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WEEKEND COMP ROUNDUP (APR 21-26)
An improved 80+ WR and a 3x3 sub-10 from D.C, plus an FMC NR.…

Gary Miller (80+ eight WRs) made a Clock PR average 30.49 at Welcome to Washington D.C. 2026, improving his 80+ world record from November by almost 4 seconds and also remaining ranked 3rd in 70+. This is Gary's 10th SWR this year.

Also in D.C, Bobby Mapp became the 8th member of the senior sub-10 club with a 3x3 PR best 9.47, taking him from 20th to 7th ahead of Konsta Jukka. (Also in the club: Ron van Bruchem, Jia-Hong Lu, Choi Goho, AJ Nicholls, Lars Vennike Nielsson, and Dennis Rosero.)

Christian Sachgau (60+ 4BLD SWR2) made two PRs at Westend Mega NxNxN Berlin 2026: Megaminx average 2:55.07 enters at 6th ahead of Martin Ernesto Melcop; and 2x2 best 4.09 enters at 9th ahead of Peter Hugosson-Miller. As a new sexagenarian all of his other results enter the 60+ rankings as 60+ PRs: 5x5 average 2:23.22 (2nd ahead of Lisa Kucala) and best 2:07.76 (2nd ahead of Kerry Go); 6x6 mean 5:47.58 and best 4:58.78 (both 4th ahead of Peter); 7x7 best 8:31.73 (4th ahead of Peter); 4x4 average 1:27.94 and best 1:18.88 (both 6th ahead of Morten Raknes Johansen); Megaminx best 2:27.74 (6th ahead of Martin); 3x3 average 22.88 (8th ahead of Lennart Aspelin), and best 19.38 (10th ahead of Morten); and 2x2 average 7.84 (9th ahead of Martin).

Thor Muto Asmund (50+ Kinch #1) made three PRs at Hvidovre April 2026: 4BLD best 4:40.74 takes him from 4th to 3rd ahead of Mark Rivers; 3BLD best 1:01.13 takes him from 8th to 7th ahead of Mats Bergsten; and 3x3 average 19.37 takes him from 62nd to 52nd. He also made a 2x2 50+ PR average 5.41, taking him from 12th to 7th ahead of Michael Orger. Both of his blind results earned third place podiums.

Catching up on last week, Miguel González Fernández (40+) joins my watchlist after a 2x2 PR average 4.08 at Gasteiz Open 2026, taking him from 11th to 5th ahead of Michael Stocker.

Also last week, Claude Arsicaud (70+) joins my watchlist with top five results on 3x3 at Racines Cubik de Beutre 2026: 3x3 average 39.84 took him from 7th to 5th ahead of Mike Stone, and best 32.72 from 6th to 5th ahead of Rune Wesström.

Jochen Bauer (50+ Kinch #4) made two PRs and a double at Munich Open 2026: 3OH average 36.32 followed by 33.74 takes him from 20th to 10th ahead of Sonja Black, and best 26.57 from 22nd to 12th; and Clock best 8.59 takes him from 16th to 14th.

Also in Munich, Michael Stocker (senior Kinch #2) made a Skewb senior PR best 4.93, taking him from 35th to 34th.

Igor Aipkin (senior Kinch #5) set an FMC Uzbekistani national record mean 33.67 at FMC Central Asia 2026, taking him from 41st to 34th and earning a first place podium in the process.

Dennis Rosero (senior Kinch #3) equalled his FMC PR best 28 at Fewest Moves Bogotá XII 2026, remaining ranked 37th and earning a first place podium at the comp with mean 34.67.

Ge Shi (fastest senior to complete profile) made double Clock PRs at Jakarta Mini K-ubing 2026: average 10.56 takes him from 72nd to 54th and best 8.42 from 75th to 46th. Earlier in the week he got a first place podium in FMC at Perth Favourites Evening 2026 with best 29, although it was the only success in a field of three.

Several top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last month have come up, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Jonathan Stromberg (50+) at Granada Open 2026 - Skewb average 6.80 (enters at 5th)
: Chris Tabar (50+) at North Idaho Big Cubes 2026 - 6x6 best 3:22.95 (11th to 6th) and mean 3:57.70 (11th to 8th)
- 7x7 best 5:27.73 (13th to 10th) and mean 6:17.13 (remains 10th)
: Doyle Cline (60+) at Colorado Springs Spring 2026 – Square-1 average 1:11.03 and best 48.42 (both entered at 7th)
: Anne Miller (70+) at Williamsburg Open Spring 2026 - Clock best 2:45.71 (entered at 7th)
: Veronika Rose (40+) at Leeds Spring 2026 - Megaminx best 1:16.94 (14th to 8th)
: Nicole Hauser (50+) at Munich Open 2026 - 4x4 best 54.35 (17th to 10th)

This week I also followed John Cook, Doug Li, AJ Nicholls, Ben Coppin, Steve Clarke, Choi Goho, and Chan Tak Chuen, who competed without making any new PRs.

In 50+ Kinch rankings, Chris Tabar's big cube PRs have taken him from 18th to 16th ahead of Lisa Kucala.

In 60+, Christian Sachgau has entered the 60+ rankings with a bang at 9th ahead of Morten Raknes Johansen, pushing Hans Bennis off the top page to 26th.

Congratulations to all of these high achievers!

Next week: Peter Hugosson-Miller, Dennis Rosero, Lisa Kucala, István Kocza, André Romain, Peter Andersson, Thierry Boisivon, Bobby Mapp, Gary Miller, Ming Chai, Ge Shi, Daniel Houghton, Olivier Wirz, Ron van Bruchem, Thor Muto Asmund, Anthony Rochester, John Cook, Maria Oey, and Ton Dennenbroek, in 17 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 3 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
: Fastest to complete profile

This has resulted in a list of 115 "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 (APR 28 – MAY 3)
A new senior sets two SWRs on debut, plus more 80+ WRs from Gary…

Gunnar Kantare Krig joins my watchlist having announced his first senior comp with two senior world records at Nordic & Swedish Championship 2026 this weekend, where along with a whole bunch of senior PRs he made two all-time PRs AND joined the senior sub-10 club: OH average 16.91 beats Lars Vennike Nielsson's record by 0.37s, and best 15.32 enters at 2nd ahead of Bobby Mapp; 4x4 average 39.77 beats Jia-Hong Lu's record by 0.44s, and best 36.26 enters at 2nd ahead of Choi Goho; 3x3 average 11.87 enters at 4th ahead of Ron van Bruchem, and best 9.40 at 7th ahead of Bobby; 5x5 PR average 1:32.30 enters at 10th ahead of Julio Perugorria Lorente, and best 1:24.32 at 10th ahead of Fumiki Koseki; Skewb PR average 9.06 followed by 8.52 enters at 43rd and best 4.97 at 36th; 2x2 average 5.60 enters at 47th and best 4.22 at 178th; Pyraminx average 9.12 enters at 82nd and best 6.44 at 124th; Square-1 average 34.79 enters at 48th and best 28.51 at 62nd.

Gary Miller (80+ eight SWRs) improved two of his records at Virginia Beach Spring 2026: 3OH PR best 1:54.04 beats his March record by almost 30 seconds and also remains ranked 3rd in 70+; and Skewb 80+ PR best 23.89 beats his October record by 0.37s. This is brings Gary's 2026 SWR tally to twelve.

