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Front Royal Spring 2025

Front Royal, Virginia · 13 April 2025 · 5 events · 74 competitors · 64 personal bests

Zayn Khanani won the 3×3 with a 7.13 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Curtis Chai by 0.04 seconds. 74 competitors produced 64 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Joaquín Villablanca set the Square-1 average national record: 8.24.

5
events decided
0.04s
closest final — 2×2, Curtis Chai over Zayn Khanani
64
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Zayn Khanani6.117.13
2×2Curtis Chai1.151.24
4×4Fiona Bao28.5229.97
3×3 one-handedBenson Kim11.6213.24
Square-1Hassan Khanani4.105.67

The PB harvest

64 set · 31 still standing
  • Panashe Sharma — 3×3 single 6.26: into the top 0.65% of the event's history.
  • Wesley Chase — Square-1 single 5.88: into the top 0.72% of the event's history.
  • Logan Steele — 3×3 single 7.76: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
  • Miles Greco — 2×2 single 1.56: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
  • Benson Kim — 3×3 one-handed single 11.62: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
  • Nile Charity — 3×3 single 9.33: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
  • Nile Charity — 4×4 single 34.97: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
  • Robert Mapp IV — 3×3 one-handed single 15.29: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven 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

74 competitors · 399 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. Zayn Khanani won it with a 7.13 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

74 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.