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PBs in Palisades Open 2025

West Nyack, New York · 18 January 2025 · 5 events · 95 competitors · 85 personal bests

Ayden Dincher won two of the five events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Clem Tucker by 0.13 seconds. 95 competitors produced 85 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Benjamin Wancier took a 3×3 single of 1:12.43 down to 25.36, 65 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Ayden Dincher — 3×3, 2×2

0.13s

closest final — Clock, Clem Tucker over Davis Johnson

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ayden Dincher	6.84	7.11
2×2	Ayden Dincher	1.04	1.35
5×5	Brandon Nunez	41.72	42.94
Clock	Clem Tucker	3.10	3.96
Megaminx	Matthew Liong	32.55	34.77

The PB harvest

85 set · 15 still standing

Max Chan — 3×3 single 6.01: into the top 0.49% of the event's history.
Chris Chi — Megaminx single 45.02: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Levi Gibson — Clock single 4.59: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Dylan Chan — Megaminx single 47.31: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Logan Furlong — 3×3 single 11.35: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
Ishan Donavalli — Megaminx single 1:08.75: into the top 14.9% of the event's history.
Logan Furlong — 2×2 single 3.14: into the top 15.9% of the event's history.
Lando Pothula II — 2×2 single 3.16: into the top 16.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

Nine 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

95 competitors · 437 results · 5 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. Ayden Dincher won it with a 7.11 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

95 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.