the top page to 26th.
In 70+, a 3x3 PR has lifted Howard J. Rutter from 24th to 23rd ahead of Zhiwei Jin.
(Double thanks to Phil Lewis this week. A new feature on his Senior Kinch Ranks and Profile pages highlights recent results, so I can now easily see what's behind each ranking change.)
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
Next week: Dennis Rosero, Robert Ślesicki, Helmut Heilig, Jochen Bauer, Michael Stocker, Thierry Boisivon, Ming Chai, Bobby Mapp, Gary Miller, Kerry Go, Peter Hugosson-Miller, AJ Nicholls, Ming Dao Ting, Rodney Topor, Akatsuki Kitamura, Kanako Eguchi, and Yuji Suse, in 11 competitions around the world.
My watchlist consists of the following:
: Cubes 3x3-7x7 - top 10 average, top 5 single 40+, top 5 average and top 2 single in older age groups
: 2x2, FMC, MM - top 5 average, top 2 single 40+, top 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 5 average and single 40+, top 3 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 107 "top ranked seniors". Please don't ask me to follow you as well, unless you fit the above criteria and I've missed something.
Please let me know if you know of anyone moving to a new age group who might be a candidate to join the top ranks.
Many thanks to Michael George for creating and maintaining the Senior Cubing Rankings website, and to Phil Lewis for creating the Senior Cubing Tracker site, which can be found via the Useful Links section of the SCR site.
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WEEKEND COMP ROUNDUP (JAN 21-26)
More 70+ SWRs from Australia this week…
Rodney Topor (70+ six SWRs) followed up two SWRs last week with a PR and two doubles including 3 SWRs at Melbourne Summer 2026 this week: Clock best 19.51 takes him from 2nd to top place ahead of Mats Bergsten; Skewb average 18.30 and best 13.31 are both improvements on his previous SWRs; and Pyraminx average 22.63 takes him from 5th to 4th, and best 17.13 from 6th to 5th, both ahead of Mike Stone.
Also in Melbourne, Ming Dao Ting (3OH and 4x4 top fives) made a 2x2 best senior PR 3.31, taking him from 116th to 62nd.
Thierry Boisivon (50+ 3OH top five) made a 3OH average PR 25.47 at Franconia Winter 2026, taking him from 5th to 4th ahead of Brent Boswell.
Also in Franconia, Michael Stocker (7x7 SWR) made a 4x4 average PR 48.72, taking him from 11th to 9th ahead of Ming Dao Ting and Yongtao Sun. He also earned a 3rd place podium in a single round FMC with best 35.
Finally from Franconia, Jochen Bauer (50+ Kinch #6) made a 3x3 best PR 15.20, taking him from 40th to 38th.
Dennis Rosero made a 7x7 mean PR 5:34.14 at Pocos Cupos Bogotá XX 2026, taking him from 39th to 30th. After a few months of following Dennis, I now realise that in Bogotá they have a weekly Tuesday night competition! How nice it must be to have the chance to compete on big cubes every week.
Akatsuki Kitamura (50+ FMC WR) made a Clock best PR 11.64 at Ota Winter 2026, taking him from 45th to 38th.
Also in Ota, Yuji Suse (4x4-7x7 top tens) made a Clock best senior PR 1:12.20 with his first attempt since 2010, entering the rankings at 490th.
Ming Chai (Clock SWR) made two PRs at Berkshires Cube Day at BART 2026: 4x4 average 1:16.15 (157th to 148th); and 3x3 average 17.81 (231st to 173rd).
AJ Nicholls (3x3, 6x6 top tens) made a Pyraminx average PR 13.22 at Edinburgh Winter 2026, taking him from 263rd to 257th.
For the first time in compiling these reports, I saw that a competition was cancelled. Bobby Mapp, Gary Miller, and Kerry Go missed out on competing this week due to the cancellation of Colonial Cube Clash VA Winter 2026.
