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Compared to an 8 year old, yes.if im 23 do i count as an older cuber
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MatsBergsten
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of course if you do that yourselfif im 23 do i count as an older cuber
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WEEKEND COMP ROUNDUP (JUL 3-6)
Catching up on two SWRs and other results from last week, plus more SWRs this week at Worlds!
Due to problems with the WCA export I missed a couple of notable results last week, most importantly two senior world records out of Spain.
Javier Tirado Ortiz set a new Pyraminx average 50+ world record 5.80 at Parla Open 2025, moving from 2nd place into the top spot ahead of Kevin Gray.
Also in Parla, Jesús Masanet García set a new Clock best 60+ world record 7.27, taking him from equal 2nd past Lisa Kucala into 1st place, and also taking him from 6th to 4th among 50+.
Konsta Jukka came back to comps after a 5 year hiatus and set double senior 3x3 PRs at VERK VII 2025. 3x3 average 11.58 takes him from 4th past Ron van Bruchem to 3rd, and best 10.33 from 13th past Gilles Roux into 10th. (Is that THE Mr Roux?!)
Now that we've caught up on last week, how about those World Championships hey? I've really enjoyed following the comp on the live stream, with the absolute highlight being Tymon Kolasiński winning the 5x5 final with a world record average, closely followed by my fellow Brisbane resident Charlie Eggins beating Tommy Cherry by 0.21s on the final solve of 3BLD finals. Several top senior cubers made PRs at the Worlds, including 3 new SWRs.
Takao Hashimoto set both Square-1 50+ world records back in 2017, and his first comp since turning 60 was the Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025, where he proceeded to repeat the feat in the 60+ age bracket with Square-1 average 22.13 and best 16.24. Takao-san has an interesting WCA profile, with an exclusive focus on Square-1 for the last 11 years, and results for just Megaminx, Magic and Master Magic prior to that.
Ming Chai made 4 PRs at Worlds including one new senior world record: Clock average 6.53 takes him from 7th past Chad Harris into 1st place. His other PRs were: Clock best 6.10 (7th to 5th); Pyraminx best 4.05 (32nd to 18th, ahead of Timothy Lawrance); and 3x3 best 16.20 (254th to 244th).
Timothy Lawrance (4BLD mean SWR) made 2 PRs: 4BLD best 4:56.20 takes him from 8th to 7th ahead of István Kocza; and 3BLD mean 1:23.78 from 22nd to 20th.
Chris Hardwick (3x3 top ten) made 3PRs: 3x3 best 10.21 takes him from 24th past Choi Goho to 8th; 2x2 average 5.40 takes him from 353rd to 26th and best 3.92 from 183rd to 108th.
Jochen Bauer (50+ Kinch #3) made 2 PRs: Clock average 10.66 takes him from 13th to 11th equal with Cyril Chapat; and 2x2 average 6.00 takes him from 29th past Mike Hughey to 15th. He also improved his 50+ Skewb record with average 10.68, taking him from 28th to 21st equal with Carlos Alberto Ventura Aguero.
Kerry Go (60+ Kinch #4) improved his 60+ 2x2 record with average 8.04, moving from 13th past Thierry Megard to 10th, and his Skewb record with best 14.12, moving from 18th past Maria Oey to 17th.
Gary Miller (70+ Clock WR) made a 2x2 best PR 16.14 taking him from 12th to 11th.
Ming Dao Ting aka Tingman (3OH #2) improved his 40+ 2x2 record with average 5.82 (53rd to 44th) and best 3.76 (106th to 99th).
Outside of the Worlds, Martin Ernesto Melcop (60+ Skewb WR) made double Megaminx PRs at IFAB Sides Santa Maria 2025: average 4:14.66 takes him from 7th, and best 3:30.63 from 9th, in both cases passing John Cook to reach 6th.
Finally, John Cook (60+ Kinch #8) made a 5x5 best 3:14.51 at Coping in Auckland 2025, remaining ranked 7th.
There were a few top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last two weeks, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Erik Tjong Kim Sang (50+) at Quiet Nivelles 2025 – 5BLD best 18:44 (remains 8th)
: Hans Bennis (60+) Arnhem Open 2025 - 5x5 best 3:45.35 (10th to 9th)
: Santiago Serrano Cernadas (60+) at Ruta Cubera: Chera Open 2025 – Clock best 10.69 (10th to 9th) and average 13.90 (remains 10th)
This week I also followed AJ Nicholls, Doug Li, István Kocza, Jae Park, Lisa Kucala, Rich Tayag, and Ron van Bruchem, who competed without making any new PRs.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
In 40+ Kinch rankings, there were a few swaps in the last two weeks. Dieter Amberger moved from 10th to 9th, breaking a near-tie with Aaron Soley, Jochen Bauer took 19th place from Chris Wright, and Lars Vennike Nielsson moved past Fabio Bini Graciose into 22nd place.
In 50+, Lisa Kucala fell from 18th behind Dieter Amberger to 19th, and YongGeal Lee rose from 25th to 22nd ahead of Helmut Heilig.
In 60+, Jeanne-Marie Deconninck dropped from 10th to 11th behind Jesús Masanet García, Shinichi Ono fell 3 places from 14th to 17th behind Olivier Wirz, with Doyle Cline thus moving up to 14th, and Mike Stone fell from 24th to 27th, bring Hans Bennis into the top 25.
80+ competitor Peter Strain-Clark had his first comp last month and entered the 70+ top 25 at 18th place ahead of Paul Hendrickson, and the 80+ Kinch rankings at 4th ahead of Zhiwei Jin.
Next week: John Cook, Ulrich Spies, István Kocza, AJ Nicholls, Lisa Kucala, Rodney Topor, Timothy Lawrance, Choi Goho, in 8 competitions around the world.
My watchlist consists of the following:
: Cubes 3x3-7x7 - top 10 average, top 5 single 40+, top 5 average and top 2 single in older age groups
: 2x2, FMC, MM - top 5 average, top 2 single 40+, top 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 3 average and single 40+, top 2 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 101 "top ranked seniors". Please don't ask me to follow you as well, unless you fit the above criteria and I've missed something.
Please let me know if you know of anyone moving to a new age group who might be a candidate to join the top ranks.
Many thanks to Michael George for creating and maintaining the Senior Cubing Rankings website, and to Phil Lewis for creating the Senior Cubing Tracker site, which can be found via the Useful Links section of the SCR site.
Catching up on two SWRs and other results from last week, plus more SWRs this week at Worlds!
Due to problems with the WCA export I missed a couple of notable results last week, most importantly two senior world records out of Spain.
Javier Tirado Ortiz set a new Pyraminx average 50+ world record 5.80 at Parla Open 2025, moving from 2nd place into the top spot ahead of Kevin Gray.
Also in Parla, Jesús Masanet García set a new Clock best 60+ world record 7.27, taking him from equal 2nd past Lisa Kucala into 1st place, and also taking him from 6th to 4th among 50+.
Konsta Jukka came back to comps after a 5 year hiatus and set double senior 3x3 PRs at VERK VII 2025. 3x3 average 11.58 takes him from 4th past Ron van Bruchem to 3rd, and best 10.33 from 13th past Gilles Roux into 10th. (Is that THE Mr Roux?!)
Now that we've caught up on last week, how about those World Championships hey? I've really enjoyed following the comp on the live stream, with the absolute highlight being Tymon Kolasiński winning the 5x5 final with a world record average, closely followed by my fellow Brisbane resident Charlie Eggins beating Tommy Cherry by 0.21s on the final solve of 3BLD finals. Several top senior cubers made PRs at the Worlds, including 3 new SWRs.
Takao Hashimoto set both Square-1 50+ world records back in 2017, and his first comp since turning 60 was the Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025, where he proceeded to repeat the feat in the 60+ age bracket with Square-1 average 22.13 and best 16.24. Takao-san has an interesting WCA profile, with an exclusive focus on Square-1 for the last 11 years, and results for just Megaminx, Magic and Master Magic prior to that.
Ming Chai made 4 PRs at Worlds including one new senior world record: Clock average 6.53 takes him from 7th past Chad Harris into 1st place. His other PRs were: Clock best 6.10 (7th to 5th); Pyraminx best 4.05 (32nd to 18th, ahead of Timothy Lawrance); and 3x3 best 16.20 (254th to 244th).
Timothy Lawrance (4BLD mean SWR) made 2 PRs: 4BLD best 4:56.20 takes him from 8th to 7th ahead of István Kocza; and 3BLD mean 1:23.78 from 22nd to 20th.
Chris Hardwick (3x3 top ten) made 3PRs: 3x3 best 10.21 takes him from 24th past Choi Goho to 8th; 2x2 average 5.40 takes him from 353rd to 26th and best 3.92 from 183rd to 108th.
Jochen Bauer (50+ Kinch #3) made 2 PRs: Clock average 10.66 takes him from 13th to 11th equal with Cyril Chapat; and 2x2 average 6.00 takes him from 29th past Mike Hughey to 15th. He also improved his 50+ Skewb record with average 10.68, taking him from 28th to 21st equal with Carlos Alberto Ventura Aguero.
Kerry Go (60+ Kinch #4) improved his 60+ 2x2 record with average 8.04, moving from 13th past Thierry Megard to 10th, and his Skewb record with best 14.12, moving from 18th past Maria Oey to 17th.
Gary Miller (70+ Clock WR) made a 2x2 best PR 16.14 taking him from 12th to 11th.
Ming Dao Ting aka Tingman (3OH #2) improved his 40+ 2x2 record with average 5.82 (53rd to 44th) and best 3.76 (106th to 99th).
