Competitions · United States
Fort Lee Summer 2025
Fort Lee, New Jersey · 2 August 2025 · 5 events · 56 competitors · 58 personal bests
Patrick Ponce won three of the five events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Patrick Ponce by 0.20 seconds. 56 competitors produced 58 personal bests, 33 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Aiden Lee took a 2×2 single of 3.34 down to 1.40, 58 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Patrick Ponce | 4.87 | 6.17 |
| 2×2 | Patrick Ponce | 1.24 | 1.68 |
| 4×4 | Patrick Ponce | 22.28 | 23.44 |
| Pyraminx | Steven Wintringham | 1.06 | 1.76 |
| Square-1 | Daniel Karnaukh | 5.45 | 5.84 |
The PB harvest
58 set · 33 still standing- Steven Wintringham — Pyraminx single 1.06: into the top 0.059% of the event's history.
- Alex Niedland — 3×3 single 5.61: into the top 0.29% of the event's history.
- Alex Niedland — 2×2 single 1.00: into the top 0.55% of the event's history.
- Dylan Chan — 2×2 single 1.10: into the top 0.77% of the event's history.
- Yuval Segall — Pyraminx single 2.25: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
- Joshua Fermo — Pyraminx single 2.29: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
- Aiden Lee — 2×2 single 1.40: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
- Eric Yu — 2×2 single 1.51: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
First-timers
Eight 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
56 competitors · 314 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. Patrick Ponce won it with a 6.17 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
R2 B2 L U F' R D' B2 U2 F' L2 D2 R2 D2 B R U2 R' U2 - 2
D2 F L B R F R' F' R' U D2 B2 R2 U R2 U L2 U2 B2 L2 - 3
F2 D B L2 B R2 F D' B2 U R2 L2 D' L2 U R2 L' U' - 4
B2 R2 D L2 U' B2 R2 U2 L' D2 R' U' F2 D2 F R' U L D - 5
L2 U2 L2 F2 R' D2 B2 L F2 R D' B' L2 B R' D2 U' R' D'
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
56 competitors- Aiden Lee
- Alex Niedland
- Alexander Ferencz
- Andrew Xie
- Anne S. Squadron
- August J. Barnhart
- Austin Yang
- Aygul Nazarova
- Bofan Shang
- Brandon Ervin
- Carter Williams
- Christopher Jin
- Daniel Junhyuk Kim
- Daniel Karnaukh
- Daniel Mutterperl
- Daniyal Irfan
- David Wang
- Dylan Chan
- Dylan Young
- Emma Bochman
- Eric Yu
- Evan Huang
- Gaon Ha
- Gatsby Aaron Roberts
- Holden Gaynor
- Ishaan Lal
- Jack Curley
- Jalen Shareef
- Joshua Fermo
- Kenny Wiseman
- Kenta Fujii
- Kouta Hachiya
- Kyle Lee
- Levi Alvarez
- Luke Galioto
- Megan Kuo
- Michael Policastro
- Nathan Evan Sherman
- Nicholas Trofimov
- Owen Bahr
- Patrick Charrier
- Patrick Ponce
- Rafael Alchanaa
- Rocky Zhang
- Ryan Hughes
- Ryley Chen
- Sanjam Dash Mohanty
- Steven Wintringham
- Teddy Dee
- Theodore Harris Powers Lee
- Vivaan Mathur
- William Zhou
- Wyatt Moore
- Wylie Cheng
- Yuval Segall
- Zach Ridall
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.