Competitions · United States

PBs in Palisades Winter 2025

West Nyack, New York · 8 March 2025 · 4 events · 104 competitors · 89 personal bests

Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) won two of the four events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) by 0.23 seconds. 104 competitors produced 89 personal bests, 24 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Alfie Silbert took a 2×2 single of 11.53 down to 5.99, 48 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — 3×3, 2×2

0.23s

closest final — 3×3, Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) over Tymon Kolasiński

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)	4.10	4.70
2×2	Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)	0.96	1.17
4×4	Tymon Kolasiński	20.83	22.21
5×5	Tymon Kolasiński	34.42	36.07

The PB harvest

89 set · 24 still standing

Evan Yao — 3×3 single 6.12: into the top 0.56% of the event's history.
Samuel Fang — 3×3 single 6.29: into the top 0.68% of the event's history.
Samuel Fang — 4×4 single 27.92: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Evan Yao — 5×5 single 53.91: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Margot Audero — 5×5 single 1:00.04: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Benjamin Wiginton — 4×4 single 36.08: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
Cameron Lee — 4×4 single 41.78: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.
Andy Simpson — 2×2 single 3.07: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

Five 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

104 competitors · 543 results · 4 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. Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) won it with a 4.70 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

104 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.