Outside of the Worlds, Martin Ernesto Melcop (60+ Skewb WR) made double Megaminx PRs at IFAB Sides Santa Maria 2025: average 4:14.66 takes him from 7th, and best 3:30.63 from 9th, in both cases passing John Cook to reach 6th.
Finally, John Cook (60+ Kinch #8) made a 5x5 best 3:14.51 at Coping in Auckland 2025, remaining ranked 7th.
There were a few top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last two weeks, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Erik Tjong Kim Sang (50+) at Quiet Nivelles 2025 – 5BLD best 18:44 (remains 8th)
: Hans Bennis (60+) Arnhem Open 2025 - 5x5 best 3:45.35 (10th to 9th)
: Santiago Serrano Cernadas (60+) at Ruta Cubera: Chera Open 2025 – Clock best 10.69 (10th to 9th) and average 13.90 (remains 10th)
This week I also followed AJ Nicholls, Doug Li, István Kocza, Jae Park, Lisa Kucala, Rich Tayag, and Ron van Bruchem, who competed without making any new PRs.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
In 40+ Kinch rankings, there were a few swaps in the last two weeks. Dieter Amberger moved from 10th to 9th, breaking a near-tie with Aaron Soley, Jochen Bauer took 19th place from Chris Wright, and Lars Vennike Nielsson moved past Fabio Bini Graciose into 22nd place.
In 50+, Lisa Kucala fell from 18th behind Dieter Amberger to 19th, and YongGeal Lee rose from 25th to 22nd ahead of Helmut Heilig.
In 60+, Jeanne-Marie Deconninck dropped from 10th to 11th behind Jesús Masanet García, Shinichi Ono fell 3 places from 14th to 17th behind Olivier Wirz, with Doyle Cline thus moving up to 14th, and Mike Stone fell from 24th to 27th, bring Hans Bennis into the top 25.
80+ competitor Peter Strain-Clark had his first comp last month and entered the 70+ top 25 at 18th place ahead of Paul Hendrickson, and the 80+ Kinch rankings at 4th ahead of Zhiwei Jin.
Next week: John Cook, Ulrich Spies, István Kocza, AJ Nicholls, Lisa Kucala, Rodney Topor, Timothy Lawrance, Choi Goho, in 8 competitions around the world.
My watchlist consists of the following:
: Cubes 3x3-7x7 - top 10 average, top 5 single 40+, top 5 average and top 2 single in older age groups
: 2x2, FMC, MM - top 5 average, top 2 single 40+, top 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 3 average and single 40+, top 2 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 101 "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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Congratulations to everyone, but I would especially like to call out Takao Hashimoto, who managed to drop my square-1 60+ Kinch score from 100 to under 70. 
He is truly an inspiration with square-1, and it's good to see he was at Worlds. I remember the days when his family and mine would see each other at many competitions each year. There were times when the entire magic or master magic podium was contained in our two families. I'm very happy to see him still competing!
He is truly an inspiration with square-1, and it's good to see he was at Worlds. I remember the days when his family and mine would see each other at many competitions each year. There were times when the entire magic or master magic podium was contained in our two families. I'm very happy to see him still competing!
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WEEKEND COMP ROUNDUP (JUL 11-13)
Two improved SWRs and two new SWR2s in a week where everyone I watched made news...
Lisa Kucala (60+ Kinch #2) improved her Clock average 60+ WR as part of 3 PRs at Twice the Mini-sota 2025: Clock average 8.89 also remains 5th among 50+; 3OH best 37.31 takes her from 3rd to 2nd among 60+ ahead of Lars Petrus; and Square-1 average 38.90 remains ranked 4th.
Rodney Topor (70+ Skewb WRs) improved his Skewb best 70+ WR as part of 4 PRs at Wide Bay Cubing 2025: Skewb best 17.10 improved his previous record by 0.30s; 4x4 best 3:12.47 enters the rankings at 2nd; 3x3 average 53.61 takes him from 12th to 10th and best 47.63 remains 12th.
Choi Goho (Senior Kinch #1) made a 3x3 best PR 8.54 at Suwon Summer 2025, taking him from 9th to 2nd ahead of Ron van Bruchem, becoming the 5th senior to record an official sub-9 time on 3x3.
Ulrich Spies (60+ MM #2) made a Megaminx best PR 1:51.46 at Rhein-Sieg Open 2025, moving from 3rd to 2nd ahead of Ton Dennenbroek in the 60+ rankings. He improved his 60+ record in 3OH with best 56.73, remaining ranked 9th.
John Cook (60+ FMC #2) made a 4x4 PR average 1:59.63 at NZ North Island Championship 2025, remaining ranked 8th.
AJ Nicholls (40+ Kinch #8) made a 4x4 best PR 50.25 at Newcastle upon Tyne Summer 2025, taking him from 31st to 29th. He also earned a second place podium in 3BLD with best 1:06.94.
István Kocza (50+ 4BLD mean #2) earned 2 second place podiums at Hungarian All-Rounder 7 2025: 4BLD with best 7:04.94, and 5BLD with best 18:34.
Timothy Lawrance (4BLD mean WR) earned 2 third place podiums at Long Beach FMC 2025: FMC with mean 32.67, and MBLD with 11/13 in 49.47.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
The WCA Export is late again this week, so hopefully I can report on other recent top ten results and Kinch rankings next week.
Next week: Peter Hugosson-Miller, Maria Oey, Ron van Bruchem, Ton Dennenbroek, Ulrich Spies, Modest Podzolkin, AJ Nicholls, Ming Chai, and Fumiki Koseki, in 6 competitions around the world.
My watchlist consists of the following:
: Cubes 3x3-7x7 - top 10 average, top 5 single 40+, top 5 average and top 2 single in older age groups
: 2x2, FMC, MM - top 5 average, top 2 single 40+, top 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 3 average and single 40+, top 2 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 101 "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.
Two improved SWRs and two new SWR2s in a week where everyone I watched made news...
Lisa Kucala (60+ Kinch #2) improved her Clock average 60+ WR as part of 3 PRs at Twice the Mini-sota 2025: Clock average 8.89 also remains 5th among 50+; 3OH best 37.31 takes her from 3rd to 2nd among 60+ ahead of Lars Petrus; and Square-1 average 38.90 remains ranked 4th.
Rodney Topor (70+ Skewb WRs) improved his Skewb best 70+ WR as part of 4 PRs at Wide Bay Cubing 2025: Skewb best 17.10 improved his previous record by 0.30s; 4x4 best 3:12.47 enters the rankings at 2nd; 3x3 average 53.61 takes him from 12th to 10th and best 47.63 remains 12th.
Choi Goho (Senior Kinch #1) made a 3x3 best PR 8.54 at Suwon Summer 2025, taking him from 9th to 2nd ahead of Ron van Bruchem, becoming the 5th senior to record an official sub-9 time on 3x3.
Ulrich Spies (60+ MM #2) made a Megaminx best PR 1:51.46 at Rhein-Sieg Open 2025, moving from 3rd to 2nd ahead of Ton Dennenbroek in the 60+ rankings. He improved his 60+ record in 3OH with best 56.73, remaining ranked 9th.
John Cook (60+ FMC #2) made a 4x4 PR average 1:59.63 at NZ North Island Championship 2025, remaining ranked 8th.
AJ Nicholls (40+ Kinch #8) made a 4x4 best PR 50.25 at Newcastle upon Tyne Summer 2025, taking him from 31st to 29th. He also earned a second place podium in 3BLD with best 1:06.94.
István Kocza (50+ 4BLD mean #2) earned 2 second place podiums at Hungarian All-Rounder 7 2025: 4BLD with best 7:04.94, and 5BLD with best 18:34.
Timothy Lawrance (4BLD mean WR) earned 2 third place podiums at Long Beach FMC 2025: FMC with mean 32.67, and MBLD with 11/13 in 49.47.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
The WCA Export is late again this week, so hopefully I can report on other recent top ten results and Kinch rankings next week.
Next week: Peter Hugosson-Miller, Maria Oey, Ron van Bruchem, Ton Dennenbroek, Ulrich Spies, Modest Podzolkin, AJ Nicholls, Ming Chai, and Fumiki Koseki, in 6 competitions around the world.
My watchlist consists of the following:
: Cubes 3x3-7x7 - top 10 average, top 5 single 40+, top 5 average and top 2 single in older age groups
: 2x2, FMC, MM - top 5 average, top 2 single 40+, top 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 3 average and single 40+, top 2 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 101 "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 (JUL 19-21)
Three new SWRs from the Dutch OGs Ron and Ton...
Ron van Bruchem (50+ 3x3-5x5 WRs) made 3 PRs at EatSleepCubeRepeat Leersum 2025, including improvements on two of his world records: 4x4 average 45.78 improves his 2020 record by almost a second, and takes him from 5th to 4th ahead of Julio Perugorria Lorente among 40+; 5x5 average 1:29.40 is more than 3 seconds better than his last PR in May, and takes him from 9th to 7th ahead of Fumiki Koseki in the 40+ list; and Skewb average 12.18 takes him from 41st to 32nd among 50+. These new PRs take Ron from 18th to 17th in the 40+ Kinch rankings, but he remains ranked 4th in 50+.
Also in Leersum, Ton Dennenbroek (60+ 3x3 and Pyra WRs) made double PRs on Megaminx: best 1:45.55 is a new 60+ world record, beating Kerry Go's May record, and also takes Ton from 11th to 7th among 50+, and average 2:14.35 remains 4th among 60+. Ton held the MM best record for just one week earlier this year, before Kerry Go turned 60 and took it. I suspect this new record will stand for quite a bit longer this time.
