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Corny Cubers Iowa Classic 2025

Des Moines, Iowa · 13 September 2025 · 6 events · 117 competitors · 121 personal bests

Brody Rhoades won two of the six events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Marcus Zook by 0.30 seconds. 117 competitors produced 121 personal bests, 58 of which still stand today, and 31 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Leo Reichling took a 2×2 single of 8.07 down to 2.14, 73 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Brody Rhoades — 3×3, 4×4

0.30s

closest final — 2×2, Marcus Zook over Drake I. Scott

121

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Brody Rhoades	6.00	6.88
2×2	Marcus Zook	1.87	2.48
4×4	Brody Rhoades	26.51	28.26
Clock	Max McGill	2.98	3.57
Megaminx	Daniel Mullen	44.16	55.69
Pyraminx	Tripp Peters	1.92	2.03

The PB harvest

121 set · 58 still standing

Joshua Carey — 2×2 single 0.57: into the top 0.026% of the event's history.
Tyler Youlden — 2×2 single 0.71: into the top 0.13% of the event's history.
Brody Rhoades — 4×4 single 23.03: into the top 0.33% of the event's history.
Max McGill — 2×2 single 0.97: into the top 0.5% of the event's history.
Lincoln LaBarre — 2×2 single 1.33: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Ezra Lauritzson — 2×2 single 1.50: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Jacob Gates — 3×3 single 8.40: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Jonah Taylor — 2×2 single 1.80: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

31 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

117 competitors · 696 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. Brody Rhoades won it with a 6.88 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

117 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.