Competitions · United States

Vanderbilt Winter 2025

Nashville, Tennessee · 18 January 2025 · 5 events · 143 competitors · 102 personal bests

Luke Griesser won the 3×3 with a 6.12 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Matias Marcantoni-Nunez by 0.32 seconds. 143 competitors produced 102 personal bests, 54 of which still stand today, and 37 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Shervy Evans set the 3×3 average national record: 18.47.

events decided

0.32s

closest final — 2×2, Matias Marcantoni-Nunez over Nicolás Sánchez

102

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Luke Griesser	4.95	6.12
2×2	Matias Marcantoni-Nunez	1.11	1.29
6×6	Vishwa Sankar	1:22.86	1:27.24
3×3 blindfolded	Micah Morrison	37.58	—
Pyraminx	Marcus Kamen	1.55	2.29

The PB harvest

102 set · 54 still standing

Jonathan Tilahun — 3×3 single 6.37: into the top 0.74% of the event's history.
Joshua Moore — 3×3 single 6.78: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Field Noble — 3×3 single 7.01: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Max Goskie — Pyraminx single 2.75: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Daniel Gilbert — 3×3 single 8.16: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Adam Schmucker — 3×3 single 9.23: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Simon Zhang — 3×3 single 9.48: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Cooper Korthuis — 3×3 single 10.18: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

37 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

143 competitors · 617 results · 5 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. Luke Griesser won it with a 6.12 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

143 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.