shentabla
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Here we are in a new Senior Cubers sub-forum, so I'm starting a thread to post reports of competitions, whether it's a personal report from a senior's perspective or my weekly senior comp roundups....
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shentabla
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WEEKEND COMP ROUNDUP (JUL 14-20)
The 70+ Megaminx world record changes hands...
Kate Stuart (70+ 7x7 WR2) made a PR and a double including a new 70+ world record at Mini-Sota Summer 2026: Megaminx best 4:42.88 enters the rankings at the top of the charts, beating Mats Bergsten's record by 1:12.45; and Clock best 20.32 takes her from 5th to 3rd, and average 35.37 from 5th to 4th, both ahead of Magnhild Igland Lesteberg. This is Kate's second world record of the year, as she held the 7x7 best record from February until it was claimed by Mats in June.
Sébastien Auroux enters my watchlist this week after his first comp as a senior, WCA European Championship 2026, where he competed in four events and thus made four double senior PRs: FMC mean 25.00 enters at 3rd ahead of David Roche, pushing Kazuhiko Kusano from my watchlist, and best 22 enters at 4th alongside Ge Shi, Javier Cabezuelo Sánchez, Kazuhiko Kusano, and Toshiaki Ishikura; 4x4 average 50.91 enters at 14th and best 46.41 at 19th; 5x5 best 1:29.80 enters at 23rd and average 1:45.31 at 32nd; and 3x3 best 11.51 enters at 41st and average 14.75 at 48th.
Also at Euros, Sander Kaspers (50+ MM WRs) made a PR and a 50+ PR: 3x3 50+ PR average 15.62 takes him from equal 10th to outright 10th ahead of Nikolai Petrov; and Pyraminx best 8.71 takes him from 144th to 97th.
Ryuji Hamano (50+ Clock WRs) made a 2x2 PR average 4.98 at Japan Championship 2026, remaining ranked 3rd.
Also in Japan, Fumiki Koseki (50+ big cube WR2s) made double Skewb 50+ PRs: average 6.52 takes him from 17th to 5th, and best 5.08 from 30th to 18th.
Finally from Japan, Yuji Suse (5x5 SWR3) made two PRs and a senior PR: 5x5 best 1:19.84 remains ranked 8th; 4x4 average 46.28 remains 9th; and 3x3 senior PR average 13.44 takes him from 22nd to equal 21st alongside Chan Tak Chuen.
Yongtao Sun (40+ 5x5 SWR5) made two PRs and two senior PRs at two comps this weekend. His best ranking results came at Xi'an Summer 2026: Skewb senior PR average 5.79 remains ranked 4th; and 4x4 PR average 46.21 takes him from 11th to 8th ahead of Julio Perugorria Lorente. The previous day at Nanchang Summer 2026, he made a 3OH PR average 26.65 (45th to 25th), and a senior PR best 22.42 (41st to 34th).
I missed some news from Ge Shi (fastest senior to complete profile) a few weeks back, when he made a 5BLD PR best 11:13 at Selangor PBQ 2026, taking him from 15th to 6th. He had three comps this week, finishing up with two PRs and a double at Kyrgyzstan Nationals 2026: 3BLD best 53.84 (24th to 22nd); 2x2 average 6.62 (181st to 140th); and best 17.16 (450th to 347th) and 3x3 average 22.05 (424th to 408th). Earlier in the week he earned a first place podium at FMC Astana Summer 2026 with FMC mean 30.00, and then two podiums at BLD Astana Summer 2026: 1st in 4BLD with best 5:24.53 and 3rd in MBLD with 9/9 in 35:05.
Timothy Lawrance (40+ Kinch #8) made a PR at Cubing in the Cape Q3 2026: Clock PR best 9.83 (102nd to 94th). He also earned five first place podiums: 3BLD (best 1:10.17), FMC (mean 28.00), 4BLD (best 6:40), 5BLD (best 17:23), and MBLD (7/10 in 40:24).
Dennis Rosero (40+ Kinch #3) earned three podiums at Bojacá Cundinamarca II 2026: second in Clock (average 9.20), third in Pyraminx (average 6.13), and third in Skewb (average 7.28).
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:
: Kazumasa Tsutsui (40+) at Japan Championship 2026 – Clock best 5.58 (9th to 4th) and average 6.86 (45th to 5th)
: Toshiaki Ishikura (40+) at FMC World 2026 – FMC best 22 (12th to 4th) and mean 26.33 (15th to 6th)
: Min Wu (40+) at FMC Nanjing 2026 – FMC mean 26.67 (equal 7th to outright 7th)
: Niklas von Schantz (40+) at Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 – Clock average 7.24 (11th to 8th)
This week I also followed AJ Nicholls, Daniel Houghton, István Kocza, Martin Heilig, Michael Stocker, Olivier Wirz, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Ron van Bruchem, Lisa Kucala, Shinji Mochizuki, and Choi Goho, who competed without making any new PRs.
Although several top solvers gained Kinch points this week, there were no ranking changes on the top pages.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
Next week: Mats Bergsten, Peter Hugosson-Miller, AJ Nicholls, Dennis Rosero, Yongtao Sun, Kate Stuart, Lisa Kucala, Akatsuki Kitamura, Kazuhiko Kusano, Chan Tak Chuen, Hung-Tsang Chen, Doug Li, and Enrymar Cisneros, 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 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.
The 70+ Megaminx world record changes hands...
Kate Stuart (70+ 7x7 WR2) made a PR and a double including a new 70+ world record at Mini-Sota Summer 2026: Megaminx best 4:42.88 enters the rankings at the top of the charts, beating Mats Bergsten's record by 1:12.45; and Clock best 20.32 takes her from 5th to 3rd, and average 35.37 from 5th to 4th, both ahead of Magnhild Igland Lesteberg. This is Kate's second world record of the year, as she held the 7x7 best record from February until it was claimed by Mats in June.
Sébastien Auroux enters my watchlist this week after his first comp as a senior, WCA European Championship 2026, where he competed in four events and thus made four double senior PRs: FMC mean 25.00 enters at 3rd ahead of David Roche, pushing Kazuhiko Kusano from my watchlist, and best 22 enters at 4th alongside Ge Shi, Javier Cabezuelo Sánchez, Kazuhiko Kusano, and Toshiaki Ishikura; 4x4 average 50.91 enters at 14th and best 46.41 at 19th; 5x5 best 1:29.80 enters at 23rd and average 1:45.31 at 32nd; and 3x3 best 11.51 enters at 41st and average 14.75 at 48th.
Also at Euros, Sander Kaspers (50+ MM WRs) made a PR and a 50+ PR: 3x3 50+ PR average 15.62 takes him from equal 10th to outright 10th ahead of Nikolai Petrov; and Pyraminx best 8.71 takes him from 144th to 97th.
Ryuji Hamano (50+ Clock WRs) made a 2x2 PR average 4.98 at Japan Championship 2026, remaining ranked 3rd.
Also in Japan, Fumiki Koseki (50+ big cube WR2s) made double Skewb 50+ PRs: average 6.52 takes him from 17th to 5th, and best 5.08 from 30th to 18th.
Finally from Japan, Yuji Suse (5x5 SWR3) made two PRs and a senior PR: 5x5 best 1:19.84 remains ranked 8th; 4x4 average 46.28 remains 9th; and 3x3 senior PR average 13.44 takes him from 22nd to equal 21st alongside Chan Tak Chuen.
Yongtao Sun (40+ 5x5 SWR5) made two PRs and two senior PRs at two comps this weekend. His best ranking results came at Xi'an Summer 2026: Skewb senior PR average 5.79 remains ranked 4th; and 4x4 PR average 46.21 takes him from 11th to 8th ahead of Julio Perugorria Lorente. The previous day at Nanchang Summer 2026, he made a 3OH PR average 26.65 (45th to 25th), and a senior PR best 22.42 (41st to 34th).
I missed some news from Ge Shi (fastest senior to complete profile) a few weeks back, when he made a 5BLD PR best 11:13 at Selangor PBQ 2026, taking him from 15th to 6th. He had three comps this week, finishing up with two PRs and a double at Kyrgyzstan Nationals 2026: 3BLD best 53.84 (24th to 22nd); 2x2 average 6.62 (181st to 140th); and best 17.16 (450th to 347th) and 3x3 average 22.05 (424th to 408th). Earlier in the week he earned a first place podium at FMC Astana Summer 2026 with FMC mean 30.00, and then two podiums at BLD Astana Summer 2026: 1st in 4BLD with best 5:24.53 and 3rd in MBLD with 9/9 in 35:05.
Timothy Lawrance (40+ Kinch #8) made a PR at Cubing in the Cape Q3 2026: Clock PR best 9.83 (102nd to 94th). He also earned five first place podiums: 3BLD (best 1:10.17), FMC (mean 28.00), 4BLD (best 6:40), 5BLD (best 17:23), and MBLD (7/10 in 40:24).
Dennis Rosero (40+ Kinch #3) earned three podiums at Bojacá Cundinamarca II 2026: second in Clock (average 9.20), third in Pyraminx (average 6.13), and third in Skewb (average 7.28).
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:
: Kazumasa Tsutsui (40+) at Japan Championship 2026 – Clock best 5.58 (9th to 4th) and average 6.86 (45th to 5th)
: Toshiaki Ishikura (40+) at FMC World 2026 – FMC best 22 (12th to 4th) and mean 26.33 (15th to 6th)
: Min Wu (40+) at FMC Nanjing 2026 – FMC mean 26.67 (equal 7th to outright 7th)
: Niklas von Schantz (40+) at Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 – Clock average 7.24 (11th to 8th)
This week I also followed AJ Nicholls, Daniel Houghton, István Kocza, Martin Heilig, Michael Stocker, Olivier Wirz, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Ron van Bruchem, Lisa Kucala, Shinji Mochizuki, and Choi Goho, who competed without making any new PRs.
Although several top solvers gained Kinch points this week, there were no ranking changes on the top pages.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
Next week: Mats Bergsten, Peter Hugosson-Miller, AJ Nicholls, Dennis Rosero, Yongtao Sun, Kate Stuart, Lisa Kucala, Akatsuki Kitamura, Kazuhiko Kusano, Chan Tak Chuen, Hung-Tsang Chen, Doug Li, and Enrymar Cisneros, 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 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.
OtaMota
Member
Its always nice when a former top competitor comes back / stays in cubing, into their mid adulthood, and its especially amazing when its arguably the greatest FMC solver of all time! Every now and then, the senior rankings get noticeably more competitive.
shentabla
Member
WEEKEND COMP ROUNDUP (JUL 23-26)
70+ Megaminx record improved two weeks in a row...
Kate Stuart (70+ MM WR) made every possible PR (without beating some cutoffs) at SPAMTown IV MN 2026 this weekend, totalling three PRs and two doubles with one improved 70+ world record: Megaminx best 4:21.80 improves on last week's record by 21.08s; 3OH best 1:36.38 enters at 3rd ahead of Gary Miller; 5x5 best 4:50.04 enters at 3rd ahead of Rodney Topor; 2x2 average 19.09 takes her from 11th to 9th ahead of Claude Arsicaud, and best 15.61 remains ranked 13th; and 3x3 average 1:01.49 remains ranked 15th and best 52.95 takes her from 17th to 15th.
Also at SPAMTown, Lisa Kucala (60+ OH and Clock WRs) made a 3x3 60+ PR best 19.08, remaining ranked 11th.
Dennis Rosero (40+ Kinch #3) made a Square-1 senior PR average 16.87 last week at Avenida Chile XXXV 2026, remaining ranked 2nd.
Yongtao Sun (40+ 5x5 top fives) made two PRs at Jiajiang Open 2026: Skewb average 5.27 takes him from 4th to 3rd ahead of Petr Kundera; and Square-1 best 13.68 takes him from 6th to 3rd ahead of Josep Darío Doblas Bernad.
Chan Tak Chuen (40+ OH SWR3) made double 4x4 PRs at Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2026: average 44.04 takes him from 7th to 3rd ahead of Kazutaka Watanabe, and best 37.45 from 8th to 3rd ahead of Choi Goho.
The following top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last week have come up, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Israel Morales Muñoz (50+) at Arganda Open 2026 – Clock best 7.37 (16th to 5th) and average 9.51 (10th to 9th)
This week I also followed Peter Hugosson-Miller, AJ Nicholls, Akatsuki Kitamura, and Doug Li, who competed without making any new PRs.
In 40+ Kinch rankings, Yongtao Sun's Skewb PR has edged him past Fumiki Koseki into 14th place. Ge Shi's triple PR hit in Kyrgyzstan last week has taken him up a place to 24th ahead of Javier Tirado Ortiz.
In 70+, Anne S. Squadron's 3x3 PR last week has her moving from 25th to 24th ahead of Tiernan Foley.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
Next week: Jochen Bauer, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Choi Goho, Ge Shi, Pete Lee, and Daniel Houghton, 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 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.
70+ Megaminx record improved two weeks in a row...
Kate Stuart (70+ MM WR) made every possible PR (without beating some cutoffs) at SPAMTown IV MN 2026 this weekend, totalling three PRs and two doubles with one improved 70+ world record: Megaminx best 4:21.80 improves on last week's record by 21.08s; 3OH best 1:36.38 enters at 3rd ahead of Gary Miller; 5x5 best 4:50.04 enters at 3rd ahead of Rodney Topor; 2x2 average 19.09 takes her from 11th to 9th ahead of Claude Arsicaud, and best 15.61 remains ranked 13th; and 3x3 average 1:01.49 remains ranked 15th and best 52.95 takes her from 17th to 15th.
Also at SPAMTown, Lisa Kucala (60+ OH and Clock WRs) made a 3x3 60+ PR best 19.08, remaining ranked 11th.
Dennis Rosero (40+ Kinch #3) made a Square-1 senior PR average 16.87 last week at Avenida Chile XXXV 2026, remaining ranked 2nd.
Yongtao Sun (40+ 5x5 top fives) made two PRs at Jiajiang Open 2026: Skewb average 5.27 takes him from 4th to 3rd ahead of Petr Kundera; and Square-1 best 13.68 takes him from 6th to 3rd ahead of Josep Darío Doblas Bernad.
Chan Tak Chuen (40+ OH SWR3) made double 4x4 PRs at Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2026: average 44.04 takes him from 7th to 3rd ahead of Kazutaka Watanabe, and best 37.45 from 8th to 3rd ahead of Choi Goho.
The following top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last week have come up, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Israel Morales Muñoz (50+) at Arganda Open 2026 – Clock best 7.37 (16th to 5th) and average 9.51 (10th to 9th)
This week I also followed Peter Hugosson-Miller, AJ Nicholls, Akatsuki Kitamura, and Doug Li, who competed without making any new PRs.
In 40+ Kinch rankings, Yongtao Sun's Skewb PR has edged him past Fumiki Koseki into 14th place. Ge Shi's triple PR hit in Kyrgyzstan last week has taken him up a place to 24th ahead of Javier Tirado Ortiz.
In 70+, Anne S. Squadron's 3x3 PR last week has her moving from 25th to 24th ahead of Tiernan Foley.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
Next week: Jochen Bauer, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Choi Goho, Ge Shi, Pete Lee, and Daniel Houghton, 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 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.
shentabla
Member
WEEKEND COMP ROUNDUP (JUL 31 – AUG 2)
Improved Megaminx SERs in a quiet week...
