Competitions · United States

More Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025

Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia · 2 August 2025 · 10 events · 96 competitors · 130 personal bests

Zayn Khanani won two of the ten events (2×2, Skewb) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Chloe Gu by 0.03 seconds. 96 competitors produced 130 personal bests, 56 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Joaquín Villablanca set the Square-1 single national record: 6.15.

Two wins

Zayn Khanani — 2×2, Skewb

0.03s

closest final — 3×3, Chloe Gu over Fiona Bao

130

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Chloe Gu	5.81	7.67
2×2	Zayn Khanani	0.89	1.11
5×5	Sanzhar Beisembayev	52.31	55.17
7×7	Aubrey Trace	2:33.80	2:44.91
3×3 blindfolded	Liam Chen	18.71	—
3×3 one-handed	Brayden Adams	11.60	12.46
Megaminx	Declan Wilhelm	29.74	34.83
Skewb	Zayn Khanani	1.29	1.79
Square-1	Hassan Khanani	4.47	6.22
3×3 Multi-Blind	Liam Chen	24 of 30 cubes · 1:00:00	—

The PB harvest

130 set · 56 still standing

Chloe Gu — 3×3 single 5.81: into the top 0.38% of the event's history.
William Klauer — Skewb single 1.49: into the top 0.44% of the event's history.
Miles Greco — 3×3 single 6.22: into the top 0.63% of the event's history.
Joaquín Villablanca — Square-1 single 6.15: into the top 0.87% of the event's history.
Declan Gladwin — 2×2 single 1.48: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Chloe Gu — 5×5 single 53.96: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
William Klauer — Megaminx single 45.59: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Dean Lockett — Square-1 single 8.33: into the top 3.5% 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

96 competitors · 757 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. Chloe Gu won it with a 7.67 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

96 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.