The PSL season comes down to Saturday night in Las Vegas. Elsewhere, Taiwan celebrates its 20th anniversary, while Mongolia, Idaho, and Hungary hold their championships.
Welcome back to the Speedcuber’s Digest Weekend Preview, where we look ahead at the potential storylines going into the weekend.
PSL Crowns Its Champion in Las Vegas
The PSL Championship takes place October 24 at Container Park in Las Vegas, with at least $5,000 in cash prizes on the line.
Dylan Miller has the season MVP award, but the championship is still to be decided. Kyle Santucci won NAC with a 5.63 average, while Luke Griesser is another leading contender.
Patrick Ponce, Valerio Locatelli, and Morgan Yeh add to the field. Locatelli finished second at the European Championship with 5.74. Yeh beat Santucci in last year’s Canadian Championship final, 6.10 to 6.19.
The double-elimination format gives competitors a chance to recover from a loss, with matches growing to best of 5 sets in the finals. We took a closer look at the contenders in Why Kyle Santucci Will Win the PSL Championships.
There is also a way for a new face to make it into the championship on Saturday. The lower-division winner advances to the upper division, and the upper-division winner earns the last-chance spot in the main event.
SpeedcubingTV’s broadcast is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. Pacific / 9:30 p.m. Eastern.
Just 0.14 Seconds Between Taiwan’s Leading 4x4 Entrants
Taiwan 20th Anniversary 2026 runs October 24-25 in Taipei with an unusual lineup: no 3x3, but three rounds each of 4x4, 5x5, and 7x7.
Yi-Fan Wu leads the 4x4 field with a 24.04 personal-best average, just ahead of Yi-Jen Hsueh at 24.18. Wei-Ming Zeng follows at 25.18 and leads 5x5 with 43.13.
The 7x7 field has three entrants with sub-2-minute best means. Cian-Jyun Yang leads with 1:53.21, followed by Chun-Pao Ni at 1:56.81 and Zeng at 1:57.85.
Mongolia’s Top Two Separated by 0.07
Temuulen Tserendagva and Myagmardorj Ulziijargal lead the 3x3 field at Mongolian Championship 2026, October 24-25 in Ulaanbaatar. Their personal-best averages are 6.63 and 6.70, with Gegeenbileg Naranchimeg next at 7.02.
Orgil Otgonbayar leads 4x4 and 5x5 with averages of 26.86 and 47.70. Kazakhstan’s Diasbek Zhuraev tops the overall 7x7 field with a 2:27.32 mean, ahead of Ulziijargal’s 2:40.54 and Otgonbayar’s 2:41.20.
The competition is open to all nationalities, but only Mongolian citizens are eligible for championship titles and prizes.
Three Close Contenders in Idaho
The top three 3x3 competitors at Idaho Championship 2026 are separated by just 0.19 seconds. Ethan George Hayes leads with 7.50 personal-best average, followed by Evan Beck at 7.57 and David Dopp at 7.69.
The October 24-25 competition takes place in Meridian. Hayes also leads one-handed with 9.77, while Beck’s 29.37 tops 4x4. In 5x5, Ian Lawson has a narrow edge over Beck, 56.91 to 57.03.
CubingUSA’s state rankings list Hayes, Beck, Dopp, and Lawson as Idaho residents, making all four eligible for the state titles
Molnár and Szabó Lead Hungary’s Home Contenders
Hungarian Open 2026 serves as Hungary’s national championship, running October 23-25 in Budapest.
Gergő Zalán Molnár has the fastest 3x3 personal-best average among the Hungarian entrants at 5.72, followed by Dávid Szabó at 6.01. Russia’s Alexey Tsvetkov leads the overall field with 5.50 and also tops one-handed with 8.73.
Gergely Novotni leads 4x4 with 25.66. In 5x5, he trails the Czech Republic’s Matěj Grohmann, 48.70 to 47.47, giving the home contenders another close race against an international visitor.