Pete Lee (40+ MM SWR3) made four PRs (three on Megaminx) at South Wales Summer 2026 this weekend: Megaminx average 1:14.99 followed by 1:11.68 and best 1:03.11 both remain ranked 3rd and improve his senior European records; and Clock best 13.37 takes him from 208th to 199th.
Daniel Houghton (40+ big cube top tens) made a 7x7 PR best 4:06.47 at Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2026, taking him from 8th to 7th ahead of Fumiki Koseki.
Jochen Bauer (50+ Kinch #4) made two PRs and a 50+ PR at Super Side Summer Fürth 2026: 3OH average 33.67 remains ranked 11th; Skewb 50+ PR best 5.97 takes him from 44th to 31st; and FMC best 38 from 45th to 41st.
Choi Goho (40+ Kinch #1) made a 4BLD PR best 9:17.50 at Silent Korea Open 2026, taking him from 49th to 32nd.
Dennis Rosero (40+ Kinch #3) made a 3BLD PR average 4:03.18 at Multicentro Ibagué 2026, remaining ranked 88th. He also finished with three podiums: first in Square-1 (average 20.81), second in Pyraminx (average 5.87), and third in 3BLD (best 3:30.72). The following day he picked up two more podiums at PU Villavicencio III 2026: third in 4x4 (average 53.63) and third in Pyraminx (average 5.66).
The following top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last week have come up, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Robinson Semolini (50+) at Luminous Sol Open 2026 – 4BLD mean 11:25 (8th to 7th)
: Thomas Schukraft (50+) at Super Side Summer Fürth 2026 – 6x6 best 3:46.60 (remains 9th)
: Jens-Christian Albrecht (60+) at Super Side Summer Fürth 2026 – FMC best 49 (13th to equal 9th)
This week I also followed Michael Stocker and Peter Hugosson-Miller, who competed without making any new PRs.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
There haven't been any changes on the top pages of senior Kinch rankings this week.
Next week: Mats Bergsten, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Daniel Houghton, Thor Muto Asmund, Mike Hughey, Dennis Rosero, AJ Nicholls, Chris Wright, Danielle Kay, Ming Dao Ting, Rodney Topor, and Akatsuki Kitamura, 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 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.
Improved Megaminx SERs in a quiet week...
Pete Lee (40+ MM SWR3) made four PRs (three on Megaminx) at South Wales Summer 2026 this weekend: Megaminx average 1:14.99 followed by 1:11.68 and best 1:03.11 both remain ranked 3rd and improve his senior European records; and Clock best 13.37 takes him from 208th to 199th.
Daniel Houghton (40+ big cube top tens) made a 7x7 PR best 4:06.47 at Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2026, taking him from 8th to 7th ahead of Fumiki Koseki.
Jochen Bauer (50+ Kinch #4) made two PRs and a 50+ PR at Super Side Summer Fürth 2026: 3OH average 33.67 remains ranked 11th; Skewb 50+ PR best 5.97 takes him from 44th to 31st; and FMC best 38 from 45th to 41st.
Choi Goho (40+ Kinch #1) made a 4BLD PR best 9:17.50 at Silent Korea Open 2026, taking him from 49th to 32nd.
Dennis Rosero (40+ Kinch #3) made a 3BLD PR average 4:03.18 at Multicentro Ibagué 2026, remaining ranked 88th. He also finished with three podiums: first in Square-1 (average 20.81), second in Pyraminx (average 5.87), and third in 3BLD (best 3:30.72). The following day he picked up two more podiums at PU Villavicencio III 2026: third in 4x4 (average 53.63) and third in Pyraminx (average 5.66).
The following top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last week have come up, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Robinson Semolini (50+) at Luminous Sol Open 2026 – 4BLD mean 11:25 (8th to 7th)
: Thomas Schukraft (50+) at Super Side Summer Fürth 2026 – 6x6 best 3:46.60 (remains 9th)
: Jens-Christian Albrecht (60+) at Super Side Summer Fürth 2026 – FMC best 49 (13th to equal 9th)
This week I also followed Michael Stocker and Peter Hugosson-Miller, who competed without making any new PRs.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
There haven't been any changes on the top pages of senior Kinch rankings this week.
Next week: Mats Bergsten, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Daniel Houghton, Thor Muto Asmund, Mike Hughey, Dennis Rosero, AJ Nicholls, Chris Wright, Danielle Kay, Ming Dao Ting, Rodney Topor, and Akatsuki Kitamura, 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 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.
OtaMota
Member
shentabla
Member
WEEKEND COMP ROUNDUP (AUG 6-9)
Mats improves three SWRs and Tingman joins the sub-10 club...
Mats Bergsten (70+ nineteen WRs) improved three of his 70+ world records with three PRs at Stockholmsligan 1: Nappar – 2026: 5x5 best 3:33.55 improves his previous record by 32.31s; 3OH average 1:20.51 is a 7.94s improvement, and best 58.97 a 20.85s improvement on his previous records. Mats' world record tally for 2026 is now thirteen.
Mike Hughey (60+ eight WRs) made two PRs and a 60+ PR at Martinsville Mini Sides 2026: Square-1 60+ PR best 25.43 remains ranked 2nd; Skewb average 9.45 takes him from 6th to 3rd ahead of Shinichi Ono; and Megaminx average 2:03.33 takes him from 4th to 3rd ahead of Kerry Go.
Rodney Topor (70+ seven WRs) made a PR and a double at Toowoomba Carnival 2026: 4x4 best 2:42.10 remains ranked 2nd; and 3x3 best 35.44 takes him from 9th to 7th ahead of Mike Stone, and average 47.50 remains ranked 10th.
Also in Toowoomba, Ming Dao Ting (40+ 3OH WR4) made double 3x3 PRs and became the 10th senior to enter the sub-10 club: average 11.41 takes him from 11th to 4th ahead of Gunnar Kantare Krig, and best 9.47 from 27th to equal 8th alongside Bobby Mapp. We can surely look forward to a Tingman video on this breakthrough some time soon.
Finally from Toowoomba, Danielle Kay (40+ third Kinch ranked female) made three PRs and a double: Megaminx average 1:50.36 (59th to 44th); 3OH average 36.14 (118th to 88th) and best 30.14 (131st to 106th); Square-1 best 54.93 (219th to 158th); and 3x3 best 18.13 (567th to 413th).
Akatsuki Kitamura (50+ FMC WR) made two PRs at Shimonoseki Summer 2026: Pyraminx average 7.45 remains ranked 7th; and 3BLD average 2:02.44 takes him from 15th to 13th.
Thor Muto Asmund (50+ Kinch #1) made three PRs at Svealandsmästerskapet 2026: 6x6 best 3:25.06 remains ranked 8th; FMC best 30 takes him from 22nd to 17th alongside Sander Kaspers and Tim Lund; and 3x3 best 13.88 takes him from 61st to 29th. He also earned a 2nd place podium in 5BLD with best 12:22.
Chris Wright (50+ NxN and MM top fours) made a Clock PR average 11.32 at Bristol August 2026, taking him from 34th to 22nd.
Dennis Rosero (40+ Kinch #3) made a 3OH senior PR average 26.51 at Unicentro Tunja VI 2026, taking him from 27th to 24th.
The following top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last week have come up, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Lars Vandenbergh (40+) at Hungarian All-Rounder 6 2026 – Square-1 best 14.66 (17th to 7th)
This week I also followed Peter Hugosson-Miller, Daniel Houghton, and AJ Nicholls, who competed without making any new PRs.
Everyone lost points in the Kinch rankings this week, due to FTO being added. We'll have to wait until next year before anyone can regain those lost points.
In 40+ Kinch rankings, Mike Hughey's Skewb and Megaminx PRs have lifted him from 11th to 10th ahead of AJ Nicholls.
In 50+, Chris Wright's Clock PR lifts him from 9th to 8th ahead of Hanns Hub.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
Next week: Kerry Go, Rich Tayag, Guttorm Syvertsen-Wiig, Chan Tak Chuen, AJ Nicholls, Steve Clarke, Ge Shi, Enrymar Cisneros, Gunnar Kantare Krig, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Thor Muto Asmund, Ron van Bruchem, Choi Goho, Yi-Wei Chen, Ben Coppin, Pete Lee, and Dennis Rosero, 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 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.
Mats improves three SWRs and Tingman joins the sub-10 club...
Mats Bergsten (70+ nineteen WRs) improved three of his 70+ world records with three PRs at Stockholmsligan 1: Nappar – 2026: 5x5 best 3:33.55 improves his previous record by 32.31s; 3OH average 1:20.51 is a 7.94s improvement, and best 58.97 a 20.85s improvement on his previous records. Mats' world record tally for 2026 is now thirteen.
Mike Hughey (60+ eight WRs) made two PRs and a 60+ PR at Martinsville Mini Sides 2026: Square-1 60+ PR best 25.43 remains ranked 2nd; Skewb average 9.45 takes him from 6th to 3rd ahead of Shinichi Ono; and Megaminx average 2:03.33 takes him from 4th to 3rd ahead of Kerry Go.
Rodney Topor (70+ seven WRs) made a PR and a double at Toowoomba Carnival 2026: 4x4 best 2:42.10 remains ranked 2nd; and 3x3 best 35.44 takes him from 9th to 7th ahead of Mike Stone, and average 47.50 remains ranked 10th.
Also in Toowoomba, Ming Dao Ting (40+ 3OH WR4) made double 3x3 PRs and became the 10th senior to enter the sub-10 club: average 11.41 takes him from 11th to 4th ahead of Gunnar Kantare Krig, and best 9.47 from 27th to equal 8th alongside Bobby Mapp. We can surely look forward to a Tingman video on this breakthrough some time soon.
Finally from Toowoomba, Danielle Kay (40+ third Kinch ranked female) made three PRs and a double: Megaminx average 1:50.36 (59th to 44th); 3OH average 36.14 (118th to 88th) and best 30.14 (131st to 106th); Square-1 best 54.93 (219th to 158th); and 3x3 best 18.13 (567th to 413th).
Akatsuki Kitamura (50+ FMC WR) made two PRs at Shimonoseki Summer 2026: Pyraminx average 7.45 remains ranked 7th; and 3BLD average 2:02.44 takes him from 15th to 13th.
Thor Muto Asmund (50+ Kinch #1) made three PRs at Svealandsmästerskapet 2026: 6x6 best 3:25.06 remains ranked 8th; FMC best 30 takes him from 22nd to 17th alongside Sander Kaspers and Tim Lund; and 3x3 best 13.88 takes him from 61st to 29th. He also earned a 2nd place podium in 5BLD with best 12:22.
Chris Wright (50+ NxN and MM top fours) made a Clock PR average 11.32 at Bristol August 2026, taking him from 34th to 22nd.
Dennis Rosero (40+ Kinch #3) made a 3OH senior PR average 26.51 at Unicentro Tunja VI 2026, taking him from 27th to 24th.
The following top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last week have come up, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Lars Vandenbergh (40+) at Hungarian All-Rounder 6 2026 – Square-1 best 14.66 (17th to 7th)
This week I also followed Peter Hugosson-Miller, Daniel Houghton, and AJ Nicholls, who competed without making any new PRs.
Everyone lost points in the Kinch rankings this week, due to FTO being added. We'll have to wait until next year before anyone can regain those lost points.
In 40+ Kinch rankings, Mike Hughey's Skewb and Megaminx PRs have lifted him from 11th to 10th ahead of AJ Nicholls.
In 50+, Chris Wright's Clock PR lifts him from 9th to 8th ahead of Hanns Hub.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
Next week: Kerry Go, Rich Tayag, Guttorm Syvertsen-Wiig, Chan Tak Chuen, AJ Nicholls, Steve Clarke, Ge Shi, Enrymar Cisneros, Gunnar Kantare Krig, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Thor Muto Asmund, Ron van Bruchem, Choi Goho, Yi-Wei Chen, Ben Coppin, Pete Lee, and Dennis Rosero, 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 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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95-year-old speedcuber says “never give up” after breaking record as oldest in his sport
Frank Zieminski (USA) may be 95 years old, but his fingers can still fly over the cube!
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shentabla
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WEEKEND COMP ROUNDUP (AUG 14-17)
Three SWRs change hands...
Gunnar Kantare Krig (40+ 4x4 SWR) broke two senior world records as part of a two PRs, two senior PRs and a double at Ösmo Summer Cubing 2026: 3OH senior PR average 16.66 beats Lars Vennike Nielsson's record by 0.21s, and best 11.24 knocks exactly 1 second off Lars' previous record; Skewb senior PR best 3.47 takes him from 42nd to 8th, and average 8.43 remains ranked 46th; and 5x5 best 1:22.67 takes him from 11th to 9th ahead of AJ Nicholls, and average 1:30.93 from 12th to 11th. This is the third time the 3OH average SWR has changed hands between Gunnar and Lars this year.
Choi Goho (40+ Kinch #1) reclaimed a senior world record as part of two PRs and a senior PR at Korea Open 2026: 7x7 PR mean 3:43.97 beats Michael Stocker's record by 4.03s, reclaiming the record he'd held for several years before Michael turned 40; Skewb senior PR average 7.77 takes him from 33rd to equal 32nd; and 3BLD best 1:16.16 from 45th to 39th.
Kerry Go (60+ 4x4 WR) made two PRs at Mid-Atlantic Championship 2026: Clock average 13.51 remains ranked 11th; and 2x2 best 4.15 takes him from 18th to 12th.
Also at MAC, Rich Tayag (40+ MM SWR5) made a Skewb PR best 4.63, taking him from 49th to 28th.
Thor Muto Asmund (50+ Kinch #1) made double 3OH PRs at Dåstrup Diverse 2026: 3OH average 34.12 takes him from 23rd to 12th, and best 28.31 from 17th to 16th.
Guttorm Syvertsen-Wiig (40+ 7x7 SWR7) made a 3OH PR best 20.05 at Norwegian Championship 2026, taking him from 42nd to 20th.
Enrymar Cisneros (40+ highest Kinch ranked female) made double 2x2 PRs at Road to Nats San Carlos 2026: 2x2 average 5.33 (123rd to 36th) and best 3.61 (209th to 105th).
AJ Nicholls (40+ 6x6 SWR4) made an FMC PR best 31 at Kewbz UK Championship FMC 2026, taking him from 69th to 57th.
Also at UK FMC, Pete Lee (40+ MM SWR3s) made double PRs: mean 53.00 (143rd to 118th) and best 48 (remains 167th)
Ge Shi (40+ fastest to complete profile) earned podiums at two comps this weekend. Firstly at PBQtah 10 2026 he came first in 4BLD (best 5:53.96) and 5BLD (best 15:11), and second in MBLD (10/11 in 45:22). Then at RMC FMC 2026 he came 2nd (mean 29.00).
The following top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last week have come up, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Teemu Jokela (40+) at Ösmo Summer Cubing 2026 – Skewb best 3.02 (38th to 5th)
: Julien Boyer (40+) at Couffoul'Events 2026 – Clock best 6.18 (15th to 10th)
This week I also followed Chan Tak Chuen, Steve Clarke, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Ron van Bruchem, and Ben Coppin, who competed without making any new PRs.
