Competitions · United States

UCLA Spring 2025

Los Angeles, California · 20 April 2025 · 5 events · 181 competitors · 146 personal bests

Nancy Liu won the 3×3 with a 7.21 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Nancy Liu by 0.38 seconds. 181 competitors produced 146 personal bests, 56 of which still stand today, and 33 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Yan Myo Aung set the 4×4 single national record: 34.72.

events decided

0.38s

closest final — 3×3, Nancy Liu over Elijah Brown

146

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Nancy Liu	5.82	7.21
4×4	Mulun Yin (阴目仑)	25.51	27.02
5×5	Kate Grahame	47.41	48.53
3×3 one-handed	Richard Jiankun Peng (彭健坤)	10.40	11.03
Megaminx	Jack Flynn Stewart	41.75	42.93

The PB harvest

146 set · 56 still standing

Jusun Choi (최주선) — 3×3 single 6.13: into the top 0.57% of the event's history.
Shane Grogan — 3×3 single 6.24: into the top 0.64% of the event's history.
Aaron Do — 3×3 single 6.49: into the top 0.84% of the event's history.
Mulun Yin (阴目仑) — 5×5 single 46.24: into the top 0.88% of the event's history.
Shiun Choi — 3×3 single 7.40: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Roy Chandler — Megaminx single 42.11: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Cy Hamilton — 3×3 single 7.96: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Daniel Song — 4×4 single 31.85: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

33 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

181 competitors · 813 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. Nancy Liu won it with a 7.21 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

181 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.