Competitions · United States

Cincinnati Cube Challenge 2025

Cincinnati, Ohio · 11 October 2025 · 5 events · 75 competitors · 66 personal bests

Luke Garrett won the 3×3 with a 5.78 and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Ryan Pilat by 0.16 seconds. 75 competitors produced 66 personal bests, 43 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Oscar Marks took a 2×2 single of 3.99 down to 1.68, 58 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.16s

closest final — Pyraminx, Ryan Pilat over Luke Garrett

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Luke Garrett	5.34	5.78
2×2	Sujan Feist	0.99	1.13
Clock	Roland Ababat	3.77	4.49
Megaminx	Lucy Grace Bryson	32.74	36.28
Pyraminx	Ryan Pilat	1.28	1.87

The PB harvest

66 set · 43 still standing

Roland Ababat — 2×2 single 1.05: into the top 0.66% of the event's history.
Maxim Siller — 2×2 single 1.44: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Oscar Marks — 2×2 single 1.68: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Grant Daniel Po'oi — 3×3 single 8.52: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Emery McFeeter — 2×2 single 2.00: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Andrew Kopechek — 2×2 single 2.03: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Rafael Sultanaliev — Megaminx single 49.83: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Riley Sove — 2×2 single 2.16: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

Twelve 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

75 competitors · 474 results · 5 events.

Everyone who competed

75 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.