Competitions · United States

Penn Cube Day Spring 2025

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · 23 March 2025 · 6 events · 90 competitors · 79 personal bests

Jerry Yao won four of the six events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Jerry Yao by 0.34 seconds. 90 competitors produced 79 personal bests, 32 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Zain Murtaz took a 4×4 single of 2:02.75 down to 54.26, 56 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Jerry Yao — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6

0.34s

closest final — 4×4, Jerry Yao over Carson Widjaja

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jerry Yao	5.48	6.05
4×4	Jerry Yao	22.12	26.23
5×5	Jerry Yao	42.23	46.44
6×6	Jerry Yao	1:28.26	1:30.03
7×7	Livia Kleiner	2:19.37	2:23.27
3×3 blindfolded	Andrew Tao	17.64	—

The PB harvest

79 set · 32 still standing

Parker Trager — 4×4 single 21.87: into the top 0.18% of the event's history.
Declan Kelly — 3×3 single 7.03: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Christian Girardy — 4×4 single 28.65: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Henry Syn — 5×5 single 52.68: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Parth Garg — 5×5 single 59.07: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
Wang Ma (马旺) — 4×4 single 34.00: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Zachary Lee — 4×4 single 35.02: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
Zain Murtaz — 3×3 single 10.22: into the top 8.1% 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

90 competitors · 390 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. Jerry Yao won it with a 6.05 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

90 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.