Just Solve It July Singapore 2025

Nigel Phang delivered the sharpest performance of the weekend in Singapore, Singapore, capturing the 2x2x2 Cube title with a decisive 1.60 average after setting a best single of 1.20 across three tightly contested rounds. The one-day gathering at Midland House on July 19, 2025, brought together 39 competitors for 18 rounds of high-pressure action across seven events. In a schedule built around progressive cuts and multi-round pacing, every preliminary solve carried significant weight as contenders fought for places in the final stages of the program.

The intensity of the multi-round format defined Just Solve It July Singapore 2025 from early morning to the final podium calls. Phang navigated three separate rounds against 31 competitors to secure the top step, leading Aiden Lim Tze Choon, who averaged 1.95, and Alexius Goh Jun Ying, who finished third with a 2.37 mark. The structure demanded consistency as solving speeds escalated from the opening heats through the finals, demonstrating how multi-phase brackets test endurance as much as raw speed on the smallest standard puzzle of the meeting.

Specialist categories also benefited from the tiered round setup, where qualifiers had to balance safe progression against the aggressive turns required to top the leaderboard. In Clock, Taiwan competitor Jaidon Poraminthara Lin mastered all three stages of the 24-person bracket, logging a winning average of 3.39 alongside a 3.22 single to withstand a fierce challenge from Akash Sreedharan at 3.55 and Phang at 3.68. The quick turnaround between heats placed a heavy premium on mechanical reliability and nerve control through every dial alignment.

The short-format puzzles continued to produce narrow margins in the three-round events. Luis Tan Hong Yi claimed victory in Skewb with a 2.12 average and a best single of 1.73, finishing ahead of Chen Haorong at 3.50 and Dayson Lu at 3.92 among 24 entrants. Meanwhile, Pyraminx saw Evan Tan Yitian claim first place with a 2.13 average and a 1.95 single across three rounds, edging out Jovan Lee, who registered 2.45, and Vijay Narayanan at 2.73 to round out an entirely domestic podium.

Away from the top step of the podium, several competitors made massive individual breakthroughs that the final standings tend to conceal. Liew Fook Onn Caden took on two events and generated enormous speed gains, cutting his 2x2x2 Cube personal best by 57.1 percent down to 3.47 after previously holding an 8.08, while also trimming his Pyraminx mark by 18.8 percent to 9.91. Wong Qi Hao entered four events and posted huge leaps of his own, slicing his Skewb best by 42.5 percent to 8.69, taking 7.9 percent off his Square-1 best to reach 1:14.44, and improving his 2x2x2 Cube best to 4.13. Junnoske Kita took on six events, securing fourth in 3x3x3 One-Handed, recording a 13.72 in his first ever attempt at Square-1, and dropping his Pyraminx best by 18.8 percent to 3.42.

Other athletes embraced major test programs across completely unfamiliar events. Ng Xu Xian completed a demanding seven-event slate, earning seventh in 3x3x3 One-Handed while logging first ever attempts in Clock at 9.99, 3x3x3 Blindfolded at 4:38.15, and Skewb at 15.18. Calen Seah also tackled seven disciplines, recording a best finish of sixth in 3x3x3 One-Handed while attempting Square-1 for the first time with a 14.63 and registering a debut 2:08.15 in 3x3x3 Blindfolded. Sarah Pong contested Clock and established an official mark with a 12.81 in her first try at the event. Tejaa Sai Kalaiventhan improved by 8.1 percent to log a 7.69 personal best in 2x2x2 Cube alongside a 14.97 Pyraminx mark, while Elliot Lau set personal bests in 3x3x3 One-Handed at 18.58 and 2x2x2 Cube at 2.52 across five events.

In the longer technical events, two-round structures gave finalists fewer opportunities to recover from early errors. Akash Sreedharan stood out in 3x3x3 One-Handed, taking the win with an 11.35 average and an 8.30 single to beat Ng Jia Quan at 13.27 and Troy Tan Hong Kai at 14.70. Andrew Tan Jing Bang produced an impressive dual-event display, capturing the Square-1 title with an 8.97 average and an 8.35 single over Dalton Yeo and Aidan Loh Kai Ye, while also securing second place in 3x3x3 Blindfolded behind Theodore Chan.

The memory-based solving in 3x3x3 Blindfolded delivered some of the day's cleanest executions over its two rounds. Theodore Chan proved unmatched, posting a 20.45 average and a 20.04 single to take the gold medal. Andrew Tan Jing Bang followed with a 38.58 average for silver, and Ng Jia Quan earned bronze with 1:00.30. Unlike standard speed cubing where visual cues guide moves in real time, blindfolded execution requires flawless memorisation before the blindfold drops, leaving zero margin for hesitation under strict round cutoffs.

Across every bracket, the WCA competition highlighted how round progression shapes strategies in modern speedcubing. Whether managing dial configurations in Clock, managing the twists of modified Rubik's Cube designs, or chasing single-solve speed on 3x3 results in the alternate variants, the competitors at Midland House pushed through each qualifying cutoff with determination. With 18 podium spots earned by Singapore, two by Malaysia, and one by Taiwan, the 2025 cubing competition concluded an action-packed July card that tested the region's sharpest hands.