Competitions · United States
UIUC Side Events Spring 2025
Urbana, Illinois · 19 April 2025 · 10 events · 53 competitors · 58 personal bests
Ben Zhao won two of the ten events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Sebastian Carrillo by 0.00 seconds. 53 competitors produced 58 personal bests, 33 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Tyler Newey took a Megaminx single of 6:49.99 down to 1:55.52, 72 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Ben Zhao | 6.60 | 6.77 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Akshaansh Chilakapati | 53.59 | — |
| 3×3 one-handed | Ben Zhao | 9.55 | 12.18 |
| Clock | Alex Bohac | 3.20 | 4.03 |
| Megaminx | Lucy Grace Bryson | 38.83 | 42.14 |
| Pyraminx | Alex Bohac | 1.92 | 2.52 |
| Skewb | Sebastian Carrillo | 2.65 | 3.68 |
| Square-1 | Ryland O'Hanlon | 8.77 | 9.54 |
| 4×4 blindfolded | Elliott Perkins | 9:16.57 | — |
| 5×5 blindfolded | Kit Clement | — | — |
The PB harvest
58 set · 33 still standing- Elijah Ackerman — Clock single 3.10: into the top 0.89% of the event's history.
- August Lancaster — Megaminx single 52.99: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
- Benjamin Pareja-Hooker — Pyraminx single 4.79: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
- Jeremy Birkey — Pyraminx single 4.94: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.
- Alexander Wheeler — Square-1 single 14.41: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.
- Kaustubh Prakash — 3×3 single 12.85: into the top 16.9% of the event's history.
- Akshaansh Chilakapati — Square-1 single 15.40: into the top 17.3% of the event's history.
- Tyler Newey — Skewb single 5.08: into the top 18.8% of the event's history.
First-timers
Five 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
53 competitors · 346 results · 10 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. Ben Zhao won it with a 6.77 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
F R' B' D2 R2 U' L2 F2 R2 F U L2 U' R B2 F2 U - 2
R' L2 D L2 U' F2 R2 U L' R' B R U' F2 D U2 L' U - 3
L U D L2 D2 F U R D B' L' R2 D2 B2 U' L2 U' R2 L2 - 4
L' B R2 U2 B2 F L2 B2 L2 U2 B' U F L R' U' B2 R2 U' - 5
B' D' F D' R2 U' F2 D2 B' U2 R F2 R L F2 R' B2 L F2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
53 competitors- Aaron Nordyke
- Aaron Soley
- Adrian Russo
- Akshaansh Chilakapati
- Alex Bohac
- Alexander Wheeler
- Allie Dunmire
- Amey Gaba
- Andrew Cheng (程清泉)
- Anirudha Kyathsandra
- Armando Trujillo
- August Lancaster
- Ayush Tarachandani
- Ben Zhao
- Benjamin Pareja-Hooker
- Chris Yeager
- Dave Dribin
- Draco Tong
- Edward Vakula
- Elijah Ackerman
- Elliott Perkins
- Emery McFeeter
- Eric Che
- Ezekiel Stamps
- Felix Lu
- Hayley Veloso
- Jancsi Wang
- Jeremy Birkey
- Jimmy Anastasi
- Joey McBride
- Josiah Zeifang
- Josue Arriaga Perez
- Juliet Soley
- Kaustubh Prakash
- Kit Clement
- Leah Hamende
- Lucas Stambaugh
- Lucy Grace Bryson
- Oliver Brewer
- Parsa Rouhi
- Philip Runyan
- Riley Sinclair
- Ryker Thrash
- Ryland O'Hanlon
- Sebastian Carrillo
- Shu Kurashima
- Thanushree Ambati
- Tommy Moreno
- Tommy Stady
- Tyler Newey
- William Guijosa
- Winston Morrison
- Zach Dribin
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.