Cube Against Cancer Edmond 2025

Ryan Pilat produced an extraordinary clean sweep at Cube Against Cancer Edmond 2025, capturing first place across all six contested categories in Edmond, Oklahoma, USA. On February 16, 2025, fifty-one competitors gathered at the Hilton Garden Inn Edmond for an intensive single-day tournament spanning fourteen total rounds. Pilat set the tone in the traditional Rubik's Cube final, securing the title with a rapid 6.42 average and posting the single fastest time of the day at 4.92 seconds.

Beyond the top steps of the podium, the tournament served as an exhibition of remarkable personal progression. Speedcubing relies heavily on constant technical refinement, and dozens of solvers logged dramatic time drops throughout the day. In the main 3x3x3 Cube event, Isaiah Baker claimed second place on the podium with a 7.96 average, while Titus Sutterfield earned third place with an 8.39 average. Both podium finishers achieved significant personal benchmarks along the way, helping elevate the overall standard across all three rounds of the primary discipline.

The 3x3 results demonstrated depth throughout the field as multiple competitors registered notable individual times. Titus Sutterfield posted a 7.17 single and a 7.82 average, while Casey Ngo turned in a 6.57 single alongside an 8.18 average. Alexander Gager achieved an 8.01 single and an 8.82 average, and Jose Ortiz Jr. delivered an 8.04 single and a 9.45 average. Additional strong showings came from Kaden Christopher Dockins with a 9.00 single and Zachary Walden with a 7.40 single, proving how competitive the Edmond brackets were from top to bottom.

Pilat continued his command across larger puzzles and specialty events throughout the afternoon. In 4x4x4 Cube, Pilat won with a 25.50 average, finishing ahead of Casey Ngo at 31.03 and Zachary Walden at 33.64. The 6x6x6 Cube saw Pilat post a winning mark of 1:31.04, trailed by Lydia Workman with a 1:39.66 average and Walden with 1:50.88. In Clock, Pilat secured top honours in 4.80 seconds, holding off Vyom Sharma of India, who took second in 5.45 seconds, and Trenton Cuzick in third with 6.97. Pilat also topped Pyraminx in 2.54 and Square-1 in 7.51.

Away from the podium battles, the real spirit of this WCA competition emerged through the substantial strides made by solvers across the hall. Weston Smoliak entered six events and logged a massive personal best in Clock with an 11.79 average, trimming his prior mark by 67.4 percent, while also dropping his 4x4x4 Cube time by 18.8 percent to 1:05.91. Hunter Johnson produced a standout performance in Pyraminx, cutting his personal record by 56.1 percent down to 4.88 seconds. Braden Rowlett took on two events and sliced 45.1 percent off his 4x4x4 Cube personal best to finish in 55.24 seconds, while Oliver Cavazos dropped his Clock record by 46.6 percent to 19.80 seconds.

Other competitors took on fresh challenges by tackling events on the tournament stage for the very first time. Theo Wilcox entered six events, posting his first official results in Pyraminx at 10.50 seconds, 6x6x6 Cube at 4:54.89, and 4x4x4 Cube at 1:23.00. Elijah Armstrong debuted in Square-1 with a 23.29 mark and lowered his 3x3x3 Cube best to 16.37 seconds. Nickolai Jones reached seventh in Square-1 while achieving a 4.46 Pyraminx best, and first-time competitor Nathan Hurt made his speed cubing debut across four events, including an 18.46 single in the 3x3x3 Cube.

Podium placements at Cube Against Cancer Edmond 2025 were dominated by competitors representing the United States, who earned seventeen positions, alongside a silver-medal performance for India. In Pyraminx, Jaxon Wright claimed second behind Pilat with a 3.41 average, and Titus Sutterfield collected third in 3.74. The Square-1 final concluded with Michael S. Lander taking second place on a 10.83 average, followed once again by Sutterfield in third with 12.18, giving Sutterfield his third individual podium of the competition.

By the time the final round wrapped up at the Hilton Garden Inn Edmond, this cubing competition had highlighted both the peak of regional talent and the steady upward trajectory of its dedicated participants. Cube Against Cancer Edmond 2025 concluded with impressive milestones for new and returning solvers alike, leaving the local scene well prepared for the next wave of tournaments in the 2025 calendar.