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Lexington Weeknights V 2025

Lexington, Massachusetts · 11 August 2025 · 3 events · 46 competitors · 23 personal bests

Minghao Zhang won two of the three events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Minghao Zhang by 0.45 seconds. 46 competitors produced 23 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Cordelia Hu took a 3×3 one-handed single of 53.84 down to 16.60, 69 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Minghao Zhang — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed
0.45s
closest final — 3×3, Minghao Zhang over Yancheng Liu (刘彦程)
23
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Minghao Zhang8.318.62
3×3 blindfoldedWill Russo51.10
3×3 one-handedMinghao Zhang8.6410.35

The PB harvest

23 set · 13 still standing
  • Minghao Zhang — 3×3 one-handed single 8.64: into the top 0.37% of the event's history.
  • Jason Bilgrei — 3×3 single 7.42: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
  • Ryan Durette — 3×3 one-handed single 11.23: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
  • Tim Kwartler — 3×3 one-handed single 14.79: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
  • Ryan Durette — 3×3 blindfolded single 1:31.32: into the top 23.6% of the event's history.
  • Oliver Turkel — 3×3 single 16.45: into the top 29.3% of the event's history.
  • Riyaan Bajaj — 3×3 one-handed single 25.36: into the top 35.2% of the event's history.
  • Tanner Li — 3×3 single 19.03: into the top 37.2% 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

46 competitors · 107 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. Minghao Zhang won it with a 8.62 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

46 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.