Competitions · United States

Hillsboro Newcomers 2025

Hillsboro, Oregon · 22 March 2025 · 4 events · 80 competitors · 64 personal bests

Quan Trần Thanh Lương won two of the four events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ezra Severson by 0.12 seconds. 80 competitors produced 64 personal bests, 39 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Felix Lamb took a 3×3 single of 48.84 down to 25.73, 47 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Quan Trần Thanh Lương — 4×4, 5×5

0.12s

closest final — 2×2, Ezra Severson over Viet Nguyen

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Hudson Allen Moore	6.82	7.44
2×2	Ezra Severson	1.41	1.91
4×4	Quan Trần Thanh Lương	31.51	33.46
5×5	Quan Trần Thanh Lương	58.49	1:00.33

The PB harvest

64 set · 39 still standing

Dwayne Joan Navarro Astudillo — 2×2 single 1.28: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Carston Hendricks — 2×2 single 1.56: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Quintin Willette — 3×3 single 8.37: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Reece Romans — 3×3 single 8.51: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Hahoon Kim — 2×2 single 1.95: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Gavin Gurfinkel — 3×3 single 8.97: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Antariksh Mishra — 3×3 single 9.01: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Dwayne Joan Navarro Astudillo — 5×5 single 1:00.59: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 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

80 competitors · 306 results · 4 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. Hudson Allen Moore won it with a 7.44 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

80 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.