Stanley Chapel Wins 5BLD At NAC 2026
The first gold medal of NAC 2026 belongs to Stanley Chapel after a winning 5BLD performance.
Stanley Chapel has won the 5x5 Blindfolded title at the 2026 North American Championship, finishing with a successful solve of 2:50.32 to claim the first event title of the competition.
Final Podium
🥇 Stanley Chapel - 2:50.32
🥈 Graham Siggins - 3:34.35
🥉 Alvin Cheng Hiu Yeung - 3:54.06
Coming into the championship, Stanley Chapel was considered the unanimous favorite. In the community’s NAC Podium Prediction Challenge, 100% of participants selected them to win the event.
The victory joins his long his of accomplishments, including 31 world records and six world champions titles.
The result marks their fifth North American Championship title overall and continues an impressive run of performances in blindfolded solving.
With 5BLD complete, attention now shifts to the remaining events as competitors continue their pursuit of North American Championship titles throughout the weekend.