In 40+ Kinch rankings, a couple of new world records means everyone else loses fractions of points, but AJ Nicholls bucked the trend rising from 11th to 10th ahead of Mike Hughey thanks to his FMC PR. Danielle Kay's Megaminx and 3OH PRs last week mean she has overtaken Lisa Kucala to become the 2nd highest Kinch ranked senior female.
In 50+, Dan Smith has PRed in 6x6, Pyraminx and Skewb over the last two weeks and has risen from 19th to 16th ahead of Lisa Kucala. Mickey Doyle has entered the top page at 25th with a 5x5 PR this week, pushing István Kocza to26th.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
Next week: Daniel Houghton, Kate Stuart, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Olivier Wirz, AJ Nicholls, Ron van Bruchem, and Dennis Rosero, 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 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.
Three SWRs change hands...
Gunnar Kantare Krig (40+ 4x4 SWR) broke two senior world records as part of a two PRs, two senior PRs and a double at Ösmo Summer Cubing 2026: 3OH senior PR average 16.66 beats Lars Vennike Nielsson's record by 0.21s, and best 11.24 knocks exactly 1 second off Lars' previous record; Skewb senior PR best 3.47 takes him from 42nd to 8th, and average 8.43 remains ranked 46th; and 5x5 best 1:22.67 takes him from 11th to 9th ahead of AJ Nicholls, and average 1:30.93 from 12th to 11th. This is the third time the 3OH average SWR has changed hands between Gunnar and Lars this year.
Choi Goho (40+ Kinch #1) reclaimed a senior world record as part of two PRs and a senior PR at Korea Open 2026: 7x7 PR mean 3:43.97 beats Michael Stocker's record by 4.03s, reclaiming the record he'd held for several years before Michael turned 40; Skewb senior PR average 7.77 takes him from 33rd to equal 32nd; and 3BLD best 1:16.16 from 45th to 39th.
Kerry Go (60+ 4x4 WR) made two PRs at Mid-Atlantic Championship 2026: Clock average 13.51 remains ranked 11th; and 2x2 best 4.15 takes him from 18th to 12th.
Also at MAC, Rich Tayag (40+ MM SWR5) made a Skewb PR best 4.63, taking him from 49th to 28th.
Thor Muto Asmund (50+ Kinch #1) made double 3OH PRs at Dåstrup Diverse 2026: 3OH average 34.12 takes him from 23rd to 12th, and best 28.31 from 17th to 16th.
Guttorm Syvertsen-Wiig (40+ 7x7 SWR7) made a 3OH PR best 20.05 at Norwegian Championship 2026, taking him from 42nd to 20th.
Enrymar Cisneros (40+ highest Kinch ranked female) made double 2x2 PRs at Road to Nats San Carlos 2026: 2x2 average 5.33 (123rd to 36th) and best 3.61 (209th to 105th).
AJ Nicholls (40+ 6x6 SWR4) made an FMC PR best 31 at Kewbz UK Championship FMC 2026, taking him from 69th to 57th.
Also at UK FMC, Pete Lee (40+ MM SWR3s) made double PRs: mean 53.00 (143rd to 118th) and best 48 (remains 167th)
Ge Shi (40+ fastest to complete profile) earned podiums at two comps this weekend. Firstly at PBQtah 10 2026 he came first in 4BLD (best 5:53.96) and 5BLD (best 15:11), and second in MBLD (10/11 in 45:22). Then at RMC FMC 2026 he came 2nd (mean 29.00).
The following top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last week have come up, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Teemu Jokela (40+) at Ösmo Summer Cubing 2026 – Skewb best 3.02 (38th to 5th)
: Julien Boyer (40+) at Couffoul'Events 2026 – Clock best 6.18 (15th to 10th)
This week I also followed Chan Tak Chuen, Steve Clarke, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Ron van Bruchem, and Ben Coppin, who competed without making any new PRs.
In 40+ Kinch rankings, a couple of new world records means everyone else loses fractions of points, but AJ Nicholls bucked the trend rising from 11th to 10th ahead of Mike Hughey thanks to his FMC PR. Danielle Kay's Megaminx and 3OH PRs last week mean she has overtaken Lisa Kucala to become the 2nd highest Kinch ranked senior female.
In 50+, Dan Smith has PRed in 6x6, Pyraminx and Skewb over the last two weeks and has risen from 19th to 16th ahead of Lisa Kucala. Mickey Doyle has entered the top page at 25th with a 5x5 PR this week, pushing István Kocza to26th.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
Next week: Daniel Houghton, Kate Stuart, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Olivier Wirz, AJ Nicholls, Ron van Bruchem, and Dennis Rosero, 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 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.
shentabla
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WEEKEND COMP ROUNDUP (AUG 19-23)
Just two top senior solvers made PRs this week...
Kate Stuart (70+ MM WR) made four PRs and a double at Rocky Mountain Championship 2026: Skewb average 23.98 takes her from 3rd to 2nd ahead of Klaus Diller; 4x4 best 2:45.18 remains ranked 3rd; Pyraminx best 16.18 takes her from 7th to 6th ahead of Barry Bower; 3x3 average 53.03 takes her from 15th to 11th, and best 49.76 either remains ranked 15th or moves to 14th (there's a missing entry at 14th); and 2x2 best 15.53 remains ranked 13th.
Dennis Rosero (40+ Kinch #3) made a 7x7 PR mean 5:22.38 at NxN San Martín Fénix Bogotá 2026, taking him from 31st to 30th. He also came 2nd in Square-1 with average 18.83.
The following top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last week have come up, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: YongGeal Lee (50+) at Korea Open 2026 – Megaminx best 1:42.39 (15th to 9th)
: Jonathan Stromberg (50+) at Begastri Open 2026 – Clock best 7.32 (17th to 5th) and average 8.68 (enters at 6th)
This week I also followed Daniel Houghton, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Olivier Wirz, AJ Nicholls, and Ron van Bruchem, who competed without making any new PRs.
There haven't been any changes on the top pages of senior Kinch rankings this week.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
Next week: Amit Sheffer, Mats Bergsten, Peter Hugosson-Miller, AJ Nicholls, Daniel Houghton, Dave Cutts, Glyn Brown, Kevin Gray, Pete Lee, Christian Sachgau, Michael Stocker, Dennis Rosero, Akatsuki Kitamura, Teller Coates, John Cook, Bobby Mapp, Olivier Wirz, 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 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.
Just two top senior solvers made PRs this week...
Kate Stuart (70+ MM WR) made four PRs and a double at Rocky Mountain Championship 2026: Skewb average 23.98 takes her from 3rd to 2nd ahead of Klaus Diller; 4x4 best 2:45.18 remains ranked 3rd; Pyraminx best 16.18 takes her from 7th to 6th ahead of Barry Bower; 3x3 average 53.03 takes her from 15th to 11th, and best 49.76 either remains ranked 15th or moves to 14th (there's a missing entry at 14th); and 2x2 best 15.53 remains ranked 13th.
Dennis Rosero (40+ Kinch #3) made a 7x7 PR mean 5:22.38 at NxN San Martín Fénix Bogotá 2026, taking him from 31st to 30th. He also came 2nd in Square-1 with average 18.83.
The following top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last week have come up, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: YongGeal Lee (50+) at Korea Open 2026 – Megaminx best 1:42.39 (15th to 9th)
: Jonathan Stromberg (50+) at Begastri Open 2026 – Clock best 7.32 (17th to 5th) and average 8.68 (enters at 6th)
This week I also followed Daniel Houghton, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Olivier Wirz, AJ Nicholls, and Ron van Bruchem, who competed without making any new PRs.
There haven't been any changes on the top pages of senior Kinch rankings this week.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
Next week: Amit Sheffer, Mats Bergsten, Peter Hugosson-Miller, AJ Nicholls, Daniel Houghton, Dave Cutts, Glyn Brown, Kevin Gray, Pete Lee, Christian Sachgau, Michael Stocker, Dennis Rosero, Akatsuki Kitamura, Teller Coates, John Cook, Bobby Mapp, Olivier Wirz, 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 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.
shentabla
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WEEKEND COMP ROUNDUP (AUG 25-31)
Improved 50+ and 70+ world records, plus three new top solvers join my watchlist...
Kevin Gray (50+ Pyraminx WRs) improved a 50+ world record as part of three PRs at Kewbz UK Championship 2026: Pyraminx average 5.21 improves his record by 0.49s and takes him from 11th to 6th ahead of Timothy Lawrance in 40+; Skewb best 3.45 takes him from 10th to 5th ahead of Chad Harris, and also from 22nd to 8th ahead of Gunnare Kantare Krig in 40+; and 2x2 average 5.61 takes him from 20th to 10th ahead of Raffaele Bonifazi.
Also in UK, Glyn Brown (40+ big cube top fives) made two PRs and two doubles: 7x7 mean 3:54.84 takes him from 4th to 3rd ahead of Ming Zheng; 2x2 best 3.11 (85th to 61st); 3OH average 53.78 (enters at 239th) and best 48.82 (308th to 294th); and Skewb average 27.83 (enters at 476th) and best 15.72 (enters at 430th).
Still in UK, Dave Cutts (60+ 2x2 WR) made two double PRs: 3OH average 1:01.76 enters the rankings at 12th and best 52.79 at 13th; and 3x3 best 24.05 (38th to 27th) and average 32.96 (47th to 36th).
Finally from UK, Pete Lee (40+ MM WR3s) made double 3OH PRs and double Skewb senior PRs: 3OH average 44.37 (233rd to 165th) and best 39.32 (285th to 211th); and Skewb best 13.95 (enters at 387th) and average 26.95 (enters at 465th).
Mats Bergsten (70+ twenty WRs) improved four of his 70+ world records with two double PRs at Stockholmsligan 2: Kex – 2026: Square-1 average 1:13.15 is a 14.65s improvement and also takes him from 10th to 8th ahead of John Cook in 60+, and best 46.77 improves his record by 18.98s and takes him from 10th to 7th ahead of Doyle Cline in 60+; and 4x4 average 1:59.26 beats his previous record by 8.53s, and best 1:47.47 by 2.39s. Mats has set world records 17 times so far in 2026!
Yongtao Sun (40+ big cube top tens) made huge breakthroughs with a PR, two doubles and a senior PR at Ulanqab Big Cubes 2026: 5x5 average 1:24.63 takes him from 7th to 3rd ahead of Yuji Suse, best 1:15.32 from 9th to 4th ahead of Ming Zheng; 7x7 mean 4:13.85 enters at 6th ahead of Yuji Suse, and best 3:56.25 takes him from 30th to 6th ahead of Shen Flindell; and 6x6 mean 3:00.58 remains ranked 9th, and best 2:49.65 remains 10th. I missed a PR last week, where he made a 3OH PR average 25.99 at Xi'an Open 2026, taking him from 28th to 23rd.
Ming Zheng's name has already come up a couple of times in this report, and he enters my watchlist having recently registered after a number of great results since turning 40 this year. This weekend in Ulanqab he made a 5x5 senior PR best 1:17.06, taking him from 6th to 5th ahead of Michael Stocker. Earlier notable results are: Square-1 best 11.57 (2nd ahead of Dennis Rosero) and average 19.64 (7th ahead of Christophe Grosjean), 7x7 mean 3:55.71 (now 4th ahead of Shen Flindell) and best 3:40.04 (3rd ahead of Glyn Brown), 6x6 mean 2:45.27 (4th) and best 2:30.68 (5th both ahead of Shen Flindell), 5x5 average 1:27.04 (6th ahead of Daniel Houghton), 2x2 average 4.18 (7th ahead of Michael Stocker), 3x3 best 9.89 (10th ahead of Konsta Jukka),
Junichi Mori (50+) enters my watchlist with a PR and a senior PR at Kanto Summer 2026, which I think was his first comp as an over 50: 3x3 senior PR average 14.09 enters at 3rd ahead of Steven Galen, and PR best 11.22 at 5th ahead of Raffaele Bonifazi.
Chris Brotzman also enters my watchlist having registered highly ranked Megaminx results from a few weeks back, pushing Rich Tayag off of my list. At Rose City OR 2026 he made double Megaminx PRs and double 4x4 senior PRs: Megaminx average 1:16.31 took him from 7th to 4th, and best 1:04.04 from 13th to 4th, both ahead of Sander Kaspers; and 4x4 average 49.60 entered at 13th and best 41.94 at 14th. Earlier notable results are: 3OH average 20.54 (5th ahead of Pablo Say) and best 17.28 (8th ahead of Chan Tak Chuen).
Christian Sachgau (60+ 4BLD WR2) made two 60+ PRs at Rubik's German Nationals 2026: MBLD 9/11 in 56:17 remains ranked 4th; and Square-1 best 1:09.35 enters at 11th.
Also in Germany, new senior Sébastien Auroux (40+ FMC WR3) made a five senior PRs and six double senior PRs: 2x2 average 3.70 (4th) and best 3.05 (57th); 4x4 average 48.05 (16th to 12th) and best 45.51 (22nd to 20th); 7x7 best 4:42.72 (20th); 5x5 average 1:37.87 (33rd to 23rd) and best 1:29.80 (remains 24th); 6x6 best 3:08.10 (26th); Skewb average 7.73 (31st) and best 4.89 (40th); 3x3 average 14.38 (50th to 39th); Clock average 8.76 (26th) and best 7.43 (28th); Square-1 average 32.72 (43rd) and best 26.09 (54th); 3OH best 30.56 (114th); 3BLD best 2:31.51 (119th); Pyraminx average 8.62 (62nd) and best 5.46 (81st).
Olivier Wirz (60+ 2x2 WR) made a PR and a double at RésoLucens 2026: Square-1 best 32.63 remains ranked 5th, and average 56.20 takes him from 6th to 5th ahead of Jeanne-Marie Deconninck; and 3x3 best 19.42 takes him from 19th to 12th.
John Cook (60+ FMC WR3) made a 2x2 PR average 6.84 at Tramsheds X: Winter Sat 2026, taking him from 6th to 5th ahead of Luis Palomar París.
Amit Sheffer (40+ 3x3 WR10) made a PR and three senior PRs at Israel Championship 2026: 4x4 best 49.26 (45th to 36th); 3x3 best 11.24 (equals his previous senior PR and falls from 36th to 38th due to other results); 3OH PR best 24.95 (96th to 53rd); and Pyraminx average 15.57 (445th to 427th).
Bobby Mapp (40+ 3OH WR4) made an FMC PR best 40 at Virginia Quiet Championship 2026, equalling his previous PR and remaining ranked 109th.