A few top ten results from outside my watchlist have come in, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Adam Leyton (40+) at Edinburgh Winter 2026 – Pyraminx best 2.86 (30th to 2nd)
: André Romain (40+) at Just Judge Jura 2026: Skewb average 5.24 (remains 3rd) and best 3.31 (10th to 7th)
: Ge Shi (40+) at PBQ in Almaty 2026: FMC best 22 (9th to 4th) and mean 27.33 (8th to 6th)
: Jens-Christian Albrecht (60+) at Franconia Winter 2026 – 3x3 best 18.23 (25th to 6th)
: Chris Lillios (60+) Berkeley January Weekday 2026 - 3x3 average 23.31 (10th to 9th)
This week I also followed Robert Ślesicki, Helmut Heilig, Peter Hugosson-Miller, and Kanako Eguchi, who competed without making any new PRs.
In 50+ Kinch rankings, after entering the top 25 last week Yuichi Hamada is up again from 23rd to 16th ahead of Dan Smith, thanks to PRs in Clock and 3OH (his first OH comp in 11 years).
In 60+, an improved OH average means Joe Kucala is up from 13th to 12th ahead of Jesús Masanet García.
In 70+, Rodney Topor's recent 2x2 world record has resulted in Barry Bower falling from 14th to 16th, with Hideaki Tomoyori and Alexander Kuminov rising to 14th and 15th.
Finally, Frank Zieminski has arrived on the rankings websites, entering the 80+ rankings at 13th ahead of Yongchao Wang, and necessitating the creation of a 90+ rankings page, where he is first, last and everything.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
Next week: Dennis Rosero, Jesús Masanet García, Javier Cabezuelo Sánchez, Modest Podzolkin, Bobby Mapp, Gary Miller, AJ Nicholls, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Ron van Bruchem, Thor Muto Asmund, Daniel Houghton, Jochen Bauer, Kate Stuart, Lisa Kucala, Robert Ślesicki, Akatsuki Kitamura, Shinji Mochizuki, and John Cook, in 14 competitions around the world.
My watchlist consists of the following:
: Cubes 3x3-7x7 - top 10 average, top 5 single 40+, top 5 average and top 2 single in older age groups
: 2x2, FMC, MM - top 5 average, top 2 single 40+, top 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 5 average and single 40+, top 3 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 107 "top ranked seniors". Please don't ask me to follow you as well, unless you fit the above criteria and I've missed something.
Please let me know if you know of anyone moving to a new age group who might be a candidate to join the top ranks.
Many thanks to Michael George for creating and maintaining the Senior Cubing Rankings website, and to Phil Lewis for creating the Senior Cubing Tracker site, which can be found via the Useful Links section of the SCR site.
More 70+ SWRs from Australia this week…
Rodney Topor (70+ six SWRs) followed up two SWRs last week with a PR and two doubles including 3 SWRs at Melbourne Summer 2026 this week: Clock best 19.51 takes him from 2nd to top place ahead of Mats Bergsten; Skewb average 18.30 and best 13.31 are both improvements on his previous SWRs; and Pyraminx average 22.63 takes him from 5th to 4th, and best 17.13 from 6th to 5th, both ahead of Mike Stone.
Also in Melbourne, Ming Dao Ting (3OH and 4x4 top fives) made a 2x2 best senior PR 3.31, taking him from 116th to 62nd.
Thierry Boisivon (50+ 3OH top five) made a 3OH average PR 25.47 at Franconia Winter 2026, taking him from 5th to 4th ahead of Brent Boswell.
Also in Franconia, Michael Stocker (7x7 SWR) made a 4x4 average PR 48.72, taking him from 11th to 9th ahead of Ming Dao Ting and Yongtao Sun. He also earned a 3rd place podium in a single round FMC with best 35.
Finally from Franconia, Jochen Bauer (50+ Kinch #6) made a 3x3 best PR 15.20, taking him from 40th to 38th.
Dennis Rosero made a 7x7 mean PR 5:34.14 at Pocos Cupos Bogotá XX 2026, taking him from 39th to 30th. After a few months of following Dennis, I now realise that in Bogotá they have a weekly Tuesday night competition! How nice it must be to have the chance to compete on big cubes every week.
Akatsuki Kitamura (50+ FMC WR) made a Clock best PR 11.64 at Ota Winter 2026, taking him from 45th to 38th.
Also in Ota, Yuji Suse (4x4-7x7 top tens) made a Clock best senior PR 1:12.20 with his first attempt since 2010, entering the rankings at 490th.
