Jason Kipkurui wins Nakuru’s third official speedcubing competition

Nakuru has reached a real milestone in Kenyan speedcubing: its third official WCA competition, and that matters more than the podium alone. Nakuru Twist and Turn 2026 brought 40 competitors to Kagaki School’s conference hall on June 13, with free spectator access, a 60-cuber cap, and an on-site payment setup built for local turnout as much as elite results.

Jason Kipkurui gave the meet a clean headline on the cubes. He won 3x3x3 Cube with a 14.78 average, beating Allan Kipchumba’s 16.41 and Kelvin Githiari Waturi’s 21.49. Kipkurui arrived with real WCA mileage behind him, listed at 9 completed competitions and 164 solves, and his win showed that Nakuru’s field was deep enough to produce a competitive top end, not just a hometown runaway.

The structure around the event says as much about the scene as the times do. The competition page listed Dickson Masika, Michael Nziwa Makanga, Mike Ong'iro, and Samuel Kamau as organizers, with WCA delegates Kelvin Githiari Waturi and Teddy Mbingo overseeing the meet. Payment was handled through M-Pesa, and the event listing also pointed readers to a Cubing Kenya New comer tutorial video, a small but telling sign that this scene is actively trying to bring first-timers into official competition rather than waiting for them to find it on their own.

That continuity is the bigger story. Nakuru Open 2025 was billed as the city’s first official competition and drew 25 competitors at Kagaki School, while Nakuru Speedcubing Camp 2025 later opened at Shiners Premier Academy with a 150-competitor cap and a KSh800 base fee. Nakuru Twist and Turn 2026 came in at KSh500, a lower entry point that fits a community still trying to widen the door. The repeated presence of the same organizers and delegates across Nakuru, Nairobi, Kericho, and Kenya Nationals shows that Kenya’s cubing scene is not being built meet by meet in isolation. It is being stitched together by the same people, the same officials, and a growing base of returning competitors.

For a city that now has three official WCA meets on the books, that is the real benchmark. Jason Kipkurui’s 14.78 average was the result that topped the sheet, but the more important sign was everything around it: the repeat organizers, the returning officials, and the clear beginner pipeline that made a third Nakuru competition possible in the first place.