The following top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last week have come up, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Doyle Cline (60+) at Rocky Mountain Championship 2026 – Clock best 7.69 (3rd to 2nd, also 12th to 10th in 50+)
: Robert Ślesicki (50+) at Puck Open 2026 – Clock best 6.57 (8th to 4th)
: Kristina Lim (50+) at Rocky Mountain Championship 2026 – Skewb average 6.61 (remains 6th)
: Chris Tabar (50+) at Northwest Championship 2026 – 6x6 mean 3:54.86 (remains 8th)
- 7x7 mean 6:00.24 (10th to 9th)
: Kim Dongyi (40+) at Silent Korea Open 2026 – 5BLD mean 18:14 (enters at 9th)
: Masayuki Iwasa (60+) at Kanto Summer 2026 – 3OH best 42.84 (enters at 8th) and average 59.70 (enters at 10th)
This week I also followed Peter Hugosson-Miller, AJ Nicholls, Daniel Houghton, Michael Stocker, Akatsuki Kitamura, Teller Coates, and Enrymar Cisneros, who competed without making any new PRs.
In 40+ Kinch rankings, Yongtao Sun's big cube and OH successes have him storming up the rankings from 14th to 5th, ahead of Igor Aipkin. Fellow Chinese new senior Ming Zheng has likewise stormed into the senior Kinch rankings, entering at 18th ahead of Dieter Amberger. Javier Tirado Ortiz has been pushed off the top page to 26th.
In 50+, Chris Tabar's big cube PRs have him up from 18th to 16th ahead of Dan Smith.
In 60+, Olivier Wirz's Square-1 PR has him up a place from 18th to 17th ahead of Doyle Cline.
In 70+, Anne S. Squadron is up from 24th to 21st ahead of Paul Hendrickson with a 2x2 PR.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
Next week: Ming Zheng, Doug Li, Ge Shi, Lisa Kucala, Timothy Lawrance, Dennis Rosero, Daniel Houghton, and Olivier Wirz, 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 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.
Improved 50+ and 70+ world records, plus three new top solvers join my watchlist...
Kevin Gray (50+ Pyraminx WRs) improved a 50+ world record as part of three PRs at Kewbz UK Championship 2026: Pyraminx average 5.21 improves his record by 0.49s and takes him from 11th to 6th ahead of Timothy Lawrance in 40+; Skewb best 3.45 takes him from 10th to 5th ahead of Chad Harris, and also from 22nd to 8th ahead of Gunnare Kantare Krig in 40+; and 2x2 average 5.61 takes him from 20th to 10th ahead of Raffaele Bonifazi.
Also in UK, Glyn Brown (40+ big cube top fives) made two PRs and two doubles: 7x7 mean 3:54.84 takes him from 4th to 3rd ahead of Ming Zheng; 2x2 best 3.11 (85th to 61st); 3OH average 53.78 (enters at 239th) and best 48.82 (308th to 294th); and Skewb average 27.83 (enters at 476th) and best 15.72 (enters at 430th).
Still in UK, Dave Cutts (60+ 2x2 WR) made two double PRs: 3OH average 1:01.76 enters the rankings at 12th and best 52.79 at 13th; and 3x3 best 24.05 (38th to 27th) and average 32.96 (47th to 36th).
Finally from UK, Pete Lee (40+ MM WR3s) made double 3OH PRs and double Skewb senior PRs: 3OH average 44.37 (233rd to 165th) and best 39.32 (285th to 211th); and Skewb best 13.95 (enters at 387th) and average 26.95 (enters at 465th).
Mats Bergsten (70+ twenty WRs) improved four of his 70+ world records with two double PRs at Stockholmsligan 2: Kex – 2026: Square-1 average 1:13.15 is a 14.65s improvement and also takes him from 10th to 8th ahead of John Cook in 60+, and best 46.77 improves his record by 18.98s and takes him from 10th to 7th ahead of Doyle Cline in 60+; and 4x4 average 1:59.26 beats his previous record by 8.53s, and best 1:47.47 by 2.39s. Mats has set world records 17 times so far in 2026!
Yongtao Sun (40+ big cube top tens) made huge breakthroughs with a PR, two doubles and a senior PR at Ulanqab Big Cubes 2026: 5x5 average 1:24.63 takes him from 7th to 3rd ahead of Yuji Suse, best 1:15.32 from 9th to 4th ahead of Ming Zheng; 7x7 mean 4:13.85 enters at 6th ahead of Yuji Suse, and best 3:56.25 takes him from 30th to 6th ahead of Shen Flindell; and 6x6 mean 3:00.58 remains ranked 9th, and best 2:49.65 remains 10th. I missed a PR last week, where he made a 3OH PR average 25.99 at Xi'an Open 2026, taking him from 28th to 23rd.
Ming Zheng's name has already come up a couple of times in this report, and he enters my watchlist having recently registered after a number of great results since turning 40 this year. This weekend in Ulanqab he made a 5x5 senior PR best 1:17.06, taking him from 6th to 5th ahead of Michael Stocker. Earlier notable results are: Square-1 best 11.57 (2nd ahead of Dennis Rosero) and average 19.64 (7th ahead of Christophe Grosjean), 7x7 mean 3:55.71 (now 4th ahead of Shen Flindell) and best 3:40.04 (3rd ahead of Glyn Brown), 6x6 mean 2:45.27 (4th) and best 2:30.68 (5th both ahead of Shen Flindell), 5x5 average 1:27.04 (6th ahead of Daniel Houghton), 2x2 average 4.18 (7th ahead of Michael Stocker), 3x3 best 9.89 (10th ahead of Konsta Jukka),
Junichi Mori (50+) enters my watchlist with a PR and a senior PR at Kanto Summer 2026, which I think was his first comp as an over 50: 3x3 senior PR average 14.09 enters at 3rd ahead of Steven Galen, and PR best 11.22 at 5th ahead of Raffaele Bonifazi.
Chris Brotzman also enters my watchlist having registered highly ranked Megaminx results from a few weeks back, pushing Rich Tayag off of my list. At Rose City OR 2026 he made double Megaminx PRs and double 4x4 senior PRs: Megaminx average 1:16.31 took him from 7th to 4th, and best 1:04.04 from 13th to 4th, both ahead of Sander Kaspers; and 4x4 average 49.60 entered at 13th and best 41.94 at 14th. Earlier notable results are: 3OH average 20.54 (5th ahead of Pablo Say) and best 17.28 (8th ahead of Chan Tak Chuen).
Christian Sachgau (60+ 4BLD WR2) made two 60+ PRs at Rubik's German Nationals 2026: MBLD 9/11 in 56:17 remains ranked 4th; and Square-1 best 1:09.35 enters at 11th.
Also in Germany, new senior Sébastien Auroux (40+ FMC WR3) made a five senior PRs and six double senior PRs: 2x2 average 3.70 (4th) and best 3.05 (57th); 4x4 average 48.05 (16th to 12th) and best 45.51 (22nd to 20th); 7x7 best 4:42.72 (20th); 5x5 average 1:37.87 (33rd to 23rd) and best 1:29.80 (remains 24th); 6x6 best 3:08.10 (26th); Skewb average 7.73 (31st) and best 4.89 (40th); 3x3 average 14.38 (50th to 39th); Clock average 8.76 (26th) and best 7.43 (28th); Square-1 average 32.72 (43rd) and best 26.09 (54th); 3OH best 30.56 (114th); 3BLD best 2:31.51 (119th); Pyraminx average 8.62 (62nd) and best 5.46 (81st).
Olivier Wirz (60+ 2x2 WR) made a PR and a double at RésoLucens 2026: Square-1 best 32.63 remains ranked 5th, and average 56.20 takes him from 6th to 5th ahead of Jeanne-Marie Deconninck; and 3x3 best 19.42 takes him from 19th to 12th.
John Cook (60+ FMC WR3) made a 2x2 PR average 6.84 at Tramsheds X: Winter Sat 2026, taking him from 6th to 5th ahead of Luis Palomar París.
Amit Sheffer (40+ 3x3 WR10) made a PR and three senior PRs at Israel Championship 2026: 4x4 best 49.26 (45th to 36th); 3x3 best 11.24 (equals his previous senior PR and falls from 36th to 38th due to other results); 3OH PR best 24.95 (96th to 53rd); and Pyraminx average 15.57 (445th to 427th).
Bobby Mapp (40+ 3OH WR4) made an FMC PR best 40 at Virginia Quiet Championship 2026, equalling his previous PR and remaining ranked 109th.
The following top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last week have come up, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Doyle Cline (60+) at Rocky Mountain Championship 2026 – Clock best 7.69 (3rd to 2nd, also 12th to 10th in 50+)
: Robert Ślesicki (50+) at Puck Open 2026 – Clock best 6.57 (8th to 4th)
: Kristina Lim (50+) at Rocky Mountain Championship 2026 – Skewb average 6.61 (remains 6th)
: Chris Tabar (50+) at Northwest Championship 2026 – 6x6 mean 3:54.86 (remains 8th)
- 7x7 mean 6:00.24 (10th to 9th)
: Kim Dongyi (40+) at Silent Korea Open 2026 – 5BLD mean 18:14 (enters at 9th)
: Masayuki Iwasa (60+) at Kanto Summer 2026 – 3OH best 42.84 (enters at 8th) and average 59.70 (enters at 10th)
This week I also followed Peter Hugosson-Miller, AJ Nicholls, Daniel Houghton, Michael Stocker, Akatsuki Kitamura, Teller Coates, and Enrymar Cisneros, who competed without making any new PRs.
In 40+ Kinch rankings, Yongtao Sun's big cube and OH successes have him storming up the rankings from 14th to 5th, ahead of Igor Aipkin. Fellow Chinese new senior Ming Zheng has likewise stormed into the senior Kinch rankings, entering at 18th ahead of Dieter Amberger. Javier Tirado Ortiz has been pushed off the top page to 26th.
In 50+, Chris Tabar's big cube PRs have him up from 18th to 16th ahead of Dan Smith.
In 60+, Olivier Wirz's Square-1 PR has him up a place from 18th to 17th ahead of Doyle Cline.
In 70+, Anne S. Squadron is up from 24th to 21st ahead of Paul Hendrickson with a 2x2 PR.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
Next week: Ming Zheng, Doug Li, Ge Shi, Lisa Kucala, Timothy Lawrance, Dennis Rosero, Daniel Houghton, and Olivier Wirz, 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 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
Member
WEEKEND COMP ROUNDUP (SEP 3-6)
A quiet week this week, but a Clock world record from last week...
Santiago Serrano Cernadas enters my watchlist having made a 60+ WR last week. He made three double PRs and a senior PR at Torrent: La Torre Open 2026: he followed up Clock average 9.10 in the first round with 8.20, taking him from 7th place to 1st, beating Lisa Kucala's SWR by 0.38s, and also taking him from 18th to 4th ahead of Lisa Kucala in 50+, and Clock best 7.70 followed by 7.35 takes him from 4th to 2nd ahead of Doyle Cline, and from 14th to 7th ahead of Israel Morales Muñoz in 50+; 3x3 senior PR best 20.59 remains ranked 16th; and 2x2 average 12.14 enters at 31st, and best 9.46 at 39th.
Jason Krug (40+) is back in my watchlist after three double big cube PRs at 4x4 Off US-40 IL 2026 last week: 6x6 mean 2:49.52 takes him from 18th to 5th ahead of Shen Flindell, and best 2:43.20 from 25th to 10th ahead of Yongtao Sun; 7x7 best 3:57.18 takes him from 16th to 7th ahead of Shen Flindell, and mean 4:27.72 from 14th to 12th; 5x5 average 1:34.96 takes him from 22nd to 17th, and best 1:26.46 from 18th to 17th.
Dennis Rosero (40+ Kinch #3) made a Square-1 senior PR average 16.52 at Avenida Chile XXXVII 2026 this weekend, remaining ranked 2nd and earning a third place podium in the process.
Lisa Kucala (60+ 3OH WRs) made a 3BLD breakthrough at State Hunting Sioux Falls 2026, entering the rankings at 12th place with a best time of 9:46.47.
Timothy Lawrance (40+ 4BLD WR2) earned a first place podium at WCA African FMC 2026 with FMC mean 29.00.
The following top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last week have come up, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Jeanne-Marie Deconninck (60+) at Champagne Open 2026 – 2x2 best 3.42 (9th to 3rd)
: Robert Ślesicki (50+) at Cube Factory Aleksandrów 2026 – Skewb average 6.73 (10th to 7th)
This week I also followed Ming Zheng, Doug Li, and Daniel Houghton, who competed without making any new PRs.
In 50+ Kinch rankings, the addition of 3BLD to her record has taken Lisa Kucala from 18th to 16th, ahead of Chris Tabar. Mats Bergsten's 4x4 and Square-1 PRs last week have him up a place from 21st to 20th ahead of Mark Rivers.
In 60+, a Skewb PR for Jeanne-Marie Deconninck has taken her up a place from 16th to 15th ahead of Jesús Masanet García. The new Clock record by Santiago Serrano Cernadas has caused Thierry Megard to fall from 24th to 25th behind Lennart Aspelin.
In 70+, André Deconninck has entered the rankings at 19th ahead of Yang-Mo Sung, with results in 2x2 and 3x3 at his first 70+ comp this week, pushing Tiernan Foley off the top page to 26th.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
Next week: Thor Muto Asmund, Chan Tak Chuen, Kate Stuart, Lisa Kucala, Dennis Rosero, Ge Shi, Jae Park, Maria Oey, Ton Dennenbroek, Ulrich Spies, Bobby Mapp, Gary Miller, Ming Zheng, Yongtao Sun, Jochen Bauer, Martin Heilig, Thierry Boisivon, Greg Simmons, AJ Nicholls, Daniel Houghton, Olivier Wirz, John Cook, Enrymar Cisneros, 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 122 "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.
A quiet week this week, but a Clock world record from last week...
Santiago Serrano Cernadas enters my watchlist having made a 60+ WR last week. He made three double PRs and a senior PR at Torrent: La Torre Open 2026: he followed up Clock average 9.10 in the first round with 8.20, taking him from 7th place to 1st, beating Lisa Kucala's SWR by 0.38s, and also taking him from 18th to 4th ahead of Lisa Kucala in 50+, and Clock best 7.70 followed by 7.35 takes him from 4th to 2nd ahead of Doyle Cline, and from 14th to 7th ahead of Israel Morales Muñoz in 50+; 3x3 senior PR best 20.59 remains ranked 16th; and 2x2 average 12.14 enters at 31st, and best 9.46 at 39th.
Jason Krug (40+) is back in my watchlist after three double big cube PRs at 4x4 Off US-40 IL 2026 last week: 6x6 mean 2:49.52 takes him from 18th to 5th ahead of Shen Flindell, and best 2:43.20 from 25th to 10th ahead of Yongtao Sun; 7x7 best 3:57.18 takes him from 16th to 7th ahead of Shen Flindell, and mean 4:27.72 from 14th to 12th; 5x5 average 1:34.96 takes him from 22nd to 17th, and best 1:26.46 from 18th to 17th.
Dennis Rosero (40+ Kinch #3) made a Square-1 senior PR average 16.52 at Avenida Chile XXXVII 2026 this weekend, remaining ranked 2nd and earning a third place podium in the process.
Lisa Kucala (60+ 3OH WRs) made a 3BLD breakthrough at State Hunting Sioux Falls 2026, entering the rankings at 12th place with a best time of 9:46.47.
Timothy Lawrance (40+ 4BLD WR2) earned a first place podium at WCA African FMC 2026 with FMC mean 29.00.