Chan Tak Chuen (40+ 4x4, OH, SQ-1 top tens) made a PR and four senior PRs at Foshan Open 2026: 3OH senior PR average 19.42 moves ahead of Ming Dao Ting but remains ranked 3rd due to Gunnar's new SWR; 4x4 senior PR average 45.86 likewise moves ahead of Julia Perugorria Lorente but remains ranked 7th due to Gunnar's new SWR, while best 40.26 takes him from 11th to 8th ahead of Yuji Suse; and 2x2 PR average 5.38 takes him from 43rd to 34th, and senior PR best 3.13 from 70th to 54th.

István Kocza (50+BLD top fives) made a 3BLD PR best 41.90 at All Rounders Katowice I 2026, remaining ranked 2nd in 50+ and 7th in 40+.

Thor Muto Asmund (50+ Kinch #1) made a PR and a double at Bornholm Open 2026: 3BLD best 53.55 takes him from 8th to 5th ahead of Grzegorz Pacewicz, and mean 1:09.83 remains 5th; and 4x4 best 54.93 remains ranked 13th.

Thierry Boisivon (50+ OH SWR4) made a 5x5 PR best 3:24.18 at Rahn Education Open 2026, entering the rankings at 88th.

Anthony Rochester (40+ MBLD SWR2) made two PRs at Tamar Valley Turning 2026: Square-1 best 31.04 (remains 70th); and Megaminx best 2:15.85 (102nd to 94th).

Dennis Rosero (senior Kinch #3) got three podiums at three comps this week: third place in FMC with mean 39.67 at FMC Colombia XI 2026; third place in Pyraminx with average 5.25 at Proyección Social III - Big Cubes Bogotá 2026; and third place in 3BLD with best 3:49.40 at Pocos Cupos Bogotá XXVI 2026.

Several top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last month have come up, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Raffaele Bonifazi (50+) at Vieni a Cubare in Puglia 2026 – Square-1 best 18.72 (6th to 3rd) and average 21.14 (4th to 3rd)
: Robert Ślesicki (50+ ) at Nordic & Swedish Championship 2026 - Clock average 9.64 (remains 10th)

This week I also followed Peter Hugosson-Miller, Lisa Kucala, André Romain, Bobby Mapp, Ming Chai, Ge Shi, Daniel Houghton, Olivier Wirz, Ron van Bruchem, John Cook, Maria Oey, and Ton Dennenbroek, who competed without making any new PRs.

In 40+ Kinch rankings, PRs over the last two weeks have brought Thor Muto Asmund from 8th to 7th ahead of fellow Dane Lars Vennike Nielsson.

In 50+, Thor's lead over 2nd place has grown from 0.73 points two weeks ago to 1.99 points, a lead which I won't be able to challenge until some time later this year. Eric Dodson is up from 12th to 11th ahead of YongGeal Lee with a MBLD PR last week, while 3BLD, 2x2 and Megaminx PRs mean Thomas Schukraft is up from 15th to 13th ahead of fellow German Rainer Fürstenfeld.

Congratulations to all of these high achievers!

Next week: Lisa Kucala, Ge Shi, Claude Arsicaud, Thierry Megard, André Romain, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Gary Miller, Rich Tayag, Daniel Houghton, Olivier Wirz, Dennis Rosero, AJ Nicholls, Chris Wright, Pete Lee, John Cook,Javier Tirado Ortiz, Ming Chai, Christian Sachgau, Kerry Go, in 17 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 3 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
: Fastest to complete profile

This has resulted in a list of 115 "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.

 

[OtaMota]

Gunnar Kantare Krig joins my watchlist

The Gunnar Krig? Wow, it’s amazing when people stay for cubing that long, and it’s nice to see cubers from the past become old enough to get senior good senior rankings. An update on Leyan Lo, I have yet to hear a response from him and he is still omitted on the rankings. I may send a follow up email sooner or later.

 

[Fred]

Gunnar is the G in EG method for 2x2. (Erik Akkersdijk is the E.) Great to see him back in cubing!

 

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WEEKEND COMP ROUNDUP (MAY 5-10)
80+ world records from not one but two competitors…

Peter Strain-Clark (80+) joins my watchlist this week after a full haul of PRs and 80+ world records in three new events at Stevenage May 2026: 2x2 average 17.61 beats Gary's record* by 6.90s, and best 10.96 by 7.37s; Skewb average 26.66 enters the 80+ rankings 11.08s ahead of Gary Miller's record and best 16.40 beats Gary's record by 7.39s; and Pyraminx average 25.99 and beats Gary's record* by 7.17s, and best 19.84 by 9.21s. In 70+ rankings, Peter's Skewb results enter at 3rd ahead of Gary, 2x2 average enters at 8th ahead of Claude Arsicaud, and best at 7th ahead of David Kleiner, and Pyraminx average at 7th ahead of Barry Bower, and best at 8th ahead of Alexander Kuminov.
* There are missing #1 entries in 80+ 2x2 and Pyraminx rankings.

Although he lost his 2x2 records, Gary Miller (80+ eight WRs) improved two of his other SWRs and made a 2x2 PR at Derwood Cubing Derby Spring 2026 this weekend: Clock PR average 29.76 is a 0.73s improvement and PR best 27.79 a 1.15s improvement on his previous records; 2x2 PR average 23.09 would be an improved record if not for Peter's results in Stevenage, so he remains ranked 3rd behind Peter and the missing entry at #1. His Clock average also takes him from 3rd to 2nd ahead of Mats Bergsten in 70+, while his best time remains ranked 3rd. Gary's 2026 SWR tally is up to fourteen.

Dennis Rosero (senior Kinch #3) made three senior PRs this week. At Bima al Cubo IV Bogotá 2026 he made a double senior PR with average 17.59 and best 11.83, both remaining ranked 2nd. Earlier in the week at Lipecun Blind II Soacha 2026: he made a MBLD senior PR 2/2 in 12:59, remaining ranked 91st. He also earned his usual selection of podiums: third in Pyraminx with average 7.28 in Lipecun, then first place in Square-1 and second in Pyraminx with average 4.78 at Bima al Cubo.

Pete Lee (40+ MM SWR3) made three PRs at Manchester Megaminx Day 2026: Megaminx best 1:06.92 followed by 1:06.04 takes him from 4th to 3rd, just 0.02s ahead of Sander Kaspers' previous senior European record, and average 1:15.32 remains ranked 3rd and improves his senior European record.

Christian Sachgau (60+ 4BLD WR2) made two all-time PRs and four 60+ PRs at Darmstadt Open 2026: 4x4 average 1:16.96 takes him from 6th to 3rd ahead of Ton Dennenbroek; 3OH average 45.58 and PR best 36.13 both enter at 3rd ahead of Kerry Go; 3x3 best 19.06 takes him from 10th to 9th aheadand of Lisa Kucala; and Pyraminx PR average 9.95 enters at 8th ahead of Martin Ernesto Melcop, and best 7.16 at 10th ahead of Michael Amarello.

Lisa Kucala (60+ four WRs) made a 7x7 PR best 7:37.84 at Mini-sota Heartland Warm-Up II 2026, remaining ranked 3rd.

John Cook (60+ FMC WR3) made a 3x2 PR average 25.96 at Wagga Autumn 2026, remaining ranked 17th.

Ming Chai (40+ Clock SWR2s) made a 4x4 PR average 1:09.46 at Cubing in Westerly RI 2026, remaining ranked 107th.

Ge Shi (fastest senior to complete profile) earned four podiums at BUBT Open 2026: first in FMC with mean 31.00, second in 5BLD with best 17:54, and third in 3BLD with best 1:11.87 and 4BLD with best 8:11.33.

