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Michigan Championship 2025

Port Huron, Michigan · 15 August 2025 · 17 events · 149 competitors · 374 personal bests

Brian Johnson won five of the 17 events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Max Murphy by 0.01 seconds. 149 competitors produced 374 personal bests, 223 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Emile Compion set the 3×3 Fewest Moves single continental record: 23 moves.

Five wins
Brian Johnson — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Square-1
0.01s
closest final — Skewb, Max Murphy over Brian Johnson
374
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Brian Johnson5.876.03
2×2Brian Johnson0.941.40
4×4Jack Pfeifer24.0126.69
5×5Omar Ellabban42.6744.01
6×6Omar Ellabban1:10.841:16.49
7×7Omar Ellabban2:00.242:04.41
3×3 blindfoldedCaleb Lalik34.8338.74
3×3 Fewest MovesOwen Widdis22 moves24.67
3×3 one-handedBrian Johnson8.4210.95
ClockReed W. Richardson3.203.78
MegaminxBrian Johnson35.2841.13
PyraminxMicah David Theis1.541.94
SkewbMax Murphy2.432.80
Square-1Brian Johnson6.477.21
4×4 blindfoldedGabriel Williams V2:00.12—
5×5 blindfoldedGabriel Williams V4:44.78—
3×3 Multi-BlindGabriel Williams V24 of 29 cubes · 1:00:00—

The PB harvest

374 set · 223 still standing
  • Eli Katz — 2×2 single 1.12: into the top 0.82% of the event's history.
  • Nolan Rickett — 2×2 single 1.39: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
  • Mason Colburn — 2×2 single 1.64: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
  • Emile Compion — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 23 moves: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
  • Jeffrey Huang — 2×2 single 1.73: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
  • Adam Dietzel — 2×2 single 1.73: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
  • Edison Ma Zhang — Pyraminx single 2.94: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
  • Conor Mays — 2×2 single 1.86: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

149 competitors · 1583 results · 17 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. Brian Johnson won it with a 6.03 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

149 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.