Competitions · Canada

White Rock's Back to Square-1 2025

White Rock, British Columbia · 12 July 2025 · 6 events · 87 competitors · 109 personal bests

Sameer Aggarwal won two of the six events (3×3, Square-1) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Sameer Aggarwal by 0.18 seconds. 87 competitors produced 109 personal bests, 62 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Dante Navarro Vera set the Clock average national record: 4.25.

Two wins

Sameer Aggarwal — 3×3, Square-1

0.18s

closest final — 3×3, Sameer Aggarwal over Ethan Rusnak

109

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Sameer Aggarwal	6.39	7.08
2×2	Dante Navarro Vera	1.41	1.75
3×3 one-handed	Ethan Rusnak	12.04	14.06
Clock	Alex Moscibroda	2.89	3.40
Skewb	Kevin Lê	2.26	3.51
Square-1	Sameer Aggarwal	3.62	4.78

The PB harvest

109 set · 62 still standing

Wesley Haas — Clock single 2.88: into the top 0.61% of the event's history.
Daniel Qin — 3×3 single 6.40: into the top 0.77% of the event's history.
Wesley Haas — 3×3 single 7.04: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Jeremy Xiang — Clock single 3.79: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Simon Meerstra — 2×2 single 1.50: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Lukas Hörbach — Square-1 single 7.36: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Simon Meerstra — 3×3 single 8.36: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Nathan Siwen Wang (王思文) — 3×3 single 8.84: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten 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

87 competitors · 415 results · 6 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. Sameer Aggarwal won it with a 7.08 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

87 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.