Competitions · United States

The Heart of Texas 2025

Waco, Texas · 26 January 2025 · 5 events · 99 competitors · 81 personal bests

Ryan Pilat won two of the five events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Andres Rodriguez by 0.23 seconds. 99 competitors produced 81 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and 26 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Benjamin Patrick took a Pyraminx single of 16.02 down to 6.25, 61 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Ryan Pilat — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.23s

closest final — Pyraminx, Andres Rodriguez over Ryan Pilat

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Ryan Pilat	5.80	6.04
2×2	Siddharth Reddy	1.05	1.24
6×6	William Henry Ruppert V	1:48.04	1:52.86
3×3 one-handed	Ryan Pilat	10.30	11.78
Pyraminx	Andres Rodriguez	1.72	2.07

The PB harvest

81 set · 29 still standing

Gustavo Guerra — Pyraminx single 2.54: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Noah Silva — Pyraminx single 2.72: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Benjamin Patrick — 3×3 single 8.55: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Adam Tran — 2×2 single 2.07: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Karthik Venkat — 3×3 single 9.61: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Mason Danek — Pyraminx single 3.77: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
James Wang — Pyraminx single 4.10: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
Adam Tran — Pyraminx single 4.36: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

26 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

99 competitors · 557 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. Ryan Pilat won it with a 6.04 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

99 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.