Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2025

The Grand Pier reached out into the waters of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, United Kingdom, providing an unmistakable coastal backdrop for a weekend packed with rotating plastic, shared warmups, and steady camaraderie. Across September 13 and September 14, eighty-one competitors gathered inside the historic venue, filling the tables between stages to compare hardware, discuss turning nuances, and catch up with longtime peers. The shared energy of the floor set a welcoming tone across all sixteen rounds, where competitors spent just as much time judging and cheering on fellow solvers as they did stepping up to the timer themselves.

Over the two days of action, Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2025 showcased nine different events spanning traditional twists, intricate polyhedral puzzles, and memory-intensive blind challenges. The bustling side-event schedules gave participants plenty of variety beyond the standard 3x3 results, with groups congregating to watch everything from Pyraminx scrambles to large-cube marathons. The atmosphere remained lively throughout, proving that a major speedcubing gathering in 2025 is as much about the community exchanging solving methods between attempts as it is about chasing seconds on the official clock.

The spotlight of personal progress shone brightly on competitors expanding their repertoires and pushing their limits across multiple categories. Sebastian Alan Edwards delivered massive steps forward across three events, cutting his 3x3x3 Cube personal best by 36.1 percent down to 23.62 seconds, trimming his Pyraminx best by 19.6 percent to 10.90 seconds, and taking his first ever attempt at 4x4x4 Cube with a time of 1:35.51. Harry Shackleton shaved 37 percent off his Clock mark to reach 12.17 seconds across four events entered. Liam Walton entered six events and logged a Megaminx personal best of 2:08.95, which was 15.8 percent faster than before, while making first-time attempts in 5x5x5 Cube at 2:31.40 and 4x4x4 Cube at 1:24.67. Nico Walker took on eight events and improved three personal bests, finishing 14th in Clock while dropping his 7x7x7 Cube mark by 10.9 percent to 4:40.33.

Other dedicated solvers embraced new challenges for the very first time on the official stage. Isaac Jeffries tackled five events, earning a 30th-place finish in Pyraminx while recording first-ever attempts in Megaminx at 1:36.33, 4x4x4 Cube at 56.73 seconds, and Clock at 13.16 seconds. Joshua Antony Mortimer jumped into six events, achieving a 36th-place result in Megaminx, lowering his 3x3x3 Cube personal best by 8.8 percent to 13.41, and recording initial marks in 5x5x5 Cube at 1:46.38 and Pyraminx at 6.97 seconds. First-time WCA competition entrant Hieu Lam took on four events, placing 31st in Pyraminx while setting initial marks of 10.53 seconds in 3x3x3 Cube, 1:02.14 in 4x4x4 Cube, and 21.86 in Clock. Fellow debutant Jacob A. Lucas also began his speed cubing journey with first-ever marks of 32.07 in 3x3x3 Cube and 12.02 in Pyraminx.

At the top of the standings, Danny Morgan delivered an extraordinary multi-discipline showcase, securing five separate gold finishes throughout the weekend. In the premier 3x3x3 Cube final, Morgan locked down first place with a winning average of 6.91 seconds, holding off James Alonso who took second with 7.02 and Toby Palmer in third at 8.42, while Alonso also posted the fastest single of the round at 5.28. Morgan continued his dominant run in the Pyraminx final, capturing the title with a 2.55 average, trailed by Blue James with 3.13 and Satya Bhavesh Gala with 3.50.

The big cubes also proved to be fertile ground for Morgan, who captured three consecutive victories across the heavier puzzles. In 5x5x5 Cube, his 43.10 winning average led the podium ahead of Max Kwok U Sam with 52.54 and Daniel Chiu with 53.27. Moving up to 6x6x6 Cube, Morgan secured first with a 1:35.31 average, finishing ahead of Aidan Grainger at 1:47.14 and Max Kwok U Sam at 1:49.09. He completed the sweep in 7x7x7 Cube, posting a winning average of 2:22.76, besting Max Kwok U Sam at 2:27.39 and Sam Shaw at 2:50.65.

Action in the 4x4x4 Cube saw Daniel Chiu step to the top of the podium with a sharp 28.17 winning average, edging out Danny Morgan at 28.89 and Toby Palmer at 30.25. In Megaminx, Aidan Grainger mastered the twelve-sided puzzle to take the title with a swift 27.78 average, leading Sarah Durling at 39.98 and Ainesh Sevellaraja at 43.07. Meanwhile, Clock featured an exciting finish as Jacob Sherwen Brown took the victory with a 3.65 average, posting a single of 2.98 along the way.

The blindfolded discipline delivered its signature suspense as competitors tackled the Rubik's Cube without sight, relying entirely on memorisation before executing their solution sequences under strict focus. Ben Stokes claimed top honours in the 3x3x3 Blindfolded event with a best single solve of 21.92 seconds. Adam Devere earned the second spot on the podium with a 24.29 single, and Oliver Wheat took third place with a time of 56.05 seconds, closing out a memorable set of rounds for the blindsolving community.

When the final timers were cleared, the podium tallies showed broad international representation alongside strong domestic achievements, with twenty-one podium places going to the United Kingdom, three to Macau, two to Hong Kong, and one to Malaysia. Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2025 concluded as a genuine celebration of camaraderie, technical skill, and shared enthusiasm inside a classic seaside setting, leaving every cuber with fresh memories, improved times, and plenty of inspiration for the upcoming seasons of play.