Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
Competitions → United States → Land of Lincoln 2025

Competitions · United States

Land of Lincoln 2025

Springfield, Illinois · 21 June 2025 · 6 events · 130 competitors · 140 personal bests

Luke Garrett won three of the six events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Elliott Perkins by 0.08 seconds. 130 competitors produced 140 personal bests, 79 of which still stand today, and 28 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Alphonse Thomas took a Clock single of 1:21.55 down to 17.30, 79 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Luke Garrett — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4
0.08s
closest final — Pyraminx, Elliott Perkins over Luke Garrett
140
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Luke Garrett5.015.45
2×2Luke Garrett1.231.52
4×4Luke Garrett25.3926.18
ClockCarter Thomas2.683.80
PyraminxElliott Perkins1.742.40
SkewbMaxim Duncan1.813.42

The PB harvest

140 set · 79 still standing
  • Maxim Duncan — Skewb single 1.81: into the top 0.95% of the event's history.
  • Elijah Ackerman — Pyraminx single 2.58: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
  • Silas Williamson — 2×2 single 1.57: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
  • Anshuman Nair — 2×2 single 2.16: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
  • Silas Williamson — Skewb single 3.34: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
  • Evert Canning — Pyraminx single 4.51: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
  • Elijah Eckert — Pyraminx single 4.56: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
  • Maxim Duncan — Pyraminx single 4.62: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

28 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

130 competitors · 707 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. Luke Garrett won it with a 5.45 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

130 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.