Several top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last month have come up, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Radek Řehůřek (50+) at Kostelec NxN 2026 - Pyraminx average 7.70 (enters at 8th)
: Morten Raknes Johansen (60+) at Nittedal Mental Breakdown Spring 2026 – 3BLD best 2:35.15 (enters at 8th)
- MBLD 4/6 in 57:16 (enters at 8th)
: Nicole Hauser (50+) at Früehligswürfelä z'Rootchrüüz 2026 - 3OH average 31.77 (12th to 9th)

This week I also followed Thierry Megard, André Romain, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Rich Tayag, Daniel Houghton, Olivier Wirz, AJ Nicholls, Chris Wright, Javier Tirado Ortiz, and Kerry Go, who competed without making any new PRs.

In 40+ Kinch rankings, António Gomes is up from 16th to 15th ahead of Modest Podzolkin thanks to some big blind PRs this week.

In 60+, Christian Sachgau has entered the rankings at 6th ahead of John Cook with excellent all-round results in his first month since turning 60.

In 70+, Gary Miller is up from 4th to 3rd ahead of Mike Stone, and Peter Strain-Clark up from 19th to 6th ahead of David Kleiner.

In 80+, Peter Strain-Clark is up from 5th to 2nd ahead of Hideaki Tomoyori and within striking distance of top place if he learns one or two more events.

Congratulations to all of these high achievers!

Next week: Lars Vennike Nielsson, Teller Coates, Choi Goho, Christian Sachgau, Modest Podzolkin, Rich Tayag, AJ Nicholls, Chris Wright, Glyn Brown, Pete Lee, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Ulrich Spies, Dennis Rosero, Akatsuki Kitamura, Fumiki Koseki, Kazuhiko Kusano, and Yuji Suse, in 9 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 3 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
: Fastest to complete profile

This has resulted in a list of 116 "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 (MAY 16-17)
No world records but five SWR2s this week…

Glyn Brown (40+ big cube top tens) made two PRs and a double at Weston-super-Mare Spring 2026: 6x6 best 2:24.37 takes him from 7th to 2nd ahead of Shen Flindell and is a new senior European record, and mean 2:51.77 takes him from 6th to 4th ahead of Daniel Houghton; 7x7 mean 4:08.05 takes him from 4th to 3rd ahead of Shen; and 5x5 average 1:37.64 takes him from 22nd to 19th.

Also in WSM, Peter Hugosson-Miller (60+ Kinch #4) made double 3OH PRs: best 30.25 takes him from 4th to 2nd ahead of Mike Hughey, while average 52.58 remains ranked 4th.

Still in WSM, Chris Wright (50+ Kinch #9) made a PR and a senior PR: 3OH senior PR average 35.28 takes him from 15th to 14th; and Clock PR best 11.47 takes him from 45th to 35th.

Finally from WSM, Pete Lee (40+ MM SWR3) made double 3OH PRs: average 52.66 takes him from 240th to 223rd, while best 47.61 remains 271st.

Fumiki Koseki (50+ big cubes top threes) made a PR and two 50+ PRs at Kanto Spring 2026: Megaminx PR best 1:23.36 takes him from 6th to 2nd ahead of Chris Wright, while 50+ PR average 1:36.57 remains 4th; and Square-1 50+ PR best 24.29 takes him from 11th to 10th ahead of Michael Orger.

Also in Kanto, Kazuhiko Kusano (40+ FMC SWR4) made a PR and two doubles: Megaminx average 1:43.41 (31st to 25th) and best 1:30.14 (40th to 26th); Square-1 best 31.74 (107th to 74th) and average 43.78 (99th to 78th); and Pyraminx best 5.95 (268th to 96th).

Finally from Kanto, Yuji Suse (40+ big cube top tens) made a PR and a double: Megaminx average 2:07.84 (72nd to 65th) and best 1:59.28 (75th to 73rd); and Pyraminx best 6.65 (250th to 138th).

Christian Sachgau (60+ 4BLD WR2) made a double 3BLD PR and six 60+ PRs at Hessen Open 2026: 5x5 best 2:06.53 remains ranked 2nd; 6x6 best 4:28.43 takes him from 4th to 3rd ahead of Lisa Kucala; 7x7 best 7:50.68 takes him from 4th to 3rd, and mean 8:08.95 enters at 3rd, both ahead of Lisa; 3BLD PR mean 2:59.36 enters at 5th ahead of Peter Hugosson-Miller, while best 2:12.75 remains 7th; Skewb average 16.75 enters at 15th and best 11.61 at 18th.

Choi Goho (40+ six SWRs) made a PR and a senior PR at Hamoye Jinju 2026: 4x4 PR average 45.05 remains ranked 4th; Skewb senior PR average 7.83 takes him from 31st to 30th.

Min Wu joins my watchlist with a PR and a double at Please Don't DNF Beijing 2026: FMC PR mean 27.00 takes him from 9th to 5th, equal with Javier Cabezuelo Sánchez and Rodney Kinney, and PR best 23 from 11th to 7th equal with Akatsuki Kitamura, David Roche, Raghavendra Nagarajan and Timothy Lawrance; and 3BLD PR best 52.31 takes him from 20th to 18th.

Also in Beijing, Ge Shi (fastest senior to complete profile) tied with Min Wu with FMC PR mean 27.00, taking him from 7th to equal 5th.

Modest Podzolkin (40+ FMC SWR) made double 3BLD PRs at Kyiv NxN Spring 2026: mean 56.45 takes him from 18th to 9th ahead of Igor Aipkin, and best 46.67 from 16th to 10th ahead of Christophe Grosjean.

Lars Vennike Nielsson (40+ 3OH SWR) made a Square-1 PR average 32.91 at Aalborg Spring 2026, taking him from 61st to 42nd.

Several top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last month have come up, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Klaus Diller (70+) at Hessen Open 2026 - Skewb average 24.82 (enters at 2nd) and best 20.62 (remains 5th)
: Magnhild Igland Lesteberg (70+) at Drammen Open 2026 - Clock best 27.45 (enters at 3rd) and average 37.54 (enters at 4th)

This week I also followed Teller Coates, Rich Tayag, AJ Nicholls, Ulrich Spies, Dennis Rosero, and Akatsuki Kitamura, who competed without making any new PRs.

In 40+ Kinch rankings, Modest Podzolkin's 3BLD best PR has taken him up a place to 15th ahead of António Gomes.The registration of recent SWR setter Gunnar Kantare Krig has caused almost everyone in the top 25 to lose a fraction of a point. Christophe Grosjean lost a bit more than others around him in the tight 21-25 range, causing him to fall from 23rd to 25th behind Jia-Hong Lu.

In 60+, new sexagenarian Christian Sachgau has stormed from 6th to 3rd ahead of Kerry Go after registering 60+ results in 3BLD and 7x7.

In 70+, Klaus Diller's new Skewb results have taken him from 9th to 7th ahead of David Kleiner. Magnhild Igland Lesteberg enters the rankings at 20th ahead of Paul Hendrickson after registering on the website recently with results in Clock in April.

Congratulations to all of these high achievers!

Next week: Lisa Kucala, André Romain, Peter Hugosson-Miller, John Cook, AJ Nicholls, Daniel Houghton, Jochen Bauer, Olivier Wirz, Thierry Boisivon, Anthony Rochester, Enrymar Cisneros, Dennis Rosero, and Mats Bergsten, in 12 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 3 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
: Fastest to complete profile

This has resulted in a list of 117 "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 (MAY 22-25)
OH, 2x2 and 4BLD world records including the luckiest first comp ever...?

Thierry Boisivon (50+ 3OH WR4) made two PRs including a new 3OH world record at Le Cube Normand Open 2026: 3OH best 16.27 takes him from 6th to top place, 1.61s ahead of Teller Coates' 2024 record, and also takes him from 23rd to 3rd ahead of Bobby Mapp and Dave Campbell in the 40+ rankings; and 5x5 best 3:21.94 remains ranked 89th.

