Competitions · United States
Spookin' on the Plains at Auburn 2025
Auburn, Alabama · 25 October 2025 · 5 events · 58 competitors · 34 personal bests
Matias Marcantoni-Nunez won two of the five events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Matias Marcantoni-Nunez by 0.43 seconds. 58 competitors produced 34 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Frank Carpenter took a 2×2 single of 25.49 down to 7.80, 69 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Matias Marcantoni-Nunez | 5.23 | 6.29 |
| 2×2 | Matias Marcantoni-Nunez | 1.14 | 1.28 |
| 7×7 | Kevin Min | 2:34.47 | 2:43.62 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Rowan Stough | 12.87 | 15.01 |
| Clock | Drake Denton Richard | 2.74 | 3.15 |
The PB harvest
34 set · 18 still standing- Enoch Sanders — 3×3 single 9.42: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
- Enoch Sanders — Clock single 5.72: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
- Enoch Sanders — 3×3 one-handed single 15.16: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
- Gregary Kimbrell — 3×3 single 10.40: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
- William Quick — 3×3 single 11.17: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
- Myles Monreal — 2×2 single 3.20: into the top 16.6% of the event's history.
- Frederick Moody Blackmon III — 2×2 single 3.24: into the top 17.1% of the event's history.
- Malissa Lee — 3×3 single 14.82: into the top 23.8% of the event's history.
First-timers
Ten 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
58 competitors · 313 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. Matias Marcantoni-Nunez won it with a 6.29 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
D' R2 F2 L2 F L2 R2 U2 B2 F2 R2 U R F' U2 R U' B R' - 2
U L' R2 F R2 B2 U2 L2 U2 R' U' L' D' R2 F R' F' R' - 3
U2 F D F2 R' B2 L' F B2 D2 F' U2 L2 B' U' R' U2 L2 - 4
R F' R U B' U' F B2 D F2 L2 D2 R2 D' B2 R2 U L F' U' - 5
R2 U' B2 L2 F2 U F2 L2 B L R B F' D B' U2 L B' U
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
58 competitors- Annye Bennett
- Arthur Davis Boyd
- Asher Haefs
- Braden Hall
- Carsten Burks
- Christian Camilo Castro
- Clay Moore
- Dalton Nichols
- Daniel Mullen
- Daniel Reis
- Daniel York
- Dean Money
- Drake Denton Richard
- Elijah Elliot
- Ella Ruth Dart
- Enoch Sanders
- Frank Carpenter
- Fred Johnson
- Frederick Moody Blackmon III
- Gavin Burttram
- Gregary Kimbrell
- Hanish Chamarthi
- Henry Carter
- Jackson Moore
- James Dart
- Jared Stinson
- Joe Zaiden
- Jordan Steen
- Joseph Zaiden
- Justin Barker
- Katie Hull
- Kevin Min
- Levi Adams
- Levi Haefs
- Lillian Carpenter
- Logan Lingasamy
- Malissa Lee
- Matias Marcantoni-Nunez
- Max Money
- Micah Morrison
- Myles Monreal
- Nate Hunter
- Nicolás Sánchez
- Nikolas Carpenter
- Raymond Goslow
- Roman Wofford
- Rowan Stough
- Saketh Ram Prashanth
- Samantha Lingasamy
- Sawyer Adams
- Shane Glasgow
- Srianiketh Prashanth
- Talitha Haefs
- Thomas Arnaud
- Will Boyd
- William Quick
- Yuchan Han
- Zakary Carpenter
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.