Liverpool Spring 2026

The tables inside the Liverpool Guild of Students hummed with non-stop turning as the final round of the classic Rubik's Cube drew down to its deciding turns. Across two full days on April 18 to April 19, the hall hosted 116 competitors tackling 10 distinct events over 19 rounds. By Sunday afternoon, the tension gathered entirely around the main stage, where a razor-thin margin separated the top contenders battling against the clock in the premier speedcubing discipline.

When the dust settled on the 3x3 results, Caleb Wolf Dunn captured the title at Liverpool Spring 2026 with a winning average of 7.47 seconds, backed by a best single of 6.33. The race went directly to the wire, with Canada's Jensen Belen-Brown securing second place at 7.88 seconds and Daniel Partridge taking third at 7.91 seconds. That tight spread highlighted the standard of play across 111 entrants in the event, setting the tone for a packed weekend of top-flight speed cubing in Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom.

Dunn was not finished with just one victory at Liverpool Spring 2026. In the 4x4x4 Cube, he clinched first place with a 28.51 average, turning in a best single of 25.24. He held off Franklyn Bensley, who claimed runner-up honors at 28.81 seconds, while Partridge stepped onto the podium once again in third with a 30.44 average. Dunn also added second-place finishes in both the Pyraminx and 5x5x5 Cube, cementing a heavy haul of silverware across the weekend.

Partridge assembled an equally massive campaign of his own, collecting four separate event victories. He started on the shorter puzzles, winning the 2x2x2 Cube with a blistering 1.52 average and a 0.89 single, followed by a gold-medal average of 2.04 in the Pyraminx. Moving up to the larger hardware, Partridge dominated the 5x5x5 Cube with a 50.91 average and best single of 46.86, before finishing the big cube slate with a 6x6x6 Cube victory in 1:26.92.

Beyond the main podium fights, the cubing competition saw outstanding individual breakthroughs from competitors across the field. Yasir Syed Haque tackled five events, delivering a 75.8 percent improvement on his 2x2x2 Cube personal best down to 1.96 seconds alongside first attempts at both the 4x4x4 Cube and Pyraminx. Luke Dickinson entered six disciplines, posting a 64.2 percent personal best drop to 1.32 in the 2x2x2 Cube while registering his first official marks in the Megaminx and 6x6x6 Cube. Christian Harris took on nine events, logging his first 3x3x3 Blindfolded solve in 5:36.94 and slicing his 2x2x2 Cube mark by 64.5 percent to 1.67. Ariel Monchar improved their Pyraminx mark by 53.4 percent to 7.40 and made their debut in the 4x4x4 Cube.

The progress continued through the ranks in this WCA competition as Samuel Mirasol took on eight events, making first attempts in both 3x3x3 One-Handed and 6x6x6 Cube while trimming his 2x2x2 mark to 5.64. Akshay Kishore Desai entered five events and recorded first official attempts in the 3x3x3 One-Handed, Pyraminx, and 4x4x4 Cube. Max Bradley improved his 2x2x2 Cube best by 41.9 percent to 10.20 seconds, and Luca Portelli clocked his first official attempts in Megaminx and 6x6x6 Cube while trimming his 4x4x4 Cube personal best to 45.48 seconds.

Specialist events delivered their own dramatic finishes. In the 3x3x3 One-Handed division, Joseph Briggs topped the 59-competitor field with an average of 11.18 seconds, aided by an 8.52 single, finishing ahead of Dunn and Rufus Cripps. The Megaminx saw Katie Moughan take top honors with an average of 38.37 seconds and a best single of 35.51 across two rounds of play, clear of the rest of the 55-person field.

The blindfolded categories belonged entirely to Ryan Eckersley, who pulled off a clean sweep of the memory events. In the 3x3x3 Blindfolded, Eckersley put together a 23.97 average with a best single of 21.33 to win comfortably over Partridge and Adam Black. He followed up in the 4x4x4 Blindfolded by clocking a 1:22.99 average and a 1:20.02 single, taking the top spot above Black and Malaysia's Nevins Chan Pak Hoong.

With 2026 now in full swing, Liverpool Spring 2026 concluded as a showcase of consistency and clutch execution under pressure. Across ten events and nearly two hundred solves, the venue in Merseyside proved fertile ground for both seasoned champions collecting medals and emerging competitors carving seconds off their personal records.