Nebraska Championship 2025

Inside Prichard Auditorium in Falls City, Nebraska, USA, the tables were set for a full slate of modern speedcubing from April 11 to April 13. Timers beeped continuously across three days as 71 competitors gathered to take on 17 events, testing their skills across 32 rounds of competition. The venue hummed with focused energy as solvers rotated through inspection stations and main stages, with every cut and advancement threshold shaping the tempo of the entire weekend.

The Nebraska Championship 2025 featured a rigorous structure that rewarded endurance as much as raw speed. In the premier 3x3x3 Cube event, three rounds whittled a field of 66 competitors down to the fastest finalists. Anton Angeletti claimed top honors in the final 3x3 results, registering an 8.39 winning average alongside a best single of 7.15. Tyler Robinson took second place with an 8.74 average, while Jayben Keene completed the podium in third at 8.92.

Robinson mounted one of the most prolific multi-event campaigns of the year 2025. Across the weekend, Robinson secured four separate gold finishes, navigating different round formats with consistent poise. Robinson captured the 3x3x3 One-Handed title with a 13.54 average, the 4x4x4 Cube with a 34.22 mark, and added victories in Skewb at 3.44 and Megaminx with an average of 42.61. In the 5x5x5 Cube, Robinson added another gold to the tally, putting up a winning average of 1:02.06.

The big cubes demanded sustained focus across multiple rounds at this WCA competition. Lydia Workman swept the largest rotation puzzles, winning the 6x6x6 Cube in an average of 1:43.54 before capturing the 7x7x7 Cube with an average of 2:35.58. In the 7x7x7 final, Chaeli Baker took second at 3:11.36 and Chris Van Der Brink secured third with 3:23.22. Van Der Brink also picked up a win in Clock with a 6.02 average, while Jayben Keene won Pyraminx in 3.28 and Kian Cline took Square-1 with a 9.55 average.

In the short-format and specialty events, the Nebraska Championship 2025 showcased sharp technical execution on the classic Rubik's Cube variants. Zachary Johnson earned victory in the 2x2x2 Cube with a 2.53 winning average after three rounds of action. In 3x3x3 Fewest Moves, Alexander Wheeler produced a 24.67 mean. Blindfolded disciplines saw Jason Hammerman win 3x3x3 Blindfolded with a best single of 48.84, Sam Troxel take 3x3x3 Multi-Blind by solving 4 out of 4 cubes in 38:32, and Emmett O'Leary-Liu win 4x4x4 Blindfolded in 7:34.40.

Speedcubing.app founder and developer Julian Kim took on a demanding schedule across 12 events during the weekend. Kim earned five new personal bests across the competition slate, recording a 4.18 average in 2x2x2 Cube for 14th place, a 26.79 average in Square-1 for 14th, and a 3:57.21 average in 6x6x6 Cube for 15th place. Kim also set personal best marks in 7x7x7 Cube with a 5:49.45 average to finish 16th, and in 5x5x5 Cube with a 1:50.54 average to finish 18th, alongside a 7th-place finish in Clock averaging 10.10.

Beyond the top podium steps, the depth of this speed cubing gathering showed through widespread individual milestones. William James tackled 11 events and dropped their 3x3x3 One-Handed mark to 24.15, an improvement 46.6 percent faster than before, while also logging a first attempt at 7x7x7 Cube in 7:29.96. William Eden improved their 2x2x2 Cube personal best by 48 percent down to 4.27 and recorded a first 4x4x4 Cube attempt at 2:05.98. Atticus James Moisant logged a 35.4 percent drop on Skewb with a 5.24 single and entered 3x3x3 Fewest Moves for the first time, finishing 9th with 69 moves. Quentin Leavell lowered their 4x4x4 Cube best by 27.6 percent to 1:55.20 and made a first Clock attempt in 22.29.

First-time event entries and new tournament debuts added further texture to the floor. Zachary Hiebert took on 13 events, finishing 6th in 3x3x3 Blindfolded with a 5:04.55 debut attempt and posting a first 3x3x3 One-Handed single of 28.38. Corey Bunger reached 4th place in 7x7x7 Cube and improved their Clock best by 20.7 percent to 11.84. Debut competitors Calvin Thieman and Ender Reberry took on eight and six events respectively at their first tournament, with Thieman putting up a 7.13 Skewb single and Reberry completing a 16.98 Pyraminx debut.

The 17-event program concluded having tested every tier of solver across 32 separate rounds. By bringing together single-round marathons and multi-stage cutoffs in equal measure, the Nebraska Championship 2025 delivered a thorough test of versatility and execution for the Midwestern cubing competition circuit as solvers turn toward the next stops of the season.