Competitions · United States

Cube Against Cancer Buffalo 2025

West Seneca, New York · 5 April 2025 · 7 events · 76 competitors · 68 personal bests

Evan Waters won three of the seven events (2×2, Clock, Square-1) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Evan Waters by 0.06 seconds. 76 competitors produced 68 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Cashel Moriarty took a 2×2 single of 16.13 down to 4.49, 72 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Evan Waters — 2×2, Clock, Square-1

0.06s

closest final — Clock, Evan Waters over Jonathan Wang (王嘉洺)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Darshan Bhavanasi	6.85	8.03
2×2	Evan Waters	1.32	2.04
3×3 blindfolded	Michael Mao	31.32	—
Clock	Evan Waters	3.15	3.81
Megaminx	Darshan Bhavanasi	51.34	52.35
Skewb	Xavier Ye	2.21	2.98
Square-1	Evan Waters	8.29	11.09

The PB harvest

68 set · 26 still standing

Joe Norton — 2×2 single 1.01: into the top 0.58% of the event's history.
Davis Johnson — 2×2 single 1.14: into the top 0.87% of the event's history.
Geoffrey Stevens — 3×3 single 6.84: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Cameron Chern — 3×3 single 8.02: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Geoffrey Stevens — Megaminx single 53.04: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Abdullah Gulab — 2×2 single 2.32: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Nathan Kriner — Skewb single 3.68: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
Geoffrey Stevens — Skewb single 4.06: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 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

76 competitors · 418 results · 7 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. Darshan Bhavanasi won it with a 8.03 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

76 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.