Competitions · United States

Slow N Steady UMD Spring 2025

College Park, Maryland · 23 March 2025 · 4 events · 170 competitors · 133 personal bests

Fiona Bao won two of the four events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Raihan Sadr by 0.19 seconds. 170 competitors produced 133 personal bests, 63 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Frezer Dessew set the 5×5 single national record: 2:10.10.

Two wins

Fiona Bao — 4×4, 5×5

0.19s

closest final — 3×3, Raihan Sadr over Brayden Adams

133

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Raihan Sadr	7.17	7.93
4×4	Fiona Bao	27.18	29.73
5×5	Fiona Bao	53.21	58.36
3×3 one-handed	Brayden Adams	10.21	13.50

The PB harvest

133 set · 63 still standing

Stone Payne — 3×3 single 6.77: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Raihan Sadr — 3×3 one-handed single 11.67: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Durham Lee Wells — 3×3 single 7.99: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Jasmin Baltazar — 3×3 single 8.00: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Seth Adeleke — 3×3 single 8.12: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Christopher Whitehead — 3×3 single 8.72: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Vignesh Saravanan — 3×3 single 8.74: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Konrad Julian Jefferson Krafft — 3×3 one-handed single 14.68: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

170 competitors · 585 results · 4 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. Raihan Sadr won it with a 7.93 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

170 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.