Finally from Leersum, Ulrich Spies (60+ Kinch #7) made 2 PRs: Megaminx average 2:04.05 remains ranked 2nd, and 3x3 average 29.83 takes him from 30th to 21st.
Ming Chai (Clock ave SWR) made 3 PRs at Mystic Cubikon 2025: Clock best 5.96 takes him from 6th to 5th equal with Michał Sozański; 2x2 average 6.28 from 85th to 82nd; and 4x4 best 1:19.10 from 284th to 221st.
Fumiki Koseki (big cubes top ten) made a 3OH best PR 22.29 at Tokyo Summer 2025, probably* moving from 9th to 8th in the 50+ rankings. It is Fumiki's first comp on 4x4 since turning 50, so he enters the 50+ rankings at 5th with average 1:00.99, and 8th or 9th with best 53.77.
* There is currently a missing entry at 50+ OH 8th, but Fumiki has jumped from 25.71 most of the way to my 7th ranked 22.16, so I guess he will pass the missing current #8. The top of the 50+ OH single solve rankings has a couple of very tight bunches, with 3rd to 5th spanning 0.16s and 6th to 8th spanning 0.17s: Ron van Bruchem 20.69, Brent Boswell 20.73, Thierry Boisivon 20.85, Mauricio Grizalez 22.12, Shen Flindell 22.16, Fumiki Koseki 22.29.
There were several top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last two weeks, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Erik Tjong Kim Sang (50+) at MBLD Madness in Dobřejovice 2025 – 5BLD best 16:02.00 (8th to 7th)
: Matthew Clark (50+) at Long Island Summer 2025 - Skewb best 5.06 (15th to 9th)
: Joe Kucala (60+) at Twice the Mini-sota 2025 - 3OH average 1:41.65 (15th to 9th)
: Bruno da Silva Neves (40+) at Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2025 - Clock best 6.44 (16th to 9th)
: António Gomes (40+) at CCM Baltar Open 2025 – Square-1 average 22.77 (remains 10th)
This week I also followed Peter Hugosson-Miller, Maria Oey, Modest Podzolkin, and AJ Nicholls, who competed without making any new PRs.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
In 40+ Kinch rankings, Ron van Bruchem moved from 18th past Christophe Grosjean to 17th, while Fabio Bini Graciose pulled ahead of Lars Vennike Niellson taking 23rd place with some recent good results in FMC and Clock.
In 50+, Ron's world records shifted a few rankings around. I suffered more than Chad Harris, who reclaims 10th place. Lisa Kucala's good results last week lifted her from 19th to 18th, and Rainer Fürstenfeld entered the top 25 at 19th, together pushing Dieter Amberger to 20th. Yul-Hok Sung also entered the top 25 at 24th, pushing Brent Boswell and Peter Hugosson-Miller out of the top 25.
Next week: Ron van Bruchem, Maria Oey, Ton Dennenbroek, Ulrich Spies, José Adrian Jaquez Salazar, Ming Chai, Michał Sozański, AJ Nicholls, Chris Wright, Jae Park, Choi Goho, and Doug Li, in 8 competitions around the world.
My watchlist consists of the following:
: Cubes 3x3-7x7 - top 10 average, top 5 single 40+, top 5 average and top 2 single in older age groups
: 2x2, FMC, MM - top 5 average, top 2 single 40+, top 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 3 average and single 40+, top 2 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 101 "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 new SWRs from the Dutch OGs Ron and Ton...
Ron van Bruchem (50+ 3x3-5x5 WRs) made 3 PRs at EatSleepCubeRepeat Leersum 2025, including improvements on two of his world records: 4x4 average 45.78 improves his 2020 record by almost a second, and takes him from 5th to 4th ahead of Julio Perugorria Lorente among 40+; 5x5 average 1:29.40 is more than 3 seconds better than his last PR in May, and takes him from 9th to 7th ahead of Fumiki Koseki in the 40+ list; and Skewb average 12.18 takes him from 41st to 32nd among 50+. These new PRs take Ron from 18th to 17th in the 40+ Kinch rankings, but he remains ranked 4th in 50+.
Also in Leersum, Ton Dennenbroek (60+ 3x3 and Pyra WRs) made double PRs on Megaminx: best 1:45.55 is a new 60+ world record, beating Kerry Go's May record, and also takes Ton from 11th to 7th among 50+, and average 2:14.35 remains 4th among 60+. Ton held the MM best record for just one week earlier this year, before Kerry Go turned 60 and took it. I suspect this new record will stand for quite a bit longer this time.
Finally from Leersum, Ulrich Spies (60+ Kinch #7) made 2 PRs: Megaminx average 2:04.05 remains ranked 2nd, and 3x3 average 29.83 takes him from 30th to 21st.
Ming Chai (Clock ave SWR) made 3 PRs at Mystic Cubikon 2025: Clock best 5.96 takes him from 6th to 5th equal with Michał Sozański; 2x2 average 6.28 from 85th to 82nd; and 4x4 best 1:19.10 from 284th to 221st.
Fumiki Koseki (big cubes top ten) made a 3OH best PR 22.29 at Tokyo Summer 2025, probably* moving from 9th to 8th in the 50+ rankings. It is Fumiki's first comp on 4x4 since turning 50, so he enters the 50+ rankings at 5th with average 1:00.99, and 8th or 9th with best 53.77.
* There is currently a missing entry at 50+ OH 8th, but Fumiki has jumped from 25.71 most of the way to my 7th ranked 22.16, so I guess he will pass the missing current #8. The top of the 50+ OH single solve rankings has a couple of very tight bunches, with 3rd to 5th spanning 0.16s and 6th to 8th spanning 0.17s: Ron van Bruchem 20.69, Brent Boswell 20.73, Thierry Boisivon 20.85, Mauricio Grizalez 22.12, Shen Flindell 22.16, Fumiki Koseki 22.29.
There were several top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last two weeks, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Erik Tjong Kim Sang (50+) at MBLD Madness in Dobřejovice 2025 – 5BLD best 16:02.00 (8th to 7th)
: Matthew Clark (50+) at Long Island Summer 2025 - Skewb best 5.06 (15th to 9th)
: Joe Kucala (60+) at Twice the Mini-sota 2025 - 3OH average 1:41.65 (15th to 9th)
: Bruno da Silva Neves (40+) at Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2025 - Clock best 6.44 (16th to 9th)
: António Gomes (40+) at CCM Baltar Open 2025 – Square-1 average 22.77 (remains 10th)
This week I also followed Peter Hugosson-Miller, Maria Oey, Modest Podzolkin, and AJ Nicholls, who competed without making any new PRs.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
In 40+ Kinch rankings, Ron van Bruchem moved from 18th past Christophe Grosjean to 17th, while Fabio Bini Graciose pulled ahead of Lars Vennike Niellson taking 23rd place with some recent good results in FMC and Clock.
In 50+, Ron's world records shifted a few rankings around. I suffered more than Chad Harris, who reclaims 10th place. Lisa Kucala's good results last week lifted her from 19th to 18th, and Rainer Fürstenfeld entered the top 25 at 19th, together pushing Dieter Amberger to 20th. Yul-Hok Sung also entered the top 25 at 24th, pushing Brent Boswell and Peter Hugosson-Miller out of the top 25.
Next week: Ron van Bruchem, Maria Oey, Ton Dennenbroek, Ulrich Spies, José Adrian Jaquez Salazar, Ming Chai, Michał Sozański, AJ Nicholls, Chris Wright, Jae Park, Choi Goho, and Doug Li, in 8 competitions around the world.
My watchlist consists of the following:
: Cubes 3x3-7x7 - top 10 average, top 5 single 40+, top 5 average and top 2 single in older age groups
: 2x2, FMC, MM - top 5 average, top 2 single 40+, top 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 3 average and single 40+, top 2 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 101 "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.
FenTheGoat
Veteran
Yes, that is the guy who created Roux
shentabla
Regular
WEEKEND COMP ROUNDUP (JUL 25-27)
New 50+ 3BLD SWRs this week take the 2025 SWR tally to 50...
Jae Park (50+ 4BLD SWR) smashed both 50+ 3BLD SWRs this weekend at Bangalore Mini July 2025. Best 30.72 takes him from 2nd well ahead of István Kocza's 43.18, and also takes him from 7th to 2nd in the 40+ rankings, ahead of recent registrant Kanako Eguchi. Mean 43.30 takes him from 4th to 1st ahead of István Kocza in the 50+ rankings, and 12th to 3rd ahead of Liang Chen in the 40+ rankings. These records add to the 50+ 4BLD best SWR which Jae set last month, and which was also formerly held by Istvan. If I've kept track correctly, they are the 49th and 50th SWRs of 2025.
Chris Wright (50+ 6x6 WR) made double Megaminx PRs at Wiltshire Summer 2025: average 1:33.21 and best 1:24.27 both remain 2nd with Sander Kaspers dominant in this event. These results take Chris from 20th to 19th in the 40+ Kinch rankings, but his 50+ Kinch ranking has actually fallen (see below).
Also in Wiltshire, AJ Nicholls (Senior Kinch #8) made 3 PRs: 4x4 average 55.60 takes him from 25th to 20th ahead of Konsta Jukka, and best 48.86 from 32nd to 21st; and 2x2 average 6.47 takes him from 256th to 99th, just ahead of Lisa Kucala.
