Competitions · United States

Saint John's Warm Up 2025

Shrewsbury, Massachusetts · 7 June 2025 · 5 events · 82 competitors · 86 personal bests

Curtis Chai won two of the five events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Curtis Chai by 0.03 seconds. 82 competitors produced 86 personal bests, 49 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ian Chan took a 2×2 single of 8.64 down to 3.91, 55 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Curtis Chai — 3×3, 2×2

0.03s

closest final — 3×3, Curtis Chai over Krish Shah-Nathwani

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Curtis Chai	6.30	7.14
2×2	Curtis Chai	1.26	1.54
4×4	Darren Saito	28.31	29.94
3×3 one-handed	Darren Saito	8.56	11.28
Pyraminx	Steven Wintringham	2.13	2.25

The PB harvest

86 set · 49 still standing

Darren Saito — 3×3 one-handed single 8.56: into the top 0.34% of the event's history.
Jaylen Myles — 3×3 one-handed single 9.01: into the top 0.51% of the event's history.
Syndey Zhou — 3×3 one-handed single 11.36: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Ryan Saito — Pyraminx single 3.08: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Dana Imambek — 3×3 single 9.23: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Jaylen Myles — 2×2 single 2.16: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
Frederick Gao — 3×3 single 9.54: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Eeshan Gajula — 2×2 single 2.39: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

Six 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

82 competitors · 512 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. Curtis Chai won it with a 7.14 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

82 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.