Competitions · Singapore

NUS Open 2025

Singapore · 13 September 2025 · 10 events · 61 competitors · 50 personal bests

Nigel Phang won two of the ten events (2×2, Clock) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Jovan Lee by 0.12 seconds. 61 competitors produced 50 personal bests, 25 of which still stand today, and one people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Aiden Lim Tze Choon took a Clock single of 10.32 down to 5.36, 48 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Nigel Phang — 2×2, Clock

0.12s

closest final — Pyraminx, Jovan Lee over Nigel Phang

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Tee Kai Yang	5.90	6.35
2×2	Nigel Phang	0.93	1.52
4×4	Deng Zhengping	21.15	26.37
5×5	Emmanuel Kao	37.08	40.24
6×6	Anyu Zhang (张安宇)	1:22.57	1:28.21
7×7	Emmanuel Kao	1:43.78	1:49.28
Clock	Nigel Phang	2.64	3.54
Megaminx	Tristan Chua Yong	27.88	28.15
Pyraminx	Jovan Lee	1.69	2.21
Square-1	Malcolm Walter Ang	6.98	8.27

The PB harvest

50 set · 25 still standing

Deng Zhengping — 4×4 single 21.15: into the top 0.12% of the event's history.
Koh Zi Yi — 5×5 single 46.52: into the top 0.92% of the event's history.
Ng Yong Teng — 6×6 single 1:26.05: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Imran Hazrin-Tan — 2×2 single 1.52: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Malcolm Walter Ang — Clock single 4.11: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Lim Jia Ying (林佳颖) — 3×3 single 8.13: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Ong Yu Xian — 3×3 single 8.67: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Dayson Lu (吕昊骏) — 3×3 single 8.80: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

One person 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

61 competitors · 348 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. Tee Kai Yang won it with a 6.35 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

61 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.