Competitions · United States

Dublin California Open 2025

Dublin, California · 22 November 2025 · 5 events · 99 competitors · 74 personal bests

Neo Cuares won three of the five events (3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Lucas Kim by 0.05 seconds. 99 competitors produced 74 personal bests, 40 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Hrishikesh Kakati set the Pyraminx single national record: 0.98.

Three wins

Neo Cuares — 3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.05s

closest final — Pyraminx, Lucas Kim over Hrishikesh Kakati

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Neo Cuares	5.17	6.15
4×4	Varun Mohanraj	22.57	25.19
5×5	Neo Cuares	40.89	49.38
3×3 one-handed	Neo Cuares	7.19	9.10
Pyraminx	Lucas Kim	2.20	2.77

The PB harvest

74 set · 40 still standing

Hrishikesh Kakati — Pyraminx single 0.98: into the top 0.029% of the event's history.
Trevor Mendelson — Pyraminx single 1.16: into the top 0.12% of the event's history.
Neo Cuares — 5×5 single 40.89: into the top 0.22% of the event's history.
Anto Kam (甘浩東) — 3×3 single 5.74: into the top 0.35% of the event's history.
Zane Qureshi — 4×4 single 24.56: into the top 0.6% of the event's history.
Trevor Mendelson — 3×3 one-handed single 9.56: into the top 0.78% of the event's history.
Richard Jay S. Apagar — 4×4 single 26.80: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Sebastian Stone — 4×4 single 30.99: into the top 3.5% 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

99 competitors · 428 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. Neo Cuares won it with a 6.15 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

99 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.