Ming Chai (Clock SWR) made a Skewb best PR 4.84 at Connecticut Championship 2025, moving from 88th to 21st.
There were several top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last two weeks, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Pete Lee (40+) at Wiltshire Summer 2025 – Megaminx average 1:23.30 (8th to 7th)
: Peter Douthwright (60+) at Championnat Canadien 2025 – Square-1 best 1:25.07 (remains 9th)
: Miki Ito (60+) at Tokai Summer 2025 – 3OH best 1:08.67 (enters at 10th)
This week I also followed Ron van Bruchem, Maria Oey, Ton Dennenbroek, Ulrich Spies, José Adrian Jaquez Salazar, Michał Sozański, and Choi Goho, who competed without making any new PRs.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
In 40+ Kinch rankings, Chris Wright is up from 20th to 19th ahead of Jochen Bauer.
In 50+, Chris Wright gained points but good results from Akatsuki Kitamura at FMC Asia 2025 increased his points even more, moving from 8th to 6th and pushing Chris and Christian Sachgau down to 7th and 8th.
Next week: Aaron Soley, Doug Li, Lisa Kucala, Ming Chai, Peter Andersson, István Kocza, Petr Kundera, Maria Oey, Ton Dennenbroek, Jochen Bauer, Michael Stocker, Mats Bergsten, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Thor Muto Asmund, Martin Ernesto Melcop, Michał Sozański, Rich Tayag, Jae Park, and Helmut Heilig, 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 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 3 average and single 40+, top 2 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 101 "top ranked seniors". Please don't ask me to follow you as well, unless you fit the above criteria and I've missed something.
Please let me know if you know of anyone moving to a new age group who might be a candidate to join the top ranks.
Many thanks to Michael George for creating and maintaining the Senior Cubing Rankings website, and to Phil Lewis for creating the Senior Cubing Tracker site, which can be found via the Useful Links section of the SCR site.
New 50+ 3BLD SWRs this week take the 2025 SWR tally to 50...
Jae Park (50+ 4BLD SWR) smashed both 50+ 3BLD SWRs this weekend at Bangalore Mini July 2025. Best 30.72 takes him from 2nd well ahead of István Kocza's 43.18, and also takes him from 7th to 2nd in the 40+ rankings, ahead of recent registrant Kanako Eguchi. Mean 43.30 takes him from 4th to 1st ahead of István Kocza in the 50+ rankings, and 12th to 3rd ahead of Liang Chen in the 40+ rankings. These records add to the 50+ 4BLD best SWR which Jae set last month, and which was also formerly held by Istvan. If I've kept track correctly, they are the 49th and 50th SWRs of 2025.
Chris Wright (50+ 6x6 WR) made double Megaminx PRs at Wiltshire Summer 2025: average 1:33.21 and best 1:24.27 both remain 2nd with Sander Kaspers dominant in this event. These results take Chris from 20th to 19th in the 40+ Kinch rankings, but his 50+ Kinch ranking has actually fallen (see below).
Also in Wiltshire, AJ Nicholls (Senior Kinch #8) made 3 PRs: 4x4 average 55.60 takes him from 25th to 20th ahead of Konsta Jukka, and best 48.86 from 32nd to 21st; and 2x2 average 6.47 takes him from 256th to 99th, just ahead of Lisa Kucala.
Ming Chai (Clock SWR) made a Skewb best PR 4.84 at Connecticut Championship 2025, moving from 88th to 21st.
There were several top ten results from outside my watchlist over the last two weeks, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Pete Lee (40+) at Wiltshire Summer 2025 – Megaminx average 1:23.30 (8th to 7th)
: Peter Douthwright (60+) at Championnat Canadien 2025 – Square-1 best 1:25.07 (remains 9th)
: Miki Ito (60+) at Tokai Summer 2025 – 3OH best 1:08.67 (enters at 10th)
This week I also followed Ron van Bruchem, Maria Oey, Ton Dennenbroek, Ulrich Spies, José Adrian Jaquez Salazar, Michał Sozański, and Choi Goho, who competed without making any new PRs.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
In 40+ Kinch rankings, Chris Wright is up from 20th to 19th ahead of Jochen Bauer.
In 50+, Chris Wright gained points but good results from Akatsuki Kitamura at FMC Asia 2025 increased his points even more, moving from 8th to 6th and pushing Chris and Christian Sachgau down to 7th and 8th.
Next week: Aaron Soley, Doug Li, Lisa Kucala, Ming Chai, Peter Andersson, István Kocza, Petr Kundera, Maria Oey, Ton Dennenbroek, Jochen Bauer, Michael Stocker, Mats Bergsten, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Thor Muto Asmund, Martin Ernesto Melcop, Michał Sozański, Rich Tayag, Jae Park, and Helmut Heilig, 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 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 3 average and single 40+, top 2 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 101 "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.
MatsBergsten
Premium Member
So today I took part of a not exactly normal competition (WCA).
Exactly 50% of the competitors were over 50 years. (4/8).
Exactly 50% of the competitors were over 50 years. (4/8).
shentabla
Regular
WEEKEND COMP ROUNDUP (AUG 1-3)
Three SWRs, three SWR2s and three Pyraminx average PRs plus loads more top-ranked action...
Michael Stocker (7x7 SWR) improved his SWR and made 3 PRs at two comps this weekend. At Rhein-Neckar Physical 2025 his non-PR 7x7 mean 3:57.99 improves on the senior world record he set in April. He also made a 6x6 mean PR 2:37.38, remaining ranked 2nd just 0.40s behind Choi Goho's senior world record time. Prior to that at Rhein-Neckar Mental 2025 he set 2 PRs: FMC best 27 takes him from 53rd to 23rd, and MBLD 7/7 42:09 from 57th to 32nd.
Also in Rhein-Neckar, Jochen Bauer (50+ Kinch #3) made a 4BLD best PR 11:01 at the Mental comp, moving from 20th to 16th among 50+, rising from 20th to 19th in the 40+ Kinch rankings.
Mats Bergsten (70+ Kinch #1) improved one 70+ world record and set a new one at Swedish Blind Marathon 2025: 3BLD best 1:44.61 improves the record he set in October last year; MBLD 3/6 in 41:32 is the first successful official MBLD solve by someone over 70. Mats has set nine 70+ world records this year to go with the 13 he set last year, and currently holds fifteen 70+ and six 60+ world records.
Also in Sweden, Thor Muto Asmund (Kinch 50+ #2 and 40+ #6) made two SWR2 PRs: 5BLD best 10:39 remains ranked 2nd among 50+, takes him from 5th to 4th among 40+, and earned him a first place podium; and MBLD 17/18 in 54:57 takes him from 4th past Dieter Amberger to 2nd among 50+, 8th to 7th ahead of Aaron Soley in 40+, and earned a third place podium. With these results, Thor has taken top spot in the 50+ Kinch rankings from Mike Hughey, and also moved from 5th to 4th in the 40+ Kinch rankings.
Maria Oey (60+ 3x3 and 4x4 top 5) made 3 PRs at Glasgow NxN Day 2025: 4x4 average 1:19.89 takes her from 4th past Kerry Go to 3rd, and best 1:07.50 from 5th past Lisa Kucala to 3rd; and 5x5 average 4:43.98 enters the 60+ rankings at 5th. As a result, Maria's 60+ Kinch ranking has risen from 12th to 10th.
Also in Glasgow, Ton Dennenbroek (60+ 3x3 and Pyra WRs) improved his 60+record in 5x5 with an average 3:02.62, entering the rankings at 3rd.
Petr Kundera (50+ Skewb WR) made a Pyraminx average PR 6.53 at Slovak Championship 2025, remaining ranked 4th among 50+, and moving from 18th to 15th among 40+.
Also in Slovakia, István Kocza (50+ MBLD WR) also made a Pyraminx average PR 17.37, moving from 146th to 140th among 50+. He also earned a 3rd place podium in 5BLD with best time 13:32.
Ron van Bruchem (50+ 3x3-5x5 WRs) made a 2x2 best PR 2.50 at Beginner Utrecht 2025, taking him from 10th to 5th among 50+.
Martin Ernesto Melcop (60+ Skewb WR) was the third top senior solver to make a Pyraminx average PR this week with 10.11 at Back to the Cube Ceilândia 2025, taking him from 8th to 7th among 60+.
Aaron Soley (Senior Kinch #10) made 4 PRs at Great Lakes Championship 2025: Clock best 8.19 (31st to 24th), 3BLD best 1:13.24 (remains 31st), FMC mean 41.67 (62nd to 58th), and 3OH best 28.13 (87th to 65th). Aaron moves from 10th to 9th in the 40+ Kinch rankings.
Michał Sozański (Clock #3) topped the PR tally this week with 5 new senior ranking entries at CF Goes Crazy Brzeziny 2025: 6x6 mean 5:00.46 (enters at 67th/68th) and best 4:54.86 (88th); 5x5 average 2:42.23 (111th); 7x7 best 11:07 (139th); and 3OH average 57.48 (208th).
Rich Tayag (MM and OH top 5) made a MBLD PR 2/2 in 25:06 at More Cubing With The Cougars WV 2025, and remains the last entry on the 40+ MBLD rankings at 106th or possibly 105th (missing entry!).
