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Leersum Squared 2025

Leersum · 8 February 2025 · 10 events · 186 competitors · 268 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won five of the ten events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Antonie Paterakis by 0.06 seconds. 186 competitors produced 268 personal bests, 94 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Emanuele Ryusei Cervone took a Skewb single of 23.89 down to 6.20, 74 percent better in one day.

Five wins
Patrick Ponce — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed
0.06s
closest final — 2×2, Antonie Paterakis over Christofor Gabriel Costea
268
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Twan Dullemond5.856.26
2×2Antonie Paterakis1.081.50
4×4Patrick Ponce20.0823.74
5×5Patrick Ponce40.5544.03
6×6Patrick Ponce1:16.441:19.72
7×7Patrick Ponce2:12.282:15.77
3×3 one-handedPatrick Ponce8.189.83
MegaminxIsaac Lai Yin Chung35.3639.96
PyraminxJonathan Plug1.902.18
SkewbMattheo de Wit1.922.66

The PB harvest

268 set · 94 still standing
  • Aarin Manik — 3×3 single 5.61: into the top 0.29% of the event's history.
  • Rick Hamburger — 3×3 single 5.63: into the top 0.3% of the event's history.
  • Isaac Lai Yin Chung — 3×3 single 6.78: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
  • Florine Zuur — 3×3 single 7.03: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
  • Rick Hamburger — 3×3 one-handed single 11.29: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
  • Felix Christian Schmidt — 3×3 one-handed single 12.97: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
  • Jis van der Hoek — 3×3 single 9.45: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
  • Merijn Bossink — 2×2 single 2.33: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

21 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

186 competitors · 1357 results · 10 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. Twan Dullemond won it with a 6.26 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

186 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.