Ming Chai (Clock SWR) made two PRs at Berkshires Cube Day at BART 2026: 4x4 average 1:16.15 (157th to 148th); and 3x3 average 17.81 (231st to 173rd).
AJ Nicholls (3x3, 6x6 top tens) made a Pyraminx average PR 13.22 at Edinburgh Winter 2026, taking him from 263rd to 257th.
For the first time in compiling these reports, I saw that a competition was cancelled. Bobby Mapp, Gary Miller, and Kerry Go missed out on competing this week due to the cancellation of Colonial Cube Clash VA Winter 2026.
A few top ten results from outside my watchlist have come in, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Adam Leyton (40+) at Edinburgh Winter 2026 – Pyraminx best 2.86 (30th to 2nd)
: André Romain (40+) at Just Judge Jura 2026: Skewb average 5.24 (remains 3rd) and best 3.31 (10th to 7th)
: Ge Shi (40+) at PBQ in Almaty 2026: FMC best 22 (9th to 4th) and mean 27.33 (8th to 6th)
: Jens-Christian Albrecht (60+) at Franconia Winter 2026 – 3x3 best 18.23 (25th to 6th)
: Chris Lillios (60+) Berkeley January Weekday 2026 - 3x3 average 23.31 (10th to 9th)
This week I also followed Robert Ślesicki, Helmut Heilig, Peter Hugosson-Miller, and Kanako Eguchi, who competed without making any new PRs.
In 50+ Kinch rankings, after entering the top 25 last week Yuichi Hamada is up again from 23rd to 16th ahead of Dan Smith, thanks to PRs in Clock and 3OH (his first OH comp in 11 years).
In 60+, an improved OH average means Joe Kucala is up from 13th to 12th ahead of Jesús Masanet García.
In 70+, Rodney Topor's recent 2x2 world record has resulted in Barry Bower falling from 14th to 16th, with Hideaki Tomoyori and Alexander Kuminov rising to 14th and 15th.
Finally, Frank Zieminski has arrived on the rankings websites, entering the 80+ rankings at 13th ahead of Yongchao Wang, and necessitating the creation of a 90+ rankings page, where he is first, last and everything.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
Next week: Dennis Rosero, Jesús Masanet García, Javier Cabezuelo Sánchez, Modest Podzolkin, Bobby Mapp, Gary Miller, AJ Nicholls, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Ron van Bruchem, Thor Muto Asmund, Daniel Houghton, Jochen Bauer, Kate Stuart, Lisa Kucala, Robert Ślesicki, Akatsuki Kitamura, Shinji Mochizuki, and John Cook, in 14 competitions around the world.
My watchlist consists of the following:
: Cubes 3x3-7x7 - top 10 average, top 5 single 40+, top 5 average and top 2 single in older age groups
: 2x2, FMC, MM - top 5 average, top 2 single 40+, top 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 5 average and single 40+, top 3 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 107 "top ranked seniors". Please don't ask me to follow you as well, unless you fit the above criteria and I've missed something.
Please let me know if you know of anyone moving to a new age group who might be a candidate to join the top ranks.
Many thanks to Michael George for creating and maintaining the Senior Cubing Rankings website, and to Phil Lewis for creating the Senior Cubing Tracker site, which can be found via the Useful Links section of the SCR site.
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WEEKEND COMP ROUNDUP (JAN 27 – FEB 1)
More world records in the 70+ and 80+ age brackets this week…
Kate Stuart (70+ Kinch #5) made two PRs and a double including a new 70+ world record at North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2026: 7x7 best 14:31 enters the rankings at top place, beating Rodney Topor's previous SWR by over 20 minutes, and also enters the 60+ rankings at 6th ahead of Mats Bergsten; Clock best 32.24 takes her from 5th to 4th ahead of Mike Stone; and Pyraminx average 25.65 remains ranked 6th, and best 17.16 takes her from 7th to 6th ahead of Mike Stone. (Rodney Topor's Pyraminx results from last week have not been posted yet, due to issues with posting the results of the first ever 3x3 head to head round at the same comp.)
Also at North Star, Lisa Kucala (60+ several WRs) made 3 PRs and a 60+ PR: 5x5 best 2:30.60 takes her from 4th to 3rd ahead of Ton Dennenbroek; 7x7 best 8:28.17 remains ranked 3rd; Square-1 best 28.96 is a 60+ PR and takes her from 4th to 3rd ahead of Shinichi Ono; and FMC best 46 equals her previous PR so remains ranked 6th.