There was one new top ten result from outside my watchlist last week, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Christian Sachgau (50+) at Rhein-Neckar Mental 2025 - 4BLD mean 12:40.00 (remains 7th)
This week I also followed Doug Li, Lisa Kucala, Ming Chai, Ton Dennenbroek, Peter Hugosson-Miller, and Helmut Heilig, who competed without making any new PRs.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
In 40+ Kinch rankings, Thor Muto Asmund is up from 6th to 5th ahead of Mike Hughey, Aaron Soley has pulled marginally ahead of Dieter Amberger into 9th place, and Jochen Bauer has taken 19th spot back from Chris Wright.
In 50+, Thor Muto Asmund has taken top spot from Mike Hughey. Christian Sachgau has moved up from 8th ahead of Chris Wright, while Akatsuki Kitamura has swapped with him, falling back to 8th. The new world records have caused a lot of shuffling between 18th and 25th, with Lisa Kucala, Mickey Doyle, Yul-Hok Sung and Helmut Heilig going up, and István Kocza, Dieter Amberger and YongGeal Lee falling.
In 60+, Maria Oey is up from 12th to 10th ahead of Jesús Masanet García.
In 70+, Yang-Mo Sung has gone up a place to 14th, past Hideaki Tomoyori.
Next week: Ming Chai, Jae Park, AJ Nicholls, Jochen Bauer, Robert Ślesicki, Sonja Black, Thierry Megard, and Ron van Bruchem, in 9 competitions around the world.
My watchlist consists of the following:
: Cubes 3x3-7x7 - top 10 average, top 5 single 40+, top 5 average and top 2 single in older age groups
: 2x2, FMC, MM - top 5 average, top 2 single 40+, top 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 3 average and single 40+, top 2 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 101 "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, three SWR2s and three Pyraminx average PRs plus loads more top-ranked action...
Michael Stocker (7x7 SWR) improved his SWR and made 3 PRs at two comps this weekend. At Rhein-Neckar Physical 2025 his non-PR 7x7 mean 3:57.99 improves on the senior world record he set in April. He also made a 6x6 mean PR 2:37.38, remaining ranked 2nd just 0.40s behind Choi Goho's senior world record time. Prior to that at Rhein-Neckar Mental 2025 he set 2 PRs: FMC best 27 takes him from 53rd to 23rd, and MBLD 7/7 42:09 from 57th to 32nd.
Also in Rhein-Neckar, Jochen Bauer (50+ Kinch #3) made a 4BLD best PR 11:01 at the Mental comp, moving from 20th to 16th among 50+, rising from 20th to 19th in the 40+ Kinch rankings.
Mats Bergsten (70+ Kinch #1) improved one 70+ world record and set a new one at Swedish Blind Marathon 2025: 3BLD best 1:44.61 improves the record he set in October last year; MBLD 3/6 in 41:32 is the first successful official MBLD solve by someone over 70. Mats has set nine 70+ world records this year to go with the 13 he set last year, and currently holds fifteen 70+ and six 60+ world records.
Also in Sweden, Thor Muto Asmund (Kinch 50+ #2 and 40+ #6) made two SWR2 PRs: 5BLD best 10:39 remains ranked 2nd among 50+, takes him from 5th to 4th among 40+, and earned him a first place podium; and MBLD 17/18 in 54:57 takes him from 4th past Dieter Amberger to 2nd among 50+, 8th to 7th ahead of Aaron Soley in 40+, and earned a third place podium. With these results, Thor has taken top spot in the 50+ Kinch rankings from Mike Hughey, and also moved from 5th to 4th in the 40+ Kinch rankings.
Maria Oey (60+ 3x3 and 4x4 top 5) made 3 PRs at Glasgow NxN Day 2025: 4x4 average 1:19.89 takes her from 4th past Kerry Go to 3rd, and best 1:07.50 from 5th past Lisa Kucala to 3rd; and 5x5 average 4:43.98 enters the 60+ rankings at 5th. As a result, Maria's 60+ Kinch ranking has risen from 12th to 10th.
Also in Glasgow, Ton Dennenbroek (60+ 3x3 and Pyra WRs) improved his 60+record in 5x5 with an average 3:02.62, entering the rankings at 3rd.
Petr Kundera (50+ Skewb WR) made a Pyraminx average PR 6.53 at Slovak Championship 2025, remaining ranked 4th among 50+, and moving from 18th to 15th among 40+.
Also in Slovakia, István Kocza (50+ MBLD WR) also made a Pyraminx average PR 17.37, moving from 146th to 140th among 50+. He also earned a 3rd place podium in 5BLD with best time 13:32.
Ron van Bruchem (50+ 3x3-5x5 WRs) made a 2x2 best PR 2.50 at Beginner Utrecht 2025, taking him from 10th to 5th among 50+.
Martin Ernesto Melcop (60+ Skewb WR) was the third top senior solver to make a Pyraminx average PR this week with 10.11 at Back to the Cube Ceilândia 2025, taking him from 8th to 7th among 60+.
Aaron Soley (Senior Kinch #10) made 4 PRs at Great Lakes Championship 2025: Clock best 8.19 (31st to 24th), 3BLD best 1:13.24 (remains 31st), FMC mean 41.67 (62nd to 58th), and 3OH best 28.13 (87th to 65th). Aaron moves from 10th to 9th in the 40+ Kinch rankings.
Michał Sozański (Clock #3) topped the PR tally this week with 5 new senior ranking entries at CF Goes Crazy Brzeziny 2025: 6x6 mean 5:00.46 (enters at 67th/68th) and best 4:54.86 (88th); 5x5 average 2:42.23 (111th); 7x7 best 11:07 (139th); and 3OH average 57.48 (208th).
Rich Tayag (MM and OH top 5) made a MBLD PR 2/2 in 25:06 at More Cubing With The Cougars WV 2025, and remains the last entry on the 40+ MBLD rankings at 106th or possibly 105th (missing entry!).
There was one new top ten result from outside my watchlist last week, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Christian Sachgau (50+) at Rhein-Neckar Mental 2025 - 4BLD mean 12:40.00 (remains 7th)
This week I also followed Doug Li, Lisa Kucala, Ming Chai, Ton Dennenbroek, Peter Hugosson-Miller, and Helmut Heilig, who competed without making any new PRs.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
In 40+ Kinch rankings, Thor Muto Asmund is up from 6th to 5th ahead of Mike Hughey, Aaron Soley has pulled marginally ahead of Dieter Amberger into 9th place, and Jochen Bauer has taken 19th spot back from Chris Wright.
In 50+, Thor Muto Asmund has taken top spot from Mike Hughey. Christian Sachgau has moved up from 8th ahead of Chris Wright, while Akatsuki Kitamura has swapped with him, falling back to 8th. The new world records have caused a lot of shuffling between 18th and 25th, with Lisa Kucala, Mickey Doyle, Yul-Hok Sung and Helmut Heilig going up, and István Kocza, Dieter Amberger and YongGeal Lee falling.
In 60+, Maria Oey is up from 12th to 10th ahead of Jesús Masanet García.
In 70+, Yang-Mo Sung has gone up a place to 14th, past Hideaki Tomoyori.
Next week: Ming Chai, Jae Park, AJ Nicholls, Jochen Bauer, Robert Ślesicki, Sonja Black, Thierry Megard, and Ron van Bruchem, in 9 competitions around the world.
My watchlist consists of the following:
: Cubes 3x3-7x7 - top 10 average, top 5 single 40+, top 5 average and top 2 single in older age groups
: 2x2, FMC, MM - top 5 average, top 2 single 40+, top 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 3 average and single 40+, top 2 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 101 "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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Regular
WEEKEND COMP ROUNDUP (AUG 8-10)
A new Clock SWR completes the double for Ming Chai...
Ming Chai (Clock ave SWR) made 6 PRs including a new SWR at Cincinnati Open 2025 this weekend. Clock best PR 5.46 takes him from 5th past Kanako Eguchi into 1st place, and goes with the Clock average SWR he set at Worlds last month to complete the clock SWR double. His other PRs were: 2x2 best 2.74 (28th to 26th, 0.01s ahead of Maria Oey) and average 6.08 (83rd to 71st); Skewb average 9.12 (67th to 47th); and 3x3 average 21.10 followed by 20.73 (329th to 292nd).
Jochen Bauer (50+ Kinch #3) made 2 PRs at Szansa Cubing Open Warsaw 2025: Clock average 10.05 (11th to 10th, 0.01s ahead of Martin Ernesto Melcop) and Pyraminx best 6.64 (71st to 40th).
Ben Coppin (FMC SWR) had notable results at two comps this weekend, his first comps in a couple of years and first as a 50+ competitor. At Rubik's UK Championship FMC 2025 he entered the 50+ FMC rankings with best 28 (8th) and mean 31.67 (9th). Then at Peterborough Qualification Day 2025 he made double 6x6 PRs: mean 6:16.93 (enters at 25th) and best 5:44.25 (enters at 36th, both just ahead of Peter Hugosson-Miller).
Also in Peterborough, AJ Nicholls (Senior Kinch #8) made a Megaminx average PR 2:06.76, taking him from 50th to 42nd.
Sonja Black made 2 PRs at Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025: 3OH average 34.17 (remains ranked 11th among 50+) and 3x3 best 15.13 (38th to 36th).
Jae Park (50+ BLD SWRs) earned a 3rd place podium at Penang Be Quiet 2025 in 3BLD with best 1:06.30.
There were a couple of new top ten results from outside my watchlist last week, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Doyle Cline (60+) at Commerce City Cup 2025 – Clock average 9.83 (4th to 2nd in 60+, 10th to 9th in 50+)
: Steve Clarke (60+) at Rubik's UK Championship FMC 2025 – FMC mean 51.67 (5th to 4th)
This week I also followed Robert Ślesicki and Ron van Bruchem, who competed without making any new PRs.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
In 50+ Kinch rankings, István Kocza is up from 20th to 18th ahead of Mickey Doyle.