New 60+ competitor Dave Cutts enters my watchlist this week having set four PRs and a new 2x2 60+ world record in four moves at his first ever comp, Sheffield Spring 2026: 2x2 best 2.03 beats Lisa Kucala's 2024 record by 0.85s and also enters the 50+ rankings at 2nd and 40+ rankings at 7th, both ahead of Olivier Wirz, and average 9.20 enters at 35th; and 3x3 best 26.14 enters at 37th, and average 38.38 at 46th.

Lisa Kucala (60+ OH, Clock WRs) made two PRs including an improved world record at Heartland Championship 2026: 3OH average 39.93 improves her previous record by 2.26s; and 6x6 best 4:32.53 remains ranked 4th.

Mats Bergsten (70+ sixteen WRs) improved three of his world records and made a PR, two doubles and three 70+ PRs at Uppsalaligan 5: Pouch – 2026: 4x4 70+ PR average 2:07.79 improves his 2024 record by 6.98s; Square-1 best 1:05.75 is 0.73s faster than his 2025 record; 4BLD 70+ PR 10:15 improves his 2024 record by 1:58; Clock average 29.22 takes him from 3rd to 2nd ahead of Gary Miller, and best 20.16 remains ranked 2nd; and Pyraminx average 21.98 takes him from 11th to 4th ahead of Rodney Topor, and best 19.46 from 10th to 8th ahead of Peter Strain-Clark.

Also in Uppsala, Peter Hugosson-Miller (60+ Kinch #5) made a Square-1 PR average 1:26.52, taking him from 10th to 9th ahead of Mats Bergsten.

Olivier Wirz (60+ 2x2 WR) made consecutive Clock PR averages at Swisscubing Cup III 2026: 10.47 followed by 10.03 takes him from 6th to 3rd ahead of Martin Ernesto Melcop.

Also in Switzerland, Jochen Bauer (50+ Kinch #4) made two PRs and a 50+ PR: Megaminx average 1:34.64 takes him from 5th to 4th ahead of Fumiki Koseki; Clock best 8.22 takes him from 15th to equal 12th; and 2x2 50+ PR best 4.72 takes him from 88th to equal 70th.

Finally from Switzerland, Daniel Houghton (40+ big cubes top tens) made a Skewb PR average 11.54, taking him from 150th to 127th.

Dennis Rosero (senior Kinch #3) made two senior PRs at Zipaquirá Cundinamarca III 2026: Skewb average 6.20 takes him from 7th to 6th ahead of Fumiki Koseki; and 6x6 best 3:13.54 takes him from 26th to 25th. He also earned a 2nd place podium in Square-1 with average 18.56.

John Cook (60+ FMC SWR3) made a Clock PR average 18.32 at Puzzling Parramatta 2026, remaining ranked 14th.

Anthony Rochester (40+ MBLD SWR2) made two PRs and a double at Hobart Autumn 2026: Clock average 10.44 (77th to 52nd); 5x5 average 2:48.13 (176th to 158th) and best 2:30.90 (179th to 178th); and 3x3 average 18.72 (282nd to equal 223rd). He also earned a first place podium in MBLD with 17/27 in 56:02.

Enrymar Cisneros (top senior Kinch female) made a 3OH PR average 39.82 at Turn It Caracas 2026, taking her from 126th to 116th.

Several top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last week have come up, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Santiago Serrano Cernadas (60+) at UPV Open 2026 - Clock best 8.04 (5th to 4th)
: Jonathan Stromberg (50+) at IndalOpen O'Clock 2026 - Skewb average 6.44 (5th to 4th, also 11th to 8th in 40+)
: Mateusz Zajder (50+) at Cube Factory League Zgierz 2026 – 3x3 best 12.45 (55th to 7th)
: Miguel Ángel Galdeano Medina (50+) at IndalOpen O'Clock 2026 - Skewb best 4.27 (18th to 8th)
: Israel Morales Muñoz (50+) at IndalOpen O'Clock 2026 – Clock average 9.59 (11th to 10th)

This week I also followed André Romain and AJ Nicholls, who competed without making any new PRs.

Congratulations to all of these high achievers!

There haven't been any changes in the top pages of senior Kinch rankings since last week.

Next week: Lars Vennike Nielsson, Ben Coppin, Steve Clarke, Lisa Kucala, Akatsuki Kitamura, Danielle Kay, Ming Dao Ting, Rodney Topor, Shen Flindell, AJ Nicholls, Ulrich Spies, Thierry Megard, Jochen Bauer, Michael Stocker, Claude Arsicaud, Ron van Bruchem, Ge Shi, Modest Podzolkin, Bobby Mapp, Gary Miller, Mike Hughey, Dennis Rosero, and Enrymar Cisneros, in 16 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 3 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
: Fastest to complete profile

This has resulted in a list of 118 "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 (MAY 22-25)

Mats Bergsten (70+ sixteen WRs) improved three of his world records and made a PR, two doubles and three 70+ PRs at Uppsalaligan 5: Pouch – 2026: 4x4 70+ PR average 2:07.79 improves his 2024 record by 6.98s; Square-1 best 1:05.75 is 0.73s faster than his 2025 record; 4BLD 70+ PR 10:15 improves his 2024 record by 1:58; Clock average 29.22 takes him from 3rd to 2nd ahead of Gary Miller, and best 20.16 remains ranked 2nd; and Pyraminx average 21.98 takes him from 11th to 4th ahead of Rodney Topor, and best 19.46 from 10th to 8th ahead of Peter Strain-Clark.

Yay, Mats! Congrats on your records! I always love seeing your big blind results, especially!

 

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WEEKEND COMP ROUNDUP (MAY 28-31)
Three SWRs this week, with the Scandi OH battle heating up, plus one from last week...

Lars Vennike Nielsson (40+ OH WR) reclaimed the 3OH average senior world record this week at HDC XXI -Friheden 2026: 16.87 beats the record which Gunnar Kantare Krig set at the start of May by 0.04s.

Thierry Megard (60+ 3x3 WR) completed the 60+ 3x3 double world record with a 3x3 PR average 18.49 at Esprit Cube Labenne 2026, moving from 2nd to top place, 0.49s ahead of Ton Dennenbroek's 2023 record.

Rodney Topor (70+ six WRs) improved his Clock best 70+ world record and made one other PR at Big Cube Time Brisbane 2026: Clock best 18.69 is 0.53 faster than his record from last month; and 5x5 best 5:48.66 takes him from 5th to 3rd ahead of Donna Leiber. Rodney's SWR tally for 2026 is now at 11.

Also in Brisbane, yours truly Shen Flindell (50+ 6x6 and 7x7 WRs) made double Clock PRs: best 7.70 takes me from 46th to 8th ahead of Lisa Kucala and is also a new 40+ Oceanic record, and average 9.63 from 33rd to 11th.

Still in Brisbane, Danielle Kay (40+ female Kinch #3) made a PR and a double: 6x6 best 4:32.79 (138th to 97th); and 5x5 best 2:23.87 (167th to 156th) and average 2:49.59 (183rd to 163rd).

Finally in Brisbane, Ming Dao Ting (40+ 4x4 and OH SWR4s) also made double Clock PRs: average 13.81 (316th to 145th) and best 13.00 (205th to 180th).

Catching up on last week, Didier Limal (new 70+) set a new 70+ world record as part of two PRs, a 70+ PR and a 70+ double at Barby Cube 2026: 6x6 best 8:16.07 is a new 70+ world record beating Mats Bergsten's 2024 record by 9.74s; 5x5 best 4:34.76 enters at 2nd ahead of Donna Leiber; 4x4 best 3:17.48 enters at 4th ahead of Mike Stone; and 3x3 average 1:09.52 enters at 18th, and best 56.44 at 17th.

