Competitions · United States

Clemson Cube Catastrophe 2025

Clemson, South Carolina · 9 August 2025 · 6 events · 79 competitors · 104 personal bests

Vishwa Sankar won two of the six events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Caleb Chen by 0.02 seconds. 79 competitors produced 104 personal bests, 49 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Silas Crutchman took a 2×2 single of 15.35 down to 5.77, 62 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Vishwa Sankar — 4×4, 5×5

0.02s

closest final — 3×3, Caleb Chen over Matias Marcantoni-Nunez

104

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Caleb Chen	5.36	7.00
2×2	Matias Marcantoni-Nunez	1.01	1.20
4×4	Vishwa Sankar	26.43	27.30
5×5	Vishwa Sankar	40.43	48.50
Skewb	Jakub Zytka	2.23	2.67
Square-1	Matthew Remington	7.95	9.99

The PB harvest

104 set · 49 still standing

Billy White — 2×2 single 1.67: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Brandon Kane — 2×2 single 1.90: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Daniel Hicklin — 3×3 single 8.88: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Eli Smith — Square-1 single 9.17: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Wesley Lennox Rossi — 2×2 single 2.01: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Srianiketh Prashanth — Skewb single 2.99: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Andrew Pretorius — 2×2 single 2.05: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Joshua Hannant — 2×2 single 2.18: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

Five 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

79 competitors · 489 results · 6 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 7.00 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

79 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.