Competitions · United States

Liberty Science Center Open A 2025

Jersey City, New Jersey · 15 March 2025 · 5 events · 72 competitors · 39 personal bests

Ayden Dincher won four of the five events (3×3, 2×2, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Ayden Dincher by 0.20 seconds. 72 competitors produced 39 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Christian Girardy took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 3:31.02 down to 2:01.82, 42 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Ayden Dincher — 3×3, 2×2, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.20s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Ayden Dincher over Christian Girardy

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ayden Dincher	6.86	7.20
2×2	Ayden Dincher	0.98	1.50
5×5	Ayden Dincher	49.76	52.90
3×3 blindfolded	Liam Chen	18.49	19.83
3×3 one-handed	Ayden Dincher	11.60	13.17

The PB harvest

39 set · 14 still standing

Austin Reed — 5×5 single 51.90: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Niklas Hsu-Storaker — 3×3 one-handed single 12.06: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Dan Lu — 2×2 single 2.13: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
James Gettinger — 2×2 single 2.28: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
Jeffrey Chen — 5×5 single 1:04.89: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
Yuval Segall — 3×3 one-handed single 15.46: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Matthew Rich — 3×3 blindfolded single 57.71: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.
Nathaniel Lao — 3×3 blindfolded single 1:18.60: into the top 19.1% 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

72 competitors · 333 results · 5 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. Ayden Dincher won it with a 7.20 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

72 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.