Competitions · United States

Berkeley Winter 2025

Berkeley, California · 8 February 2025 · 5 events · 167 competitors · 125 personal bests

Ethan Jan won the 3×3 with a 6.21 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Benjamin Schaham by 0.24 seconds. 167 competitors produced 125 personal bests, 65 of which still stand today, and 28 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Hridham Patel took a 2×2 single of 14.32 down to 5.56, 61 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.24s

closest final — 2×2, Benjamin Schaham over Varun Mohanraj

125

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ethan Jan	5.80	6.21
2×2	Benjamin Schaham	1.63	2.65
4×4	Varun Mohanraj	23.02	26.91
3×3 one-handed	Anto Kam (甘浩東)	9.88	10.51
Square-1	Calvin Nielson	6.46	7.13

The PB harvest

125 set · 65 still standing

Colin Hartman — 3×3 single 7.66: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Bowen Deng (邓博文) — 3×3 one-handed single 12.26: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Harry Jiang — 3×3 single 8.96: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Lorenzo Piat — 3×3 single 9.90: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Rigoberto Cruz — 3×3 single 10.26: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
Dev Sunder — 2×2 single 2.53: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
Blake Dixon — 2×2 single 2.87: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.
Raphael Bajet — 3×3 single 11.73: into the top 13.0% 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

167 competitors · 672 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 6.21 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

167 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.