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Quad Cities Saturday 2025

Rock Island, Illinois · 22 November 2025 · 5 events · 55 competitors · 53 personal bests

Brian Johnson won three of the five events (3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Adam Schwenn by 0.24 seconds. 55 competitors produced 53 personal bests, 39 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ryker Armstrong took a Skewb single of 15.11 down to 5.49, 64 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Brian Johnson — 3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.24s
closest final — Clock, Adam Schwenn over Charles Bois
53
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Brian Johnson5.866.62
5×5Brian Johnson50.0457.08
3×3 one-handedBrian Johnson9.0310.39
ClockAdam Schwenn4.234.93
SkewbCarter Kucala1.602.61

The PB harvest

53 set · 39 still standing
  • Zennan Zuiker — Skewb single 2.64: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
  • Cale Schoon — 3×3 one-handed single 12.69: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
  • Zennan Zuiker — 3×3 one-handed single 13.46: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
  • Adam Schwenn — 3×3 single 9.48: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
  • Cale Schoon — 5×5 single 1:03.27: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
  • Noah Pingel — Clock single 6.19: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
  • Samuel Simon — 3×3 single 11.24: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
  • Ethan Wood — Skewb single 4.08: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten 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

55 competitors · 318 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. Brian Johnson won it with a 6.62 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

55 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.