Competitions · United States

Ohio State Winter 2025

Columbus, Ohio · 18 January 2025 · 11 events · 78 competitors · 120 personal bests

Luke Garrett won six of the eleven events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Evan Wright by 0.13 seconds. 78 competitors produced 120 personal bests, 32 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Nikhil Unwala set the Skewb single national record: 10.49.

Six wins

Luke Garrett — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, 4×4 blindfolded

0.13s

closest final — Square-1, Evan Wright over Jacob Dyland Bennett

120

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Luke Garrett	5.14	5.83
2×2	Luke Garrett	1.17	1.31
4×4	Luke Garrett	22.57	24.14
5×5	Luke Garrett	42.48	48.78
6×6	Ethan Cho	1:16.44	1:28.44
7×7	Jack Pfeifer	1:57.26	2:08.29
3×3 one-handed	Luke Garrett	8.69	10.74
Skewb	Gabriel Gowman	2.38	3.02
Square-1	Evan Wright	6.96	7.54
4×4 blindfolded	Luke Garrett	4:19.06	—
5×5 blindfolded	Rafael Sultanaliev	19:28.00	—

The PB harvest

120 set · 32 still standing

Jack Bohning — 4×4 single 23.69: into the top 0.44% of the event's history.
Evan Wright — 5×5 single 50.86: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Jason Vindvamara — 4×4 single 28.71: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Drew Strickland — 3×3 single 8.29: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Rafael Sultanaliev — 2×2 single 1.82: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Alex Braunsdorf — 3×3 single 8.70: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Jacob Dyland Bennett — 7×7 single 2:36.50: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Daichi Halphen — 3×3 one-handed single 13.75: into the top 5.7% 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

78 competitors · 636 results · 11 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. Luke Garrett won it with a 5.83 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

78 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.