Competitions · United States

Santa Barbara Winter 2025

Santa Barbara, California · 4 January 2025 · 6 events · 90 competitors · 86 personal bests

Max Park won four of the six events (3×3, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Max Park by 0.59 seconds. 90 competitors produced 86 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Nathaniel Duan took a 3×3 single of 32.00 down to 16.05, 50 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Max Park — 3×3, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.59s

closest final — 3×3, Max Park over Brendyn Dunagan

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	4.97	5.88
5×5	Max Park	35.34	38.44
6×6	Max Park	1:06.75	1:07.32
7×7	Max Park	1:40.38	1:45.03
Megaminx	Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)	28.07	30.40
Square-1	Brendyn Dunagan	4.17	5.59

The PB harvest

86 set · 28 still standing

Albert Poghosyan — 3×3 single 7.88: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Alexander Anikin (Александр Аникин) — Square-1 single 7.69: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Zack Rubio — Square-1 single 7.96: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Vinícius Shaw — Square-1 single 8.08: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Alexander Anikin (Александр Аникин) — 5×5 single 59.87: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Roy Chandler — Square-1 single 9.73: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Vinícius Shaw — 5×5 single 1:03.10: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Vinícius Shaw — 6×6 single 1:56.86: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 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 · 432 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. Max Park won it with a 5.88 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.