Competitions · United States

Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025

College Park, Maryland · 27 September 2025 · 8 events · 207 competitors · 154 personal bests

Liam Chen won two of the eight events (3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Sam Popp by 0.01 seconds. 207 competitors produced 154 personal bests, 93 of which still stand today, and 44 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Eric Wang took a Square-1 single of 31.39 down to 7.49, 76 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Liam Chen — 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind

0.01s

closest final — 3×3, Sam Popp over Caleb Wen

154

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Sam Popp	6.51	7.42
4×4	Drew Duong	25.41	28.59
3×3 blindfolded	Liam Chen	16.41	—
3×3 one-handed	Knut Peterson	12.27	13.03
Square-1	Hassan Khanani	4.76	5.47
4×4 blindfolded	Rui Yang (杨睿)	5:37.46	—
5×5 blindfolded	Rui Yang (杨睿)	15:12.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Liam Chen	25 of 30 cubes · 59:32	—

The PB harvest

154 set · 93 still standing

Wang Ma (马旺) — Square-1 single 5.37: into the top 0.42% of the event's history.
Sam Popp — 3×3 one-handed single 9.11: into the top 0.56% of the event's history.
Hiro Fukui — 3×3 single 7.76: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Makai Guay — Square-1 single 7.92: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Roger Zeng — 3×3 single 8.35: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Kenny Wiseman — 3×3 one-handed single 12.34: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Benjamin McCollum — 3×3 single 8.38: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Drew Duong — 3×3 one-handed single 12.45: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

44 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

207 competitors · 788 results · 8 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. Sam Popp won it with a 7.42 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

207 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.