Cubing on the Hill KY 2025

The tables inside the Knicely Conference Center were lined with stopwatches, display mats, and a diverse array of twisty puzzles on May 31, 2025. Competitors gathered in Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA for a full day of head-to-head solving across nine rounds of play. While standard puzzles drew plenty of interest, the event schedule gave center stage to specialized disciplines that demand distinct skill sets, from memorization under a blindfold to the angled rotations of the Skewb.

Cubing on the Hill KY 2025 brought together 60 competitors to test their preparation in five official events. The niche disciplines immediately set the tone for the meeting. In 3x3x3 Blindfolded, where competitors must commit the entire puzzle state to memory before donning a blindfold to execute their solution, Micah Morrison delivered the day's benchmark. Morrison topped the field of 11 entrants with a winning single of 49.99 seconds, finishing ahead of Evan Brown at 1:02.91 and Deacon Gale at 1:49.75.

The Skewb event presented its own mechanical challenges, requiring competitors to navigate its deep-cut corner turns at high speed. Evan Brown captured the title across two rounds of play, posting a winning average of 4.33 seconds and securing the event's fastest single solve at 3.66 seconds. Matias Marcantoni-Nunez followed closely in second place with an average of 4.57 seconds, while Knox Chambers rounded out the podium positions with a 5.12-second mark.

The 4x4x4 Cube tested competitors on edge pairing, center building, and parity management across a field of 37 participants. Micah Morrison secured his second victory of the competition, registering a winning average of 28.92 seconds alongside a single solve of 26.66 seconds. Evan Brown earned the runner-up spot with an average of 35.64 seconds, and Javier Gonzalez-Napoleoni claimed third place with a 42.41-second average.

Away from the top steps of the podium, the tournament floor saw significant personal breakthroughs from competitors across the standings. Isaiah Garrison contested four events, cutting his 4x4x4 Cube personal best by 60.9 percent to 44.63 seconds and posting a first ever attempt at Skewb of 3.21 seconds. Donovan McClellan logged four events, taking his 3x3x3 Cube personal best down to 31.79 seconds, an improvement of 57.1 percent, while logging a first ever attempt at Skewb of 21.22 seconds. Andrew Hisey tackled five events, achieving a 57.6 percent drop in Skewb to 2.53 seconds and registering a first attempt at 3x3x3 Blindfolded with a time of 4:05.16. Colton James Profitt reduced his 4x4x4 Cube personal best by 51.2 percent to 1:26.15 while taking eighth place in 3x3x3 Blindfolded.

Other competitors marked major milestones in their development during the weekend speed cubing schedule. Scott Poindexter took on four disciplines, taking 32.3 percent off his 4x4x4 Cube best with a time of 2:53.46 and recording a first ever attempt at Skewb of 19.81 seconds. Elliot Drayer entered three events, achieving a best finish of 19th in 4x4x4 Cube with a first attempt of 1:05.17 and lowering his 3x3x3 Cube best by 27.3 percent to 14.52 seconds. Henry Branham made an official debut at this WCA competition, taking on four events with a 23rd-place best finish in 4x4x4 Cube on a 1:30.87 first attempt. River Van Kirk also entered their first official speedcubing tournament, competing in four events and registering a first attempt of 1:27.09 in 4x4x4 Cube.

The sprint format of the 2x2x2 Cube featured 50 competitors battling through two quick rounds. Matias Marcantoni-Nunez took the gold with an average of 2.00 seconds, highlighted by a sub-one-second single of 0.99 seconds. Knox Chambers finished in second place with an average of 2.54 seconds, and Chase Duncan locked up third place with a mark of 2.84 seconds.

The classic Rubik's Cube concluded the action as 59 entrants took part in three rounds of 3x3x3 Cube competition. The 3x3 results saw Micah Morrison complete a standout three-win campaign by finishing first in the final round with a 7.52-second average and a best single of 6.80 seconds. Matias Marcantoni-Nunez secured second place at 7.92 seconds, and Evan Brown earned third place with an average of 9.83 seconds.

The day of competition highlighted both specialist mastery in alternate events and consistent execution on traditional puzzles. With fifteen podium placements awarded to United States competitors across all five events, Cubing on the Hill KY 2025 provided a complete showcase of precision solving in the Bluegrass State as participants look ahead to the next stops on the circuit.