In 60+, Hans Bennis is up from 25th to 22nd ahead of Jens-Christian Albrecht.
In 80+, Anne S. Squadron has registered and her 2024 3x3 results put her in 9th place ahead of Martin Berger.
Next week: Jae Park, Jochen Bauer, Thierry Boisivon, Choi Goho, Jason Krug, AJ Nicholls, Yi-Wei Chen, Martin Ernesto Melcop, Lars Vennike Nielsson,
Thor Muto Asmund, Bobby Mapp, Gary Miller, Lisa Kucala, in 10 competitions around the world.
My watchlist consists of the following:
: Cubes 3x3-7x7 - top 10 average, top 5 single 40+, top 5 average and top 2 single in older age groups
: 2x2, FMC, MM - top 5 average, top 2 single 40+, top 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 3 average and single 40+, top 2 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 101 "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 Clock SWR completes the double for Ming Chai...
Ming Chai (Clock ave SWR) made 6 PRs including a new SWR at Cincinnati Open 2025 this weekend. Clock best PR 5.46 takes him from 5th past Kanako Eguchi into 1st place, and goes with the Clock average SWR he set at Worlds last month to complete the clock SWR double. His other PRs were: 2x2 best 2.74 (28th to 26th, 0.01s ahead of Maria Oey) and average 6.08 (83rd to 71st); Skewb average 9.12 (67th to 47th); and 3x3 average 21.10 followed by 20.73 (329th to 292nd).
Jochen Bauer (50+ Kinch #3) made 2 PRs at Szansa Cubing Open Warsaw 2025: Clock average 10.05 (11th to 10th, 0.01s ahead of Martin Ernesto Melcop) and Pyraminx best 6.64 (71st to 40th).
Ben Coppin (FMC SWR) had notable results at two comps this weekend, his first comps in a couple of years and first as a 50+ competitor. At Rubik's UK Championship FMC 2025 he entered the 50+ FMC rankings with best 28 (8th) and mean 31.67 (9th). Then at Peterborough Qualification Day 2025 he made double 6x6 PRs: mean 6:16.93 (enters at 25th) and best 5:44.25 (enters at 36th, both just ahead of Peter Hugosson-Miller).
Also in Peterborough, AJ Nicholls (Senior Kinch #8) made a Megaminx average PR 2:06.76, taking him from 50th to 42nd.
Sonja Black made 2 PRs at Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025: 3OH average 34.17 (remains ranked 11th among 50+) and 3x3 best 15.13 (38th to 36th).
Jae Park (50+ BLD SWRs) earned a 3rd place podium at Penang Be Quiet 2025 in 3BLD with best 1:06.30.
There were a couple of new top ten results from outside my watchlist last week, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Doyle Cline (60+) at Commerce City Cup 2025 – Clock average 9.83 (4th to 2nd in 60+, 10th to 9th in 50+)
: Steve Clarke (60+) at Rubik's UK Championship FMC 2025 – FMC mean 51.67 (5th to 4th)
This week I also followed Robert Ślesicki and Ron van Bruchem, who competed without making any new PRs.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
In 50+ Kinch rankings, István Kocza is up from 20th to 18th ahead of Mickey Doyle.
In 60+, Hans Bennis is up from 25th to 22nd ahead of Jens-Christian Albrecht.
In 80+, Anne S. Squadron has registered and her 2024 3x3 results put her in 9th place ahead of Martin Berger.
Next week: Jae Park, Jochen Bauer, Thierry Boisivon, Choi Goho, Jason Krug, AJ Nicholls, Yi-Wei Chen, Martin Ernesto Melcop, Lars Vennike Nielsson,
Thor Muto Asmund, Bobby Mapp, Gary Miller, Lisa Kucala, in 10 competitions around the world.
My watchlist consists of the following:
: Cubes 3x3-7x7 - top 10 average, top 5 single 40+, top 5 average and top 2 single in older age groups
: 2x2, FMC, MM - top 5 average, top 2 single 40+, top 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 3 average and single 40+, top 2 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 101 "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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Not PR, but Steve Clarke also got his first podium at Peterborough Qualification Day(in MBLD)
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Today I managed to become the first person in Queensland, Australia, to successfully solve a 6x6x6 cube blindfolded. This was my 4th full attempt.
According to cubingcontests.com, I’m the 6th Australian to do this, and it’s the 3rd fastest time for an Australian. Worldwide I’m the 66th, with 45th ranked time. A couple of prominent names I’m ahead of are Carter Kucala and Mike Hughey.
Thanks to WCA Delegate David McLean for setting me this challenge.
Inspection time: 30:58
Execution time: 10:44
Total time: 41:42.57
According to cubingcontests.com, I’m the 6th Australian to do this, and it’s the 3rd fastest time for an Australian. Worldwide I’m the 66th, with 45th ranked time. A couple of prominent names I’m ahead of are Carter Kucala and Mike Hughey.
Thanks to WCA Delegate David McLean for setting me this challenge.
Inspection time: 30:58
Execution time: 10:44
Total time: 41:42.57
Jacck
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Big Congrats!
But what you can't know by now: @Mike Hughey could have or at least had another view. Look at Mike's post from 2023-10-17 on the page below, when they kicked off some really important results - only because there was no video:
Edit: I guess because the thread is closed, the link below doesn't go directly to page 36.
They have erased undiscussable milestones like Stefan Pochmanns's Megaminx bld! (Mike's 10/10 SQ1-mbld has a video but it is not listed in the "new" ones, too.)
In the first post of the thread there is the previous list, if you are interested.
It is somehow clear that suspicious "results" have become a problem over the last years, but at least it is not very easy now to calculate the over all personal rank in the world
So you should be very glad and super-proud of your achievement, which is really great, but you can only be glad about beating 10 solves of Mike in the weekly competition in 6bld. 79 times he was faster than you
But what you can't know by now: @Mike Hughey could have or at least had another view. Look at Mike's post from 2023-10-17 on the page below, when they kicked off some really important results - only because there was no video:
Edit: I guess because the thread is closed, the link below doesn't go directly to page 36.
They have erased undiscussable milestones like Stefan Pochmanns's Megaminx bld! (Mike's 10/10 SQ1-mbld has a video but it is not listed in the "new" ones, too.)
In the first post of the thread there is the previous list, if you are interested.
It is somehow clear that suspicious "results" have become a problem over the last years, but at least it is not very easy now to calculate the over all personal rank in the world
So you should be very glad and super-proud of your achievement, which is really great, but you can only be glad about beating 10 solves of Mike in the weekly competition in 6bld. 79 times he was faster than you
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shentabla
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Yes I discovered that thread afterwards. I think for unofficial non-comp records some kind of video evidence is essential.Big Congrats!
But what you can't know by now: @Mike Hughey could have or at least had another view. Look at Mike's post from 2023-10-17 on the page below, when they kicked off some really important results - only because there was no video:
Edit: I guess because the thread is closed, the link below doesn't go directly to page 36.
They have erased undiscussable milestones like Stefan Pochmanns's Megaminx bld! (Mike's 10/10 SQ1-mbld has a video but it is not listed in the "new" ones, too.)
In the first post of the thread there is the previous list, if you are interested.
It is somehow clear that suspicious "results" have become a problem over the last years, but at least it is not very easy now to calculate the over all personal rank in the world
So you should be very glad and super-proud of your achievement, which is really great, but you can only be glad about beating 10 solves of Mike in the weekly competition in 6bld. 79 times he was faster than you
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If you really care about these records, for the best in the world, I agree that video evidence is helpful. But it is true that I don't really appreciate that the thread above was closed. I remember complaining before when @abunickabhi closed it. I just reopened it. I will continue to reopen it when people close it. That thread should remain open for people who don't bother with video evidence. It might be nice to someday try to reupdate that list - it serves a useful purpose that is different from cubingcontests.com, and should remain.
Back when I was doing 6 and 7 BLD regularly, I wasn't going to be bothered to set up a camera every time I tried it. It makes sense that there be a list where "unofficial unofficial" attempts can be tracked, separate from the "official unofficial" ones kept at cubingcontests.com.
Back when I was doing 6 and 7 BLD regularly, I wasn't going to be bothered to set up a camera every time I tried it. It makes sense that there be a list where "unofficial unofficial" attempts can be tracked, separate from the "official unofficial" ones kept at cubingcontests.com.
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WEEKEND COMP ROUNDUP (AUG 14-17)
Two new SWRs plus PRs and double PRs galore...
Choi Goho (Senior Kinch #1) reclaimed the 5x5 average SWR by the barest of margins at Korea Open 2025 this weekend: 1:22.18 beats the record Jia-Hong Lu set in May by just 0.01s. He also made a Clock average PR 8.88, taking him from 17th to 16th, just 0.01s ahead of Lisa Kucala.
Gary Miller (70+ Clock WR) set a new 70+ Clock SWR as part of 4 PRs at Virginia Championship 2025: Clock best 32.23 takes him from 3rd into 1st place, beating the record Mats Bergsten set last October, and completing the 70+ Clock double SWR. His other PRs were: Skewb average 41.87 (remains 3rd); Pyraminx average 44.18 (remains 9th); and 3x3 best 1:23.39 (28th to 23rd).
Lisa Kucala (60+ Kinch #2) made a PR and a double PR at Big Brain Minnesota 2025: 5x5 average 2:58.63 enters the 60+ rankings at 3rd; FMC mean 55.67 remains ranked 5th while best 46 takes her from 6th to 5th. These results take her 50+ Kinch ranking from 17th to 13th.
