Billund hosts its first speedcubing competition, welcoming new competitors
Billund’s first WCA meet drew 35 competitors and 3 first-timers, with Martin Vædele Egdal taking 3x3 by averaging 7.27 seconds.
Billund finally joined the speedcubing map in a meaningful way: Billund Open 2026 was the first competition ever held in the city, and it was set up as an open meet that welcomed new competitors at Billund Centret on Hans Jensensvej 6. For local cubers, that changes Billund from a place people passed through to a place where official results, podiums and first attempts could happen at home.
The field was modest but healthy for a debut, with 35 people on the registration list, including 3 first-timers and 32 returners from 8 regions. The competition capped entries at 60 competitors and set a base registration fee of 100 kroner, while spectators could get in for 20 kroner. Registration opened on Sunday, May 3, 2026, and closed on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, at 2:59 PM PDT. The organizing team listed by the World Cube Association was Benjamin Thunbo Jonassen, Daniel Vædele Egdal, Dansk Speedcubing Forening and Thor Muto Asmund, with Daniel Vædele Egdal serving as WCA delegate.
On the results sheet, Martin Vædele Egdal delivered the cleanest headline of the weekend by winning 3x3x3 Cube with a 7.27-second average. Rasmus Stub Detlefsen followed in second with 7.93, and Daniel Vædele Egdal took third at 8.06. The event was not built around one discipline either: the schedule also included 2x2, 4x4, 5x5, 3x3 blindfolded, one-handed, Clock, Megaminx and Pyraminx, giving the meet the full official spread that makes a first local competition feel like a real entry point rather than a one-off showpiece.
Billund’s setting sharpened the story. LEGO’s history says Godtfred Kirk Christiansen began building a private airfield there in 1961 to make visits easier for business partners and sales executives, and LEGO House describes itself as sitting in the heart of Billund, the hometown of the LEGO brick. LEGOLAND Billund Resort is the original LEGOLAND, which gives the town an identity already tied to creativity, hands-on play and global visitors. A first WCA meet fits that landscape naturally, but its bigger test now is whether Billund Open becomes the start of a lasting local hub rather than a single debut on the calendar.
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