Adelaide Summer 2026

One hundred competitors gathered at Cosgrove Hall as Adelaide Summer 2026 unfolded over two days of high-stakes speedcubing in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Across eighteen rounds and eleven official events, the Australian contingent demonstrated overwhelming strength on home soil. Australian solvers captured thirty-two of the podium positions awarded throughout the weekend of January 10 to January 11, setting a dominant tone across nearly every discipline on the schedule.

Seth Ferry emerged as one of the standout figures of the tournament, taking victories in three separate categories. Ferry captured the premier 3x3x3 Cube title with a winning average of 7.84 seconds across three rounds, holding off Adrian Oon who took second in 8.17 seconds and Miles Fetherston who finished third in 8.38 seconds. The 3x3 results saw Ferry produce the best single of the ninety-seven competitor field at 5.99 seconds, underscoring his control on the classic Rubik's Cube.

Ferry added two more first-place finishes in the larger cube brackets. In the 4x4x4 Cube, Ferry topped a field of fifty-seven entrants with a winning average of 30.48 seconds and a best single of 28.18 seconds, finishing ahead of Jaxon Foster in 31.58 seconds and Regan Roberts in 34.95 seconds. Ferry also secured the 5x5x5 Cube title with a 57.04-second average, posting a single of 51.93 seconds across forty-one competitors in the single-round contest.

Jaxon Foster controlled the largest hardware of the weekend, securing a sweep of the big-cube marathon events. Foster won the 7x7x7 Cube with an average of 3:09.57 and a single of 3:00.80, leading Adrian Oon in 3:13.42 and Regan Roberts in 3:33.88. Foster also took top honours in the 6x6x6 Cube among twenty-seven competitors, recording an average of 1:48.56 and a best single of 1:47.13 to complete his dual victory.

The shorter formats featured intense competition among local favourites at this WCA competition. Gerard McGinley won the 2x2x2 Cube with an average of 2.15 seconds, edging out Miles Fetherston at 2.55 seconds and Alex Butera at 2.74 seconds. Butera found his own victories across two different disciplines, winning Clock with a 4.31-second average ahead of Fetherston and Kittatam Saisaard, before capturing Skewb in 4.06 seconds ahead of Jonah Blakeley and Regan Roberts.

Away from the top of the podium, several competitors achieved remarkable milestones across their events at Adelaide Summer 2026. Jackson Wall delivered one of the weekend's largest gains, dropping his Pyraminx personal best to 18.69 seconds, an improvement of 72.6 percent over his previous 1:08.15 mark, while also cutting his 3x3x3 single by 44.1 percent to 51.99 seconds. Lionel Koppes trimmed his 3x3x3 Cube best by 55.7 percent to 17.99 seconds after opening his weekend with first official attempts in Pyraminx at 12.61 seconds and 2x2x2 Cube at 4.82 seconds. Ethan Qiu improved his Pyraminx personal best by 53.2 percent to 4.10 seconds while recording initial marks of 2:43.73 in 5x5x5 Cube and 6:05.00 in 6x6x6 Cube. Ryan Kim registered a 49.7 percent reduction on his Skewb mark down to 12.66 seconds alongside a first attempt in 3x3x3 One-Handed of 1:17.73.

Other competitors took on extensive schedules to post breakthrough performances across the board. Edward Blake lowered his Skewb mark by 46.1 percent to 5.37 seconds while attempting Pyraminx and 3x3x3 One-Handed for the first time. Frank Hu-Ao Li registered a fourth-place finish in Pyraminx with a personal best of 3.59 seconds, improved his one-handed mark by 41.1 percent to 37.82 seconds, and logged a first Clock time of 12.61 seconds. Felix Fok took on seven events, setting personal bests in 3x3x3 One-Handed at 33.24 seconds and Clock at 17.49 seconds, alongside a first 4x4x4 Cube result of 1:42.79. Max Cook completed eight events, recording inaugural official times in Clock at 28.01 seconds, 5x5x5 Cube at 3:07.96, and 3x3x3 One-Handed at 55.19 seconds.

Specialty disciplines rounded out the weekend of speed cubing action. Tess Karon won the 3x3x3 One-Handed competition with a 12.52-second average and a fast single of 10.39 seconds, finishing ahead of Seth Ferry at 13.49 seconds and Adrian Oon at 16.17 seconds. Cody Driver took the Pyraminx title with a 3.89-second average, besting Chelsea Watts and Miles Fetherston. In 3x3x3 Blindfolded, Felix Williams claimed victory with a best single of 30.66 seconds, successfully navigating the memorisation and execution phases across two rounds of play.

With thirty-two podium places secured by Australian solvers, the 2026 cubing competition schedule in the region opened with extraordinary depth and consistency. From the multi-event triumphs of Seth Ferry and Jaxon Foster to the broad participation across eleven distinct puzzles, Adelaide Summer 2026 set a high benchmark for the competitive season ahead.