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Return of the Ville KY 2025

Louisville, Kentucky · 25 January 2025 · 5 events · 75 competitors · 48 personal bests

Luke Garrett won three of the five events (5×5, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Eli Parker by 0.21 seconds. 75 competitors produced 48 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Kaleb Conway took a 3×3 single of 1:06.82 down to 36.24, 46 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Luke Garrett — 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind
0.21s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Eli Parker over Luke Garrett
48
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Luke Griesser5.676.00
5×5Luke Garrett43.9047.78
3×3 blindfoldedLuke Garrett27.1137.89
3×3 one-handedEli Parker7.849.62
3×3 Multi-BlindLuke Garrett16 of 18 cubes · 58:48—

The PB harvest

48 set · 14 still standing
  • Miles Lentz — 5×5 single 50.98: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
  • Jonah Brown — 3×3 single 9.57: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
  • Riley Sinclair — 3×3 single 9.59: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
  • Henry Powell — 3×3 one-handed single 15.81: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
  • Jonah Brown — 3×3 one-handed single 21.69: into the top 25.1% of the event's history.
  • Colin Nelson — 3×3 one-handed single 24.53: into the top 32.9% of the event's history.
  • Andrew S. M. Park — 5×5 single 1:36.97: into the top 33.1% of the event's history.
  • Logan Drone — 3×3 single 19.96: into the top 39.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 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

75 competitors · 294 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. Luke Griesser won it with a 6.00 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

75 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.