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Arkansas Championship 2025

Fort Smith, Arkansas · 29 March 2025 · 13 events · 83 competitors · 200 personal bests

Ryan Pilat won ten of the 13 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Ryan Pilat by 0.18 seconds. 83 competitors produced 200 personal bests, 113 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Nick Loik took a Skewb single of 27.52 down to 6.38, 77 percent better in one day.

Ten wins

Ryan Pilat — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx, Square-1

0.18s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Ryan Pilat over Tyler Gee

200

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ryan Pilat	6.08	7.08
2×2	Ryan Pilat	0.92	1.37
4×4	Ryan Pilat	24.06	29.22
5×5	Ryan Pilat	46.32	53.24
6×6	Ryan Pilat	1:31.28	1:35.57
7×7	Ryan Pilat	2:16.78	2:22.91
3×3 blindfolded	Ryan Pilat	22.58	—
3×3 one-handed	Ryan Pilat	10.76	11.43
Clock	Kaden Christopher Dockins	4.90	6.07
Megaminx	Tyler Gee	34.93	39.00
Pyraminx	Ryan Pilat	2.00	2.76
Skewb	Benjamin Spradley	2.90	3.46
Square-1	Ryan Pilat	5.13	6.39

The PB harvest

200 set · 113 still standing

Jake Maddox — 2×2 single 0.65: into the top 0.075% of the event's history.
Benjamin Spradley — 2×2 single 1.23: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Silas Rudisill — 2×2 single 1.34: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Kaden Christopher Dockins — Clock single 3.55: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Kaden Christopher Dockins — Skewb single 2.19: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Gordon Jones — 2×2 single 1.46: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Jason Larson — 2×2 single 1.53: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Kellett Grisham — 2×2 single 1.68: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

18 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

83 competitors · 970 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. Ryan Pilat won it with a 7.08 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

83 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.