A Good Friday in Horseheads 2025

Ten competitors gathered at the Best Western Plus Horseheads on April 18, 2025, for a packed single-day program spanning eight events and nine rounds. The compact lineup at A Good Friday in Horseheads 2025 produced intense head-to-head racing from the opening heats through the deciding turns. Across the schedule, contenders pushed through big cubes, side events, and short sprints, turning a modest local gathering in Horseheads, New York, USA into a showcase of focused precision and sharp competitive timing.

The 2x2x2 Cube final served as the premier multi-round battle of the day, coming down to the very last turns of the second round. Evan Liu captured the title with a winning average of 2.73 seconds, anchored by a best single solve of 1.93 seconds. Patrick Ho pushed the leader through the final solve, finishing in second place with a 3.35 average. Ethan Qiu took third on the podium with a 4.10 average, capping a rapid-fire sequence of solves that kept the finishing order uncertain until the timers stopped.

Liu carried that momentum across the entire schedule, completing an extraordinary sweep of every category contested at this WCA competition. In the 3x3x3 One-Handed event, Liu posted a 17.18 winning average alongside a best single of 15.70 to secure first place out of ten competitors. Patrick Ho followed in second place with a mark of 25.34 seconds, while Louis Truong earned third place with a 25.88 average. The single-handed solving demanded steady fingertricks and deliberate ergonomics throughout the round.

The Clock event provided another rapid test of coordination, where Liu secured the top spot with an average of 5.65 seconds and a single of 4.55. Ethan Qiu took the second spot on the podium with a 7.30 average, while Maxim Bokman placed third with a mark of 10.58 seconds. The eight-person bracket moved quickly through dial alignments and pin manipulations, with Liu delivering clean executions across all solves to maintain his unblemished victory run at A Good Friday in Horseheads 2025.

Beyond the sprint formats, the larger puzzles demanded prolonged concentration and endurance. In the 5x5x5 Cube, Liu took first with a 58.81 average, backed by a 50.59 single, finishing ahead of Louis Truong in second at 1:05.19 and Patrick Strawder in third at 1:13.55. The same trio repeated on the podium across the remaining big cubes. Liu took the 6x6x6 Cube with a 1:44.14 average over Truong at 2:01.02 and Strawder at 2:20.88, then won the 7x7x7 Cube with a 2:51.28 average against Truong at 3:16.19 and Strawder at 3:19.53.

Specialist categories rounded out the exhaustive schedule. Square-1 saw Liu take first place with a 14.12 average and an 11.86 single, outperforming Ethan Qiu in second at 20.04 and Louis Truong in third at 26.27. In the 3x3x3 Blindfolded discipline, where competitors must memorize the scrambled state before donning a blindfold to execute the solve, Liu achieved a winning average of 1:08.22 and a 58.92 single. Jake Oppedisano finished behind Liu with a DNF in the two-competitor field, completing a clean sweep across all disciplines.

Away from the top step of the podium, several participants marked personal milestones that highlighted the breadth of effort across the weekend. Bentley Andrews delivered a massive breakthrough in the 2x2x2 Cube, logging a personal best single of 3.84 seconds that was 30.8 percent faster than his previous best of 5.55, alongside his first ever attempt at 3x3x3 One-Handed with a time of 51.76. Oscar Cimmet took on four events, logging his first ever attempt at Clock with a 16.41 and dropping his 3x3x3 One-Handed personal best by 19.7 percent down to 47.28 seconds. Kerry Go completed six events, lowering his 7x7x7 Cube personal best by 3.7 percent to 7:22.67 and posting a 5x5x5 Cube personal best of 2:21.62.

The day concluded with all 23 podium awards going to United States competitors, wrapping up an intense display of classic speedcubing. Across every discipline from the classic Rubik's Cube variants to specialized rotating puzzles, participants tested their preparations in Horseheads. While fans often look for broader 3x3 results, the variety of formats showed how versatile competitors must be in modern speed cubing. A Good Friday in Horseheads 2025 stands as a definitive display of endurance and speed across eight distinct categories.