Competitions · United States
Berkeley August Weekday 2025
Berkeley, California · 27 August 2025 · 3 events · 37 competitors · 11 personal bests
Ethan Jan won the 3×3 with a 6.58 and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Sid Shivnath by 1.00 seconds. 37 competitors produced 11 personal bests, 8 of which still stand today, and three people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Xavier Wiseman took a 3×3 single of 24.36 down to 13.72, 44 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Ethan Jan | 5.45 | 6.58 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Anto Kam (甘浩東) | 20.08 | 22.27 |
| Skewb | Sid Shivnath | 1.78 | 2.52 |
The PB harvest
11 set · 8 still standing- James Chea — Skewb single 2.64: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
- Jacob Wang — 3×3 blindfolded single 31.12: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
- Ryan Jew — Skewb single 4.34: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.
- Emmett O'Leary-Liu — Skewb single 4.39: into the top 13.7% of the event's history.
- Ryan H. Lee — Skewb single 4.42: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.
- Xavier Wiseman — 3×3 single 13.72: into the top 20.0% of the event's history.
- Gurshan Singh — Skewb single 5.32: into the top 20.6% of the event's history.
- Kasper Jansson — 3×3 blindfolded single 2:39.70: into the top 46.3% of the event's history.
First-timers
Three 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
37 competitors · 90 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. Ethan Jan won it with a 6.58 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
L2 R2 F U2 B' D2 F D2 L2 R' B' D R F2 L' B R2 B2 - 2
D' U2 L' B2 R' U2 R' D2 F2 D R' D2 U' L' U R2 B' D U' - 3
D2 F2 L F U R' L B D2 B2 U D B2 R2 D' R2 U R' U' - 4
R' U2 R2 U F2 L2 R D' F2 D2 B L' B' R2 F' U' L' - 5
R' F' D B2 D' U2 F2 B R B F U2 B' L' R2 B' F2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
37 competitors- Anto Kam (甘浩東)
- Aryansh Deepak
- Atticus Blecker
- Bowen Deng (邓博文)
- Cameron Miller (梅克龍)
- Chris Lillios
- Chris Martin
- Cindy Xiaoyue Huang (黄小越)
- Diego Jiashu Jiang (蒋佳澍)
- Emmett O'Leary-Liu
- Ethan Jan
- Gurshan Singh
- Heidi Chan
- Jacob Marinas
- Jacob Wang
- James Chea
- Jeff Chen
- Jimmy Kingston
- Joseph Ong
- Juan Garcia Aguirre
- Kasper Jansson
- Koh Walter Sano
- Marco Sif
- Richard Li
- Richie Hsiung
- Ryan H. Lee
- Ryan Jew
- Sid Shivnath
- Sushanth Mattur
- Tim Xie
- Timothy Elnitiarta
- Tsukasa Sano (佐野司)
- Vedanth Bharadwaj
- Vivek Verma
- Walter Faison
- Xavier Wiseman
- Zane Qureshi
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.