Competitions · United States
UCSD Weeknights VIII 2025
San Diego, California · 28 October 2025 · 6 events · 23 competitors · 11 personal bests
Dominic Shoji won two of the six events (Clock, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Dominic Shoji by 0.11 seconds. 23 competitors produced 11 personal bests, 3 of which still stand today.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Arumin Sivakumar took a 3×3 one-handed single of 1:39.66 down to 46.82, 53 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | Shane Grogan | 26.95 | 30.93 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Dylan Govic | 12.54 | 13.07 |
| Clock | Dominic Shoji | 3.46 | 4.14 |
| Megaminx | Ruby Lu (卢红) | 43.24 | 46.79 |
| Pyraminx | Dominic Shoji | 3.14 | 4.56 |
| Square-1 | Michael Young | 9.74 | 13.02 |
The PB harvest
11 set · 3 still standing- Joel Kim — Pyraminx single 1.78: into the top 0.8% of the event's history.
- Jacob Bote — Clock single 5.62: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
- Sherry Tao (陶心仪) — 4×4 single 1:08.92: into the top 45.8% 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
23 competitors · 68 results · 6 events.
Everyone who competed
23 competitors- Aaron Marquez
- Alex Lehman
- Anka Engin
- Arumin Sivakumar
- Dhruv Sehgal
- Dominic Shoji
- Dylan Govic
- Emily Nguyen
- Jacob Bote
- Jacob Ramirez
- Jason Chang (章維祐)
- Jesús Armando Aguirre Ibarra
- Joel Kim
- Manning Karahashi (唐橋康成)
- Michael Young
- Muhtasim Al-Farabi
- Ruby Lu (卢红)
- Ryan Woytowitz
- Shane Grogan
- Sherry Tao (陶心仪)
- Shiun Choi
- Sylvester Slavet-Burr
- Timothy Zhang (张学义)
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.