Competitions · United States

Cool Down Berkeley 2025

Berkeley, California · 2 November 2025 · 5 events · 154 competitors · 106 personal bests

Neo Cuares won three of the five events (3×3, 4×4, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Neo Cuares by 0.44 seconds. 154 competitors produced 106 personal bests, 70 of which still stand today, and 32 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Neo Cuares set the Megaminx single national record: 28.39.

Three wins

Neo Cuares — 3×3, 4×4, Megaminx

0.44s

closest final — 3×3, Neo Cuares over Zerui Cheng (程泽睿)

106

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Neo Cuares	5.61	6.04
2×2	Will Callan	1.03	1.22
4×4	Neo Cuares	21.71	26.61
3×3 blindfolded	Calix Tang	17.92	—
Megaminx	Neo Cuares	32.83	36.03

The PB harvest

106 set · 70 still standing

Calix Tang — 4×4 single 24.37: into the top 0.56% of the event's history.
Chong Min (민총) — 3×3 single 6.56: into the top 0.91% of the event's history.
Jobany Dominguez — 3×3 single 6.67: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Hunter Wang — 3×3 single 6.94: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Varenya Jyotiraditya — 3×3 single 7.54: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Benjamin Forman — 2×2 single 1.56: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Roei Hammel — 4×4 single 30.90: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Nathanael Heavilin — 3×3 single 8.35: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

32 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

154 competitors · 586 results · 5 events.

Everyone who competed

154 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.