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Doing Time in Leavenworth 2025

Leavenworth, Kansas · 31 May 2025 · 5 events · 37 competitors · 43 personal bests

Alexander Gager won two of the five events (3×3, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Benjamin J. Dunn by 0.07 seconds. 37 competitors produced 43 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Julian Haessig Aycock took a 2×2 single of 10.11 down to 6.85, 32 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Alexander Gager — 3×3, 5×5
0.07s
closest final — 2×2, Benjamin J. Dunn over Edward Vakula
43
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Alexander Gager8.189.00
2×2Benjamin J. Dunn1.612.01
5×5Alexander Gager57.841:03.09
ClockZachary Shaw2.443.44
Square-1Edward Vakula9.3411.46

The PB harvest

43 set · 14 still standing
  • Zachary Shaw — 2×2 single 1.31: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
  • Oscar Mercado — 3×3 single 10.36: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
  • Zebediah Yongo — 3×3 single 10.99: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
  • Joseph Wilkus — Clock single 8.87: into the top 19.3% of the event's history.
  • Andrew R. Dunn — 3×3 single 13.58: into the top 19.5% of the event's history.
  • Aubrey Kudzia — Clock single 9.35: into the top 21.8% of the event's history.
  • Krishiv Kothari — Clock single 10.00: into the top 25.1% of the event's history.
  • Aubrey Kudzia — 5×5 single 1:45.80: into the top 39.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Six 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

37 competitors · 196 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. Alexander Gager won it with a 9.00 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

37 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.