Jason Krug (3x3 and 7x7 #8) made a PR and 3 double PRs at Michigan Championship 2025: 4x4 best 40.85 (17th to 7th) and average 52.71 (remains 15th); 6x6 average 3:14.68 (18th to 11th) and best 3:05.45 (18th to 16th); 5x5 best 1:27.60 (16th to 12th); and Megaminx average 1:51.50 (48th to 26th) and best 1:36.27 (44th to 24th).
Jochen Bauer (50+ Kinch #3) made 4 PRs and a double PR at Cube Plan Baie 2025: Square-1 average 39.86 (25th to 14th) and best 32.84 (21st to 15th); 4BLD best 10:51 (remains 16th); 3OH best 30.50 (21st to 19th); Skewb average 10.32 (remains 22nd); and 3x3 average 17.98 (34th to 31st). He also earned a 2nd place podium with his 4BLD result.
Lars Vennike Nielsson (3OH SWRs) made 3 PRs and 2 double PRs at Clockerup I Otterup 2025: 4x4 average 52.27 (19th to 14th); 5x5 average 1:52.88 (35th to 28th); Square-1 best 32.26 (100th to 58th) and average 46.11 (93rd to 61st); Clock average 13:15 (128th to 93rd) and best 11:31 (117th to 97th); Skewb best 7:07 (167th to 105th). These results take his 40+ Kinch ranking from 25th to 23rd.
Also in Otterup, Thor Muto Asmund (50+ Kinch #2) made a Clock average PR 10.51 (13th to 12th).
Yi-Wei Chen (6x6 #7) made 4 double PRs at Vietnam Championship 2025: 5x5 average 1:43.20 (22nd to 19th) and best 1:36.93 (21st to 20th); 3OH best 25.27 (124th to 40th) and average 31.86 (enters at 45th); 4x4 average 1:01.69 (49th to 44th) and best 54.31 (59th to 51st); and Square-1 average 41.78 (enters at 48th) and best 33.91 (94th to 61st). These results take him from 34th to 24th in the 40+ Kinch rankings.
There were a few new top ten results from outside my watchlist last week, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Chris Tabar (50+) at Spokane Big Cubes Summer 2025 – 5x5 best 1:46.93 (18th to 7th) and average 2:06.67 (16th to 7th)
: Jeanne-Marie Deconninck (60+) at Cube en Baie Open 2025 – Megaminx best 3:59.68 (remains 9th)
This week I also followed Thierry Boisivon, AJ Nicholls, and Bobby Mapp, who competed without making any new PRs.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
In 40+ Kinch rankings, Lars Vennike Nielsson is up from 25th to 23rd ahead of Vasily Stasyev, and Yi-Wei Chen is up from 34th to 24th, ahead off Stefan Lidström, pushing Guttorm Syvertsen-Wiig out of the top 25.
In 50+, Chris Tabar's 5x5 results take him from 12th to 11th ahead of Shen Flindell, and Lisa Kucala is up from 17th to 13th ahead of Thomas Schukraft.
Next week: Mats Bergsten, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Lisa Kucala, AJ Nicholls, Chris Wright, Daniel Houghton, Glyn Brown, Ming Chai, Jason Krug, Lars Vennike Nielsson, Ron van Bruchem, Ton Dennenbroek, Robert Ślesicki, Choi Goho, Ryuji Hamano, Jae Park, and John Cook, 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 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 3 average and single 40+, top 2 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 101 "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.
Two new SWRs plus PRs and double PRs galore...
Choi Goho (Senior Kinch #1) reclaimed the 5x5 average SWR by the barest of margins at Korea Open 2025 this weekend: 1:22.18 beats the record Jia-Hong Lu set in May by just 0.01s. He also made a Clock average PR 8.88, taking him from 17th to 16th, just 0.01s ahead of Lisa Kucala.
Gary Miller (70+ Clock WR) set a new 70+ Clock SWR as part of 4 PRs at Virginia Championship 2025: Clock best 32.23 takes him from 3rd into 1st place, beating the record Mats Bergsten set last October, and completing the 70+ Clock double SWR. His other PRs were: Skewb average 41.87 (remains 3rd); Pyraminx average 44.18 (remains 9th); and 3x3 best 1:23.39 (28th to 23rd).
Lisa Kucala (60+ Kinch #2) made a PR and a double PR at Big Brain Minnesota 2025: 5x5 average 2:58.63 enters the 60+ rankings at 3rd; FMC mean 55.67 remains ranked 5th while best 46 takes her from 6th to 5th. These results take her 50+ Kinch ranking from 17th to 13th.
Jason Krug (3x3 and 7x7 #8) made a PR and 3 double PRs at Michigan Championship 2025: 4x4 best 40.85 (17th to 7th) and average 52.71 (remains 15th); 6x6 average 3:14.68 (18th to 11th) and best 3:05.45 (18th to 16th); 5x5 best 1:27.60 (16th to 12th); and Megaminx average 1:51.50 (48th to 26th) and best 1:36.27 (44th to 24th).
Jochen Bauer (50+ Kinch #3) made 4 PRs and a double PR at Cube Plan Baie 2025: Square-1 average 39.86 (25th to 14th) and best 32.84 (21st to 15th); 4BLD best 10:51 (remains 16th); 3OH best 30.50 (21st to 19th); Skewb average 10.32 (remains 22nd); and 3x3 average 17.98 (34th to 31st). He also earned a 2nd place podium with his 4BLD result.
Lars Vennike Nielsson (3OH SWRs) made 3 PRs and 2 double PRs at Clockerup I Otterup 2025: 4x4 average 52.27 (19th to 14th); 5x5 average 1:52.88 (35th to 28th); Square-1 best 32.26 (100th to 58th) and average 46.11 (93rd to 61st); Clock average 13:15 (128th to 93rd) and best 11:31 (117th to 97th); Skewb best 7:07 (167th to 105th). These results take his 40+ Kinch ranking from 25th to 23rd.
Also in Otterup, Thor Muto Asmund (50+ Kinch #2) made a Clock average PR 10.51 (13th to 12th).
Yi-Wei Chen (6x6 #7) made 4 double PRs at Vietnam Championship 2025: 5x5 average 1:43.20 (22nd to 19th) and best 1:36.93 (21st to 20th); 3OH best 25.27 (124th to 40th) and average 31.86 (enters at 45th); 4x4 average 1:01.69 (49th to 44th) and best 54.31 (59th to 51st); and Square-1 average 41.78 (enters at 48th) and best 33.91 (94th to 61st). These results take him from 34th to 24th in the 40+ Kinch rankings.
There were a few new top ten results from outside my watchlist last week, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Chris Tabar (50+) at Spokane Big Cubes Summer 2025 – 5x5 best 1:46.93 (18th to 7th) and average 2:06.67 (16th to 7th)
: Jeanne-Marie Deconninck (60+) at Cube en Baie Open 2025 – Megaminx best 3:59.68 (remains 9th)
This week I also followed Thierry Boisivon, AJ Nicholls, and Bobby Mapp, who competed without making any new PRs.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
In 40+ Kinch rankings, Lars Vennike Nielsson is up from 25th to 23rd ahead of Vasily Stasyev, and Yi-Wei Chen is up from 34th to 24th, ahead off Stefan Lidström, pushing Guttorm Syvertsen-Wiig out of the top 25.
In 50+, Chris Tabar's 5x5 results take him from 12th to 11th ahead of Shen Flindell, and Lisa Kucala is up from 17th to 13th ahead of Thomas Schukraft.
Next week: Mats Bergsten, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Lisa Kucala, AJ Nicholls, Chris Wright, Daniel Houghton, Glyn Brown, Ming Chai, Jason Krug, Lars Vennike Nielsson, Ron van Bruchem, Ton Dennenbroek, Robert Ślesicki, Choi Goho, Ryuji Hamano, Jae Park, and John Cook, 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 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 3 average and single 40+, top 2 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 101 "top ranked seniors". Please don't ask me to follow you as well, unless you fit the above criteria and I've missed something.
Please let me know if you know of anyone moving to a new age group who might be a candidate to join the top ranks.
Many thanks to Michael George for creating and maintaining the Senior Cubing Rankings website, and to Phil Lewis for creating the Senior Cubing Tracker site, which can be found via the Useful Links section of the SCR site.
pglewis
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I also saw that Gary Miller will be entering the 80+ category at his next comp! It's inspiring to see all the senior accomplishments, thanks as always Shen.
MatsBergsten
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Then he will totally dominate the 80+ kinch list, as all persons there only have done 3x3 except for
Hideaki Tomoyori who has also done 3x3bld.
Hideaki Tomoyori who has also done 3x3bld.
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WEEKEND COMP ROUNDUP (AUG 22-24)
The 70+ king does it again with 2 more SWRs, plus two kinds of Minx SWR...
Mats Bergsten (70+ Kinch #1) set two SWRs as part of 2 PRs and a double PR at Uppsalaligan 1: Spin – 2025: 3x3 best 25.16 improves the record he set in June by more than 3 seconds; Square-1 best 1:39.37 enters the 70+ rankings at 1st, almost 8 seconds ahead of Mike Stone's previous record, while average 2:30.74 enters at 2nd and also improves his 60+ record while remaining ranked 9th; and Skewb average 36.95 takes him from 4th to 3rd. Non-PR Skewb best 22.94 also improves his 70+ rankings, taking him from 5th to 3rd, once again ahead of Mike Stone. Mats has now set 22 SWRs since returning to comps as 70+ last year.
