Competitions · United States
Huntington Park Winter 2025
Huntington Park, California · 6 December 2025 · 5 events · 64 competitors · 46 personal bests
Michael Muething won three of the five events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Dominic Shoji by 0.11 seconds. 64 competitors produced 46 personal bests, 21 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Ethan Alexander Paz took a 2×2 single of 28.43 down to 9.76, 66 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Michael Muething | 7.24 | 7.86 |
| 2×2 | Dominic Shoji | 1.57 | 2.00 |
| 4×4 | Michael Muething | 27.46 | 31.93 |
| 5×5 | Michael Muething | 53.36 | 57.12 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Andrew Le | 44.28 | — |
The PB harvest
46 set · 21 still standing- Dominic Shoji — 2×2 single 0.69: into the top 0.11% of the event's history.
- Kien Ly Biggs — 3×3 single 6.83: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
- Michael Muething — 2×2 single 1.48: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
- Alex McIntosh — 3×3 single 7.64: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
- Jaden Smith — 2×2 single 2.52: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
- Andrea Nguyen — 2×2 single 2.56: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
- Chris Hong — 5×5 single 1:11.22: into the top 12.5% of the event's history.
- Justus LaFall — 2×2 single 3.18: into the top 16.4% 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
No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.
The field
64 competitors · 319 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. Michael Muething won it with a 7.86 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
F' L F R2 B' U2 D2 R' D' F2 U R2 F2 B2 U D2 B2 U L D2 - 2
U2 L F U F' B U2 B2 D' R2 F2 U2 F' B2 L2 R U' - 3
F' B2 R D F B L' B2 D' F2 R2 L2 D B2 D R2 U' B L' B - 4
D2 R F' L2 F2 B2 L' D F D2 R U2 R' U2 B2 R F2 L D2 - 5
L' F' U R2 F' B2 L D L U R B2 U2 R' L2 B'
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
64 competitors- Aaron Do
- Alex Lehman
- Alex McIntosh
- Alexander Kang
- Amber Ottosen
- Andre Leiva
- Andrea Nguyen
- Andrew Le
- Andy Robledo
- Angel Jacobo
- Anka Engin
- Bryan Pineda
- Chris Hong
- Christian Sage Darland
- Connor J. Delacruz
- Cy Hamilton
- Daiven Strom
- Dan Nguyen
- David B. Militante
- Derrick Lo
- Dominic Shoji
- Dylan Kim
- Elijah Gabriel Ret
- Emil Lazaryev
- Eric Wu (吴典皓)
- Ethan Alexander Paz
- Ethan Vargas
- Ethan Yeh
- Gabriel Sanchez-Rivera
- Gordon Leung
- Grant Hutchinson
- Hayden Reid Kalebic
- Hime Arellano
- Issey Wakunaga
- Jaden Smith
- Jason Zhang
- Joel Kim
- Joseph Wu
- Joshua Rodriguez
- Justus LaFall
- Jusun Choi (최주선)
- Kelly Farrell
- Kien Ly Biggs
- Levi Ayala
- Liv Coverdale
- Mason Dy
- Matthew Dickman
- Michael Muething
- Michael Young
- Oliver Summers
- Peyton Oxford
- Raymond Park
- Rhys Krellwitz
- Rigoberto Quintero
- Ryan Roth
- Ryan Woytowitz
- Shakir Wang
- Shane Grogan
- Shiun Choi
- Sree Dacharla
- Thomas Schmidt
- Violet Rose Wang
- Zackary Keil
- Zion Lee
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.