Competitions · United States

Cambridge Cube Clash 2025

Cambridge, Massachusetts · 16 February 2025 · 5 events · 80 competitors · 84 personal bests

Parker Trager won three of the five events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Parker Trager by 0.31 seconds. 80 competitors produced 84 personal bests, 38 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Joshua T. Makuwa set the 5×5 single national record: 1:11.83.

Three wins

Parker Trager — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx

0.31s

closest final — 3×3, Parker Trager over Nikhil Soares

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Parker Trager	5.90	6.84
4×4	Joshua Broderick Phillips	26.50	29.67
5×5	Gabriel Garber Burd	52.84	53.82
3×3 one-handed	Parker Trager	11.48	13.64
Pyraminx	Parker Trager	1.07	1.68

The PB harvest

84 set · 38 still standing

Joshua Broderick Phillips — 3×3 one-handed single 9.62: into the top 0.81% of the event's history.
Nikhil Soares — 5×5 single 53.93: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Thiago Han — 5×5 single 1:01.34: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Anna Leidner — 5×5 single 1:01.48: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Aarush Raj — Pyraminx single 3.78: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Akansh Karody — 4×4 single 35.24: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
Taiyo Nakai (仲井太洋) — 4×4 single 38.77: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
Derek White — 3×3 one-handed single 16.33: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

80 competitors · 329 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. Parker Trager won it with a 6.84 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

80 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.