Competitions · United States
The Heart of Texas Fall 2025
Waco, Texas · 14 September 2025 · 6 events · 63 competitors · 55 personal bests
Ryan Pilat won four of the six events (3×3, 5×5, 7×7) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Benjamin Spradley by 0.91 seconds. 63 competitors produced 55 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Paulina Irene Sánchez Lugo took a Skewb single of 26.23 down to 8.17, 69 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Ryan Pilat | 5.13 | 6.62 |
| 5×5 | Ryan Pilat | 45.95 | 49.87 |
| 7×7 | Ryan Pilat | 2:08.82 | 2:25.37 |
| Megaminx | Alina Zhu | 37.50 | 38.09 |
| Skewb | Benjamin Spradley | 2.40 | 2.83 |
| Square-1 | Ryan Pilat | 5.08 | 6.00 |
The PB harvest
55 set · 23 still standing- Jose Ortiz Jr. — 5×5 single 49.25: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
- Benjamin Spradley — Square-1 single 11.67: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
- Maxim A. Umber — Megaminx single 1:00.12: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
- Michael A. Gray — 5×5 single 1:13.95: into the top 14.5% of the event's history.
- Ian Cawthon — Skewb single 4.51: into the top 14.5% of the event's history.
- Michael A. Gray — 3×3 single 12.34: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.
- Fox Johnson — 3×3 single 13.39: into the top 18.8% of the event's history.
- Joel Ashley — 3×3 single 13.77: into the top 20.2% of the event's history.
First-timers
14 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
63 competitors · 321 results · 6 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 6.62 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
R' D2 B2 L2 B2 R' F2 U2 D' L2 B' U' B' U' F' R F' U' F - 2
D2 B2 D U' B2 R2 U L2 B' R D' B F' U2 R' B R' U B' - 3
R' U' R' F D' B R' B U F R2 F2 B' U2 D2 F' D2 F2 U' - 4
L' D L' B2 U F' L2 U2 R' U' R B2 L' U2 D2 L' U2 D2 - 5
L U R' F2 R' D2 L2 B2 D' F L2 U' L2 D B2 R2 U2 L2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
63 competitors- Albert Zhang
- Alexander Pacheco
- Alina Zhu
- Anne Gaudard Correa Rangel
- Atticus Torres
- Ben Coker
- Benjamin Spradley
- Brendon Hatfield
- Brooke Hernandez
- Bryson Andrews
- Caleb Torres
- Charles Coker
- Cy Collins
- Daniel Olmstead
- Daniel YuShin Kim
- Derrick Dunlap
- Eion Perez
- Ethan Milton
- Fox Johnson
- Harris Shelton
- Hudson Kuykendall
- Hugo Soto Jr.
- Hunter Wells
- Ian Cawthon
- Ian Walter
- Ignacio Montilla
- Isaac Owen Stein
- Jacob Goodman
- James Wang (王俊杰)
- Jason Lee
- Jeffrey L. Shriver
- Joel Ashley
- John R. Clark
- Jose Ortiz Jr.
- Joseph Grayson Deane
- Krish Madhyannapu
- Kyle Nguyen
- Logan Bohannon
- Luke Ashley
- Maddox Smith
- Mahesh Kailas Dhondge
- Mark Edwin Felczak
- Mason Danek
- Matt Xiong
- Max William Colwell
- Maxim A. Umber
- Michael A. Gray
- Michael Conard
- Mohan Manchanda
- Noah Silva
- Paulina Irene Sánchez Lugo
- Rhodes Smith
- Rune Thomas Coulbourne
- Ryan Pilat
- Rylan Villamizar
- Sai Vivaan Mekala
- Sarah Taylor
- Thai Bui
- Thomas Renner
- Tristan Patrick
- Walter Hencken
- Wesley Zuniga
- Weston Conrad
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.