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Worlds Prep in Palisades 2025

West Nyack, New York · 20 June 2025 · 17 events · 103 competitors · 194 personal bests

Alexei Sinyavin won four of the 17 events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Eryk Kasperek by 0.01 seconds. 103 competitors produced 194 personal bests, 70 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Leonardo J. Llanos took a 3×3 one-handed single of 49.62 down to 17.95, 64 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Alexei Sinyavin — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, Megaminx
0.01s
closest final — Clock, Eryk Kasperek over Aaron Jake Wong
194
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Aaron Jake Wong5.717.20
2×2Quinn Maloney1.021.15
4×4Carson Widjaja24.4525.78
5×5Alexei Sinyavin46.3049.49
6×6Alexei Sinyavin1:35.331:43.99
7×7Alexei Sinyavin2:30.082:32.47
3×3 blindfoldedChris Chi48.531:00.37
3×3 Fewest MovesDaniel Karnaukh23 moves23.67
3×3 one-handedParker Trager8.8011.00
ClockEryk Kasperek2.243.12
MegaminxAlexei Sinyavin27.2032.46
PyraminxParker Trager1.611.70
SkewbQuinn Maloney1.882.97
Square-1Ayden Dincher6.387.36
4×4 blindfoldedRowe Hessler3:02.27—
5×5 blindfoldedRowe Hessler4:57.62—
3×3 Multi-BlindRowe Hessler43 of 50 cubes · 58:49—

The PB harvest

194 set · 70 still standing
  • Nico Ozsvath — 2×2 single 1.02: into the top 0.59% of the event's history.
  • Elliot Voigt — Pyraminx single 2.71: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
  • Evan Huang — 3×3 single 8.37: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
  • Kyler Liang — 3×3 single 9.01: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
  • Harrison Clark — Skewb single 3.56: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
  • Ian J. Kim — 2×2 single 2.42: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
  • Adam Dietzel — Skewb single 3.86: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
  • Baijie Ling — 3×3 single 10.90: into the top 10.2% 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

103 competitors · 946 results · 17 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. Aaron Jake Wong won it with a 7.20 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

103 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.