Arkansas Championship 2025

Eighty-three competitors gathered at the Fort Smith Convention Center for a weekend of intense head-to-head racing across 31 rounds of play. The Arkansas Championship 2025, held on March 29–30, 2025, brought regional rivals together in Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA, to settle bragging rights across 13 official World Cube Association disciplines. The contest delivered non-stop action from the opening scrambles to the final showdowns, providing a comprehensive showcase of modern speedcubing talent.

The premier 3x3x3 Cube tournament delivered thrilling 3x3 results across three demanding stages of competition. Ryan Pilat captured the top spot on the podium with a decisive 7.08 winning average, powered by a weekend-best single of 6.08 seconds in the final round. Regional challengers pushed the pace throughout, with Jake Maddox securing second place on an 8.11 average and Titus Sutterfield claiming third with an 8.31 mark. The standard Rubik's Cube remained the centerpiece of the program, drawing 81 entrants into the fray.

Pilat established absolute supremacy across multiple classic puzzles during the meet, capturing titles in ten distinct categories. In the 2x2x2 Cube final, Pilat posted a lightning-fast 1.37 average to claim gold, keeping Braxton Lee Fowler at bay in second place at 1.93 and Kaden Christopher Dockins in third at 2.21. Pilat also secured victory in the Pyraminx with a 2.76 average, led the 3x3x3 One-Handed event at 11.43, and locked down first place in Square-1 by recording a 6.39 average.

The big cube contests further highlighted the rivalry between Pilat and Zachary Walden, who battled across three separate finals. Pilat took first in the 4x4x4 Cube with a 29.22 average over Fowler's 34.03 and Walden's 35.25. In the 5x5x5 Cube, Pilat won in 53.24 ahead of Walden's 1:00.94 and Dan Cohen's 1:11.70. Pilat maintained the advantage through the largest puzzles, taking the 6x6x6 Cube in 1:35.57 and the 7x7x7 Cube in 2:22.91, while Walden earned runner-up finishes in both events.

The non-cube disciplines brought variety to the arena as different specialists stepped forward. Kaden Christopher Dockins captured the Clock championship with a winning average of 6.07, holding off Trenton Cuzick at 6.44 and Titus Sutterfield at 6.92. Skewb went to Benjamin Spradley, who registered a 3.46 winning average to take top honors. Tyler Gee claimed the Megaminx crown with a 39.00 average, while Pilat added a blindfolded triumph with a winning single of 22.58 seconds, where memorisation and execution under a blindfold proved unmatched.

Beyond the championship podiums, the Arkansas Championship 2025 served as a launching pad for breakthrough personal milestones. Sawyer Rudisill tackled all 13 events on the schedule, earning a fourth-place finish in 3x3x3 Blindfolded, logging a first 6x6x6 attempt of 4:32.59, and slashing his Square-1 best by 75 percent down to 12.30. Ian Walter entered 13 events, recording a first 6x6x6 single of 5:47.64, taking tenth in blindfolded solving, and improving his Square-1 time by 59.6 percent to 14.20 while cutting his one-handed mark by 51.9 percent to 31.05.

Other dedicated solvers turned in massive leaps and tackled unfamiliar hardware throughout the WCA competition. Will Westerman achieved an eighth-place result in Megaminx, dropped his 5x5x5 mark by 58.4 percent to 1:35.63, and improved his Skewb time by 44.2 percent to 4.14. Grayson Metz-Woodruff chopped 58.4 percent off his Skewb best to reach 11.72 while logging first attempts in 4x4x4 and Clock. Gordon Jones recorded his first Megaminx solve at 1:21.19 and dropped his one-handed best by 54 percent down to 17.26. Roman Lane Regier placed sixth in blindfolded solving and made first attempts in three events, Nick Loik debuted across Clock, Square-1, and 7x7x7, and Brenden Allen posted initial marks in Megaminx, 6x6x6, and Clock.

Every official speed cubing gathering creates a shared space where regional rivalries sharpen skills and drive competitors to test their limits. The Arkansas Championship 2025 concluded two days of spirited head-to-head racing across all 13 puzzle disciplines at the convention center. With 39 podium spots claimed by United States competitors, the weekend delivered a memorable chapter in the cubing competition circuit as athletes now turn their attention toward the upcoming rounds of the new season.