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Competitions · United States

Berkeley September Weekday 2025

Berkeley, California · 19 September 2025 · 3 events · 42 competitors · 12 personal bests

Ethan Jan won the 3×3 with a 6.70 and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Joseph Ong by 0.53 seconds. 42 competitors produced 12 personal bests, 6 of which still stand today, and two people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Christian James Del Rosario took a 3×3 single of 22.85 down to 11.51, 50 percent better in one day.

3
events decided
0.53s
closest final — Square-1, Joseph Ong over James Chea
12
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ethan Jan6.376.70
3×3 one-handedAnto Kam (甘浩東)8.1010.45
Square-1Joseph Ong6.418.90

The PB harvest

12 set · 6 still standing
  • Cameron Miller (梅克龍) — Square-1 single 5.21: into the top 0.33% of the event's history.
  • Qingxuan Wu (吴青轩) — 3×3 single 8.42: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
  • Hem J. Dadlani — 3×3 single 13.85: into the top 20.4% of the event's history.
  • Vivek Verma — Square-1 single 21.05: into the top 30.3% of the event's history.
  • Marco Sif — 3×3 single 18.61: into the top 36.0% of the event's history.
  • Nathan Scovis — Square-1 single 28.40: into the top 46.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Two 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

42 competitors · 117 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 6.70 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

42 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.