Competitions · United States

Alabama Crimson Cubing Spring 2025

Tuscaloosa, Alabama · 22 March 2025 · 6 events · 111 competitors · 128 personal bests

Caleb Chen won three of the six events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Clock) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Matias Marcantoni-Nunez by 0.10 seconds. 111 competitors produced 128 personal bests, 46 of which still stand today, and 28 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Nicu Perkins took a Clock single of 28.36 down to 10.62, 63 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Caleb Chen — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Clock

0.10s

closest final — 2×2, Matias Marcantoni-Nunez over Rowan Stough

128

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Caleb Chen	5.72	7.33
2×2	Matias Marcantoni-Nunez	0.83	1.29
4×4	Katie Hull	27.04	30.20
3×3 one-handed	Caleb Chen	12.46	14.34
Clock	Caleb Chen	3.51	4.06
Megaminx	Jared Stinson	35.00	40.74

The PB harvest

128 set · 46 still standing

Quintan Anthony Huffman — 2×2 single 1.10: into the top 0.77% of the event's history.
Daniel Mullen — 2×2 single 1.20: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Quintan Anthony Huffman — Clock single 3.42: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Jordan Cape — Clock single 4.49: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Drake Denton Richard — 3×3 one-handed single 12.38: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Quintan Anthony Huffman — 3×3 single 8.80: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Phillip Lane — 2×2 single 2.26: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
Isak Danke — 2×2 single 2.31: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

28 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

111 competitors · 520 results · 6 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Caleb Chen won it with a 7.33 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

1B2 R2 F2 D2 U B2 F2 L2 B' R' B2 U2 F L B2 F' D' R U2
2U B U2 R' D2 B2 U2 L F2 L2 R D2 L2 B' D' F' U' B F' L2
3R' D2 L' U2 R' F2 R' D2 R' B2 U2 D' B' U L2 B2 L F' U' B L
4D2 L F' R' U2 D2 F D2 F2 R L' B2 L D2 L2 B D' L2 D2
5L2 D B2 R2 D2 L' U2 L' U2 F2 R B' D' U' F L B' L' U

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

111 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.