Missouri Championship 2025

Paul Mahvi turned the big cube categories into a personal masterclass in Raymore, Missouri, USA, taking top honors across four separate events to anchor a packed weekend of puzzles. Across 32 rounds of play from July 18 to July 20, the Missouri Championship 2025 welcomed 103 competitors to test their reflexes, precision, and memorization. Mahvi set the standard on the larger hardware by sweeping the 4x4x4 Cube, 5x5x5 Cube, 6x6x6 Cube, and 7x7x7 Cube events, posting winning averages of 28.68 seconds, 50.70 seconds, 1:34.76, and 2:09.74 respectively.

The premier 3x3x3 Cube event drew 101 competitors through three hard-fought rounds, with Aaron Huynh taking the title with a tournament-winning average of 7.39 seconds alongside the best single of the weekend at 6.49 seconds. Huynh, who also finished runner-up in both the 4x4x4 Cube with a 31.43 average and the 5x5x5 Cube with a 59.43 average, proved his versatility across the board. The classic Rubik's Cube final capped a showcase of high-level speedcubing across seventeen distinct formats.

Titus Sutterfield authored an equally impressive series of victories, securing gold in four diverse categories. Sutterfield won Pyraminx with a 3.38 average, held off challengers in Skewb with a 3.65 mark, took the 3x3x3 One-Handed crown with a 13.00 average, and closed out Square-1 by averaging 8.60 seconds. In the Pyraminx final, Sutterfield finished ahead of Braxton Lee Fowler, who logged a 3.73 average for second, and Huynh, who earned bronze with an average of 3.86.

Fowler found his own moment at the top of the podium in the 2x2x2 Cube event, capturing the gold medal with a blazing 1.90 average and a 1.61 single. He led a podium that featured Justin Barker taking second with an average of 2.67 and Drake I. Scott finishing third at 2.77. Barker also took first place in Clock with an average of 5.29, edging out a 61-competitor bracket in that distinct mechanical discipline.

Blindfolded and memory solving proved to be a major showcase for Alexander Wheeler and Alex Agranov throughout the WCA competition. Wheeler captured the 3x3x3 Blindfolded title with a single time of 1:04.32, topped the 3x3x3 Multi-Blind event by solving 11 of 15 cubes in 57:16, and also secured first place in 3x3x3 Fewest Moves with a 23.00 average and a single of 20 moves. In 4x4x4 Blindfolded, Agranov claimed gold with a time of 9:19.48, and Alexander Gager added a Megaminx victory to the weekend ledger with a winning average of 43.39.

Away from the top of the podium, several competitors made enormous strides on the tournament floor. Adrien Zoellner delivered one of the weekend's biggest breakthroughs, shaving 68.9 percent off their Pyraminx mark to record a personal best of 5.49 seconds, while also logging a first official Square-1 attempt of 29.67 seconds and a Clock attempt of 7.03 seconds. Ender Reberry cut their Skewb mark down to 8.03 seconds, a 62.3 percent improvement, alongside an 8.12 personal best in Pyraminx and a first official 4x4x4 Cube attempt of 1:50.34. Howard Fields IV tackled twelve separate events, recording a 5x5x5 personal best of 1:20.67 that was 32.4 percent faster than before, while also logging initial official attempts in the 6x6x6 Cube at 2:42.59 and 7x7x7 Cube at 4:08.59, on his way to seventh in Square-1.

Other competitors expanded their repertoires with ambitious multi-event programs. Oscar Mercado took on thirteen events, posting a personal best of 6.60 seconds in Clock that was 21.5 percent faster than his prior standard, while finishing tenth in the event and logging a first Skewb mark of 9.15 seconds. JoJo Vogtner recorded debut attempts in Pyraminx at 7.83 seconds, 3x3x3 One-Handed at 56.21, and Skewb at 18.45. Talia Smith took on seven events and completed first official marks in the 4x4x4 Cube at 59.57 seconds, 3x3x3 One-Handed at 32.89, and Clock at 30.15. Robert Sherman logged a debut 46 in 3x3x3 Fewest Moves on his way to sixteenth place, while Caleb Shonkwiler took on ten events and posted initial marks in the 4x4x4 Cube, 5x5x5 Cube, and 3x3x3 One-Handed.

The Missouri Championship 2025 demonstrated the immense depth of the speed cubing circuit in Raymore, bringing together seasoned champions and developing solvers across a comprehensive schedule. From the precision of the 3x3 results to the stamina demanded by the big cubes, the three days of action delivered exceptional competition and set an exciting benchmark for the remainder of the 2025 calendar.