At Leeds Spring 2026, Caleb Wolf Dunn achieved an official average of 5.96 seconds in the final (and easily won the competition), this is Caleb's first sub-6 average and will knock Jasper Murray of New Zealand from the top-100 in the world for 3x3 average. Jasper Murray's PR average stands at 6.00. This means that there are now 100 people with an official sub-6 average. 

Sub-6 is still a very impressive achievement, it requires a very impressive turning speed and accuracy, a very fast recognition speed of algorithms and of course, a good look-ahead. 12 people have official sub-5 averages, it will be interesting to see when we reach 100.

It was some time in 2021-22 that the top 100 went under 7 seconds, but we do see cubing becoming far more popular, especially among younger kids who often have a much higher natural turning ability, and with cubing coaching becoming more common, mostly in China but also in other places such as Poland, cubers are becoming far more competitive. It will be interesting to see how cubers continue to improve.

Specifically for the UK, this also raises the question of how long James Alonso can hang onto the national record, his PR average of 5.80 currently stands as the UK National Record, but with a 2nd other person achieving a sub-6 average, his national record is looking increasingly under threat, James Alonso also doesn't appear to compete as frequently as some of his close rivals, meaning that Caleb Wolf Dunn, Monty Fox and Jonny Morello Kerlaff all have more opportunities to challenge his national record. It is also pretty clear that UK Championships 2026 will be very competitive and I am sure many will be practicing a lot to give themselves the best chance of winning the UK Championships in August.