Bali mall hosts cross-border speedcubing meet with 28 competitors

Discovery Mall’s Bali Main Atrium turned speedcubing into mall-floor theater on June 27-28, 2026, with 28 competitors spread across three regions and 5 first-timers alongside 23 returners. Set in front of the SOGO logo at Jl. Kartika Plaza in Kuta, Kabupaten Badung, Bali 80361, the event put a regulated WCA competition directly in a public retail space rather than behind closed doors.

That setup came with a deliberately tight frame. Bali Discovery Speedcubing Master 2026 carried a competitor cap of 70, a base registration fee of Rp120,000, and on-the-spot registration at Rp170,000 if places remained. Registration opened May 26, 2026 at 5:00 PM PDT and closed June 19, 2026 at 5:00 PM PDT, with 50 percent refunds available for cancellations before that deadline. Waitlisted registrants could be accepted through June 21, and competitors could still change events until June 27 at 7:00 PM PDT. Giovanni Tanaka organized the meet, with Bryan Gan Tze Yang and Cendy Cahyo Rahmat serving as delegates.

The registration list gave the meet its strongest competitive edge. Competitors came from Indonesia, China, and Malaysia, with names including Yiheng Wang, Xuanyi Geng, and Lim Hung. Wang stood out even in a small field: his WCA profile lists 120 competitions completed and 4,365 solves, along with personal bests that include a 3x3x3 single of 3.06 and a 3x3x3 average of 3.51. He also carries multiple world, continental, or national records across events, which made his entry more than just a name on a signup sheet.

The Bali series has already shown it can produce results that travel beyond the mall atrium. In June 2024, Bali Discovery Speedcubing Masters drew 54 competitors and 66 total registrations, with 2 first-timers and 64 returners. Wang won 3x3x3 Cube there with a 4.79 average, while Firstian Fushada and Muhammad Faeyza Koda finished second and third. That earlier edition was also held at Discovery Mall and organized by Giovanni Tanaka, with Angeline Wijaya, Cendy Cahyo Rahmat, Ivan Lew Yi Wen, and Wilson Alvis listed as delegates.

The 2026 meet showed the same formula in smaller form: a public venue that could pull in casual foot traffic, and a compact international field that still mattered on the WCA stage. Under the January 2026 regulation set, it stayed a formal competition, but the atrium setting made the scene feel closer to the everyday life of the mall than to a sealed-off tournament room.