Competitions · United States
UCSD May A 2025
San Diego, California · 11 May 2025 · 4 events · 37 competitors · 30 personal bests
Eric Yang won the 3×3 with a 8.21 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Dominic Shoji by 0.20 seconds. 37 competitors produced 30 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Edwin Villa took a Square-1 single of 56.00 down to 26.23, 53 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Eric Yang | 7.13 | 8.21 |
| 2×2 | Dominic Shoji | 1.11 | 1.96 |
| Skewb | Ian Yazid Zavala | 3.29 | 4.62 |
| Square-1 | Michael Young | 9.46 | 10.98 |
The PB harvest
30 set · 13 still standing- Michael Young — 3×3 single 7.71: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
- Angel Muñoz — Skewb single 3.28: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
- August Barnard — Square-1 single 11.44: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
- Manning Karahashi (唐橋康成) — 2×2 single 2.89: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.
- Aadvik Mishra — 3×3 single 12.79: into the top 16.7% of the event's history.
- Knox Gardinier — Skewb single 5.52: into the top 22.1% of the event's history.
- Manning Karahashi (唐橋康成) — Skewb single 5.83: into the top 24.4% of the event's history.
- AJ Pajevski — Skewb single 5.92: into the top 25.1% of the event's history.
First-timers
Seven 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
37 competitors · 141 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. Eric Yang won it with a 8.21 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
F' U2 L' D' L2 U' F2 L2 R2 D' L2 U L' D' R B' F' R U F - 2
U2 R' F' L D' B U B' R D2 F' U2 F R2 D2 B2 D2 F U2 F' - 3
L2 B U' L2 B2 U2 B2 D B L' U2 F2 U2 R2 B2 L2 D' B2 U - 4
R2 D2 R F2 R B2 D2 R2 D2 R' B' R' D2 R2 F' U R D2 B' - 5
R' U L' B' U2 F2 U' L2 D R2 D' U L F U' B F' R'
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
37 competitors- Aadvik Mishra
- AJ Pajevski
- Akash Kelkar
- Alexander Hench
- Angel Muñoz
- Arie Goff Van Riet
- August Barnard
- Blake Hay
- Brendan Barraclough
- Camdon Jose Zimbron
- Chris Klein
- Dominic Shoji
- Ean Luo
- Edwin Villa
- Ellion Ornemark
- Eric Yang
- Ian Yazid Zavala
- Jack Babiec
- Jack Hay
- Jacob Wong
- Joel Kim
- Knox Gardinier
- Luke Parker
- Manning Karahashi (唐橋康成)
- Marcus Spanks
- Mason Farfan
- Michael Young
- Noah Socks
- Olivia Garcia
- Sebastian Ornemark
- Shareef Sabir
- Shourya Meka
- Sota Kurosaki (黒﨑創太)
- Swara Kashyap
- Wesley Clemens
- Yichen Sheng (盛亦辰)
- Zoë Helzer
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.