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OKC Weeknight Solves 2025

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · 11 September 2025 · 3 events · 30 competitors · 20 personal bests

Jose Ortiz Jr. won two of the three events (2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Jose Ortiz Jr. by 0.25 seconds. 30 competitors produced 20 personal bests, 10 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Leo Zhao took a 2×2 single of 7.72 down to 5.03, 35 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Jose Ortiz Jr. — 2×2, 4×4
0.25s
closest final — 2×2, Jose Ortiz Jr. over Jake Maddox
20
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Jake Maddox6.237.55
2×2Jose Ortiz Jr.2.502.69
4×4Jose Ortiz Jr.33.4535.22

The PB harvest

20 set · 10 still standing
  • Nickolai Jones — 2×2 single 2.25: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
  • Braden Rowlett — 4×4 single 45.15: into the top 18.5% of the event's history.
  • Keenan Bruce — 4×4 single 49.88: into the top 24.6% of the event's history.
  • Syrus Howell — 3×3 single 18.46: into the top 35.5% of the event's history.
  • Leo Zhao — 2×2 single 5.03: into the top 39.7% of the event's history.
  • Syrus Howell — 4×4 single 1:24.25: into the top 59.3% of the event's history.
  • Owen Threlkeld — 2×2 single 7.57: into the top 64.8% of the event's history.
  • Elijah Pratt — 2×2 single 8.75: into the top 72.2% 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

30 competitors · 100 results · 3 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. Jake Maddox won it with a 7.55 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

30 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.