2026 speedcubing rankings updated to spotlight this season's top solvers
A June 28 update turned the yearly rankings into a pure 2026 form chart, just as FTO joins the WCA and Clock exits.
The yearly rankings page was updated on June 28, 2026 and now shows only current-year results, turning it into a clean read on who has been strongest since January 1. In a sport where all-time records can linger for years, that makes the page a season tracker, not a career scrapbook.
The timing matters because the WCA’s results export is usually refreshed after each competition weekend once results are finalized, and the main rankings pages showed another update on June 29, 2026. That pace leaves little room for stale form lines: a fast weekend can move a solver up quickly, and a quiet stretch can send them sliding just as fast.
The broader competitive picture is shifting too. On June 24, 2026, the WCA Board said it will add Face Turning Octahedron as an official event and remove Clock, with FTO eligible for WCA competitions from January 2, 2027. The current WCA Regulations version is dated April 1, 2026, and the clock-free themed meet No Clocks in Greenpoint ran May 9-10 in Brooklyn, New York, a small but telling preview of how quickly the event mix is changing.
The next big stress test comes July 2-5 at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 in Raleigh, North Carolina, at the Raleigh Convention Center. The championship carries a 1,200 competitor limit, a base registration fee of $150, and 966 registered competitors on the registrations page at the time of the crawl. With that many solves about to hit the system, the June 28 yearly rankings update is doing exactly what it was built to do: show which names own the season right now, before Raleigh gives the table another shake.
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