Competitions · United States

Belmont Spring 2025

Belmont, California · 24 May 2025 · 6 events · 143 competitors · 104 personal bests

Zerui Cheng (程泽睿) won the 3×3 with a 6.80 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ian Cantius Fredric by 0.01 seconds. 143 competitors produced 104 personal bests, 52 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Alex Moscibroda set the Clock single national record: 2.71.

events decided

0.01s

closest final — 2×2, Ian Cantius Fredric over Matt Mao

104

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Zerui Cheng (程泽睿)	6.44	6.80
2×2	Ian Cantius Fredric	1.19	1.82
3×3 blindfolded	Nolan Yiu	23.12	—
Clock	Alex Moscibroda	2.71	3.27
Pyraminx	Hrishikesh Kakati	1.08	2.05
Skewb	Sid Shivnath	2.10	2.74

The PB harvest

104 set · 52 still standing

Akhil Kota — Pyraminx single 1.90: into the top 0.98% of the event's history.
Kenji Gipson-Nahman — Pyraminx single 2.28: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Ryan Kim — 3×3 single 7.73: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Julian Reiss — 2×2 single 1.73: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Rahul Bollini — Clock single 4.46: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Trevor Mendelson — Skewb single 2.66: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Ryan Kim — 2×2 single 2.07: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Ya Sin Hasan — 3×3 single 9.30: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 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

143 competitors · 638 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. Zerui Cheng (程泽睿) won it with a 6.80 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

143 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.