Competitions · United States
New York New Year 2025
Malta, New York · 31 December 2025 · 7 events · 45 competitors · 44 personal bests
Curtis Chai won the 3×3 with a 6.30 and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Parker Trager by 0.05 seconds. 45 competitors produced 44 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Wesley Wood took a 2×2 single of 6.36 down to 4.22, 34 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Curtis Chai | 5.62 | 6.30 |
| 2×2 | Ayden Dincher | 0.81 | 1.27 |
| 5×5 | Jerry Yao | 41.07 | 46.98 |
| 6×6 | Evan Liu | 1:27.19 | 1:34.23 |
| Megaminx | Darshan Bhavanasi | 38.19 | 46.55 |
| Pyraminx | Parker Trager | 1.41 | 2.25 |
| Square-1 | Chris Chi | 6.77 | 8.38 |
The PB harvest
44 set · 17 still standing- Parker Trager — 5×5 single 45.88: into the top 0.81% of the event's history.
- Quinn Maloney — Megaminx single 42.49: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
- Darshan Bhavanasi — Square-1 single 8.03: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
- Nico Ozsvath — 6×6 single 1:42.25: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
- Wang Ma (马旺) — Pyraminx single 3.36: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
- Anderson Hong — 5×5 single 59.41: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
- Anderson Hong — Megaminx single 55.58: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
- Theodore Harris Powers Lee — Megaminx single 1:00.72: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
First-timers
Seven 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
45 competitors · 306 results · 7 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. Curtis Chai won it with a 6.30 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
L' F2 R' F2 U B' U' L D' F U2 F D2 F R2 B L2 D - 2
U' R U2 B2 R2 D2 F' R2 B L2 D2 U' F2 U' R U F' D' B - 3
D' L2 R D U2 F2 U L2 R2 F2 L2 R U2 F' R' B U' B2 L' - 4
L' D' F' D2 B' U D2 B2 D' R D2 R2 D F2 U B2 L2 R - 5
B R2 U B U2 L2 U' B' R F L2 U F2 U2 R2 D L2 U R2 U
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
45 competitors- Anderson Hong
- Angelo Terpening
- Ayden Dincher
- Charles J. Hoffmann
- Chris Chi
- Clem Tucker
- Curtis Chai
- Damanjit Singh
- Daniel Goldstein
- Darshan Bhavanasi
- Derek White
- Eli Rogers
- Ethan Qiu
- Evan Liu
- Hanchen Ding
- Jeremiah Lee
- Jerry Yao
- Joseph Li
- Ledger Ramirez
- Luciano James Capuano
- Milan Vincent Andric
- Ming Chai (柴明)
- Nico Ozsvath
- Oliver Benson
- Parker Trager
- Quinn Maloney
- Rayan Suleiman Arif
- Rex Ozsvath
- Ryan Hughes
- Saisabari Ramesh
- Samin Yasar
- Samuel Wei
- Samuel Zafir
- Shota Fukuoka
- Steven Wintringham
- Tess Weinstock
- Theodore Harris Powers Lee
- Wang Ma (马旺)
- Wesley Wood
- Will Russo
- William Lavoie
- Yili Yi
- Yiyul Jung
- Yuki Nagai
- Zhouyang Weng
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.