Philippines meet adds first two-round 4BLD event, skips 3x3 entirely
Greenwoods Big Blind & Beyond made 4x4 blindfolded the headline, with the Philippines' first two-round 4BLD format and no 3x3 on the board. The meet drew 24 entrants.
A Philippine meet built around 4x4x4 Blindfolded made a point that regular opens often miss: blind solving can carry the whole show. Greenwoods Big Blind & Beyond 2026 put 4BLD in the main slot, added two rounds of it, and left 3x3 off the schedule entirely.
The competition was held on June 21, 2026, at Greenwoods Area 4 - Covered Court in Cainta, Rizal, Philippines. Hsiang-Cheng Kan, Luis Gabriel Magadia, and Michael Angelo Zafra organized the meet, with Yuji Yoshida serving as WCA delegate. The WCA description said it took place right after FMC World 2026 in the morning, which fit the event’s stripped-down, specialist feel.
The numbers showed real interest, even for a niche-heavy lineup. Registration listed 24 competitors, including 1 first-timer and 23 returners, against a competitor limit of 50. The base fee was 550. For a meet built around quiet events and advanced solvers, that is a healthy turnout rather than a novelty field.
What made the meet stand out most was the format itself. The WCA description called it the first competition in the Philippines to feature two rounds of 4BLD, and it framed the event as one designed for specialists in quiet events. Alongside 4BLD, the official event list included 7x7, Clock, 3BLD, and MBLD. The unofficial slate went even further into niche territory with Master Magic and Pyraminx One-Handed.
Greenwoods Big Blind & Beyond 2026 was also the third Greenwoods competition of the year, after Greenwoods Clock Clash 2026 and Greenwoods Summer Overtime 2026. Those earlier meets had already leaned into event-specific programming, with Clock Clash centered on Clock and Summer Overtime following as a sequel with Clock at the top again. Together, the three meets showed a local scene willing to give blindfolded and big-cube specialists a proper stage instead of making them fight for scraps in an all-around schedule.
That matters because the Philippines calendar still has a much bigger all-around anchor. The 15th Philippine Championship 2026 was separately described as the annual culmination of the best Filipino speedcubers, and its registration page showed 75 returners. Greenwoods Big Blind & Beyond 2026 sat in a different lane entirely: smaller, quieter, and far more specialized, with 4BLD treated like the headline act it rarely gets to be.
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