Long Beach Fantastic Memory Challenge 2025

A razor-thin margin of two hundredths of a second in the 3x3x3 Blindfolded event defined an intense day of competition inside the T Building. Calix Tang captured the victory with a blazing single of 16.83 seconds, edging past Graham Siggins who logged a 16.85. The single-day Long Beach Fantastic Memory Challenge 2025 brought 32 competitors to Long Beach, California, USA on July 13, 2025, transforming the hall into a hub of intense concentration and high-stakes problem solving across seven specialized events.

The venue provided an ideal setting for events that demand absolute silence and precision. Long Beach Fantastic Memory Challenge 2025 offered a program heavily weighted toward memory and calculation disciplines, giving competitors a rare environment tailored to complex mental challenges. Spectators and participants inside the T Building maintained a focused atmosphere as solve after solve unfolded on the competition tables.

Tang paired his blindfolded triumph with another top finish in 3x3x3 One-Handed, claiming first place with a 12.36 average and a best single of 9.66 seconds. Elijah Brown took the runner-up position in one-handed solving at 14.01, while Shane Grogan secured third place with a 15.56 average. Those tracking overall 3x3 results saw Tang establish complete control over the shorter single-handed and blindfolded disciplines at this WCA competition.

While Tang took the standard blindfolded event, Siggins put on a masterclass across the larger blindfolded puzzles. In 4x4x4 Blindfolded, Siggins won with a 1:36.34 single, well ahead of Timothy Lawrance from South Africa at 6:04.32 and Mexico competitor Azael Toysehua at 8:24.00. Siggins then conquered 5x5x5 Blindfolded with a 3:17.70 single, while Eric Wu finished second with 18:20.00 in a challenging round that saw six other finalists record non-finishes.

The 3x3x3 Multi-Blind round capped off the marathon memory efforts, and Siggins once again led the field by successfully resolving 54 out of 65 cubes within an hour. Jimmy Kingston secured second place with 17 out of 22 cubes in 56:17, and Lawrance earned another podium spot with 11 out of 13 cubes in 49:47. The sheer volume of memorization showcased the immense mental endurance required in this form of speedcubing.

Beyond the podium battles, several competitors delivered massive improvements across multiple categories. Dylan Zamora (葉銘倫) had a standout day across three events, cutting his 6x6x6 Cube mark to 2:42.91 for a 40.1% improvement, trimming his 3x3x3 Fewest Moves personal best by 24.4% down to 31 moves, and improving his one-handed time by 4.9% to 15.40 seconds. Evan Liu (刘云从) took fifth in 3x3x3 Blindfolded with a personal best of 41.46 seconds, cutting 35.5% off his previous mark. Seungmin Hong (홍승민) tackled five events, setting a 3x3x3 Blindfolded best of 1:42.24 and taking on his first ever attempt at 3x3x3 Multi-Blind to score 2/3 in 18:46.

First-time event attempts highlighted the depth of participation across the roster. Tarun Jagadish took fifth in 3x3x3 One-Handed with a personal best of 15.54 seconds while attempting the 6x6x6 Cube and 3x3x3 Fewest Moves for the first time in his career. Kevin Huang logged his first ever attempts at Fewest Moves with a 47 and 6x6x6 Cube with 4:55.38. Lorenzo Lopez made his first official attempt at 3x3x3 One-Handed with a 28.15, Aakash Nath registered his first ever 3x3x3 Blindfolded attempt at 1:07.41 to finish eighth, and David Youn completed his first attempt in 3x3x3 One-Handed with a time of 37.57.

Outside the blindfolded events, standard Rubik's Cube variants delivered exciting contests. Jaxon Foster of Australia claimed the 6x6x6 Cube victory with an average of 1:54.91, narrowly beating Grogan who finished at 1:57.38 and China representative Yunhao Lou (娄云皓) at 2:00.30. In 3x3x3 Fewest Moves, Abhimanyu Singhal (अभिमन्यु सिंघल) took top honors with a 27.67 average and a best single of 27 moves, besting Calvin Nielson at 31.00 and Lawrance at 32.67.

The single-day schedule concluded with the United States collecting 17 total podium finishes, South Africa securing four, Mexico taking three, and Australia and China claiming one each. With its concentrated focus on memory disciplines and technical solving, the Long Beach Fantastic Memory Challenge 2025 provided a unique chapter in the 2025 speed cubing calendar, testing the limits of precision under competition conditions.