Competitions · United States

Seattle Cube Cascade UW 2025

Seattle, Washington · 4 October 2025 · 5 events · 84 competitors · 78 personal bests

Đỗ Quang Hưng won three of the five events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ian Cantius Fredric by 0.45 seconds. 84 competitors produced 78 personal bests, 43 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Archie Braendlein took a Square-1 single of 35.12 down to 18.03, 49 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Đỗ Quang Hưng — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5

0.45s

closest final — 2×2, Ian Cantius Fredric over Ron G. Arama

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Đỗ Quang Hưng	5.43	6.56
2×2	Ian Cantius Fredric	1.12	1.47
4×4	Đỗ Quang Hưng	18.45	21.95
5×5	Đỗ Quang Hưng	36.19	38.30
Square-1	Sameer Aggarwal	4.41	7.29

The PB harvest

78 set · 43 still standing

Samuel Williams — 4×4 single 26.87: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Eshan Arora — 3×3 single 7.18: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Prithvi Ramrajprabu — 3×3 single 8.79: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Vijay Lin — 2×2 single 2.30: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Cindy Zhang — 4×4 single 35.55: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Anishk Arora — 5×5 single 1:04.66: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
Nolan Takayama — 3×3 single 10.77: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
Alyssa Esparaz — 4×4 single 40.22: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Nine 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

84 competitors · 367 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. Đỗ Quang Hưng won it with a 6.56 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

84 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.