Competitions · United States

Bay Area Side Events Day 2025

San Jose, California · 23 February 2025 · 3 events · 159 competitors · 82 personal bests

Varun Mohanraj won the 3×3 with a 6.62 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Jonathan Rutenberg by 0.08 seconds. 159 competitors produced 82 personal bests, 45 of which still stand today, and 33 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Benjamin Chan took a 3×3 one-handed single of 1:12.54 down to 37.80, 48 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.08s

closest final — 2×2, Jonathan Rutenberg over Varun Mohanraj

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Varun Mohanraj	6.23	6.62
2×2	Jonathan Rutenberg	1.64	1.92
3×3 one-handed	Anto Kam (甘浩東)	9.39	10.10

The PB harvest

82 set · 45 still standing

Yuki Nomura (野村優希) — 3×3 single 5.66: into the top 0.31% of the event's history.
David Karalli (داود قراعلي) — 3×3 single 8.37: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Jacob Marinas — 2×2 single 1.93: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Evan Zhou — 3×3 one-handed single 13.35: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
Benjamin Wang — 3×3 single 9.87: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Jacob Wang — 3×3 single 10.35: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
KC Sophia Lorrainne R. Bascos — 3×3 single 10.88: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
Elijah Merg — 3×3 one-handed single 16.42: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

33 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

159 competitors · 395 results · 3 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. Varun Mohanraj won it with a 6.62 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

159 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.