Gary Miller (80+ Kinch #1) made a PR and an 80+ SWR at Fredericksburg Winter PM 2026: 2x2 best 18.33 improves his 80+ SWR*; and 3x3 best PR 56.81 takes him from 9th to 6th ahead of Paul Hendrickson.
* NB there is a missing entry at #1 for 2x2 best in 80+.
Of the 16 SWRs set in January, just 2 were in an age group under 70.
Jochen Bauer (50+ Kinch #5) made double Megaminx PRs at Cubing in the Rain 2026: best 1:28.98 takes him from 5th to 4th ahead of Fumiki Koseki, while average 1:42.01 remains ranked 5th.
Also in Rain, Daniel Houghton (big cubes top tens) made a 3BLD best PR 1:20.97, taking him from 48th to 40th.
Thor Muto Asmund (50+ Kinch #1) made two PRs and a double at Aarhus Winter 2026: Skewb best 4.11 takes him from 28th to 7th ahead of Shinichi Ono; 5x5 average 2:05.89 takes him from 10th to 8th ahead of Chris Tabar; and FMC mean 36.67 takes him from 30th to 17th while best 32 is an equal PR remaining 20th. He also earned three podiums: 2nd place in 4BLD with best 6:15.66, 3rd place in 3BLD with best 1:49.70, and 3rd place in FMC.
Dennis Rosero (senior Kinch #4) had notable results at both of his comps this week. He made a 6x6 mean PR 3:21.11 at Pocos Cupos Bogotá XXI 2026, taking him from 28th to 22nd. He also earned a 2nd place podium in MBLD with 2/2 in 12:01. Then at FMC Colombia IX 2026 he earned another 2nd place podium with mean 33.67.
Shinji Mochizuki (3BLD, Pyra top fives) made a 3OH best PR 24.25 at Otsu Biwako Winter 2026, taking him from 48th to 42nd.
A few top ten results from outside my watchlist have come in, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Raffaele Bonifazi (50+) at Casagiove Winter 2026 – Square-1 average 23.57 (enters at 4th) and best 21.89 (enters at 5th)
- 3x3 best 12.51 (18th to 8th)
: Gianluca Placenti (50+) at Casagiove Winter 2026 – 2x2 best 2.56 (13th to 7th)
This week I also followed Jesús Masanet García, Javier Cabezuelo Sánchez, Modest Podzolkin, Bobby Mapp, AJ Nicholls, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Ron van Bruchem, Robert Ślesicki, Akatsuki Kitamura, and John Cook, who competed without making any new PRs.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
There has been no change in senior Kinch rankings since last week.
Next week: Chan Tak Chuen, Choi Goho, Ulrich Spies, Lisa Kucala, Dennis Rosero, Lars Vennike Nielsson, Thor Muto Asmund, AJ Nicholls, Chris Wright, Kerry Go, István Kocza, and Steve Clarke, in 10 competitions around the world.
My watchlist consists of the following:
: Cubes 3x3-7x7 - top 10 average, top 5 single 40+, top 5 average and top 2 single in older age groups
: 2x2, FMC, MM - top 5 average, top 2 single 40+, top 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 5 average and single 40+, top 3 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 107 "top ranked seniors". Please don't ask me to follow you as well, unless you fit the above criteria and I've missed something.
Please let me know if you know of anyone moving to a new age group who might be a candidate to join the top ranks.
Many thanks to Michael George for creating and maintaining the Senior Cubing Rankings website, and to Phil Lewis for creating the Senior Cubing Tracker site, which can be found via the Useful Links section of the SCR site.
More world records in the 70+ and 80+ age brackets this week…
Kate Stuart (70+ Kinch #5) made two PRs and a double including a new 70+ world record at North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2026: 7x7 best 14:31 enters the rankings at top place, beating Rodney Topor's previous SWR by over 20 minutes, and also enters the 60+ rankings at 6th ahead of Mats Bergsten; Clock best 32.24 takes her from 5th to 4th ahead of Mike Stone; and Pyraminx average 25.65 remains ranked 6th, and best 17.16 takes her from 7th to 6th ahead of Mike Stone. (Rodney Topor's Pyraminx results from last week have not been posted yet, due to issues with posting the results of the first ever 3x3 head to head round at the same comp.)
