Competitions · United States

Charlotte Winter 2025

Charlotte, North Carolina · 25 January 2025 · 5 events · 140 competitors · 176 personal bests

Caleb Chen won the 3×3 with a 6.51 and the closest final was the Clock, won by Drake Denton Richard by 0.18 seconds. 140 competitors produced 176 personal bests, 62 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Alexander Rossi took a Clock single of 25.15 down to 10.79, 57 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.18s

closest final — Clock, Drake Denton Richard over Alex Bohac

176

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Caleb Chen	5.27	6.51
5×5	Kerry Creech	55.96	58.76
3×3 one-handed	Kavin Rajendran	10.48	12.30
Clock	Drake Denton Richard	2.26	3.61
Skewb	Zachary Ochs	2.40	3.40

The PB harvest

176 set · 62 still standing

Alex Bohac — Clock single 2.51: into the top 0.26% of the event's history.
Eddie Szuster — Skewb single 1.58: into the top 0.55% of the event's history.
Anvesh Reddy Chinnapu — Clock single 2.95: into the top 0.69% of the event's history.
Michael Nielsen — 3×3 one-handed single 9.71: into the top 0.86% of the event's history.
Jude Fleming — Clock single 3.80: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Justin Barker — Clock single 3.84: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Silas Starling — Clock single 3.86: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Wesley Lennox Rossi — Clock single 4.28: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 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

140 competitors · 677 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. Caleb Chen won it with a 6.51 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

140 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.