Bristol June 2026 draws 97 cubers to packed University of Bristol meet
Bristol’s June WCA meet filled 97 spots at the University of Bristol, with free spectators, a two-day schedule, and a field packed mostly with returners.
Bristol June 2026 turned the Anson Rooms at the University of Bristol into a proper weekend hub for British cubing, with 97 competitors, a full two-day timetable, and spectators coming in free. The meet drew a broad mix of British and international cubers into a compact university setting that felt bigger than a local stop and busier than a one-day sprint.
The event ran June 6-7 at the Richmond Building, 105 Queens Rd, and the structure was as important as the turnout. AJ Nicholls, Chris Wright, and the UK Cube Association organized it, while AJ Nicholls, Eleanor Sinnott, James Golding, Oliver Wheat, and Rich Casey served as delegates. Registration opened on March 11, 2026 and closed on June 1, with a £30 base fee and no on-the-spot signups once the field filled to the 100-person cap.
That kind of scale works because the venue can handle it. Bristol SU lists the Anson Rooms as its largest event space, on the first floor of the Richmond Building, with step-free access via an accessible lift and multiple entrances. For a meet like this, that matters as much as the hardware on the tables. It lets a packed schedule move without turning the lobby into a bottleneck, and it makes room for spectators who want to watch a real World Cube Association contest without paying to get in.
The WCA Live timetable showed how dense the weekend was. Saturday and Sunday carried rounds in 2x2x2 Cube, Megaminx, 3x3x3 Blindfolded, and Clock, with the Saturday block alone stretching across five event windows between 2:00 and 10:30. This was not a meet built around a single showcase final. It was a full program, and the shape of it suited the venue.
On the results sheet, Rufus Prabhu-Desai set the pace, winning 3x3x3 Cube with a 7.50-second average and taking 2x2x2 Cube in 1.92 seconds. He also sat near the top of Megaminx with a 37.82-second average. Harvie Partridge won both 4x4x4 Cube and 5x5x5 Cube, while Matthew Advani took Clock with a 4.59-second average. Adam Devere’s DNF average in 3x3x3 Blindfolded was the sort of reminder every good meet needs, that the full WCA set still includes events where control matters as much as raw TPS.
The competitor list showed only two first-timers against 98 returners, which says this was a seasoned field, not an introductory one. Bristol June 2026 also followed Bristol June 2025 and Bristol August 2025 at the same Anson Rooms venue, and that repeat booking is starting to look like a fixture. By the end of the weekend, the university space had done exactly what a strong city meet should do: it gave British cubing a packed room, a deep field, and a place worth coming back to.
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