The following top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last week have come up, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Jeanne-Marie Deconninck (60+) at Champagne Open 2026 – 2x2 best 3.42 (9th to 3rd)
: Robert Ślesicki (50+) at Cube Factory Aleksandrów 2026 – Skewb average 6.73 (10th to 7th)
This week I also followed Ming Zheng, Doug Li, and Daniel Houghton, who competed without making any new PRs.
In 50+ Kinch rankings, the addition of 3BLD to her record has taken Lisa Kucala from 18th to 16th, ahead of Chris Tabar. Mats Bergsten's 4x4 and Square-1 PRs last week have him up a place from 21st to 20th ahead of Mark Rivers.
In 60+, a Skewb PR for Jeanne-Marie Deconninck has taken her up a place from 16th to 15th ahead of Jesús Masanet García. The new Clock record by Santiago Serrano Cernadas has caused Thierry Megard to fall from 24th to 25th behind Lennart Aspelin.
In 70+, André Deconninck has entered the rankings at 19th ahead of Yang-Mo Sung, with results in 2x2 and 3x3 at his first 70+ comp this week, pushing Tiernan Foley off the top page to 26th.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
Next week: Thor Muto Asmund, Chan Tak Chuen, Kate Stuart, Lisa Kucala, Dennis Rosero, Ge Shi, Jae Park, Maria Oey, Ton Dennenbroek, Ulrich Spies, Bobby Mapp, Gary Miller, Ming Zheng, Yongtao Sun, Jochen Bauer, Martin Heilig, Thierry Boisivon, Greg Simmons, AJ Nicholls, Daniel Houghton, Olivier Wirz, John Cook, Enrymar Cisneros, 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 122 "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
Member
WEEKEND COMP ROUNDUP (SEP 11-13)
Improved Clock and 4x4 WRs this week, and a new member of the senior sub-10 club...
Greg Simmons (40+ Clock WRs) improved his Clock best world record with a PR 5.10 at Southport Autumn 2026 this weekend, an improvement of 0.30s on his record from March.
Gary Miller (80+ eight WRs) improved two of his 80+ world records with double 4x4 PRs at Williamsburg Open Fall 2026: average 5:29.01 beat his previous record by 2:39.15, and best 4:50.08 by 1:12.70. Gary's world record tally for 2026 is now up to twenty!
Dennis Rosero (40+ Kinch #3) made a Square-1 PR average 15.89 at Paipa al Cubo 2026, remaining ranked 2nd, 0.69s behind Takao Hashimoto's senior world record, and earning a first place podium at the comp.
Thor Muto Asmund (50+ Kinch #1) broke through with a first 50+ 4BLD mean 6:06.11 at Danish Championship 2026, entering the rankings 9.51s short of Mark Rivers' 50+ world record at 2nd ahead of István Kocza.
Yongtao Sun (40+ Kinch #5) continued his excellent big cube run with three double PRs at Wuhan Golden Autumn 2026: 6x6 best 2:25.88 takes him from 11th to 3rd ahead of Michael Stocker, and mean 2:39.93 from 10th to 4th ahead of Ming Zheng; 7x7 mean 4:13.45 takes him from 5th to 4th ahead of Shen Flindell, and best 3:50.43 either remains 6th or moves to 5th (there's a missing entry); Megaminx average 1:18.23 takes him from 11th to 6th ahead of Rich Tayag, and best 1:12.91 from 7th to 6th ahead of Guttorm Syvertsen-Wiig.
Also in Wuhan, new senior Ming Zheng (40+ big cube top fives) made a 4x4 senior PR best 43.02, taking him from 20th to 17th. The next day he made a 3OH senior PR best 16.84 at Wuhan Crimson Autumn 2026, taking him from 15th to 7th ahead of Ming Dao Ting.
Piotr Kózka (new 40+) joins my watchlist after registering a PR and several senior PRs at Dragon Cubing XII 2026 a few weeks ago: 4x4 PR best 36.78 (3rd ahead of Chan Tak Chuen) and average 54.63 (30th); 3x3 average 11.27 (4th ahead of Ming Dao Ting) and best 9.64 (10th ahead of Ming Zheng); 5x5 best 1:18.76 (7th ahead of Daniel Houghton) and average 1:27.63 (8th ahead of Glyn Brown); and Pyraminx average 5.29 (equal 7th with Timothy Lawrance) and best 3.65 (18th). Yes, another member of the senior sub-10 club, now up to 12 members with Piotr and Ming Zheng both joining in recent weeks.
Martin Heilig (50+ 4x4 WR2) made three PRs at Erlangen Open IV 2026: 3OH best 19.20 takes him from 4th to 3rd ahead of Shen Flindell; 5x5 best 1:43.72 remains ranked 6th; and 6x6 mean 3:49.86 remains ranked 7th.
Also in Erlangen, Jochen Bauer (50+ Kinch #4) made a 4x4 senior PR average 1:04.23, remaining ranked 14th.
Finally from Erlangen, Thierry Boisivon (50+ 3OH WR) made two doubles and split double: 4x4 average 1:16.65 in the final (45th to 43rd) and best 1:05.41 in the first round (49th to 44th); and 5x5 average 3:50.13 followed by 3:20.30 (enters at 62nd), and best 3:14.96 followed by 3:14.59 (92nd to 89th).
Lisa Kucala (60+ 3OH WRs) made double 5x5 PRs at Only Odds in Minnesota 2026: average 2:35.14 remains ranked 3rd and best 2:24.57 remains 4th.
Also in Minnesota, Kate Stuart (70+ MM WR) made a PR and a double: Pyraminx best 11.75 takes her from 6th to 3rd ahead of Klaus Diller, and average 22.46 from 7th to 6th ahead of Mike Stone; and 3x3 best 44.33 takes her from 14th to 12th.
Ge Shi (40+ fastest to complete profile) made double 4BLD PRs at Shhherborn Summer 2026: mean 6:07.57 remains ranked 6th and best 4:33.52 takes him from 9th to 6th ahead of Thor Muto Asmund. He also earned three podiums: first in 4BLD as well as in MBLD (14/15 in 56:57), and second in 5BLD (best 20:37).
John Cook (60+ FMC WR3) made a PR and three doubles at Take Your Time Sydney 2026: 6x6 mean 6:20.30 and best 6:10.15 both remain ranked 6th; 7x7 mean 11:20 remains ranked 6th, and best 10:34 takes him from 7th to equal 6th alongside Greg Longney; 4x4 average 1:47.37 takes him from 11th to 10th ahead of Thierry Boisivon, and best 1:36.95 remains ranked 12th; and Clock average 18.09 takes him from 14th to 13th.
Daniel Houghton (40+ big cube top tens) made a 2x2 PR average 4.80 at Swisscubing Cup IV 2026, taking him from 32nd to 20th.
Enrymar Cisneros (40+ top Kinch ranked senior female) made a PR and a senior PR at Road to Nats Maracay II 2026: 3x3 senior PR average 14.29 (equal 38th to outright 38th); and 3OH best 27.91 (158th to 83rd).
Pablo Say (40+ 2x2 WR5) made an FMC PR best 31 at Kukulcán Open Quetzaltenango 2026, taking him from 89th to 57th and earning a first place podium at the comp.
The following top ten results from outside my watchlist have come up over the last week, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Anne S. Squadron (80+) at Liberty Science Center Fall B 2026 – 2x2 average 36.36 (remains 4th)
- 3x3 average 1:39.23 (11th to 9th)
: Javier Agustín Rossi (60+) at Chau Invierno En Di Tella 2026 – 3BLD mean 3:41.74 (enters at 6th)
: Richard Taylor (60+) at Stevenage September 2026 – 4x4 average 1:42.83 (enters at 9th) and best 1:31.31 (enters at 10th)
This week I also followed Chan Tak Chuen, Jae Park, Maria Oey, Ton Dennenbroek, Ulrich Spies, AJ Nicholls, and Olivier Wirz, who competed without making any new PRs.
In senior Kinch rankings, by adding 3BLD to her record Lisa Kucala has gone ahead of Danielle Kay as the 2nd placed senior female.
In 60+, Doyle Cline's Pyraminx PR last week has taken him from 18th to 17th ahead of Oliver Wirz. Jens-Christian Albrecht is up from 22nd to 19th ahead of Shinichi Ono, having made PR averages in 4x4 and Pyraminx this week.
In 70+, Anne S. Squadron is up again from 22nd to 21st ahead of Magnhild Igland Lesteberg, having PRed in both 2x2 and 3x3 this week.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
Next week: Mats Bergsten, Choi Goho, Teller Coates, AJ Nicholls, Pete Lee, Ge Shi, Gary Miller, Lisa Kucala, Danielle Kay, John Cook, Ming Dao Ting, Rodney Topor, Shen Flindell, Akatsuki Kitamura, and Enrymar Cisneros, 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 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 123 "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.
Improved Clock and 4x4 WRs this week, and a new member of the senior sub-10 club...
Greg Simmons (40+ Clock WRs) improved his Clock best world record with a PR 5.10 at Southport Autumn 2026 this weekend, an improvement of 0.30s on his record from March.
Gary Miller (80+ eight WRs) improved two of his 80+ world records with double 4x4 PRs at Williamsburg Open Fall 2026: average 5:29.01 beat his previous record by 2:39.15, and best 4:50.08 by 1:12.70. Gary's world record tally for 2026 is now up to twenty!
Dennis Rosero (40+ Kinch #3) made a Square-1 PR average 15.89 at Paipa al Cubo 2026, remaining ranked 2nd, 0.69s behind Takao Hashimoto's senior world record, and earning a first place podium at the comp.
Thor Muto Asmund (50+ Kinch #1) broke through with a first 50+ 4BLD mean 6:06.11 at Danish Championship 2026, entering the rankings 9.51s short of Mark Rivers' 50+ world record at 2nd ahead of István Kocza.
Yongtao Sun (40+ Kinch #5) continued his excellent big cube run with three double PRs at Wuhan Golden Autumn 2026: 6x6 best 2:25.88 takes him from 11th to 3rd ahead of Michael Stocker, and mean 2:39.93 from 10th to 4th ahead of Ming Zheng; 7x7 mean 4:13.45 takes him from 5th to 4th ahead of Shen Flindell, and best 3:50.43 either remains 6th or moves to 5th (there's a missing entry); Megaminx average 1:18.23 takes him from 11th to 6th ahead of Rich Tayag, and best 1:12.91 from 7th to 6th ahead of Guttorm Syvertsen-Wiig.
Also in Wuhan, new senior Ming Zheng (40+ big cube top fives) made a 4x4 senior PR best 43.02, taking him from 20th to 17th. The next day he made a 3OH senior PR best 16.84 at Wuhan Crimson Autumn 2026, taking him from 15th to 7th ahead of Ming Dao Ting.
Piotr Kózka (new 40+) joins my watchlist after registering a PR and several senior PRs at Dragon Cubing XII 2026 a few weeks ago: 4x4 PR best 36.78 (3rd ahead of Chan Tak Chuen) and average 54.63 (30th); 3x3 average 11.27 (4th ahead of Ming Dao Ting) and best 9.64 (10th ahead of Ming Zheng); 5x5 best 1:18.76 (7th ahead of Daniel Houghton) and average 1:27.63 (8th ahead of Glyn Brown); and Pyraminx average 5.29 (equal 7th with Timothy Lawrance) and best 3.65 (18th). Yes, another member of the senior sub-10 club, now up to 12 members with Piotr and Ming Zheng both joining in recent weeks.
Martin Heilig (50+ 4x4 WR2) made three PRs at Erlangen Open IV 2026: 3OH best 19.20 takes him from 4th to 3rd ahead of Shen Flindell; 5x5 best 1:43.72 remains ranked 6th; and 6x6 mean 3:49.86 remains ranked 7th.
Also in Erlangen, Jochen Bauer (50+ Kinch #4) made a 4x4 senior PR average 1:04.23, remaining ranked 14th.
Finally from Erlangen, Thierry Boisivon (50+ 3OH WR) made two doubles and split double: 4x4 average 1:16.65 in the final (45th to 43rd) and best 1:05.41 in the first round (49th to 44th); and 5x5 average 3:50.13 followed by 3:20.30 (enters at 62nd), and best 3:14.96 followed by 3:14.59 (92nd to 89th).
Lisa Kucala (60+ 3OH WRs) made double 5x5 PRs at Only Odds in Minnesota 2026: average 2:35.14 remains ranked 3rd and best 2:24.57 remains 4th.
Also in Minnesota, Kate Stuart (70+ MM WR) made a PR and a double: Pyraminx best 11.75 takes her from 6th to 3rd ahead of Klaus Diller, and average 22.46 from 7th to 6th ahead of Mike Stone; and 3x3 best 44.33 takes her from 14th to 12th.
Ge Shi (40+ fastest to complete profile) made double 4BLD PRs at Shhherborn Summer 2026: mean 6:07.57 remains ranked 6th and best 4:33.52 takes him from 9th to 6th ahead of Thor Muto Asmund. He also earned three podiums: first in 4BLD as well as in MBLD (14/15 in 56:57), and second in 5BLD (best 20:37).
John Cook (60+ FMC WR3) made a PR and three doubles at Take Your Time Sydney 2026: 6x6 mean 6:20.30 and best 6:10.15 both remain ranked 6th; 7x7 mean 11:20 remains ranked 6th, and best 10:34 takes him from 7th to equal 6th alongside Greg Longney; 4x4 average 1:47.37 takes him from 11th to 10th ahead of Thierry Boisivon, and best 1:36.95 remains ranked 12th; and Clock average 18.09 takes him from 14th to 13th.
Daniel Houghton (40+ big cube top tens) made a 2x2 PR average 4.80 at Swisscubing Cup IV 2026, taking him from 32nd to 20th.
Enrymar Cisneros (40+ top Kinch ranked senior female) made a PR and a senior PR at Road to Nats Maracay II 2026: 3x3 senior PR average 14.29 (equal 38th to outright 38th); and 3OH best 27.91 (158th to 83rd).
Pablo Say (40+ 2x2 WR5) made an FMC PR best 31 at Kukulcán Open Quetzaltenango 2026, taking him from 89th to 57th and earning a first place podium at the comp.
The following top ten results from outside my watchlist have come up over the last week, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Anne S. Squadron (80+) at Liberty Science Center Fall B 2026 – 2x2 average 36.36 (remains 4th)
- 3x3 average 1:39.23 (11th to 9th)
: Javier Agustín Rossi (60+) at Chau Invierno En Di Tella 2026 – 3BLD mean 3:41.74 (enters at 6th)
: Richard Taylor (60+) at Stevenage September 2026 – 4x4 average 1:42.83 (enters at 9th) and best 1:31.31 (enters at 10th)
This week I also followed Chan Tak Chuen, Jae Park, Maria Oey, Ton Dennenbroek, Ulrich Spies, AJ Nicholls, and Olivier Wirz, who competed without making any new PRs.
In senior Kinch rankings, by adding 3BLD to her record Lisa Kucala has gone ahead of Danielle Kay as the 2nd placed senior female.
In 60+, Doyle Cline's Pyraminx PR last week has taken him from 18th to 17th ahead of Oliver Wirz. Jens-Christian Albrecht is up from 22nd to 19th ahead of Shinichi Ono, having made PR averages in 4x4 and Pyraminx this week.
