Brookhaven Summer 2025

Inside Brookhaven Town Hall on August 23, 2025, timers beeped and plastic clicked across eight intense rounds of action. Solvers took their seats across the stage as inspection clocks ticked down, setting the scene for a high-stakes cubing competition in Farmingville, New York, USA. With 70 competitors converging on the tables, the atmosphere remained electric from morning warmups through the late-afternoon finals.

The defining drama of Brookhaven Summer 2025 arrived in a blistering Pyraminx final decided by mere fractions of a second. Parker Trager captured the gold with an average of 2.85 seconds, including a best single of 1.96. Steven Wintringham pushed Trager to the limit, finishing a mere four hundredths of a second back in second place with a 2.89 average. Ayden Dincher completed the ultra-tight podium in third with an average of 2.95, leaving only a tenth of a second separating all three medalists in an extraordinary showcase of speedcubing precision.

Trager also delivered when the attention shifted to the classic Rubik's Cube. In the final round of the 3x3x3 Cube, which drew a tournament-high field of 69 competitors through three rounds, Trager claimed the title with an average of 7.14 seconds and an event-best single of 6.21. Dincher secured silver with a 7.41 average, while Aaron Jake Wong earned bronze with 7.52 in a high-caliber finish that shaped the day's 3x3 results.

Carson Widjaja made his own statement in the 4x4x4 Cube, posting a winning average of 24.66 and the fastest single of the day at 22.36 across a single round of 56 solvers. Dincher collected another podium finish by taking second place with a 26.51 average, while Trager rounded out the top three with a 30.16 average to add another medal to his tally.

In the 5x5x5 Cube, Dincher stepped to the top step of the podium, capturing victory with an average of 51.01 and a single of 47.74 against 41 competitors. Widjaja took second place with an average of 51.81, just eight tenths behind Dincher, while Evan Liu finished third with a 58.14 average. Megaminx action belonged to Matthew Liong of Indonesia, who posted a decisive 32.57 winning average and a 29.47 single, finishing ahead of Dincher at 49.30 and Widjaja at 50.64.

Behind the race for hardware, personal breakthroughs defined the day across every skill level. Zalan Tarjan recorded massive drops across the board, slashing his 4x4x4 Cube personal best by 51 percent down to 56.87, while also lowering his Megaminx mark by 27.1 percent to 2:31.48 and his 5x5x5 Cube best to 2:15.86. Ayan Sarker improved his 3x3x3 Cube best by 46.6 percent to 27.76. Stellan Sandstrom shaved 40.4 percent off his 3x3x3 Cube best with a 22.86 single and logged his first official Pyraminx solve with a 9.52. Veer Jaggi lowered his 3x3x3 Cube best by 27.4 percent to 12.93 and completed his first Megaminx solve in 3:44.25.

Several solvers embraced new challenges and milestones at the tables. Dominic Bologna took on four events, dropping his 3x3x3 Cube best by 18.4 percent to 15.65 and logging maiden official attempts of 3:09.53 in Megaminx and 1:48.31 in 4x4x4 Cube. Roger Lin tackled five events, recording his first official marks in 4x4x4 Cube at 48.13, Megaminx at 2:19.85, and 5x5x5 Cube at 1:43.17. Tobias Seidler entered his first WCA competition, competing in four events and setting his initial marks of 28.46 in the 3x3x3 Cube and 3:04.65 in Megaminx. Matthew Vincent Muttathil also marked his debut at Brookhaven Summer 2025, taking 34th place in Megaminx with a 2:35.93 solve alongside a 15.90 mark in 3x3x3 Cube.

The single-day meet highlighted the depth of local and visiting talent across Long Island, proving how competitive modern speed cubing has become across puzzles large and small. With 14 podium places claimed by United States competitors and one by Indonesia, the tournament delivered high tension in the finals and rewarding personal milestones across the entire bracket as solvers now look forward to the next season.