Competitions · United States
El Paso 2025
El Paso, Texas · 14 June 2025 · 5 events · 40 competitors · 21 personal bests
Zachary Bussey won three of the five events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Zachary Bussey by 0.14 seconds. 40 competitors produced 21 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Mateo Alejandro Rodriguez took a 2×2 single of 6.29 down to 2.92, 54 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Zachary Bussey | 8.16 | 10.25 |
| 2×2 | Zachary Bussey | 3.24 | 4.28 |
| 5×5 | Mario Flores | 1:16.33 | 1:21.84 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Zachary Bussey | 14.68 | 19.03 |
| Pyraminx | David Spitzer | 3.51 | 4.97 |
The PB harvest
21 set · 18 still standing- Zachary Bussey — 3×3 one-handed single 14.68: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
- David Lozano Olvera — 3×3 single 10.39: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
- Leon Gabrielle P. Villaraza — 2×2 single 2.70: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
- Zackary T. Edwards — 2×2 single 2.84: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.
- Mateo Alejandro Rodriguez — 2×2 single 2.92: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.
- Joseph Nakajima — 3×3 single 13.12: into the top 17.8% of the event's history.
- Mario Flores — 3×3 one-handed single 19.34: into the top 18.8% of the event's history.
- Grant Stockberger — 3×3 single 14.90: into the top 24.1% 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
No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.
The field
40 competitors · 201 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. Zachary Bussey won it with a 10.25 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
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U' D2 R2 F' L2 U2 B' D2 F2 U2 F D L B U2 L' U' L R' U2 - 2
U2 R2 B R L B U D' B' L2 U' F R2 L2 D2 R2 B U2 - 3
F' L' D F' L2 U' F U D' B R' U2 R F2 U2 R2 B2 R' U2 R2 - 4
U2 F2 L2 D' R' L2 U' B' D2 L F2 U2 R2 F2 U R2 F2 U2 F - 5
F L2 F2 D' U2 F' R2 U2 L2 R2 B' F2 D R' U2 F' L2 R U
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
40 competitors- Aaron Marquez
- Abram Smith
- Adrian Mitre
- Alejandro Buenrostro
- Alfonso Ligorio Silva Espino
- Brendan McConkey
- Caleb Cordero
- Christian F. Solorza
- Daniel Shim
- David Lozano Olvera
- David Spitzer
- Dominik Duke Perez
- Elani Aniah Dream Chacon
- Ethan Alejandre
- Everett Brown
- Ezra D. Samaniego
- Francisco Javier Guemez Stone
- Gabriel Samuel Yamasaki
- Grant Stockberger
- Jase Hughes
- Jayden Martinez
- Jesse Cazares
- Joseph Nakajima
- Kayden Gamble
- Leon Gabrielle P. Villaraza
- Logan Unger
- Long Jiao (矫龙)
- Luis Montelongo
- Mario Flores
- Mateo Alejandro Rodriguez
- Mia Sponseller
- Michael J. Nevarez
- Nathan Shermon Silva
- Noah Menzies
- Rafael Reyes
- Samuel Smith
- Sebastián Galavíz Ramírez
- Zachary Bussey
- Zachary Lechuga
- Zackary T. Edwards
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.