In 70+, Anne S. Squadron is up again from 22nd to 21st ahead of Magnhild Igland Lesteberg, having PRed in both 2x2 and 3x3 this week.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
Next week: Mats Bergsten, Choi Goho, Teller Coates, AJ Nicholls, Pete Lee, Ge Shi, Gary Miller, Lisa Kucala, Danielle Kay, John Cook, Ming Dao Ting, Rodney Topor, Shen Flindell, Akatsuki Kitamura, and Enrymar Cisneros, 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 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 123 "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
Member
Piotr Kózka is now on the list? Yay, and great to see some already fast times from him.
For those who don’t know, he is a former WR holder for Pyra, and was also top 10 in a bunch of events.
Ming Zheng is also significant, former WR3 in Square-1
For those who don’t know, he is a former WR holder for Pyra, and was also top 10 in a bunch of events.
Ming Zheng is also significant, former WR3 in Square-1
OtaMota
Member
Ming Zheng already got another sub-10 and improved on his SPR single.
shentabla
Member
WEEKEND COMP ROUNDUP (SEP 16-20)
Four world records including a world first, and yet another new senior joins the sub-10 club...
Yours truly Shen Flindell (50+ 6x6, 7x7 WRs) made four PRs and a double including an improved world record at Take Your Time Brisbane 2026 this weekend: 6x6 mean 2:48.54 improves my previous record by 1.42s, and also takes me from 7th to 6th ahead of Jason Krug in 40+; 3OH average 23.14 and 5x5 best 1:26.37 both remain ranked 2nd; 4x4 best 49.45 remains ranked 4th; and Clock best 7.33 takes me from 12th to 7th ahead of Santiago Serrano Cernadas, and average 8.98 from 13th to 8th ahead of Jesús Masanet García.
Also in Brisbane, Rodney Topor (70+ seven WRs) improved two of his 70+ world records as part of three PRs and two doubles: Clock average 18.35 is a 4.53s improvement, and best 16.86 a 1.97s improvement on his previous records; 4x4 average 2:44.52 enters the rankings at 2nd ahead of Gary Miller, and best 2:24.74 remains ranked 2nd; 3OH average 2:39.06 remains ranked 2nd; 7x7 best 21:38 remains ranked 3rd; and 5x5 best 5:31.06 remains ranked 4th. Rodney's world record tally for 2026 is now fifteen.
Still in Brisbane, Ming Dao Ting (40+ 3x3, 3OH top fives) made a senior PR and a double PR: 3OH senior PR best 15.84 takes him from 8th to 3rd ahead of Thierry Boisivon; and Clock average 13.58 (150th to 147th) and best 11.46 (177th to 145th).
More from Brisbane: John Cook (60+ FMC WR3) made four PRs and a double: 7x7 mean 11:20 matches his previous PR and remains ranked 6th; Megaminx average 3:47.57 takes him from 8th to 7th ahead of Martin Ernesto Melcop; 5x5 average 3:31.67 takes him from 11th to 8th ahead of Maria Oey, and best 3:09.19 from 11th to 9th ahead of Ulrich Spies; 4x4 best 1:22.80 takes him from 13th to 9th ahead of Peter Andersson; and 3OH average 1:02.21 remains ranked 13th.
Finally from Brisbane, Danielle Kay (40+ Kinch female #3) made two PRs and two doubles: Clock best 7.74 (37th to 36th); 7x7 mean 7:20.98 (remains 80th) and best 6:48.02 (90th to 86th); 6x6 mean 4:49.51 (118th to 86th) and best 4:27.53 (104th to 94th); and 5x5 average 2:38.80 (171st to 144th).
Mats Bergsten (70+ twenty WRs) added a twenty-first 70+ world record to his tally with a 3BLD 70+ PR average 3:32.85 at Stockholmsligan 3: Märke – 2026, a first for over 70s. It would be ranked 6th in 60+ except that Mats already holds that world record from 2019. (Mats has all of the possible 60+ blindfold world records except for multiblind.) This is Mats' 18th world record so far in 2026.
Lisa Kucala (60+ Kinch #2) made two PRs at Iowa Championship 2026: 5x5 best 2:22.66 and 6x6 best 4:30.16 both remain ranked 4th.
The senior sub-10 club gained another member this week with new senior Sinpei Araki competing in 3x3 at Otsu Biwako Autumn 2026: 3x3 senior PR average 11.69 enters the rankings at 6th ahead of Gunnar Kantare Krig, and best 9.61 at 10th ahead of Ming Zheng.
Before this year only seven seniors had registered sub-10 3x3 solves, and already this year six seniors have joined the club: Gunnar Kantare Krig, Bobby Mapp, Ming Dao Ting, Sinpei Araki, Ming Zheng, and Piotr Kózka.
Also in Otsu, Akatsuki Kitamura (50+ FMC WR) made a Skewb PR best 4.75, taking him from 38th to 15th.
Teller Coates (50+ 3OH WR) made two PRs at Beaver Falls Open 2026: 3x3 best 11.93 takes him from 11th to 8th ahead of Nikolai Petrov; and 4x4 best 55.92 takes him from 22nd to 16th.
Ming Zheng (40+ big cubes and more) made a 3x3 senior PR best 9.62 at Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 IV 2026, taking him from 11th to 10th ahead of Piotr Kózka.
Ge Shi (40+ fastest to complete profile) earned four podiums at LA Quiet Championship 2026: first in 5BLD (best 17:51) and MBLD (10/10 in 38:43); and second in 3BLD (best 58.17) and 4BLD (best 9:52.38).
This week I also followed Choi Goho, AJ Nicholls, Pete Lee, and Enrymar Cisneros, who competed without making any new PRs.
I'm publishing this report a day earlier than usual so a lot of comp results haven't propagated yet. As a result no top ten results from outside my watchlist have come up on the Recent Senior Records page, and none of the exciting results described above have reached the Kinch ranking page yet.
In 40+ Kinch rankings, Pablo Say is up from 20th to 16th ahead of Modest Podzolkin, thanks to PRs in FMC and Square-1 last week.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
Next week: Dennis Rosero, Timothy Lawrance, Kate Stuart, Lisa Kucala, Doug Li, Christian Sachgau, Jochen Bauer, Michael Stocker, Sébastien Auroux, Ulrich Spies, Jason Krug, Peter Hugosson-Miller, AJ Nicholls, Chris Wright, Glyn Brown, and Pete Lee, 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 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 124 "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.
Four world records including a world first, and yet another new senior joins the sub-10 club...
Yours truly Shen Flindell (50+ 6x6, 7x7 WRs) made four PRs and a double including an improved world record at Take Your Time Brisbane 2026 this weekend: 6x6 mean 2:48.54 improves my previous record by 1.42s, and also takes me from 7th to 6th ahead of Jason Krug in 40+; 3OH average 23.14 and 5x5 best 1:26.37 both remain ranked 2nd; 4x4 best 49.45 remains ranked 4th; and Clock best 7.33 takes me from 12th to 7th ahead of Santiago Serrano Cernadas, and average 8.98 from 13th to 8th ahead of Jesús Masanet García.
Also in Brisbane, Rodney Topor (70+ seven WRs) improved two of his 70+ world records as part of three PRs and two doubles: Clock average 18.35 is a 4.53s improvement, and best 16.86 a 1.97s improvement on his previous records; 4x4 average 2:44.52 enters the rankings at 2nd ahead of Gary Miller, and best 2:24.74 remains ranked 2nd; 3OH average 2:39.06 remains ranked 2nd; 7x7 best 21:38 remains ranked 3rd; and 5x5 best 5:31.06 remains ranked 4th. Rodney's world record tally for 2026 is now fifteen.
Still in Brisbane, Ming Dao Ting (40+ 3x3, 3OH top fives) made a senior PR and a double PR: 3OH senior PR best 15.84 takes him from 8th to 3rd ahead of Thierry Boisivon; and Clock average 13.58 (150th to 147th) and best 11.46 (177th to 145th).
More from Brisbane: John Cook (60+ FMC WR3) made four PRs and a double: 7x7 mean 11:20 matches his previous PR and remains ranked 6th; Megaminx average 3:47.57 takes him from 8th to 7th ahead of Martin Ernesto Melcop; 5x5 average 3:31.67 takes him from 11th to 8th ahead of Maria Oey, and best 3:09.19 from 11th to 9th ahead of Ulrich Spies; 4x4 best 1:22.80 takes him from 13th to 9th ahead of Peter Andersson; and 3OH average 1:02.21 remains ranked 13th.
Finally from Brisbane, Danielle Kay (40+ Kinch female #3) made two PRs and two doubles: Clock best 7.74 (37th to 36th); 7x7 mean 7:20.98 (remains 80th) and best 6:48.02 (90th to 86th); 6x6 mean 4:49.51 (118th to 86th) and best 4:27.53 (104th to 94th); and 5x5 average 2:38.80 (171st to 144th).
Mats Bergsten (70+ twenty WRs) added a twenty-first 70+ world record to his tally with a 3BLD 70+ PR average 3:32.85 at Stockholmsligan 3: Märke – 2026, a first for over 70s. It would be ranked 6th in 60+ except that Mats already holds that world record from 2019. (Mats has all of the possible 60+ blindfold world records except for multiblind.) This is Mats' 18th world record so far in 2026.
Lisa Kucala (60+ Kinch #2) made two PRs at Iowa Championship 2026: 5x5 best 2:22.66 and 6x6 best 4:30.16 both remain ranked 4th.
The senior sub-10 club gained another member this week with new senior Sinpei Araki competing in 3x3 at Otsu Biwako Autumn 2026: 3x3 senior PR average 11.69 enters the rankings at 6th ahead of Gunnar Kantare Krig, and best 9.61 at 10th ahead of Ming Zheng.
Before this year only seven seniors had registered sub-10 3x3 solves, and already this year six seniors have joined the club: Gunnar Kantare Krig, Bobby Mapp, Ming Dao Ting, Sinpei Araki, Ming Zheng, and Piotr Kózka.
Also in Otsu, Akatsuki Kitamura (50+ FMC WR) made a Skewb PR best 4.75, taking him from 38th to 15th.
Teller Coates (50+ 3OH WR) made two PRs at Beaver Falls Open 2026: 3x3 best 11.93 takes him from 11th to 8th ahead of Nikolai Petrov; and 4x4 best 55.92 takes him from 22nd to 16th.
Ming Zheng (40+ big cubes and more) made a 3x3 senior PR best 9.62 at Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 IV 2026, taking him from 11th to 10th ahead of Piotr Kózka.
Ge Shi (40+ fastest to complete profile) earned four podiums at LA Quiet Championship 2026: first in 5BLD (best 17:51) and MBLD (10/10 in 38:43); and second in 3BLD (best 58.17) and 4BLD (best 9:52.38).
This week I also followed Choi Goho, AJ Nicholls, Pete Lee, and Enrymar Cisneros, who competed without making any new PRs.
I'm publishing this report a day earlier than usual so a lot of comp results haven't propagated yet. As a result no top ten results from outside my watchlist have come up on the Recent Senior Records page, and none of the exciting results described above have reached the Kinch ranking page yet.
In 40+ Kinch rankings, Pablo Say is up from 20th to 16th ahead of Modest Podzolkin, thanks to PRs in FMC and Square-1 last week.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
Next week: Dennis Rosero, Timothy Lawrance, Kate Stuart, Lisa Kucala, Doug Li, Christian Sachgau, Jochen Bauer, Michael Stocker, Sébastien Auroux, Ulrich Spies, Jason Krug, Peter Hugosson-Miller, AJ Nicholls, Chris Wright, Glyn Brown, and Pete Lee, 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 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 124 "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
Member
WEEKEND COMP ROUNDUP (SEP 23-27)
A new senior 7x7 king ascends...
Glyn Brown (40+ big cubes top threes) made two double PRs including two new senior world records at Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2026: 7x7 mean 3:42.88 takes him from 3rd to top place, beating Choi Goho's record by 1.09s, and best 3:27.28 from 4th to 1st, beating Choi's record by 3.79s; and 4x4 average 52.74 takes him from 29th to 24th, and best 48.22 from 43rd to 30th.
Personally I think these are the most important records I've reported on. When I started following the senior records, it was because I was close to achieving the 50+ 7x7 records. At that time it seemed like Choi Goho's times were invincible. Choi started competing in 2008, and started on 7x7 in 2010, so he became a senior with ample experience as a youngster. Michael Stocker became a senior in 2025 and gave Choi some competition, having also had 7 years experience competing on 7x7. Glyn, on the other hand, started competing in 2023 as a senior around the same time as me, with no pre-senior competition experience. I've watched him ascend the rankings and stay focused on 7x7 as his main event. It's really something special to see someone who started competing as a senior take such a difficult world record in just a few years. Many congratulations Glyn!
Also in WSM, AJ Nicholls (40+ 3x3 WR4) made a 3BLD PR best 50.83, taking him from 20th to 17th.
Christian Sachgau (60+ Kinch #3) made a PR and a double plus PR at BLD Fall Fürth 2026: 5BLD mean 27:19 enters the 60+ rankings at 2nd, and the 50+ rankings at 5th ahead of Erik Tjong Kim Sang, and best 26:16 in the first round followed by 24:04 in the final enters the 60+ rankings at 3rd ahead of Peter Hugosson-Miller; and 3BLD average 2:35.07 remains ranked 5th. The day before at FMC Fall Fürth 2026, he made an FMC PR mean 52.67, entering the rankings at 8th ahead of Lisa Kucala, and a 60+ PR best 47, entering at 9th ahead of Jens-Christian Albrecht.
Also in Fürth, Jochen Bauer (50+ Kinch #4) made two PRs over the two comps: 3BLD average 2:20.00 remains ranked 17th, and FMC mean 43.33 takes him from 37th to 28th.
Finally from Fürth, Michael Stocker (40+ Kinch #2) made an FMC PR mean 31.33, taking him from 36th to 23rd.
Kate Stuart (70+ MM WR) made a 6x6 PR best 8:13.05 at Even in Eagan 2026, taking her from 3rd to 2nd ahead of Didier Limal.
Jason Krug (40+ 6x6 WR7) made three PRs and a double at Hancock County NxNs 2026: 6x6 mean 2:47.13 takes him from 7th to 6th ahead of Shen Flindell; 7x7 mean 4:23.18 takes him from 12th to 10th ahead of Fumiki Koseki; 5x5 best 1:20.37 takes him from 19th to 11th, and average 1:32.76 from 18th to 16th; and 4x4 average 52.33 takes him from 23rd to 22nd.
Sébastien Auroux (40+ FMC WR3) made four senior PRs and four senior doubles at Kölner Kubing 2026: 2x2 best 1.95 (58th to 7th ahead of Dave Cutts); 7x7 best 3:59.78 (20th to 8th ahead of Shen Flindell) and mean 4:36.73 (enters at 13th); 6x6 mean 3:00.71 (enters at 11th) and best 2:51.51 (26th to 12th); Skewb average 6.91 (31st to 14th) and best 4.14 (41st to 17th); Clock average 8.14 (27th to 15th); 4x4 best 43.05 (21st to 18th); 5x5 average 1:37.34 (24th to 23rd); Pyraminx average 6.72 (63rd to 23rd) and best 4.28 (83rd to 29th).
