CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025

Noah Swor authored the most commanding memory feat of the weekend by securing 31 out of 35 cubes in 58:01 during the 3x3x3 Multi-Blind event. That extraordinary display of sustained recall set the tone for an intense schedule across the blindfolded disciplines, where solvers must study the puzzle, commit every piece to memory, and execute turns without sight. Across the Dalton Convention Center, the blindfolded rounds demanded utter stillness from competitors who spent long minutes preparing algorithms before beginning their high-speed executions.

The CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025 brought 262 competitors together in Dalton, Georgia, USA from June 13 to June 15, 2025. Over three days of intense speedcubing across 16 events and 38 rounds, the WCA competition offered a comprehensive test of puzzle-solving mastery. The atmosphere shifted constantly between the rapid clatter of traditional events and the intense, hushed focus of blindfolded categories where a single misremembered orientation ends a solve in elimination.

Swor continued his mastery across the blindfolded category, earning the top spot in 3x3x3 Blindfolded with a winning average of 17.90 and a best single of 16.92, finishing ahead of Ben Baron who posted a single of 17.23, and Matthew Hollinger with a 26.96. Swor also captured the 5x5x5 Blindfolded victory with a 7:51.87 single ahead of Luke Garrett and Sean Hartman. Baron found his own triumph in the 4x4x4 Blindfolded final, capturing first place with a single of 2:30.73 to top Swor and Hollinger.

In the marquee 3x3x3 Cube event, Matty Hiroto Inaba delivered blistering speed to claim first place. Inaba recorded a winning average of 5.09 and posted the round best single of 3.91 to lead a field of 257 competitors. Alexey Tsvetkov took second place with an average of 5.50, followed closely by Luke Garrett at 5.56. These sharp 3x3 results highlighted the extraordinary depth of talent assembled in Dalton for the classic Rubik's Cube main event.

Away from the top of the podium, several competitors made massive individual breakthroughs across their event schedules. Isaac LeClaire entered five events and slashed his 2x2x2 Cube personal best to 5.29, which was 61.7 percent faster than his previous mark of 13.82, while also taking his first ever attempt at 3x3x3 One-Handed in 35.93. Owen Gilder took on eight events and improved his 4x4x4 Cube mark by 55.1 percent to 42.42, alongside a first Skewb attempt of 11.21. Jiana X. Li achieved a 43 percent improvement in Pyraminx with a 5.92 mark and tried 3x3x3 One-Handed for the first time at 49.15. Bilal Mourad logged a 39.7 percent personal best drop in 3x3x3 One-Handed down to 19.69 and recorded a first 4x4x4 Cube try of 49.26.

The surge of new milestones continued through Curtis Joseph Tesar, who improved his 2x2x2 Cube mark by 42.6 percent to 5.65 while tackling his first Skewb attempt in 22.68. Matthew Roberts lowered his Clock mark by 26.8 percent to 21.92 and posted a first Pyraminx result of 15.00. Antonio Best tackled five events at the competition, recording his first official tries in 2x2x2 Cube at 7.57, Pyraminx at 10.23, and Skewb at 7.86. Caleb Paul Ammen also expanded his repertoire with initial attempts in Pyraminx at 9.33, Skewb at 11.95, and 3x3x3 One-Handed at 36.40.

Multi-event specialist Brendyn Dunagan enjoyed a remarkable weekend, taking titles in three separate events. Dunagan won Clock with a 2.86 average, captured Square-1 with a 6.78 average over Hassan Khanani and Swor, and secured the 5x5x5 Cube final with a 46.39 average ahead of Inaba and Garrett. Dunagan also picked up second-place finishes in both the 4x4x4 Cube and 6x6x6 Cube finals, illustrating extraordinary range across very different puzzle formats.

Inaba secured a second title by winning the 4x4x4 Cube with a 22.09 average. Vishwa Sankar dominated the large cubes, winning the 6x6x6 Cube with a 1:27.07 average and the 7x7x7 Cube with a 2:06.62 average. Alexey Tsvetkov won the 3x3x3 One-Handed event with an 8.84 average, while Jared Stinson took Megaminx in 36.87. Short-format events saw Sujan Feist win 2x2x2 Cube with a 1.30 average, Parker Trager win Pyraminx with 1.72, and Dominic Redisi win Skewb with 1.98.

The CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025 concluded having tested every facet of modern speed cubing, from the lightning rotations of sprint puzzles to the deep mental discipline of memory-based events. Solvers left Dalton with personal breakthroughs and championship titles, wrapping up a memorable gathering for the community.