Competitions · United States

ODU Big Blue Open 2025

Norfolk, Virginia · 13 September 2025 · 6 events · 83 competitors · 90 personal bests

Charles Jerome won two of the six events (2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Warren Morris by 0.00 seconds. 83 competitors produced 90 personal bests, 43 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Sam Ongstad took a 3×3 single of 31.79 down to 14.17, 55 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Charles Jerome — 2×2, 4×4

0.00s

closest final — Pyraminx, Warren Morris over Charles Jerome

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Robert Mapp IV	5.90	8.24
2×2	Charles Jerome	1.29	1.81
4×4	Charles Jerome	27.21	31.25
3×3 blindfolded	Currin Wilson	58.73	—
3×3 one-handed	Kavin Rajendran	9.54	12.79
Pyraminx	Warren Morris	3.09	3.71

The PB harvest

90 set · 43 still standing

Luke Stevenson — 3×3 single 6.17: into the top 0.59% of the event's history.
Charles Jerome — 4×4 single 27.21: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Benjamin Araujo — 3×3 single 7.82: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Aidan Giron — 3×3 single 8.00: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
William Klauer — 3×3 one-handed single 13.73: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Samuel Stewart — 3×3 single 9.82: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Sai Kintali — 2×2 single 2.64: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Alexander Richard Barton — 3×3 single 11.78: into the top 13.1% 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

83 competitors · 456 results · 6 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. Robert Mapp IV won it with a 8.24 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

83 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.