Timothy Lawrance (40+ 4BLD WR2) made two PRs and a double at WCA African Championship 2026: Square-1 best 16.34 (15th to 11th); 5x5 best 1:51.71 (70th to 59th) and average 2:07.91 (65th to 61st); and 2x2 best 3.21 (84th to 72nd).
Doug Li (40+ FMC WRs) made a 7x7 PR mean 6:02.09 at Oberlin Mid-Autumn Festival 2026, taking him from 50th to 48th.
The following top ten results from outside my watchlist have come up over the last week, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Doyle Cline (60+) at Colorado Cubing Weekend 2026 - Clock best 7.58 (remains 3rd, also 12th to 10th in 50+)
- Square-1 average 57.98 (7th to 6th) and best 42.31 (8th to 6th)
- at Round Rock Mega Cube Day 2026 – Pyraminx average 10.15 (11th to 10th)
: Carlos Acosta (70+) at Cube Girardeau 2026 – 3x3 best 30.36 (remains 3rd)
: Jonathan Stromberg (50+) at Guadix Open 2026 – Clock average 8.17 (7th to 4th) and best 7.23 (6th to 5th)
- 2x2 average 5.49 (50th to 9th)
: Erik Tjong Kim Sang (50+) at BLD Fall Fürth 2026 - 4BLD mean 9:17.89 (remains 7th)
: Morten Raknes Johansen (60+) at Norwegian Fewest Moves Championship 2026 – FMC best 44 (11th to 8th)
: José Adrian Jaquez Salazar (60+) at ArquiCube Xalapa 2026 – Megaminx average 4:25.24 (remains 9th)
This week I also followed Dennis Rosero, Lisa Kucala, Ulrich Spies, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Chris Wright, and Pete Lee, who competed without making any new PRs.
In 40+ Kinch rankings, Sébastien Auroux's haul of new senior results means he has entered the top page at 14th ahead of Ming Dao Ting, who is likewise up from 22nd to 15th ahead of Aaron Soley thanks to PRs in 6x6 and Clock. Ge Shi has been pushed from the top page to 26th.
Among the top senior women, Danielle Kay has again traded places with Lisa Kucala, taking 2nd spot thanks to PRs in 5x5, 6x6 and 7x7.
In 50+, Christian Sachgau's 3BLD and 5BLD averages have him up from 10th to 8th ahead of Chris Wright.
In 60+ , Christian is also up from 4th to 3rd ahead of Mats Bergsten. Rodney Topor's Clock WR and 4x4 and OH PRs have taken him from 22nd to 19th ahead of Jens-Christian Albrecht.
In 70+, Rodney's Clock WR has caused a couple of Septuagenarian Clockers to lose points. Yang-Mo Sung is down from 20th to 21st behind Anne S. Squadron, and Magnhild Igland Lesteberg is down from 22nd to 24th behind Shirley Anne Lewis.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
Next week: Amit Sheffer, Lisa Kucala, Bobby Mapp, Gary Miller, AJ Nicholls, Chris Wright, Glyn Brown, Ge Shi, Daniel Houghton, Jochen Bauer, Martin Heilig, Michael Stocker, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Christian Sachgau, Ulrich Spies, Dennis Rosero, Kerry Go, Ron van Bruchem, Sander Kaspers, and Mats Bergsten, 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 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 124 "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.
A new senior 7x7 king ascends...
Glyn Brown (40+ big cubes top threes) made two double PRs including two new senior world records at Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2026: 7x7 mean 3:42.88 takes him from 3rd to top place, beating Choi Goho's record by 1.09s, and best 3:27.28 from 4th to 1st, beating Choi's record by 3.79s; and 4x4 average 52.74 takes him from 29th to 24th, and best 48.22 from 43rd to 30th.
Personally I think these are the most important records I've reported on. When I started following the senior records, it was because I was close to achieving the 50+ 7x7 records. At that time it seemed like Choi Goho's times were invincible. Choi started competing in 2008, and started on 7x7 in 2010, so he became a senior with ample experience as a youngster. Michael Stocker became a senior in 2025 and gave Choi some competition, having also had 7 years experience competing on 7x7. Glyn, on the other hand, started competing in 2023 as a senior around the same time as me, with no pre-senior competition experience. I've watched him ascend the rankings and stay focused on 7x7 as his main event. It's really something special to see someone who started competing as a senior take such a difficult world record in just a few years. Many congratulations Glyn!
Also in WSM, AJ Nicholls (40+ 3x3 WR4) made a 3BLD PR best 50.83, taking him from 20th to 17th.
Christian Sachgau (60+ Kinch #3) made a PR and a double plus PR at BLD Fall Fürth 2026: 5BLD mean 27:19 enters the 60+ rankings at 2nd, and the 50+ rankings at 5th ahead of Erik Tjong Kim Sang, and best 26:16 in the first round followed by 24:04 in the final enters the 60+ rankings at 3rd ahead of Peter Hugosson-Miller; and 3BLD average 2:35.07 remains ranked 5th. The day before at FMC Fall Fürth 2026, he made an FMC PR mean 52.67, entering the rankings at 8th ahead of Lisa Kucala, and a 60+ PR best 47, entering at 9th ahead of Jens-Christian Albrecht.
Also in Fürth, Jochen Bauer (50+ Kinch #4) made two PRs over the two comps: 3BLD average 2:20.00 remains ranked 17th, and FMC mean 43.33 takes him from 37th to 28th.
Finally from Fürth, Michael Stocker (40+ Kinch #2) made an FMC PR mean 31.33, taking him from 36th to 23rd.
Kate Stuart (70+ MM WR) made a 6x6 PR best 8:13.05 at Even in Eagan 2026, taking her from 3rd to 2nd ahead of Didier Limal.
Jason Krug (40+ 6x6 WR7) made three PRs and a double at Hancock County NxNs 2026: 6x6 mean 2:47.13 takes him from 7th to 6th ahead of Shen Flindell; 7x7 mean 4:23.18 takes him from 12th to 10th ahead of Fumiki Koseki; 5x5 best 1:20.37 takes him from 19th to 11th, and average 1:32.76 from 18th to 16th; and 4x4 average 52.33 takes him from 23rd to 22nd.
Sébastien Auroux (40+ FMC WR3) made four senior PRs and four senior doubles at Kölner Kubing 2026: 2x2 best 1.95 (58th to 7th ahead of Dave Cutts); 7x7 best 3:59.78 (20th to 8th ahead of Shen Flindell) and mean 4:36.73 (enters at 13th); 6x6 mean 3:00.71 (enters at 11th) and best 2:51.51 (26th to 12th); Skewb average 6.91 (31st to 14th) and best 4.14 (41st to 17th); Clock average 8.14 (27th to 15th); 4x4 best 43.05 (21st to 18th); 5x5 average 1:37.34 (24th to 23rd); Pyraminx average 6.72 (63rd to 23rd) and best 4.28 (83rd to 29th).
Timothy Lawrance (40+ 4BLD WR2) made two PRs and a double at WCA African Championship 2026: Square-1 best 16.34 (15th to 11th); 5x5 best 1:51.71 (70th to 59th) and average 2:07.91 (65th to 61st); and 2x2 best 3.21 (84th to 72nd).
Doug Li (40+ FMC WRs) made a 7x7 PR mean 6:02.09 at Oberlin Mid-Autumn Festival 2026, taking him from 50th to 48th.
The following top ten results from outside my watchlist have come up over the last week, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Doyle Cline (60+) at Colorado Cubing Weekend 2026 - Clock best 7.58 (remains 3rd, also 12th to 10th in 50+)
- Square-1 average 57.98 (7th to 6th) and best 42.31 (8th to 6th)
- at Round Rock Mega Cube Day 2026 – Pyraminx average 10.15 (11th to 10th)
: Carlos Acosta (70+) at Cube Girardeau 2026 – 3x3 best 30.36 (remains 3rd)
: Jonathan Stromberg (50+) at Guadix Open 2026 – Clock average 8.17 (7th to 4th) and best 7.23 (6th to 5th)
- 2x2 average 5.49 (50th to 9th)
: Erik Tjong Kim Sang (50+) at BLD Fall Fürth 2026 - 4BLD mean 9:17.89 (remains 7th)
: Morten Raknes Johansen (60+) at Norwegian Fewest Moves Championship 2026 – FMC best 44 (11th to 8th)
: José Adrian Jaquez Salazar (60+) at ArquiCube Xalapa 2026 – Megaminx average 4:25.24 (remains 9th)
This week I also followed Dennis Rosero, Lisa Kucala, Ulrich Spies, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Chris Wright, and Pete Lee, who competed without making any new PRs.
In 40+ Kinch rankings, Sébastien Auroux's haul of new senior results means he has entered the top page at 14th ahead of Ming Dao Ting, who is likewise up from 22nd to 15th ahead of Aaron Soley thanks to PRs in 6x6 and Clock. Ge Shi has been pushed from the top page to 26th.
Among the top senior women, Danielle Kay has again traded places with Lisa Kucala, taking 2nd spot thanks to PRs in 5x5, 6x6 and 7x7.
In 50+, Christian Sachgau's 3BLD and 5BLD averages have him up from 10th to 8th ahead of Chris Wright.
In 60+ , Christian is also up from 4th to 3rd ahead of Mats Bergsten. Rodney Topor's Clock WR and 4x4 and OH PRs have taken him from 22nd to 19th ahead of Jens-Christian Albrecht.
In 70+, Rodney's Clock WR has caused a couple of Septuagenarian Clockers to lose points. Yang-Mo Sung is down from 20th to 21st behind Anne S. Squadron, and Magnhild Igland Lesteberg is down from 22nd to 24th behind Shirley Anne Lewis.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
Next week: Amit Sheffer, Lisa Kucala, Bobby Mapp, Gary Miller, AJ Nicholls, Chris Wright, Glyn Brown, Ge Shi, Daniel Houghton, Jochen Bauer, Martin Heilig, Michael Stocker, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Christian Sachgau, Ulrich Spies, Dennis Rosero, Kerry Go, Ron van Bruchem, Sander Kaspers, and Mats Bergsten, 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 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 124 "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
Member
WEEKEND COMP ROUNDUP (OCT 3-4)
Four new world records in 60+ to 80+, including a new 60+ OH king...
Dean Money (60+ OH WR3) made double 3OH PRs including a new 60+ world record at GA Cubers Banana Scramble 2026 this weekend: average 36.36 beats Lisa Kucala's previous record by 3.59s, and best 33.29 takes him from 5th to 4th ahead of Mike Hughey.
Mats Bergsten (70+ twenty-one WRs) improved his 5x5 world records with double PRs at Popular 'n Blind Uppsala 2026 this weekend: 5x5 average 3:52.22 is a 31.14s improvement, and best 3:20.76 a 12.79s improvement on his previous records. Mats' 2026 world record tally has reached twenty.
Gary Miller (80+ eight WRs) made three PRs including a new 80+ WR* at ODU Big Blue Fall 2026: 2x2 best 10.87 takes him from 3rd to 2nd or 1st ahead of Peter Strain-Clark, which counts as a SWR until for me the missing person registers; Pyraminx best 24.23 remains ranked 3rd; and 3x3 average 1:28.44 remains ranked 8th. Gary's 80+ WR tally for 2026 is now twenty-one.
* There is a missing entry ahead of Peter Strain-Clark.
Also at ODU, Bobby Mapp (40+ 3x3, OH top tens) made a 6x6 senior PR best 3:45.96, taking him from 58th to 53rd.
Ulrich Spies (60+ MM, PM WR2s) made a 60+ PR and a double PR at WetterWürfeln Wölfersheim 2026: Megaminx average 1:55.65 and best 1:46.28 both remain ranked 2nd, while the average also takes him from 9th to 8th ahead of Chad Harris in 50+; and 3OH 60+ PR average 1:09.43 remains ranked 14th.
Also in Wölfersheim, Christian Sachgau (60+ big blind WR2s) made two PRs, a 60+ PR and two 60+ doubles (PRs indicated): 3x3 PR best 16.31 takes him from 10th to 4th ahead of Maria Oey; 2x2 PR best 3.47 takes him from 11th to 5th ahead of Olivier Wirz; Square-1 average 53.81 enters at 5th ahead of Olivier Wirz and best 40.04 takes him from 11th to 6th ahead of Doyle Cline; 4x4 best 1:15.13 remains ranked 6th; and Clock average 18.90 enters at 16th and best 16.71 takes him from 20th to 18th.
Ming Zheng (40+ SQ-1 WR2) made three senior PRs at Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026: Square-1 average 17.97 takes him from 7th to 3rd ahead of Chan Tak Chuen; 6x6 average 2:44.07 remains ranked 5th; and FMC best 36 takes him from 110th to 84th.
Also in Beijing, Yongtao Sun (40+ Kinch #5) made a 4x4 senior PR best 40.94, taking him from equal to outright 12th ahead of Kazutaka Watanabe.
Kerry Go (60+ 4x4 WR) made a Megaminx 60+ PR average 2:01.09 at Christmas City Cubing PA 2026, taking him from 4th to 3rd ahead of Mike Hughey.
Lisa Kucala (60+ 3OH WRs) made a Clock PR best 7.49 at Grand Forks 2026, taking her from 4th to 3rd ahead of Doyle Cline.
Jochen Bauer (50+ Kinch #4) made a PR and a 50+ PR at Cubing Days Neuburg 2026: 5x5 average 1:51.50 remains ranked 5th; and 4x4 50+ PR average 1:03.75 takes him from 14th to 13th.
Peter Hugosson-Miller (60+ big cube WR5s) made a MBLD PR 4/4 in 36:24 at Kärnan Open 2026, taking him from 7th to 6th ahead of Roger L. Goff.
Daniel Houghton (40+ 5x5, 6x6 top tens) made a 7x7 PR mean 4:20.77 at Bündner Open 2026, taking him from 12th to 8th ahead of Yuji Suse.
Sander Kaspers (50+ MM WRs) made a 3BLD PR best 1:27.65 at Deep Focus Apeldoorn 2026, taking him from 15th to 14th.
Glyn Brown (40+ 7x7 WRs) made a 3x3 PR average 14.87 at Poole Autumn 2026, taking him from 93rd to 58th.
Ge Shi (fastest senior to complete profile) earned three podiums at Seattle FMC and Big Cubes 2026: first in 4BLD (best 6:34.75) and 5BLD (best 18:17), and third in FMC (mean 28.00).
The following top ten results from outside my watchlist have come up over the last week, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Klaus Diller (70+) at WetterWürfeln Wölfersheim 2026 – Megaminx best 5:10.56 (enters at 2nd)
This week I also followed AJ Nicholls, Chris Wright, Martin Heilig, Michael Stocker, Dennis Rosero, and Ron van Bruchem, who competed without making any new PRs.
In 40+ Kinch rankings, Ming Zheng is up from 21st to 18th ahead of Pablo Say.
In 50+, Rainer Fürstenfeld is up from 14th to 13th ahead of Thomas Schukraft thanks to a Clock PR last week.
