Competitions · United States

Houston Back to School 2025

Houston, Texas · 9 August 2025 · 6 events · 154 competitors · 171 personal bests

Dylan Miller won four of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 5×5, won by Dylan Miller by 0.71 seconds. 154 competitors produced 171 personal bests, 91 of which still stand today, and 52 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Michael Batista took a 3×3 single of 45.84 down to 15.39, 66 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Dylan Miller — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, Megaminx

0.71s

closest final — 5×5, Dylan Miller over Nicholas Pena

171

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Dylan Miller	5.46	6.15
2×2	Siddharth Reddy	1.03	1.42
4×4	Dylan Miller	25.38	28.31
5×5	Dylan Miller	56.68	1:01.31
6×6	Justin Zhou	1:44.90	1:49.32
Megaminx	Dylan Miller	34.79	40.64

The PB harvest

171 set · 91 still standing

Nicholas Pena — 3×3 single 6.86: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Peter Cavanaugh — 3×3 single 7.82: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Levi Reed — 3×3 single 8.11: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Benjamin Spradley — 3×3 single 8.48: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Colson Pritchett — 3×3 single 8.76: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Sam Ahn — 3×3 single 8.99: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Ryan Harris — 3×3 single 8.99: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Noah Silva — 2×2 single 2.02: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

52 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

154 competitors · 687 results · 6 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. Dylan Miller won it with a 6.15 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

154 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.