Competitions · United States
Evanston Fall Favorites A 2025
Evanston, Illinois · 6 December 2025 · 7 events · 30 competitors · 28 personal bests
Max Walaszek won four of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, 6×6) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Sebastian Carrillo by 0.83 seconds. 30 competitors produced 28 personal bests, 10 of which still stand today, and two people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Luca Block took a 2×2 single of 5.39 down to 2.57, 52 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Max Walaszek | 7.17 | 7.70 |
| 2×2 | Max Walaszek | 1.61 | 2.12 |
| 4×4 | Lucy Grace Bryson | 25.33 | 31.24 |
| 5×5 | Lucy Grace Bryson | 50.97 | 59.00 |
| 6×6 | Max Walaszek | 1:33.17 | 1:39.28 |
| 7×7 | Max Walaszek | 2:07.74 | 2:11.68 |
| Skewb | Sebastian Carrillo | 3.26 | 4.30 |
The PB harvest
28 set · 10 still standing- Lucy Grace Bryson — 4×4 single 25.33: into the top 0.79% of the event's history.
- Maggie Jordan — 4×4 single 33.99: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
- Doğaç Eldenk — 3×3 single 10.39: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
- Toby Cuna — 5×5 single 1:10.58: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.
- Ashley Gray — 4×4 single 42.68: into the top 15.3% of the event's history.
- Tayla Justis — 4×4 single 1:00.43: into the top 36.9% of the event's history.
- Adhrit Talukdar — 3×3 single 21.15: into the top 43.1% of the event's history.
- Aleo DiStasi — 3×3 single 24.93: into the top 52.4% of the event's history.
First-timers
Two 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
30 competitors · 109 results · 7 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. Max Walaszek won it with a 7.70 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
L' D2 F2 L2 D2 L2 U B2 R2 D L R F' L2 U R' B' F2 L U - 2
D2 L R2 D L2 B2 D2 L2 F2 U' L2 U2 F' U' F2 L U F - 3
B D2 F D R' L2 D' L U2 F2 R2 F2 B2 D L2 B2 D' B' L' U - 4
B D B2 L' R' F2 L' B2 R F2 D2 U2 R' B D F2 L2 R B' U' - 5
L F2 D2 B2 R2 U2 L' F' R' D' U' L F2 D' L2 F R F2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
30 competitors- Adhrit Talukdar
- Ajay Veeramuthu
- Aleo DiStasi
- Ant Irizarry
- Ashley Gray
- Brendan Dajani
- Catherine Liu
- Chris Martin
- Colin Sharpe
- Daniel Tartar
- David Liu
- Doğaç Eldenk
- Isaiah Fike
- Joseph Liu
- Luca Block
- Lucy Grace Bryson
- Maggie Jordan
- Max Walaszek
- Natalie Sharpe
- Neil Wei Chen
- Parker Hong
- Philip Runyan
- RJ Dajani
- Sebastian Carrillo
- Simon Poldi
- Tayla Justis
- Tigran Terterian
- Toby Cuna
- William Levine
- Wonder Dygico
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.