In 60+, Christian Sachgau continues to fly up the rankings, going from 3rd to 2nd ahead of Lisa Kucala. (The gap to Mike Hughey at #1 is substantial.) Dean Money's OH record caused Lennart Aspelin to lose more points than Thierry Megard, with Lennart falling from 24th to 25th behind Thierry.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
Next week: Chan Tak Chuen, Ming Zheng, Yongtao Sun, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Kate Stuart, Lisa Kucala, Daniel Houghton, Sander Kaspers, Sébastien Auroux, Jae Park, Enrymar Cisneros, AJ Nicholls, Greg Simmons, Akatsuki Kitamura, Kanako Eguchi, and Sinpei Araki, 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 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 124 "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.
Four new world records in 60+ to 80+, including a new 60+ OH king...
Dean Money (60+ OH WR3) made double 3OH PRs including a new 60+ world record at GA Cubers Banana Scramble 2026 this weekend: average 36.36 beats Lisa Kucala's previous record by 3.59s, and best 33.29 takes him from 5th to 4th ahead of Mike Hughey.
Mats Bergsten (70+ twenty-one WRs) improved his 5x5 world records with double PRs at Popular 'n Blind Uppsala 2026 this weekend: 5x5 average 3:52.22 is a 31.14s improvement, and best 3:20.76 a 12.79s improvement on his previous records. Mats' 2026 world record tally has reached twenty.
Gary Miller (80+ eight WRs) made three PRs including a new 80+ WR* at ODU Big Blue Fall 2026: 2x2 best 10.87 takes him from 3rd to 2nd or 1st ahead of Peter Strain-Clark, which counts as a SWR until for me the missing person registers; Pyraminx best 24.23 remains ranked 3rd; and 3x3 average 1:28.44 remains ranked 8th. Gary's 80+ WR tally for 2026 is now twenty-one.
* There is a missing entry ahead of Peter Strain-Clark.
Also at ODU, Bobby Mapp (40+ 3x3, OH top tens) made a 6x6 senior PR best 3:45.96, taking him from 58th to 53rd.
Ulrich Spies (60+ MM, PM WR2s) made a 60+ PR and a double PR at WetterWürfeln Wölfersheim 2026: Megaminx average 1:55.65 and best 1:46.28 both remain ranked 2nd, while the average also takes him from 9th to 8th ahead of Chad Harris in 50+; and 3OH 60+ PR average 1:09.43 remains ranked 14th.
Also in Wölfersheim, Christian Sachgau (60+ big blind WR2s) made two PRs, a 60+ PR and two 60+ doubles (PRs indicated): 3x3 PR best 16.31 takes him from 10th to 4th ahead of Maria Oey; 2x2 PR best 3.47 takes him from 11th to 5th ahead of Olivier Wirz; Square-1 average 53.81 enters at 5th ahead of Olivier Wirz and best 40.04 takes him from 11th to 6th ahead of Doyle Cline; 4x4 best 1:15.13 remains ranked 6th; and Clock average 18.90 enters at 16th and best 16.71 takes him from 20th to 18th.
Ming Zheng (40+ SQ-1 WR2) made three senior PRs at Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026: Square-1 average 17.97 takes him from 7th to 3rd ahead of Chan Tak Chuen; 6x6 average 2:44.07 remains ranked 5th; and FMC best 36 takes him from 110th to 84th.
Also in Beijing, Yongtao Sun (40+ Kinch #5) made a 4x4 senior PR best 40.94, taking him from equal to outright 12th ahead of Kazutaka Watanabe.
Kerry Go (60+ 4x4 WR) made a Megaminx 60+ PR average 2:01.09 at Christmas City Cubing PA 2026, taking him from 4th to 3rd ahead of Mike Hughey.
Lisa Kucala (60+ 3OH WRs) made a Clock PR best 7.49 at Grand Forks 2026, taking her from 4th to 3rd ahead of Doyle Cline.
Jochen Bauer (50+ Kinch #4) made a PR and a 50+ PR at Cubing Days Neuburg 2026: 5x5 average 1:51.50 remains ranked 5th; and 4x4 50+ PR average 1:03.75 takes him from 14th to 13th.
Peter Hugosson-Miller (60+ big cube WR5s) made a MBLD PR 4/4 in 36:24 at Kärnan Open 2026, taking him from 7th to 6th ahead of Roger L. Goff.
Daniel Houghton (40+ 5x5, 6x6 top tens) made a 7x7 PR mean 4:20.77 at Bündner Open 2026, taking him from 12th to 8th ahead of Yuji Suse.
Sander Kaspers (50+ MM WRs) made a 3BLD PR best 1:27.65 at Deep Focus Apeldoorn 2026, taking him from 15th to 14th.
Glyn Brown (40+ 7x7 WRs) made a 3x3 PR average 14.87 at Poole Autumn 2026, taking him from 93rd to 58th.
Ge Shi (fastest senior to complete profile) earned three podiums at Seattle FMC and Big Cubes 2026: first in 4BLD (best 6:34.75) and 5BLD (best 18:17), and third in FMC (mean 28.00).
The following top ten results from outside my watchlist have come up over the last week, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Klaus Diller (70+) at WetterWürfeln Wölfersheim 2026 – Megaminx best 5:10.56 (enters at 2nd)
This week I also followed AJ Nicholls, Chris Wright, Martin Heilig, Michael Stocker, Dennis Rosero, and Ron van Bruchem, who competed without making any new PRs.
In 40+ Kinch rankings, Ming Zheng is up from 21st to 18th ahead of Pablo Say.
In 50+, Rainer Fürstenfeld is up from 14th to 13th ahead of Thomas Schukraft thanks to a Clock PR last week.
In 60+, Christian Sachgau continues to fly up the rankings, going from 3rd to 2nd ahead of Lisa Kucala. (The gap to Mike Hughey at #1 is substantial.) Dean Money's OH record caused Lennart Aspelin to lose more points than Thierry Megard, with Lennart falling from 24th to 25th behind Thierry.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
Next week: Chan Tak Chuen, Ming Zheng, Yongtao Sun, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Kate Stuart, Lisa Kucala, Daniel Houghton, Sander Kaspers, Sébastien Auroux, Jae Park, Enrymar Cisneros, AJ Nicholls, Greg Simmons, Akatsuki Kitamura, Kanako Eguchi, and Sinpei Araki, 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 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 124 "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
Member
WEEKEND COMP ROUNDUP (OCT 5-11)
An improved Clock SWR and seven SWR2s...
Kanako Eguchi (40+ Clock WR) made two double PRs including an improved senior world record at Tokai Autumn 2026 this weekend: Clock average 6.19 improves her previous record by 0.19s, and best 5.32 takes her from 4th to 2nd ahead of Niklas von Schantz; and 4x4 average 58.39 enters at 42nd and best 51.29 at 55th. These are pretty awesome times for a first outing on 4x4!
Also in Tokai, Akatsuki Kitamura (50+ FMC WR) made a Clock PR average 11.50, taking him from 40th to 27th.
Lisa Kucala (60+ OH WR) made a PR and a double at Cubetcha MN 2026: 6x6 best 4:08.36 takes her from 4th to 2nd ahead of Kerry Go, and mean 5:02.68 remains ranked 3rd; and 2x2 average 5.97 takes her from 4th to equal 2nd alongside Lennart Aspelin.
Also at Cubetcha, Kate Stuart (70+ MM WR) made two PRs and two doubles: 6x6 best 7:30.28 remains ranked 2nd; 4x4 average 2:39.82 enters at 2nd ahead of Rodney Topor and best 2:24.79 remains ranked 3rd; Clock average 22.35 takes her from 4th to 2nd ahead of Mats Bergsten, and best 19.52 from 3rd to 2nd ahead of Mats; and 3x3 best 43.85 takes her from 12th to 11th.
Chan Tak Chuen (40+ OH, 4x4 WR3s) made a 3OH senior PR best 15.74 at Thailand Championship 2026, taking him from 10th to 3rd ahead of Ming Dao Ting.
Ming Zheng (40+ Square-1 top 3s) made a double PR and three senior PRs at Guangzhou Grand Open 2026: 5x5 average 1:25.09 followed by 1:24.94 takes him from 6th to 4th ahead of Yuji Suse; 3OH average 21.61 takes him from 17th to 7th ahead of Konsta Jukka; Skewb average 9.02 (77th to 64th); and Clock PR averages 12.97 followed by 12.33 (158th to 119th) and PR best 11.13 (163rd to 138th).
Also in Guangzhou, Yongtao Sun (40+ Kinch #5) made a 3x3 PR best 10.29, taking him from 35th to 21st.
Sander Kaspers (50+ MM WRs) made an FMC PR best 27 at FMC Europe 2026, taking him from 17th to 13th.
Also at FMC Europe, Daniel Houghton (40+ big cube top tens) made double PRs: mean 47.33 (146th to 99th) and best 44 (155th to 141st).
Greg Simmons (40+ Clock WR) made a senior PR, three PRs and a double at Crewe October 2026: 2x2 average 5.06 (68th to 30th) and senior PR best 3.65 (247th to 123rd); Skewb average 8.34 (80th to 46th); Megaminx average 1:58.00 (78th to 55th) and best 1:50.33 (77th to 66th); and 5x5 average 2:08.45 (108th to 64th).
Enrymar Cisneros (40+ top senior Kinch ranked female) made two PRs at Road to Nats Caracas II 2026: 3OH average 37.01 (124th to 102nd); and Clock average 13.47 (154th to 143rd).
The following top ten results from outside my watchlist have come up over the last week, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Ivet Soler Espinalt (40+) at Vilajuga Vilafranca 2026 – Skewb best 2.75 (11th to 3rd)
: Niklas von Schantz (40+) at Kaisaniemi Cubing 2026 – Clock best 5.43 (2nd to 3rd due to Kanako Eguchi moving up the ranks)
: Gerard Vrieze (60+) at FMC Europe 2026 – FMC best 32 (5th to 4th)
This week I also followed Peter Hugosson-Miller, Sébastien Auroux, AJ Nicholls, and Sinpei Araki, who competed without making any new PRs.
In 40+ Kinch rankings, Kanako Eguchi's improved Clock SWR has caused almost everyone to lose a variable fraction of a point, resulting in Sébastien Auroux falling from 14th to 15th behind Ming Dao Ting.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
Next week: Konsta Jukka, Daniel Houghton, István Kocza, Olivier Wirz, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Danielle Kay, Rodney Topor, Ming Dao Ting, Javier Tirado Ortiz, Dennis Rosero, Akatsuki Kitamura, Kanako Eguchi, Sinpei Araki, Ge Shi, Ron van Bruchem, Thierry Megard, AJ Nicholls, Choi Goho, Martin Heilig, Bobby Mapp, Gary Miller, Sébastien Auroux, Ming Zheng, Yongtao Sun, and Shen Flindell, in 19 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 124 "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.
An improved Clock SWR and seven SWR2s...
Kanako Eguchi (40+ Clock WR) made two double PRs including an improved senior world record at Tokai Autumn 2026 this weekend: Clock average 6.19 improves her previous record by 0.19s, and best 5.32 takes her from 4th to 2nd ahead of Niklas von Schantz; and 4x4 average 58.39 enters at 42nd and best 51.29 at 55th. These are pretty awesome times for a first outing on 4x4!
Also in Tokai, Akatsuki Kitamura (50+ FMC WR) made a Clock PR average 11.50, taking him from 40th to 27th.
Lisa Kucala (60+ OH WR) made a PR and a double at Cubetcha MN 2026: 6x6 best 4:08.36 takes her from 4th to 2nd ahead of Kerry Go, and mean 5:02.68 remains ranked 3rd; and 2x2 average 5.97 takes her from 4th to equal 2nd alongside Lennart Aspelin.
Also at Cubetcha, Kate Stuart (70+ MM WR) made two PRs and two doubles: 6x6 best 7:30.28 remains ranked 2nd; 4x4 average 2:39.82 enters at 2nd ahead of Rodney Topor and best 2:24.79 remains ranked 3rd; Clock average 22.35 takes her from 4th to 2nd ahead of Mats Bergsten, and best 19.52 from 3rd to 2nd ahead of Mats; and 3x3 best 43.85 takes her from 12th to 11th.
Chan Tak Chuen (40+ OH, 4x4 WR3s) made a 3OH senior PR best 15.74 at Thailand Championship 2026, taking him from 10th to 3rd ahead of Ming Dao Ting.
Ming Zheng (40+ Square-1 top 3s) made a double PR and three senior PRs at Guangzhou Grand Open 2026: 5x5 average 1:25.09 followed by 1:24.94 takes him from 6th to 4th ahead of Yuji Suse; 3OH average 21.61 takes him from 17th to 7th ahead of Konsta Jukka; Skewb average 9.02 (77th to 64th); and Clock PR averages 12.97 followed by 12.33 (158th to 119th) and PR best 11.13 (163rd to 138th).
Also in Guangzhou, Yongtao Sun (40+ Kinch #5) made a 3x3 PR best 10.29, taking him from 35th to 21st.
Sander Kaspers (50+ MM WRs) made an FMC PR best 27 at FMC Europe 2026, taking him from 17th to 13th.
Also at FMC Europe, Daniel Houghton (40+ big cube top tens) made double PRs: mean 47.33 (146th to 99th) and best 44 (155th to 141st).
Greg Simmons (40+ Clock WR) made a senior PR, three PRs and a double at Crewe October 2026: 2x2 average 5.06 (68th to 30th) and senior PR best 3.65 (247th to 123rd); Skewb average 8.34 (80th to 46th); Megaminx average 1:58.00 (78th to 55th) and best 1:50.33 (77th to 66th); and 5x5 average 2:08.45 (108th to 64th).
Enrymar Cisneros (40+ top senior Kinch ranked female) made two PRs at Road to Nats Caracas II 2026: 3OH average 37.01 (124th to 102nd); and Clock average 13.47 (154th to 143rd).
The following top ten results from outside my watchlist have come up over the last week, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Ivet Soler Espinalt (40+) at Vilajuga Vilafranca 2026 – Skewb best 2.75 (11th to 3rd)
: Niklas von Schantz (40+) at Kaisaniemi Cubing 2026 – Clock best 5.43 (2nd to 3rd due to Kanako Eguchi moving up the ranks)
: Gerard Vrieze (60+) at FMC Europe 2026 – FMC best 32 (5th to 4th)
This week I also followed Peter Hugosson-Miller, Sébastien Auroux, AJ Nicholls, and Sinpei Araki, who competed without making any new PRs.
In 40+ Kinch rankings, Kanako Eguchi's improved Clock SWR has caused almost everyone to lose a variable fraction of a point, resulting in Sébastien Auroux falling from 14th to 15th behind Ming Dao Ting.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
Next week: Konsta Jukka, Daniel Houghton, István Kocza, Olivier Wirz, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Danielle Kay, Rodney Topor, Ming Dao Ting, Javier Tirado Ortiz, Dennis Rosero, Akatsuki Kitamura, Kanako Eguchi, Sinpei Araki, Ge Shi, Ron van Bruchem, Thierry Megard, AJ Nicholls, Choi Goho, Martin Heilig, Bobby Mapp, Gary Miller, Sébastien Auroux, Ming Zheng, Yongtao Sun, and Shen Flindell, in 19 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 124 "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.