Kevin Gray (50+ Pyraminx WR) completed the 50+ Pyraminx double SWR as part of 4 PRs and a double PR at Rubik's UK Championship 2025: after Pyraminx average 5.78 in the first round he followed it up with 5.70, reclaiming the 50+ WR which Javier Tirado Ortiz set in June, while remaining ranked 9th among 40+; Skewb average 7.48 remains ranked 8th; 3x3 average 17.67 takes him from 32nd to 28th (also pipping Javier) and best 15.27 from 44th to 38th; and 2x2 best 4.86 takes him from equal 66th with Anette Warberg Borg to outright 66th.
Also at the UK Champs, Chris Wright (50+ 6x6 WRs) set double Megaminx PRs: average 1:30.78 remains 2nd in 50+ and takes him from 11th to 10th ahead of Lei Zhao in 40+, while best 1:24.07 is a 0.2s improvement, remaining 2nd in 50+ and 10th in 40+.
Finally from UK Champs, Glyn Brown (big cubes top 5s) made a 6x6 best PR 2:45.81, remaining ranked 4th.
Ton Dennenbroek (60+ several WRs) improved one of his 60+ SWRs as part of 2 PRs at Breda Open 2025: Megaminx best 1:45.11 improves the SWR he set last month by 0.44s and also remains ranked 7th among 50+; and Skewb best 6.65 takes him from 8th to 5th.
Also in Breda, Ron van Bruchem (50+ 3x3-5x5 WRs) made 2 PRs: 2x2 average 5.19 has fallen from 4th to 5th with a new unknown competitor appearing at 2nd, and 3OH average 31.22 similarly falling back one place from 8th to 9th due to an unknown entry at 8th.
Lisa Kucala (three 60+ WRs) made 2 PRs at Heartland Championship 2025: Skewb average 9.47 remains ranked 2nd, and FMC mean 55.33 remains ranked 5th.
Lars Vennike Nielsson (OH SWRs) made double Megaminx PRs at Hvidovre Liga I 2025: average 1:47.28 (53rd to 22nd) and best 1:40.83 (60th to 29th. His senior Kinch ranking goes up from 21st to 20th.
Ryuji Hamano (50+ Clock WRs) made double 4x4 PRs at Kansai Parity Party 2025: average 1:11.95 (32nd to 22nd ahead of fellow Nihonjin Akatsuki Kitamura) and best 1:00.64 (50th to 20th).
There were a few new top ten results from outside my watchlist last week, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Akatsuki Kitamura (50+) at Kansai Parity Party 2025 – Square-1 average 29.62 (5th to 4th)
: Ting He (50+) at Zhengzhou Summer II 2025 - 4BLD best 6:00.64 (enters at 7th)
- 5BLD best 14:27.00 (enters at 7th)
: Hans Bennis (60+) at Breda Open 2025 – 5x5 best 3:27.81 (9th to 8th)
: Min Wu (40+) at Zhengzhou Summer II 2025 – 4BLD best 5:45.56 (11th to 10th)
This week I also followed Peter Hugosson-Miller, AJ Nicholls, Daniel Houghton, Jason Krug, Robert Ślesicki, Choi Goho, and John Cook, who competed without making any new PRs.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
In 40+ Kinch rankings, Jochen Bauer is up from 19th to 17th ahead of Ron van Bruchem, and Lars Vennike Nielsson is up from 21st to 20th ahead of Chris Wright.
In 50+, Akatsuki Kitamura is up from 8th to 5th, pushing Hanns Hub to 6th and out of my watchlist, while YongGeal Lee is up from 25th to 18th ahead of István Kocza.
Next week: Thor Muto Asmund, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Jason Krug, Junya Tomita, Fumiki Koseki, Kanako Eguchi, Kazutaka Watanabe, Yuji Suse, Jae Park, AJ Nicholls, Chris Wright, Glyn Brown, Ming Dao Ting, Samuel Michael Gaffney, Shen Flindell, Maria Oey, Ton Dennenbroek, Ulrich Spies, Daniel Houghton, Gary Miller, Kerry Go, Ming Chai, Rich Tayag, and Lars Vennike Nielsson, 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 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 3 average and single 40+, top 2 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 101 "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+ king does it again with 2 more SWRs, plus two kinds of Minx SWR...
Mats Bergsten (70+ Kinch #1) set two SWRs as part of 2 PRs and a double PR at Uppsalaligan 1: Spin – 2025: 3x3 best 25.16 improves the record he set in June by more than 3 seconds; Square-1 best 1:39.37 enters the 70+ rankings at 1st, almost 8 seconds ahead of Mike Stone's previous record, while average 2:30.74 enters at 2nd and also improves his 60+ record while remaining ranked 9th; and Skewb average 36.95 takes him from 4th to 3rd. Non-PR Skewb best 22.94 also improves his 70+ rankings, taking him from 5th to 3rd, once again ahead of Mike Stone. Mats has now set 22 SWRs since returning to comps as 70+ last year.
Kevin Gray (50+ Pyraminx WR) completed the 50+ Pyraminx double SWR as part of 4 PRs and a double PR at Rubik's UK Championship 2025: after Pyraminx average 5.78 in the first round he followed it up with 5.70, reclaiming the 50+ WR which Javier Tirado Ortiz set in June, while remaining ranked 9th among 40+; Skewb average 7.48 remains ranked 8th; 3x3 average 17.67 takes him from 32nd to 28th (also pipping Javier) and best 15.27 from 44th to 38th; and 2x2 best 4.86 takes him from equal 66th with Anette Warberg Borg to outright 66th.
Also at the UK Champs, Chris Wright (50+ 6x6 WRs) set double Megaminx PRs: average 1:30.78 remains 2nd in 50+ and takes him from 11th to 10th ahead of Lei Zhao in 40+, while best 1:24.07 is a 0.2s improvement, remaining 2nd in 50+ and 10th in 40+.
Finally from UK Champs, Glyn Brown (big cubes top 5s) made a 6x6 best PR 2:45.81, remaining ranked 4th.
Ton Dennenbroek (60+ several WRs) improved one of his 60+ SWRs as part of 2 PRs at Breda Open 2025: Megaminx best 1:45.11 improves the SWR he set last month by 0.44s and also remains ranked 7th among 50+; and Skewb best 6.65 takes him from 8th to 5th.
Also in Breda, Ron van Bruchem (50+ 3x3-5x5 WRs) made 2 PRs: 2x2 average 5.19 has fallen from 4th to 5th with a new unknown competitor appearing at 2nd, and 3OH average 31.22 similarly falling back one place from 8th to 9th due to an unknown entry at 8th.
Lisa Kucala (three 60+ WRs) made 2 PRs at Heartland Championship 2025: Skewb average 9.47 remains ranked 2nd, and FMC mean 55.33 remains ranked 5th.
Lars Vennike Nielsson (OH SWRs) made double Megaminx PRs at Hvidovre Liga I 2025: average 1:47.28 (53rd to 22nd) and best 1:40.83 (60th to 29th. His senior Kinch ranking goes up from 21st to 20th.
Ryuji Hamano (50+ Clock WRs) made double 4x4 PRs at Kansai Parity Party 2025: average 1:11.95 (32nd to 22nd ahead of fellow Nihonjin Akatsuki Kitamura) and best 1:00.64 (50th to 20th).
There were a few new top ten results from outside my watchlist last week, which I found via Phil Lewis' Recent Senior Records page:
: Akatsuki Kitamura (50+) at Kansai Parity Party 2025 – Square-1 average 29.62 (5th to 4th)
: Ting He (50+) at Zhengzhou Summer II 2025 - 4BLD best 6:00.64 (enters at 7th)
- 5BLD best 14:27.00 (enters at 7th)
: Hans Bennis (60+) at Breda Open 2025 – 5x5 best 3:27.81 (9th to 8th)
: Min Wu (40+) at Zhengzhou Summer II 2025 – 4BLD best 5:45.56 (11th to 10th)
This week I also followed Peter Hugosson-Miller, AJ Nicholls, Daniel Houghton, Jason Krug, Robert Ślesicki, Choi Goho, and John Cook, who competed without making any new PRs.
Congratulations to all of these high achievers!
In 40+ Kinch rankings, Jochen Bauer is up from 19th to 17th ahead of Ron van Bruchem, and Lars Vennike Nielsson is up from 21st to 20th ahead of Chris Wright.
In 50+, Akatsuki Kitamura is up from 8th to 5th, pushing Hanns Hub to 6th and out of my watchlist, while YongGeal Lee is up from 25th to 18th ahead of István Kocza.
Next week: Thor Muto Asmund, Peter Hugosson-Miller, Jason Krug, Junya Tomita, Fumiki Koseki, Kanako Eguchi, Kazutaka Watanabe, Yuji Suse, Jae Park, AJ Nicholls, Chris Wright, Glyn Brown, Ming Dao Ting, Samuel Michael Gaffney, Shen Flindell, Maria Oey, Ton Dennenbroek, Ulrich Spies, Daniel Houghton, Gary Miller, Kerry Go, Ming Chai, Rich Tayag, and Lars Vennike Nielsson, 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 2 average and top single in older age groups
: BLD - top 3 average and single 40+, top 2 average and single in older age groups
: Other events - top 2 average, top single 40+, top average and top single in older age groups
: Kinch rankings – top 10 in 40+, top 5 in older age groups (minimum score 10), top 3 female
This has resulted in a list of 101 "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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