Competitions · United States

SoCal Speedcubing at Super STEM Saturday 2025

San Marcos, California · 8 March 2025 · 2 events · 98 competitors · 29 personal bests

Yichen Sheng (盛亦辰) won the 3×3 with a 8.17 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Yichen Sheng (盛亦辰) by 0.12 seconds. 98 competitors produced 29 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and 44 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Oliver Beamish took a 3×3 single of 28.96 down to 15.68, 46 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.12s

closest final — 3×3, Yichen Sheng (盛亦辰) over Joel Kim

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yichen Sheng (盛亦辰)	7.17	8.17
2×2	Dominic Shoji	1.76	1.92

The PB harvest

29 set · 13 still standing

Wyatt Simonson — 3×3 single 12.20: into the top 14.6% of the event's history.
Nikolas Perez — 2×2 single 3.90: into the top 25.2% of the event's history.
Oliver Beamish — 3×3 single 15.68: into the top 26.7% of the event's history.
William Rylan Mathias — 2×2 single 4.81: into the top 36.9% of the event's history.
Nathan Matcha — 3×3 single 19.34: into the top 38.1% of the event's history.
Elliott Roach — 2×2 single 5.48: into the top 45.1% of the event's history.
Evan Kim — 3×3 single 25.59: into the top 53.9% of the event's history.
Owen Monasmith — 3×3 single 25.96: into the top 54.7% 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

98 competitors · 196 results · 2 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. Yichen Sheng (盛亦辰) won it with a 8.17 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

98 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.