Mississippi Championship 2025

Inside the halls of the Natchez Convention Center, the tables were lined with stackmats, stopwatches, and rows of carefully lubricated puzzles as competitors took their places. The atmosphere in Natchez, Mississippi, USA across February 22 to February 23, 2025, carried the focused energy of a major tournament gathering. Sixty-four competitors arrived ready to test their turn speed and pattern recognition across 14 separate events and 23 total rounds of action. Speed cubing in this setting is a discipline of fine margins, where table grip, fingertip agility, and algorithmic recall determine placements across a demanding weekend schedule.

Solving a standard Rubik's Cube with a single hand demands a unique mastery of ergonomic turning, table manipulation, and wrist control. The 3x3x3 One-Handed event at the Mississippi Championship 2025 drew a deep field of 45 competitors through two elimination stages. Teri McAcy delivered a standout technical display, capturing the title with an exceptional winning average of 11.94 seconds alongside the weekend's best single of 10.34 seconds. The performance emphasized how subtle finger rolls and smooth recognition can overcome the biomechanical constraints of one-handed solving.

Teri McAcy maintained that rapid pace throughout the weekend, compiling four separate victories across the schedule. In the 4x4x4 Cube, McAcy secured first place with an average of 29.16 seconds and a fast single of 23.80 seconds, topping Dylan Miller at 33.62 and Field Noble at 34.04. The momentum continued into the big cubes, where McAcy won the 5x5x5 Cube in 52.22 seconds ahead of Alex Bohac at 1:01.27 and Miller at 1:04.37. McAcy closed out the multi-cube collection by winning the 7x7x7 Cube with an average of 2:48.34 and a top single of 2:41.33.

The classic 3x3x3 Cube contest stood as the centerpiece among the 3x3 results, drawing 63 competitors across three rounds of intense speedcubing. Dylan Miller claimed the championship crown by posting a stellar winning average of 6.43 seconds, backed by a best single of 6.29 seconds in the final round. Teri McAcy earned second place with an average of 7.11 seconds, while Rowan Stough secured the bronze position with an average of 8.28 seconds. Miller also added a dominant victory in Megaminx, winning the two-round event with an average of 36.70 seconds over Field Noble at 48.45 and Ethan McClain at 49.46.

Alex Bohac orchestrated a remarkably versatile tournament, collecting four individual gold trophies across different puzzle formats. In the 2x2x2 Cube final, Bohac took the victory with a 1.92-second average, finishing ahead of John S. Russell III at 2.05 and Rowan Stough at 2.59. Bohac then swept through Pyraminx with a winning average of 2.56 seconds, edged out Gunner Engelsman to claim Clock in 4.34 seconds, and topped the 6x6x6 Cube with an average of 1:53.74, narrowly leading Field Noble at 1:57.07 and Mason Langenderfer at 2:08.93.

Beyond the title fights at the top of the standings, the Mississippi Championship 2025 provided a stage for breakthrough performances and significant milestones. Joseph Zaiden took on a massive schedule of 13 events, setting personal bests across the board including a Pyraminx mark of 4.63 seconds that was 49.8 percent faster than before, a 3x3x3 One-Handed time of 36.11 seconds, and a Skewb result of 9.62 seconds. Graisyn Dale Marsh entered nine events, cutting their 6x6x6 Cube personal best by 48.9 percent down to 2:38.13 to finish eighth, while also setting a One-Handed mark of 32.71 seconds. Neil Witherow entered five events, logging first-time attempts in One-Handed at 47.99 seconds and Pyraminx at 10.20 seconds, while lowering their 2x2x2 Cube best by 39.7 percent to 4.28 seconds. Jeremy Falanga tackled five events, making debut attempts in Pyraminx at 14.97 seconds and One-Handed at 44.44 seconds while improving their 3x3x3 Cube time by 23.8 percent to 20.81 seconds.

First-time event entries and new tournament debuts continued to flourish across every round of the cubing competition. Khorram Ghaedi dropped their 4x4x4 Cube personal record by 26.1 percent to 50.02 seconds, their 3x3x3 Cube time by 21.4 percent to 9.48 seconds, and completed their first One-Handed attempt in 26.47 seconds. Carter Crowson took on nine events, posting first-time official marks of 14.14 seconds in Clock, 10.87 in Pyraminx, and 1:52.41 in the 5x5x5 Cube, highlighted by a 13th-place finish in Square-1. Ethan Dockery entered nine events, logging initial career attempts of 1:17.75 in the 4x4x4 Cube, 27.44 in One-Handed, and 9:41.03 in the 6x6x6 Cube. Making their initial appearance at a WCA competition, Andrew Robinson entered 13 events, placing seventh in 3x3x3 Blindfolded while recording initial marks of 20.01 in the 3x3x3 Cube, 7.89 in Skewb, and 13.44 in Clock.

Specialist events rounded out the broad competitive program in Natchez. Declan Mangan-Lamb won Skewb with a 3.48-second average, RJ Gohn earned the Square-1 victory with a 12.49-second average, and Ordway Persyn took the 3x3x3 Fewest Moves contest with a best single of 34 moves. In 3x3x3 Blindfolded, Mason Langenderfer secured first place with an impressive single solve of 34.54 seconds. With 41 podium finishes secured by United States competitors and one by Ireland, the Mississippi Championship 2025 concluded as a comprehensive celebration of puzzle craft across every discipline.