Competitions · United States

Berkeley Fall 2025

Berkeley, California · 4 October 2025 · 5 events · 168 competitors · 127 personal bests

Ethan Jan won the 3×3 with a 6.04 and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Calvin Nielson by 0.33 seconds. 168 competitors produced 127 personal bests, 77 of which still stand today, and 28 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jennifer Bautista took a 2×2 single of 15.56 down to 5.67, 64 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.33s

closest final — Square-1, Calvin Nielson over Matt Mao

127

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ethan Jan	5.62	6.04
2×2	Will Callan	1.16	1.19
5×5	Varun Mohanraj	42.34	45.80
3×3 one-handed	Anto Kam (甘浩東)	7.99	9.34
Square-1	Calvin Nielson	5.80	7.36

The PB harvest

127 set · 77 still standing

Henry Helmuth — 3×3 one-handed single 8.49: into the top 0.31% of the event's history.
Benjamin Brown — 3×3 single 5.89: into the top 0.42% of the event's history.
Christopher Yen — Square-1 single 6.19: into the top 0.9% of the event's history.
Will Newhoff — 2×2 single 1.39: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Eric Asher Jones — 2×2 single 1.67: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Ryan H. Lee — 3×3 single 8.10: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Dan Pastushkov — 2×2 single 1.91: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Aarit Nellore — 3×3 single 8.71: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

28 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

168 competitors · 670 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. Ethan Jan won it with a 6.04 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

168 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.