Competitions · United States
UCSD Weeknights V 2025
San Diego, California · 13 March 2025 · 3 events · 29 competitors · 24 personal bests
Paul Mahvi won two of the three events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 5×5, won by Paul Mahvi by 0.90 seconds. 29 competitors produced 24 personal bests, 8 of which still stand today.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Muhtasim Al-Farabi took a Clock single of 59.75 down to 34.47, 42 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | Paul Mahvi | 24.21 | 26.23 |
| 5×5 | Paul Mahvi | 48.66 | 50.85 |
| Clock | Yunhao Lou (娄云皓) | 3.29 | 3.80 |
The PB harvest
24 set · 8 still standing- Ruby Lu (卢红) — 5×5 single 1:00.36: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
- Hugo Lai — 4×4 single 36.90: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
- Abraham Ramírez — 4×4 single 40.27: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.
- Joel Kim — 4×4 single 42.19: into the top 14.7% of the event's history.
- Hugo Lai — 5×5 single 1:27.72: into the top 25.5% of the event's history.
- Dylan Trueblood — 5×5 single 1:56.53: into the top 47.1% of the event's history.
- Alex Carney — Clock single 18.84: into the top 61.3% of the event's history.
- Alex Carney — 5×5 single 3:05.92: into the top 79.9% of the event's history.
First-timers
No people competed for the first time at this competition. 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
29 competitors · 81 results · 3 events.
Everyone who competed
29 competitors- Abby Newlander
- Abraham Ramírez
- Alex Carney
- Alex Lehman
- Arnav Popat
- Asher Chin
- Bowen Deng (邓博文)
- Cary Huang
- David Karalli (داود قراعلي)
- Dhruv Sehgal
- Dominic Shoji
- Dylan Govic
- Dylan Trueblood
- Edwin Villa
- Emiliano Ramirez
- Emily Nguyen
- Franklin Pham
- Hugo Lai
- Joel Kim
- Kate Grahame
- Manning Karahashi (唐橋康成)
- Michael Young
- Muhtasim Al-Farabi
- Mulun Yin (阴目仑)
- Paul Mahvi
- Ruby Lu (卢红)
- Shane Grogan
- Sherry Tao (陶心仪)
- Yunhao Lou (娄云皓)
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.