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Arizona Favorites 2025

Tucson, Arizona · 8 November 2025 · 13 events · 43 competitors · 46 personal bests

Dan Tran won four of the 13 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Emmett Galli by 0.04 seconds. 43 competitors produced 46 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Zaynab Alkhalifa set the Pyraminx single national record: 2.52.

Four wins
Dan Tran — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7
0.04s
closest final — 2×2, Emmett Galli over Kellan Kight
46
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Jeremy Bulambot5.486.63
2×2Emmett Galli1.792.68
4×4Dan Tran25.9328.07
5×5Dan Tran42.5250.54
6×6Dan Tran1:30.651:41.14
7×7Dan Tran2:30.682:49.88
3×3 blindfoldedMatthew Low1:33.36
3×3 one-handedJeremy Bulambot9.7812.60
ClockKellan Kight3.994.86
MegaminxMia Sponseller49.7252.07
PyraminxEmmett Galli4.304.88
SkewbKellan Kight2.513.87
Square-1Brady Lawrence10.5411.24

The PB harvest

46 set · 31 still standing
  • Dan Tran — 5×5 single 42.52: into the top 0.37% of the event's history.
  • TJ Hayward — 2×2 single 1.44: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
  • Zaynab Alkhalifa — Pyraminx single 2.52: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
  • Kellan Kight — Skewb single 2.51: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
  • Sebastian Bompadre — 2×2 single 1.87: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
  • Matthias Braley — 4×4 single 34.75: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
  • Ronito Romel — 3×3 single 10.23: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
  • Alex Lehman — 5×5 single 1:05.21: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

Nine 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

43 competitors · 207 results · 13 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. Jeremy Bulambot won it with a 6.63 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

43 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.