Competitions · United States

Benicia Open 2025

Martinez, California · 13 September 2025 · 5 events · 105 competitors · 69 personal bests

Zerui Cheng (程泽睿) won the 3×3 with a 6.36 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Will Callan by 0.11 seconds. 105 competitors produced 69 personal bests, 35 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Amari Evers took a 2×2 single of 33.09 down to 6.43, 81 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.11s

closest final — 2×2, Will Callan over Benjamin Schaham

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Zerui Cheng (程泽睿)	5.77	6.36
2×2	Will Callan	1.32	1.66
3×3 blindfolded	Calix Tang	18.61	—
Clock	Alessandro Diomampo	2.33	2.97
Pyraminx	Stephen Zhu	2.28	2.99

The PB harvest

69 set · 35 still standing

Adih Datta — 2×2 single 1.02: into the top 0.59% of the event's history.
Hamza Hafeez — 3×3 single 6.20: into the top 0.62% of the event's history.
Benjamin Schaham — Pyraminx single 1.98: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Lucas Choi — 3×3 single 7.00: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Varenya Jyotiraditya — Pyraminx single 3.37: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
Kabir Panchal — 3×3 single 10.10: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Jimmy Kingston — Pyraminx single 4.34: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
Dylan C. Mims — 3×3 single 12.00: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

14 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

105 competitors · 488 results · 5 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 6.36 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

105 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.