Competitions · United States

Cubing at Iowa State 2025

Ames, Iowa · 1 March 2025 · 5 events · 87 competitors · 91 personal bests

Brody Rhoades won the 3×3 with a 7.27 and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Trenton Cuzick by 0.01 seconds. 87 competitors produced 91 personal bests, 33 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Joseph Gentile Jr. took a 3×3 single of 58.11 down to 29.14, 50 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.01s

closest final — Skewb, Trenton Cuzick over Maxim Duncan

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Brody Rhoades	5.79	7.27
4×4	Kaius Young	22.66	25.18
5×5	Ethan Cho	46.61	47.82
Clock	Chris Van Der Brink	3.29	4.12
Skewb	Trenton Cuzick	3.10	4.17

The PB harvest

91 set · 33 still standing

Luke Brunsvold — 3×3 single 7.28: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Ethan Cho — Clock single 4.48: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Joel V. Stratemeyer — Skewb single 2.86: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Chris Van Der Brink — 5×5 single 59.64: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
Zakaria Abozena — 3×3 single 9.38: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Josian Turner — 3×3 single 11.27: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
Joshua Carey — Skewb single 4.13: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.
Jonah Taylor — Skewb single 4.23: into the top 12.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 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

87 competitors · 381 results · 5 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 7.27 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

87 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.