Lisa Kucala (60+ 3OH and Clock WRs) made a PR and a double at Fast in Fargo 2026: Skewb average 9.13 remains ranked 2nd; and 7x7 best 7:27.75 remains 3rd and mean 8:11.98 remains 4th.

Mike Hughey (60+ eight WRs) made a 3OH 60+ PR average 40.06 at RVA Spring 2026, remaining ranked 2nd.

Also at RVA, Gary Miller (80+ six WRs) made two PRs: 2x2 average 21.20 and Pyraminx best 28.50 both remain ranked 3rd behind Peter Strain-Clark and a missing #1.

I have a bunch of news about Yongtao Sun (40+ 5x5 SWR5). Last week I missed his participation in Hangzhou Summer 2026 where he made a PR, and senior PR and two senior doubles (all senior PRs unless marked as PR): Skewb average 5.97 (remains 4th) and best 4.50 (23rd to 22nd); 2x2 average 4.63 (24th to 12th) and best 3.28 (204th to 68th); 3BLD senior PR best 1:20.62 (57th to 43rd); and Clock PR best 8.87 (81st to 61st). Then this week he made two PRs and a double at Quanzhou Summer 2026: Megaminx PR best 1:14.72 (21st to 6th ahead of Dennis Rosero) and average 1:26.74 (18th to 10th ahead of Jason Krug); 3x3 PR average 13.16 (26th to equal 14th); and Clock PR average 10.74 (equal 82nd to 69th).

Ben Coppin (50+, holds FMC 40+ WR) made double FMC 50+ PRs at FMC for Cancer Reigate 2026: Mean 30.00 takes him from 9th to equal 7th alongside Dieter Amberger and Hanns Hub, and best 26 from 12th to equal 7th alongside Dieter, Guus Razoux Shultz, Mike Hughey and Rodney Kinney.

Greg Simmons (40+ Clock WR) made three PRs, two doubles, a senior PR and a senior double at Crewe May 2026: Skewb best 4.31 (102nd to 17th) and senior PR average 9.60 (124th to 72nd); 4x4 best 51.27 (52nd to 48th); 5x5 best 1:56.19 (139th to 59th) and average 2:25.85 (enters at 103rd); Megaminx best 1:58.49 (enters at 73rd) and average 2:11.40 (enters at 74th); Pyraminx senior PR best 6.32 (230th to 124th) and senior PR average 10.77 (173rd to 153rd); and 3OH average 46.50 (245th to 174th).

Akatsuki Kitamura (50+ FMC WR) made a 3OH PR average 37.70 at Hiroshima Spring 2026, remaining ranked 21st.

Jochen Bauer (50+ Kinch #4) equalled his 3x3 PR average 17.92 at Franconia Cube Days 2026, remaining ranked 34th.

Also in Franconia, Michael Stocker (40+ 7x7 WR) made a 2x2 PR best 3.13, taking him from 73rd to equal 57th.

Ge Shi (fastest senior to complete profile) earned a 2nd place podium in 3BLD at Solo Lur 2026 with best time 1:11.84.

Several top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last week have come up, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Niklas von Schantz (40+) at Uppsalaligan 5: Pouch – 2026 - Clock best 5.44 (9th to 2nd)
: Marius Rombout Ferreira van Riemsdijk (50+) at WCA South American Championship FMC 2026 – FMC best 25 (enters at 6th)
: Thomas Schukraft (50+) at Franconia Cube Days – 6x6 best 2:47.67 (10th to 9th) and mean 3:57.84 (11th to 9th)

This week I also followed Steve Clarke, AJ Nicholls, Ulrich Spies, Claude Arsicaud, Ron van Bruchem, Modest Podzolkin, Bobby Mapp, Dennis Rosero, and Enrymar Cisneros, who competed without making any new PRs.

In 40+ Kinch rankings, Yongtao Sun's various PRs have taken him from 18th to 15th ahead of Modest Podzolkin.

In 50+, Lisa Kucala is up from 17th to 16th ahead of Chris Tabar thanks to her 7x7 and Skewb PRs this week.

In 60+, a couple of world records in the age bracket have resulted in Lennart Aspelin losing more points than Peter Andersson and falling from 22nd to 23rd.

In 70+, Didier Limal has entered the age bracket at 22nd place ahead of Tiernan Foley, pushing Zhiwei Jin out of the top 25.

Congratulations to all of these high achievers!

Next week: Doug Li, Lisa Kucala, Mike Hughey, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Ron van Bruchem, Lars Vennike Nielsson, Thor Muto Asmund, Shinji Mochizuki, Kerry Go, John Cook, AJ Nicholls, Chris Wright, Glyn Brown, Maria Oey, Pete Lee, Ton Dennenbroek, and Daniel Houghton, in 9 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 3 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
: Fastest to complete profile

This has resulted in a list of 119 "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 (JUN 5-7)
An improved 60+ Clock WR and four SWR2s...

Lisa Kucala (60+ Clock, OH WRs) made two PRs and a 60+ PR including an improved SWR at Great Lakes Championship 2026: Clock average 8.58 improves on her record from last year by 0.15s and also takes her from 5th to 4th ahead of Miguel Ángel Galdeano Medina; Square-1 60+ PR best 25.71 takes her from 3rd to 2nd ahead of Mike Hughey; and 5x5 best 2:24.79 remains ranked 4th.

Also at Great Lakes, aforementioned Mike Hughey (60+ big cube, MBLD WRs) made a PR, a double PR and two 60+ PRs: 60+ PRs 3BLD average 1:28.49 and Square-1 best 25.69 both remain ranked 2nd; Megaminx best 1:47.76 takes him from 4th to 3rd ahead of Kerry Go and just 0.01s behind Ulrich Spies; and Clock average 10.09 takes him from 10th to 5th ahead of Jesús Masanet García, and best 9.38 from 9th to 7th ahead of Martin Ernesto Melcop.

Chris Wright (50+ 3x3, MM WR2s) made two PRs at Bristol June 2026: Megaminx best 1:23.20 takes him from 3rd to 2nd ahead of Fumiki Koseki; and Clock best 10.05 from 36th to 25th (also ahead of Fumiki-san).

Also in Bristol, Ton Dennenbroek (60+ Mega, Pyra WRs) made a 2x2 60+ PR best 3.52, taking him from 13th to equal 4th alongside Olivier Wirz.

Finally from Bristol, Glyn Brown (40+ 6x6 WR2) made a 5x5 PR average 1:36.09, taking him from 20th to 16th.

Ge Shi (fastest senior to complete profile) made two PRs at More Than One Cube Shanghai 2026: FMC mean 25.67 takes him from 5th to 4th ahead of Kazuhiko Kusano; and MBLD 16/17 in 59:34 from 12th to 10th ahead of André Raunehaug.

Also in Shanghai, Liang Chen (40+ MBLD WR) made an FMC PR best 26, taking him from 37th to 22nd.

Thor Muto Asmund (50+ Kinch #1) made two PRs at Hvidovre Juni 2026: Skewb average 7.33 takes him from 18th to 11th; and 3x3 best 16.25 from 77th to 59th.

Also in Hvidovre, Lars Vennike Nielsson (40+ OH WRs) made a Square-1 PR best 23.26, taking him from 48th to equal 40th alongside Eric Dodson.

Kerry Go (60+ 4x4 WR) made a PR and a 60+ PR at LCCC Cubing Summer 2026: Skewb PR average 16.72 takes him from 19th to 15th, and 60+ PR best 12.60 remains ranked 20th.

