Competitions · United States
Pittsburgh Winter 2025
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · 15 February 2025 · 11 events · 54 competitors · 86 personal bests
Luke Garrett won six of the eleven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Luke Garrett by 0.03 seconds. 54 competitors produced 86 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and two people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Weston Johnson took a Skewb single of 21.03 down to 8.35, 60 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Luke Garrett | 5.23 | 6.51 |
| 2×2 | Sujan Feist | 0.68 | 1.08 |
| 4×4 | Luke Garrett | 25.45 | 26.54 |
| 5×5 | Luke Garrett | 43.10 | 48.09 |
| 6×6 | Luke Garrett | 1:33.49 | 1:34.77 |
| 7×7 | Luke Garrett | 2:14.13 | 2:20.90 |
| Clock | Kerry Creech | 4.06 | 4.64 |
| Megaminx | Alexei Sinyavin | 28.81 | 32.27 |
| Pyraminx | Luke Garrett | 1.40 | 1.81 |
| Skewb | Chris Chi | 2.55 | 2.84 |
| Square-1 | Chris Chi | 7.46 | 9.11 |
The PB harvest
86 set · 34 still standing- Carson Clark (张卡森) — Skewb single 1.30: into the top 0.2% of the event's history.
- Sean Cutshaw — Skewb single 1.44: into the top 0.36% of the event's history.
- Kerry Creech — Skewb single 1.46: into the top 0.4% of the event's history.
- Owen Widdis — Skewb single 1.81: into the top 0.95% of the event's history.
- AJ Kamal — 2×2 single 1.19: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
- Jacob Tucker — 2×2 single 1.20: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
- Chris Choi — 2×2 single 1.27: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
- Chris Choi — Skewb single 2.13: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
First-timers
Two 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
54 competitors · 553 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 6.51 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
D B' R' B' F2 D2 R D2 F2 L B2 L' D F2 L R D' F2 D - 2
U' D F' L2 U' F2 L U R' F R2 L2 U2 R2 D2 B2 R2 B2 U - 3
F2 R2 U2 B2 F2 R' F2 R2 U2 F L' B2 U B2 F2 U2 B' D F - 4
L2 D L' U' B' L2 D' B R2 F2 D' F2 U R2 U F2 U2 L' - 5
R2 D2 B2 D2 F' R2 F' D R' B L B2 U F' R2 B' D L'
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
54 competitors- Abigayle Greier
- AJ Kamal
- Alex Herron
- Alexei Sinyavin
- Avyan Tadikamalla
- Braden Richards
- Caleb Kearney
- Carson Bender
- Carson Clark (张卡森)
- Casey Ding
- Chris Chi
- Chris Choi
- Colton Gehrling
- Dev Choksi
- Edmund Barlow
- Gabriel Frahm
- Ganghui Lin (林刚辉)
- Jack Hamilton
- Jacob Tucker
- James Burns
- Jayden Clark
- John Pelley
- Jordan Halford
- Josie Desmet
- Kallen Akhavan
- Kaylen Flynn
- Kerry Creech
- Krishna Joyce
- Leia Jiang
- Louis Truong
- Luke Garrett
- Luke Meszar
- Marco Yang (杨柯辰)
- Mason Paice
- Miles Johnson
- Nial Yavuzturk
- Niam Choksi
- Owen Widdis
- Patrick Strawder
- Radiath Kamal Patwary
- Rex Beck
- Roman Sposato
- Sean Cutshaw
- Sriyan Gande
- Stanley Yang
- Stephen Griggs
- Sujan Feist
- Vedansh Nadukuru
- Wayne Beck
- Weston Johnson
- Xavier Ye
- Yianni Lagadinos
- Yuyang Zhen (甄禹扬)
- Zachary Garber
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.