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Competitions · Philippines

Cebu Big Cubes 2025

Mandaue, Cebu · 8 February 2025 · 11 events · 54 competitors · 60 personal bests

Dale Palmares won four of the eleven events (2×2, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Neo Cuares by 0.16 seconds. 54 competitors produced 60 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Danielle Aaron C. Minguito took a 4×4 single of 2:18.23 down to 1:06.10, 52 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Dale Palmares — 2×2, 6×6, 7×7, Clock
0.16s
closest final — 3×3, Neo Cuares over Leo Borromeo
60
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Neo Cuares5.285.90
2×2Dale Palmares2.313.13
4×4Leo Borromeo22.7824.50
5×5Neo Cuares47.9854.14
6×6Dale Palmares1:36.231:38.87
7×7Dale Palmares2:07.332:12.67
3×3 one-handedNeo Cuares8.548.93
ClockDale Palmares4.155.29
MegaminxMiguel Gonzaga55.951:02.90
PyraminxMiguel Gonzaga2.024.04
SkewbKirby Jay Caragan3.274.58

The PB harvest

60 set · 20 still standing

First-timers

14 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

54 competitors · 317 results · 11 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. Neo Cuares won it with a 5.90 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

54 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.