Competitions · United States

DFW Back to School 2025

Fort Worth, Texas · 30 August 2025 · 6 events · 153 competitors · 175 personal bests

Ryan Pilat won three of the six events (3×3, 2×2, 5×5) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Vyom Sharma by 0.21 seconds. 153 competitors produced 175 personal bests, 82 of which still stand today, and 39 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Samarth Sutar took a Clock single of 41.32 down to 6.48, 84 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Ryan Pilat — 3×3, 2×2, 5×5

0.21s

closest final — Clock, Vyom Sharma over Jose Ortiz Jr.

175

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ryan Pilat	5.46	6.09
2×2	Ryan Pilat	1.40	1.73
5×5	Ryan Pilat	48.63	51.18
Clock	Vyom Sharma	3.54	7.64
Pyraminx	Marcus Kamen	2.00	2.25
Skewb	Joseph Hirsch	2.54	3.20

The PB harvest

175 set · 82 still standing

Jimmy Tran — 3×3 single 6.01: into the top 0.49% of the event's history.
Ryan Pilat — Skewb single 1.57: into the top 0.53% of the event's history.
Zack Rubio — Clock single 4.14: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
David Hunt — 3×3 single 7.94: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Noah Pitts — 3×3 single 8.30: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Sebastian Calderon — 2×2 single 2.39: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
Jimmy Tran — 2×2 single 2.40: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Calvin Carr — Pyraminx single 4.21: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

39 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

153 competitors · 847 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. Ryan Pilat won it with a 6.09 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

153 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.