Shinji Mochizuki (40+ Pyra WR2) made two PRs at Kansai BLD Summer 2026: 3BLD average 1:14.79 takes him from 36th to 19th; and 4BLD best 13:23 enters at 51st.

Daniel Houghton (40+ 5x5, 6x6 WR5s) made two PRs at Swisscubing Cup MB I 2026: MBLD 6/7 in 55:17 takes him from 70th to 63rd; and FMC best 46 from 173rd to 145th.

Ron van Bruchem (50+ 3x3-5x5 WRs) earned two podiums at Cabo Verde Nationals 2026: 2nd in 4x4 with average 49.43 and 3rd in 3OH with average 32.98. His 3x3 average 13.68 was ranked 2nd in the competition but I assume only locals were eligible for those podiums.

Several top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last week have come up, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Morten Raknes Johansen (60+) at Sommerkubing på Vitenfabrikken 2026 – 3x3 average 21.60 (remains 6th) and best 18.99 (11th to 9th)
: Nikolai Petrov (50+) at Sofia Summer 2026 - 3x3 best 12.30 (24th to 7th) and average 15.66 (13th to 10th)

This week I also followed Doug Li, Peter Hugosson-Miller, John Cook, AJ Nicholls, Maria Oey, Pete Lee, and Min Wu who competed without making any new PRs.

In 40+ Kinch rankings, Thor Muto Asmund's Skewb PR has taken him from 7th to 6th ahead of Timothy Lawrance, and yours truly Shen Flindell's Clock PR last week takes me from 9th to 8th ahead of Lars Vennike Nielsson. Ming Dao Ting also made a Clock PR last week (simultaneously with me), and re-enters the top 25 at 21st ahead of Daniel Houghton, pushing Christophe Grosjean off the top page.

In 60+, Thierry Megard's new 3x3 world record last week takes him from 24th to 23rd ahead of Lennart Aspelin.

Congratulations to all of these high achievers!

Next week: Jae Park, Dennis Rosero, Enrymar Cisneros, Jochen Bauer, Bobby Mapp, Gary Miller, Modest Podzolkin, AJ Nicholls, Ge Shi, Ron van Bruchem, Ton Dennenbroek, Ulrich Spies, Akatsuki Kitamura, Fumiki Koseki, Kazuhiko Kusano, Yuji Suse, Choi Goho, Mats Bergsten, and Peter Hugosson-Miller, in 12 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 3 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
: Fastest to complete profile

This has resulted in a list of 119 "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 (JUN 12-14)
Big world record hauls in the 60+ to 80+ age brackets...

Ton Dennenbroek (60+ three minx WRs) added the final minx WR and improved another as part of consecutive double Megaminx PRs at Rotterdam Big 'n Brain 2026: best 1:41.56 followed by 1:40.14 ends up a 4.97s improvement on his 2025 record and also takes him from 9th to 8th ahead of Chad Harris in 50+, and average 1:55.88 followed by 1:52.37 takes him from 3rd to top place, 4.02s ahead of Ulrich Spies' March record, and also takes him from 15th to 7th ahead of Chad Harris in 50+.

Mats Bergsten (70+ fifteen WRs) made seven 70+ world records as part of a PR, three doubles and two 70+ PRs at Take Your Time Bergshamra 2026: 6x6 mean 7:47.62 is a 70+ first, and best 7:19.04 takes him from 2nd to 1st, 57.03s ahead of Didier Limal's May record; 7x7 mean 11:34.00 is a 70+ first, and best 11:08.00 enters at top place 3:27 ahead of Kate Stuart's February record; Megaminx average 6:09.80 is a 70+ first, and best 5:45.33 enters at top place 1:43.66 ahead of Walter Müller's January record; 4x4 70+ PR best 1:49.86 improves his record from last year by 4.22s; and Skewb average 26.52 takes him from 7th to 4th ahead of Peter Strain-Clark, and 70+ PR best 19.00 from 6th to 4th ahead of Gary Miller. Mats now has twenty-one current 70+ world records, and his 2026 tally is seven.

Also in Bergshamra, Peter Hugosson-Miller (60+ Kinch #5) made a 3OH PR average 49.94, remaining ranked 5th.

Gary Miller (80+ six WRs) made four 80+ world records as part of four PRs and an 80+ PR at Colonial Cube Clash VA 2026: 4x4 80+ PR average 8:08.16 is an 80+ first, and best 6:02.78 beats his previous record by 1:18.02; 3OH average 3:34.34 and Square-1 average 2:25.97 are also 80+ firsts; and 3x3 average 1:34.41 takes him from 9th to 8th ahead of Anne Bradford. Gary now has nine current 80+ world records and has made eighteen so far this year.

Dennis Rosero (senior Kinch #3) made a double PR and an equal senior PR at South American Championship 2026: Square-1 average 17.59 equals his SWR2 from last month; and 6x6 mean 3:14.51 takes him from 23rd to 16th and best 3:03.72 from 25th to 17th.

Also at SAC, Enrymar Cisneros (top Kinch ranked senior female) made a 5x5 PR average 1:49.03, taking her from 42nd to 33rd.

Fumiki Koseki (50+ Kinch #5) made a PR and two 50+ PRs at Tokyo Summer 2026: 7x7 senior PR mean 4:40.36 remains ranked 2nd; and Clock PR best 9.01 takes him from 25th to 20th, and senior PR average 11.24 from 22nd to 21st.

Also in Tokyo, Yuji Suse made two PRs and a senior PR: 6x6 mean 2:54.11 remains ranked 6th; and Clock senior PR best 16.76 takes him from 534th to 265th, while average 20.27 enters at 270th.

Still in Tokyo, Akatsuki Kitamura (50+ FMC WR) made a PR and a double: 6x6 mean 4:55.79 takes him from 33rd to 21st and best 4:53.87 from 44th to 37th; and Clock best 10.25 from 39th to 31st.

Finally from Tokyo, Kazuhiko Kusano (40+ FMC top five) made a PR and a double: 7x7 best 5:38.82 takes him from 67th to 49th; and 6x6 mean 4:05.54 enters at 50th, and best 4:02.57 at 67th.

Jochen Bauer (50+ Kinch #4) made three PRs at Athens Summer Break A 2026: 6x6 mean 3:22.96 remains ranked 4th; Square-1 average 29.80 takes him from 11th to 7th ahead of Thor Muto Asmund; and 3x3 average 16.63 from 34th to 19th.

Ge Shi (fastest senior to complete profile) made four PRs at two comps this week, starting with Please Be Quiet Singapore June 2026: 4BLD best 5:00.36 takes him from 12th to 9th; 5BLD best 14:31.00 from 17th to 15th; and 3BLD best 58.23 from 27th to 24th. Then at Side N Blind Narre Warren 2026 he made another 3BLD PR best 56.66, finishing up at 23rd. Interestingly because Side N Blind started before PBQ, the WCA website lists his SNB PRs before those from PBQ, but I can assure you this is the order he made them in.

AJ Nicholls (40+ 6x6 top ten) made an MBLD PR 13/14 in 1:00:00 at Manchester CL Third 2006, taking him from 24th to 17th.

Incidentally, I think the Dutch Englished much better than the Aussies this week: Big 'n Brain is far better than Side N Blind.

Several top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last week have come up, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Anne Miller (70+) at Colonial Cube Clash VA 2026 – Clock average 1:52.82 (enters at 7th) and best 1:25.71 (8th to 7th)
: Radek Řehůřek (50+) at Onelooking in Olomouc 2026 - Pyraminx average 7.65 (remains 8th)

This week I also followed Bobby Mapp, Modest Podzolkin, Ron van Bruchem, Ulrich Spies, and Choi Goho, who competed without making any new PRs.

