Competitions · United States
Lexington Weeknights III 2025
Lexington, Massachusetts · 14 July 2025 · 3 events · 44 competitors · 22 personal bests
Yancheng Liu (刘彦程) won the 3×3 with a 9.56 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Yancheng Liu (刘彦程) by 0.33 seconds. 44 competitors produced 22 personal bests, 8 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Muxuan Zhou took a 3×3 single of 1:12.02 down to 16.07, 78 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Yancheng Liu (刘彦程) | 8.34 | 9.56 |
| 5×5 | Finn Ickler | 1:04.16 | 1:11.33 |
| Clock | Brendan Lee | 3.71 | 4.16 |
The PB harvest
22 set · 8 still standing- Tariq Ali — 5×5 single 1:09.77: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.
- Ryan Durette — 5×5 single 1:12.68: into the top 13.6% of the event's history.
- Sriaarush Vaddadi — Clock single 9.20: into the top 21.0% of the event's history.
- Sriaarush Vaddadi — 3×3 single 15.02: into the top 24.5% of the event's history.
- Muxuan Zhou — 3×3 single 16.07: into the top 28.0% of the event's history.
- Capland Cho — 3×3 single 16.13: into the top 28.2% of the event's history.
- Yanqing Shen — 3×3 single 32.79: into the top 67.2% of the event's history.
- Haroon Khan — 3×3 single 33.07: into the top 67.6% of the event's history.
First-timers
Four 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
44 competitors · 110 results · 3 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. Yancheng Liu (刘彦程) won it with a 9.56 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
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U2 R F' L' U2 L2 U' L2 F2 L' F2 R' B2 R' U2 D R F U - 2
U F' L' F2 U2 B2 L' D2 L' B2 D F' D U2 B R U2 L R - 3
F B L U D L U' F' U2 B U' F2 L2 U2 F R2 D2 B R2 U2 - 4
F2 L F D' B' D2 R2 U' R' U L2 F2 D F2 L2 U L2 U' L' D' - 5
R2 U' R2 D2 L2 B2 U2 L D2 B' D' U2 R2 F2 D F2 L R' D'
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
44 competitors- Adam Siu
- Ahaan Bhandari
- Alex Cohen
- Ayman Hoque
- Bennett Caliendo
- Binesh Moghadaszadeh
- Brendan Lee
- Capland Cho
- Charlie McEneaney
- Danesh Moghadaszadeh
- David Andron-Silva
- Dhyan Pankaj Patel
- Ethan Zhuang
- Finn Ickler
- Gabriel Solar de la Fuente
- Haroon Khan
- Jack Mulroy
- Jacob Carubia
- Jason Wickman
- Joey Mait
- John Ashe
- Julianne Waite
- Justin Lee
- Kai Beeler
- Keith Norman Kerman
- Kevin Pertus
- Logan Vu
- Luca de Galbert
- Lucas Svirsky
- Michael Lee
- Muxuan Zhou
- Nicholas Melanson
- Riyaan Bajaj
- Ryan Durette
- Ryan Waite
- Sam Linszner
- Sriaarush Vaddadi
- Syed Mekaeel Ghani
- Tanner Li
- Tariq Ali
- Will Russo
- Yancheng Liu (刘彦程)
- Yanqing Shen
- Zade Wulfsberg
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.