Competitions · United States

Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025

Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia · 1 February 2025 · 8 events · 122 competitors · 159 personal bests

Michael Nielsen won three of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Michael Nielsen by 0.08 seconds. 122 competitors produced 159 personal bests, 63 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Michael Nielsen set the Pyraminx average continental record: 1.42.

Three wins

Michael Nielsen — 3×3, 2×2, Pyraminx

0.08s

closest final — 3×3, Michael Nielsen over Blake Thompson

159

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Michael Nielsen	6.21	7.35
2×2	Michael Nielsen	1.11	1.48
4×4	Aubrey Trace	27.98	30.81
6×6	Aubrey Trace	1:42.06	1:51.50
3×3 Fewest Moves	Walker Welch	22 moves	23.00
3×3 one-handed	Brayden Adams	11.22	13.61
Clock	Fiona Bao	2.74	3.17
Pyraminx	Michael Nielsen	1.14	1.42

The PB harvest

159 set · 63 still standing

Joseph Liu (劉睿博) — 3×3 single 6.79: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Brayden Adams — Pyraminx single 2.19: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Peter Didden — 3×3 single 7.22: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Benjamin Christie — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 24 moves: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Aubrey Trace — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 25 moves: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Meridian Mystery Shanklin — 3×3 single 9.22: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Wesley Chase — 3×3 one-handed single 13.96: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Jack Krieg — 2×2 single 2.26: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

122 competitors · 785 results · 8 events.

Everyone who competed

122 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.