In 40+ Kinch rankings, Mike Hughey's Clock PR last week takes him from 11th to 10th ahead of the late great François Courtès. Multiple PRs this week have taken Jochen Bauer from 20th to 19th ahead of Pablo Say. Ge Shi's various blindfold PRs have brought him to the top page entering at 25th ahead of Jia-Hong Lu.

In 50+, YongGeal Lee is up from 12th to 11th ahead of Eric Dodson thanks to PRs in 3x3, Clock and Square-1 this week.

Congratulations to all of these high achievers!

Next week: Daniel Houghton, Chan Tak Chuen, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Igor Aipkin, Thor Muto Asmund, Ge Shi, Olivier Wirz, Ming Chai, AJ Nicholls, and Greg Simmons, at 10 competitions around the world, plus Akatsuki Kitamura, Anthony Rochester, Choi Goho, Danielle Kay, David Roche, Dennis Rosero, Doug Li, Guus Razoux Schultz, John Cook, Lisa Kucala, Min Wu, Ming Dao Ting, Rodney Topor, and Shen Flindell at FMC 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 3 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
: Fastest to complete profile

This has resulted in a list of 119 "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 (JUN 17-21)
Two SWR2s this week, one by the barest of margins, FMC World and some national records...

Greg Simmons (40+ Clock WR) made three PRs and two senior PRs at Wakefield Summer 2026: Clock average 6.51 followed by 6.37 takes him from 3rd to 2nd, pushing Ming Chai from my watchlist and falling just 0.01s short of Kanako Eguchi's senior world record; 3x3 average 14.58 takes him from 45th to 44th, and senior PR best 12.38 from 82nd to 65th; and Pyraminx senior PR average 10.61 takes him from 153rd to 135th.

Also in Wakefield, AJ Nicholls (40+ 6x6 WR8) made a 5BLD PR best 15:47.00, taking him from 25th to 18th.

Thor Muto Asmund (50+ Kinch #1) made an MBLD PR 19/20 in 59:17 at Billund Open 2026, taking him from 3rd to 2nd ahead of István Kocza, falling short of Ting He's 50+ world record by 3:50, and also taking him from 6th to 4th in 40+. It's worth noting that in MBLD five of the top ten 40+ results are by people over 50.

Five top senior solvers made PRs or senior PRs at FMC World 2026. Akatsuki Kitamura (50+ FMC WR) made an FMC PR mean 27.67, remaining ranked 3rd, and moving from 11th to equal 10th alongside Lars Vennike Nielsson in 40+.

Guus Razoux Schultz (60+ FMC WR3) equalled his 60+ PR best 29, remaining ranked 3rd.

Choi Goho (40+ big cube, MM WRs) made a PR mean 32.00, taking him from 34th to 26th.

Anthony Rochester (40+ MBLD WR2) made a double PR: mean 33.67 takes him from 51st to 35th, and best 33 from 72nd to 67th.

Finally from FMC World, Danielle Kay (3rd Kinch ranked senior female) made a double PR: best 32 takes her from 184th to 64th, and mean 45.33 from 134th to 83rd.

Igor Aipkin (40+ Kinch #5) made four PRs including two NRs at Uzbekistan Nationals 2026: 5BLD best 12:45.00 takes him from 11th to equal 7th alongside Timothy Lawrance; 4BLD mean 6:52.16 remains ranked 9th; 6x6 best 3:01.54 takes him from 23rd to 14th; and 7x7 mean 4:56.53 from 33rd to 18th. The 4BLD and 5BLD results are also Uzbekistani national records. He earned five podiums: 1st in 5BLD and FMC with best 32, 2nd in 4BLD with best 5:44.03, and 3rd in 3BLD with best 1:01.41 and MBLD with 12/15 in 55:50.

Daniel Houghton (40+ big cubes top tens) made a Skewb PR average 10.51 at Red Cross Spring Cleaning 2026, taking him from 130th to 98th.

Ge Shi (fastest senior to complete profile) earned a 3rd place podium in 3BLD with best 1:04.67 at Jawa Timur Open 2026.

Several top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last week have come up, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Ivet Soler Espinalt (40+) at Santpedor Open 2026 – Skewb average 6.08 (45th to 5th)
: Guylaine Dumulon (60+) at Garland City NY - 2x2x2 average 7.48 (15th to 7th)
: Jim Steer (50+) at Oslo Open 2026 – 2x2x2 average 5.56 (20th to 9th)

This week I also followed Chan Tak Chuen, Peter Hugosson-Miller, David Roche, Doug Li, John Cook, Lisa Kucala, Min Wu, Ming Dao Ting, Rodney Topor, and Shen Flindell, who competed without making any new PRs.

In 40+ Kinch rankings, AJ Nicholls' 5BLD and MBLD successes over the last two weeks have taken him from 12th to 10th ahead of Mike Hughey.

In 50+, Mats Bergsten's PR haul last week has brought him into the top page at 22nd ahead of Javier Tirado Ortiz despite being over 70! Nicole Hauser is also into the top page at 25th thanks to PRs in Clock and Skewb last week. As a result, Mickey Doyle and Dieter Amberger are out of the top 25.

In 60+, Mats Bergsten is up from 6th to 3rd ahead of Christian Sachgau.

In 70+, Shirley Ann Lewis has entered the top page at 22nd ahead of Didier Limal, though I think she must have registered recently as her qualifying results date from 2025.

Congratulations to all of these high achievers!

Next week: Chan Tak Chuen, Hung-Tsang Chen, Jia-Hong Lu, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Daniel Houghton, AJ Nicholls, Glyn Brown, Pete Lee, Danielle Kay, Ming Dao Ting, Rodney Topor, and Shen Flindell, in 6 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 3 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
: Fastest to complete profile

This has resulted in a list of 118 "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.

 

[OtaMota]

Now that FTO is becoming an event, are there any seniors that are expected to be fast among the seniors (or because of how new the event is, maybe this could be a chance for a senior to be fast among the general cubers)

 

[pglewis]

maybe this could be a chance for a senior to be fast among the general cubers

Not likely for long IMO, because it'll shake the Kinch ranks and because competitors.

Shen will learn it in a week and start setting records, then Choi Goho will drop some ridiculous time on everyone.

 

[Dan the Beginner]

Sorry, if this is not the place to raise this, but I think it would be nice if consideration could be given to this - splitting this thread to have competition related posts separated from general matters that older cuber are concerned about. I am 80, not competing but genuinely interested in cubing, and I find it hard to weed through pages of competition results each time I come here to try to find out about other things that are interesting to me or older cuber, e.g. how to teach very young kids to solve, resources, or cubes suitable for older cuber to deal with arthritis, difficulty in leaning new algorithms, or easier or more efficient algorithms to reduce reliance on high TPS, etc. Are there anyone else with the same needs?

 

[MatsBergsten]

Perhaps sort of stupid of me to "like" Dans post when I perhaps is the most ardent
follower of Shens weekly reports. I really like them. On the other hand I understand
the need for simple algorithms and other things like that. I have much harder to learn
new things nowadays (like doing bld both memorizing bld algs and memorizing cubes
bld paths), not to speak of forgetting things already learned.

 

[shentabla]

WEEKEND COMP ROUNDUP (JUN 26-28)
3x3 average SWR changes hands, plus three improved SWRs...

