Competitions · United States
Hawaiʻi Big Island Winter 2025
Waimea (Kamuela), Hawaii · 8 February 2025 · 8 events · 23 competitors · 27 personal bests
Matty Hiroto Inaba won three of the eight events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Anthony Carrillo by 0.06 seconds. 23 competitors produced 27 personal bests, 11 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Payton Corey took a 3×3 one-handed single of 30.02 down to 17.65, 41 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Matty Hiroto Inaba | 4.63 | 5.77 |
| 2×2 | Anthony Carrillo | 2.40 | 2.70 |
| 4×4 | Matty Hiroto Inaba | 19.97 | 21.50 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Cary Huang | 41.89 | — |
| 3×3 one-handed | Matty Hiroto Inaba | 10.94 | 12.61 |
| Megaminx | Ruby Lu (卢红) | 39.56 | 44.51 |
| Pyraminx | Anthony Carrillo | 3.59 | 5.49 |
| Skewb | Anthony Carrillo | 4.04 | 4.24 |
The PB harvest
27 set · 11 still standing- Cary Huang — 3×3 single 7.76: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
- Anthony Carrillo — 3×3 one-handed single 17.62: into the top 14.1% of the event's history.
- Ty Ruderman — Pyraminx single 5.59: into the top 17.0% of the event's history.
- Rydin Nakatsu — 2×2 single 3.67: into the top 22.3% of the event's history.
- Damian Chen — 3×3 single 15.80: into the top 27.1% of the event's history.
- Alex Saks — 4×4 single 1:12.15: into the top 48.9% of the event's history.
- Damian Chen — Pyraminx single 9.86: into the top 51.9% of the event's history.
- Wyatt Turpin — Skewb single 11.29: into the top 62.4% of the event's history.
First-timers
Four 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
23 competitors · 148 results · 8 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. Matty Hiroto Inaba won it with a 5.77 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
B2 R2 B R U' L2 U R' U2 D2 F2 L2 U2 L U2 D2 L F' U2 - 2
L D' L' U' D2 F2 L' D2 F L2 U R U2 R2 D2 F2 D2 L - 3
R2 F' U F' L' U' F2 L' U' D2 R2 L2 F2 U' L2 B' D2 R2 - 4
R' B2 U2 B L2 B U2 B' R U F R2 B2 D' B R D2 B2 - 5
L2 U' R2 F2 U' L2 D R' B2 D2 B2 R' D2 L B' R' F R
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
23 competitors- Alex Saks
- Anthony Carrillo
- Cary Huang
- Chris Martin
- Damian Chen
- Darwin Williams
- Jaden Matsunaka
- Joe Kucala
- Kapikolamaku St. Laurent
- Kilakila St. Laurent
- Lauriezell Collado
- Liam M. Osborne
- Lisa Kucala
- Matty Hiroto Inaba
- Olamau Miyashiro
- Olivia Saks
- Oscar Reed
- Payton Corey
- Ruby Lu (卢红)
- Rydin Nakatsu
- Ty Ruderman
- Wyatt Turpin
- Yoji Ogura (小倉洋二)
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.