Competitions · United States

Kansas City Side Events 2025

Kansas City, Missouri · 3 May 2025 · 7 events · 69 competitors · 83 personal bests

Alexander Gager won two of the seven events (2×2, Megaminx) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Joel V. Stratemeyer by 0.15 seconds. 69 competitors produced 83 personal bests, 32 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Kyle Kirk took a 2×2 single of 8.88 down to 2.49, 72 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Alexander Gager — 2×2, Megaminx

0.15s

closest final — Skewb, Joel V. Stratemeyer over Trenton Cuzick

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Aaron Huynh	6.71	7.30
2×2	Alexander Gager	1.85	2.87
Clock	Zachary Shaw	2.82	3.20
Megaminx	Alexander Gager	36.18	39.78
Pyraminx	Cyrus Gearhart	2.25	2.54
Skewb	Joel V. Stratemeyer	3.98	4.88
Square-1	Marcus Zook	9.64	13.90

The PB harvest

83 set · 32 still standing

Oscar Mercado — Pyraminx single 3.82: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Zebediah Yongo — 2×2 single 2.47: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Gabriel Niemerg — 2×2 single 2.64: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Cameron Kaufmann — Pyraminx single 4.55: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
Samuel Taylor — 2×2 single 2.81: into the top 12.1% of the event's history.
Ian David Lundholm — Pyraminx single 5.21: into the top 14.5% of the event's history.
Joel Farn — 3×3 single 12.20: into the top 14.6% of the event's history.
Elisha Stark — Pyraminx single 5.28: into the top 14.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 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

69 competitors · 431 results · 7 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. Aaron Huynh won it with a 7.30 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

69 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.