Also at North Star, Lisa Kucala (60+ several WRs) made 3 PRs and a 60+ PR: 5x5 best 2:30.60 takes her from 4th to 3rd ahead of Ton Dennenbroek; 7x7 best 8:28.17 remains ranked 3rd; Square-1 best 28.96 is a 60+ PR and takes her from 4th to 3rd ahead of Shinichi Ono; and FMC best 46 equals her previous PR so remains ranked 6th.
Gary Miller (80+ Kinch #1) made a PR and an 80+ SWR at Fredericksburg Winter PM 2026: 2x2 best 18.33 improves his 80+ SWR*; and 3x3 best PR 56.81 takes him from 9th to 6th ahead of Paul Hendrickson.
* NB there is a missing entry at #1 for 2x2 best in 80+.
Of the 16 SWRs set in January, just 2 were in an age group under 70.
Jochen Bauer (50+ Kinch #5) made double Megaminx PRs at Cubing in the Rain 2026: best 1:28.98 takes him from 5th to 4th ahead of Fumiki Koseki, while average 1:42.01 remains ranked 5th.
Also in Rain, Daniel Houghton (big cubes top tens) made a 3BLD best PR 1:20.97, taking him from 48th to 40th.
Thor Muto Asmund (50+ Kinch #1) made two PRs and a double at Aarhus Winter 2026: Skewb best 4.11 takes him from 28th to 7th ahead of Shinichi Ono; 5x5 average 2:05.89 takes him from 10th to 8th ahead of Chris Tabar; and FMC mean 36.67 takes him from 30th to 17th while best 32 is an equal PR remaining 20th. He also earned three podiums: 2nd place in 4BLD with best 6:15.66, 3rd place in 3BLD with best 1:49.70, and 3rd place in FMC.
Dennis Rosero (senior Kinch #4) had notable results at both of his comps this week. He made a 6x6 mean PR 3:21.11 at Pocos Cupos Bogotá XXI 2026, taking him from 28th to 22nd. He also earned a 2nd place podium in MBLD with 2/2 in 12:01. Then at FMC Colombia IX 2026 he earned another 2nd place podium with mean 33.67.
Shinji Mochizuki (3BLD, Pyra top fives) made a 3OH best PR 24.25 at Otsu Biwako Winter 2026, taking him from 48th to 42nd.
A few top ten results from outside my watchlist have come in, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Raffaele Bonifazi (50+) at Casagiove Winter 2026 – Square-1 average 23.57 (enters at 4th) and best 21.89 (enters at 5th)
- 3x3 best 12.51 (18th to 8th)
: Gianluca Placenti (50+) at Casagiove Winter 2026 – 2x2 best 2.56 (13th to 7th)
This week I also followed Jesús Masanet García, Javier Cabezuelo Sánchez, Modest Podzolkin, Bobby Mapp, AJ Nicholls, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Ron van Bruchem, Robert Ślesicki, Akatsuki Kitamura, and John Cook, who competed without making any new PRs.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
There has been no change in senior Kinch rankings since last week.
Next week: Chan Tak Chuen, Choi Goho, Ulrich Spies, Lisa Kucala, Dennis Rosero, Lars Vennike Nielsson, Thor Muto Asmund, AJ Nicholls, Chris Wright, Kerry Go, István Kocza, and Steve Clarke, in 10 competitions around the world.
My watchlist consists of the following:
: Cubes 3x3-7x7 - top 10 average, top 5 single 40+, top 5 average and top 2 single in older age groups
: 2x2, FMC, MM - top 5 average, top 2 single 40+, top 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 5 average and single 40+, top 3 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 107 "top ranked seniors". Please don't ask me to follow you as well, unless you fit the above criteria and I've missed something.
Please let me know if you know of anyone moving to a new age group who might be a candidate to join the top ranks.
Many thanks to Michael George for creating and maintaining the Senior Cubing Rankings website, and to Phil Lewis for creating the Senior Cubing Tracker site, which can be found via the Useful Links section of the SCR site.
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