Competitions · United States

UCLA Westerns Warmup 2025

Los Angeles, California · 24 August 2025 · 4 events · 186 competitors · 125 personal bests

Max Park won three of the four events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Dominic Shoji by 0.12 seconds. 186 competitors produced 125 personal bests, 55 of which still stand today, and 44 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Miguel Ramos took a 3×3 single of 2:32.65 down to 1:05.61, 57 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Max Park — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.12s

closest final — 2×2, Dominic Shoji over Nancy Liu

125

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	4.73	5.79
2×2	Dominic Shoji	1.45	1.63
4×4	Max Park	21.57	22.68
3×3 one-handed	Max Park	8.01	8.48

The PB harvest

125 set · 55 still standing

Shane Grogan — 2×2 single 1.16: into the top 0.92% of the event's history.
Jacob Salvanera — 3×3 single 7.16: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Ivan Gao — 3×3 single 9.76: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Demetrius Evangelatos — 3×3 single 9.87: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Peter A. Handayana — 3×3 one-handed single 14.52: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Landon Livesay — 3×3 single 10.26: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
Raine Soriano — 3×3 single 10.40: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Lucas Montes — 3×3 single 10.83: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

44 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

186 competitors · 686 results · 4 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. Max Park won it with a 5.79 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

186 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.