Jia-Hong Lu (40+ eight WRs) improved one SWR and claimed another at two comps this weekend. First he improved his 4BLD SWR by 4.14s with best 2:12.08 at Taipei PBQ Open 2026, also coming first place at the comp. He also came first in 5BLD with best 4:30.08, and third in 3BLD with best 26.15. Then he made two PRs at Taipei Cube Open 2026: 3x3 average 10.63 takes him from 2nd to 1st, beating Konsta Jukka's record from November by 0.10s; and 2x2 average 3.65 takes him from 18th to 3rd ahead of Pablo Say.

Rodney Topor (70+ seven WRs) made two PRs and double WR improvements at Queensland Open 2026: Skewb average 16.79 improves his previous record by 1.51s, and best 9.59 by 0.57s; Pyraminx best 10.88 takes him from 6th to 2nd ahead of Klaus Diller; and 3x3 best 40.86 from 11th to 9th ahead of Hideaki Tomoyori. Rodney's SWR tally for 2026 is now thirteen.

Also in Queensland, yours truly Shen Flindell (50+ 6x6, 7x7 WRs) made three PRs and three doubles: 5x5 average 1:36.92 and best 1:26.89 both remain ranked 2nd; 3OH best 19.37 takes me from 4th to 3rd ahead of Martin Heilig (formerly Helmut Heilig); 3BLD best 52.64 takes me from 9th to 5th ahead of Thor Muto Asmund; Megaminx average 1:43.91 remains ranked 6th; Skewb average 9.94 takes me from 34th to 25th, and best 8.45 from 67th to 61st; and Pyraminx average 9.80 takes me from 36th to 35th, and best 8.85 from 113th to 98th.

Still in Queensland, Ming Dao Ting (40+ 4x4, 3OH WR4s) made a PR and three senior PRs: 2x2 PR average 4.43 takes him from 29th to 7th ahead of Konsta Jukka, and senior PR best 3.28 from 72nd to 69th; and Skewb average 8.61 takes him from 73rd to 48th, and best 4.46 from 112th to 23rd.

Finally from Queensland, Danielle Kay (40+ third Kinch ranked senior female) made a PR and a double: Megaminx best 1:37.76 takes her from 44th to 38th, and average 2:03.51 from 62nd to 58th; and Skewb average 8.17 takes her from 42nd to 40th.

Glyn Brown (40+ 6x6, 7x7 SWR2-4) made a PR and a double at Hampshire Summer 2026: 5x5 best 1:14.40 takes him from 17th to 2nd ahead of Jia-Hong Lu, and average 1:29.15 from 17th to 7th ahead of Ron van Bruchem; and 6x6 mean 2:39.52 takes him from 4th to 3rd ahead of Shen Flindell.

Catching up on news I missed last week, Dean Money (60+) joins my watchlist after two double PRs and a bunch of 60+ PRs at his first 60+ comp, Maine Open 2026: 3OH average 44.21 enters at 3rd ahead of Christian Sachgau, and best 36.36 at 5th ahead of Kerry Go; Skewb average 10.86 enters at 5th ahead of Mike Hughey, and best 8.19 at 12th; 5x5 PR best 3:02.15 enters at 6th, and PR average 3:19.25 enters at 7th, both ahead of Maria Oey; 4x4 PR average 1:28.60 and PR best 1:17.52 both enter at 7th ahead of Morten Raknes Johansen; 3x3 average 22.96 enters at 9th and best 20.80 at 16th; Clock best 16.23 enters at 17th; Pyraminx average 17.90 enters at 23rd and best 14.40 at 28th; and 2x2 average 12.18 enters at 31st and best 9.24 at 36th.

Also missed last week, Pablo Say (40+ several top tens) made two PRs and two senior PRs at UVG Cubing 2026: 3x3 average 12.05 takes him from 19th to 6th ahead of Choi Goho, and senior PR best 11.33 from 52nd to 38th; and 5x5 average 1:30.18 takes him from 20th to 9th ahead of Fumiki Koseki, and senior PR best 1:29.37 from 23rd to 21st.

Several top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last week have come up, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Toshiaki Ishikura (40+) at FMC World 2026 – FMC best 22 (12th to 4th) and mean 26.33 (15th to 6th)
: Anne S. Squadron (80+) at NAC Prep in Palisades 2026 – 2x2 best 19.48 and average 1:05.84 (both enter at 4th)
: Nicole Hauser (50+) at Lavey-Vous les Mains 2026 – 4x4 best 53.71 (10th to 8th) and average 1:02.64 (15th to 10th)

This week I also followed Chan Tak Chuen, Daniel Houghton, AJ Nicholls, Pete Lee, and Dennis Rosero, who competed without making any new PRs.

In 40+ Kinch rankings, Pablo Say's 3x3 and 5x5 results last week take him up a place from 20th to 19th ahead of Jochen Bauer.

In 50+, Nicole Hauser is up from 25th to 24th ahead of István Kocza after a good 4x4 result last week.

In 60+, new sexagenarian Dean Money has entered the rankings at 11th ahead of Martin Ernesto Melcop, pushing Steve Clarke off the top page.

In 70+, Anne S. Squadron's 2x2 results have taken her to the top page at 25th, pushing Leslie Paul Collard off the top page. At the top of the table, Mats Bergsten's 70+ Kinch score has reached an incredible 87.61, only beaten in world senior rankings by Mike Hughey's 91.76 in 60+.

In 80+, Anne is up from 10th to 6th ahead of Zhiwei Jin.

Congratulations to all of these high achievers!

Next week: Lars Vennike Nielsson, Doug Li, Gary Miller, Jae Park, Kerry Go, Lisa Kucala, Mike Hughey, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Akatsuki Kitamura, Kazuhiko Kusano, AJ Nicholls, Dennis Rosero, Ulrich Spies, István Kocza, Daniel Houghton, Olivier Wirz, Chris Wright, and Enrymar Cisneros, in 12 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 3 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
: Fastest to complete profile

This has resulted in a list of 120 "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]

Not likely for long IMO, because it'll shake the Kinch ranks and because competitors.

Shen will learn it in a week and start setting records, then Choi Goho will drop some ridiculous time on everyone.

Haha, I have just about learnt it in a day with the help of Noble Cubes' tutorial, but my times seem pretty slow. I reckon Ming Dao Ting (Tingman) would be much faster than me as he's been keen on it for a while.

 

[shentabla]

Sorry, if this is not the place to raise this, but I think it would be nice if consideration could be given to this - splitting this thread to have competition related posts separated from general matters that older cuber are concerned about. I am 80, not competing but genuinely interested in cubing, and I find it hard to weed through pages of competition results each time I come here to try to find out about other things that are interesting to me or older cuber, e.g. how to teach very young kids to solve, resources, or cubes suitable for older cuber to deal with arthritis, difficulty in leaning new algorithms, or easier or more efficient algorithms to reduce reliance on high TPS, etc. Are there anyone else with the same needs?

Hey Dan, I'm the one filling up this thread with comp reports and I totally agree with you. Firstly this is definitely the place to raise this, and in this forum it seems to be the only place to raise anything related to senior cubing.

I've been posting my weekly reports on Facebook's Senior Cubers Worldwide group for a while, and Phil Lewis requested me to post the reports here too, as several of my featured star solvers are active here but not on Facebook.

The first thing I thought and said when I came here was that surely the existence of an active 1000+ page thread implies the demand for a sub-forum with many different threads. I think Mike Hughey is an admin on speedsolving.com? Could we get a Seniors sub-forum, please?

 

[Dan the Beginner]

Thanks, Shen, and also everyone who "liked" or understands what I was talking about.

For anyone also suffering from joint issues or arthritis, I found a very nice cube recently, the Picube version of Gan's V100 with springs. It weighs only 65g, but it has a 20-magnet core and repelling edge magnets. It turns at least as well as and definitely with even less effort than my trusted Guhong Pro+. It is noticeably lighter too