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Texas Championship 2025

Waco, Texas · 5 December 2025 · 16 events · 156 competitors · 362 personal bests

Ryan Pilat won five of the 16 events (3×3, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Ryan Pilat by 0.02 seconds. 156 competitors produced 362 personal bests, 191 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Gideon Dalum took a Clock single of 17.79 down to 5.44, 69 percent better in one day.

Five wins
Ryan Pilat — 3×3, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed, 5×5 blindfolded
0.02s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Ryan Pilat over Ray Bai
362
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ryan Pilat6.156.53
2×2Siddharth Reddy1.191.45
4×4Ray Bai16.8424.37
5×5Ray Bai43.4848.62
6×6Ryan Pilat1:25.931:34.14
7×7Ryan Pilat2:15.842:22.05
3×3 blindfoldedJeff Park14.97—
3×3 one-handedRyan Pilat10.1611.07
ClockSiddharth Reddy4.064.55
MegaminxRay Bai36.3438.08
PyraminxMarcus Kamen1.842.00
SkewbBenjamin Spradley2.493.32
Square-1Tucker Chamberlain5.706.34
4×4 blindfoldedJoshua Gao1:53.56—
5×5 blindfoldedRyan Pilat6:54.35—
3×3 Multi-BlindJoshua Gao44 of 52 cubes · 59:06—

The PB harvest

362 set · 191 still standing
  • Ray Bai — 3×3 single 4.41: into the top 0.04% of the event's history.
  • Ollie Thompson — Clock single 2.67: into the top 0.39% of the event's history.
  • Ryan Ylagan — Clock single 3.17: into the top 0.99% of the event's history.
  • Kyle Santucci — Skewb single 2.24: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
  • Caleb Merritt — Clock single 3.94: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
  • Dev McElroy — 2×2 single 1.76: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
  • Hudson Hauck Felczak — Pyraminx single 3.02: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
  • Aarav Gaddam — Pyraminx single 3.07: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven 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

156 competitors · 1850 results · 16 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. Ryan Pilat won it with a 6.53 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

156 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.