The Weekend Ahead: May 15-17, 2026
Highlighting competitions from around the world of speedcubing.
Welcome back to The Weekend Ahead! This week’s slate gives us a little bit of everything: a Polish competition with one of Europe’s biggest rising names, a Premier Speedcubing League stop in Seattle, and the third annual Oklahoma Championship.
GLS Gdańsk IV 2026
We’ll start in Gdańsk, Poland, where GLS Gdańsk IV 2026 runs May 16-17. The competition has a 130-competitor limit and is part of the long-running Gdańsk Speedcubing League, a local speedcubing initiative that has helped bring more than 80 official WCA competitions to the city since 2008.
The main name to watch here is Teodor Zajder, and Gdańsk has already become a familiar place for big moments from him. Zajder has broken records in Gdańsk often and recently, including his 3x3 world record single and European record average.
This is also Zajder’s first competition since setting that European record average, which gives this weekend a little extra weight. Any time he is in the field, 3x3 immediately becomes the headline event, and GLS Gdańsk IV gives him another chance to put up the kind of result that gets the rest of the speedcubing world’s attention.
Premier Speedcubing League Seattle 2026
Next, we head to the Emerald City for Premier Speedcubing League Seattle 2026 on Sunday, May 17. PSL is not a normal WCA-style weekend, and that’s exactly why it belongs on the list. You can watch it live on the SpeedcubingTV YouTube channel at 6:30 p.m. EDT.
The event will take place at GameWorks Seattle, the same venue that hosted last year’s Seattle stop, where Dylan Miller took the win. Like their recent UC Davis event, this gives PSL a public-facing venue, with the setting allowing spectators to experience the event for free while also adding additional pressure for the competitors.
The names make this one especially interesting. Dylan Miller, Đỗ Quang Hưng, and Sameer Aggarwal are all set to be there, giving Seattle a strong headline trio. Dylan brings the American star power, Hưng gives the field international weight, and Sameer brings local intrigue as a Seattle-area solver and 4-time Square-1 world record holder.
There are also real stakes attached. The winner punches their ticket to the PSL Championship in Las Vegas. Dylan has already qualified, so if he wins again, that spot will go to a fan vote. That puts extra pressure on the rest of the field, who are still looking to earn their way into Vegas directly.
Oklahoma Championship 2026
Finally, we head to Norman, Oklahoma, for Oklahoma Championship 2026. The competition runs May 15-17 at the NCED Convention Center and is the third annual Oklahoma State Championship, with a 185-competitor limit.
Like other state championships, anyone can compete, but only Oklahoma residents are eligible to win the title of Oklahoma State Champion. That gives the weekend a fun split between the overall event winners and the local title races.
Casey Ngo is also the clear local name to watch. He won the Oklahoma 3x3 title in both 2024 and 2025, taking the 2024 title with a 7.19 average and the 2025 title with a 7.86 average. If he’s back in the field, he’ll be the one everyone is chasing.
And because it wouldn’t be a great regional championship without a little extra chaos, Oklahoma will also feature unofficial events, including Face Turning Octahedron, Team Blindfolded, and Cap on Pen.
Between the state-title stakes, returning champions, and a full Southern Cubing atmosphere, Oklahoma Championship 2026 should be a fun closer to the weekend.