NUR Cubing Stars SC 2025

Inside the halls of Universidad Nur, the ambient hum of turning plastic and digital timers signaled an intense day of competition. Fifty-two speedcubers gathered in Santa Cruz, Bolivia on March 22, 2025, ready to test their agility across eight distinct disciplines. The atmosphere remained electric as competitors prepared their puzzles under the tournament lights, all aiming for decisive turns on the official mats. Across thirteen rounds of play, the single-day gathering tested precision, pattern recognition, and nerve.

The centerpiece of the cubing competition delivered sheer pace in the 3x3x3 Cube, where fifty competitors took on three rounds of intense action. Dylan Aramayo Calle captured the premier title with a winning average of 9.05 seconds, posting a best single solve of 8.41 seconds in the process. The classic Rubik's Cube final featured a fiercely contested podium, as Josias Milan Sirpa Pinto claimed second place with an average of 9.55 seconds, just ahead of Fabricio Andrés Yañez Terrazas, who secured third on a 9.64 average.

The 3x3 results capped a weekend of rapid-fire solving, but the 2x2x2 Cube produced the tightest finish of the entire WCA competition. Argentina's Leandro Martín López took the victory with a 2.72 average and an event-best single of 1.75 seconds. The margin at the top was minuscule: Mateo Bernal Jimenez finished in second place with a 2.73 average, edging Samuel Galarce Moscoso, who took third on a 2.77 mark. The three-way battle saw only five hundredths of a second separate first from third.

Josias Milan Sirpa Pinto emerged as the most prolific performer of the gathering, claiming top honors across three separate events. In the 4x4x4 Cube, Sirpa Pinto secured first place with an average of 31.17 seconds, ahead of Samuel Galarce Moscoso at 33.22 and Fabricio Andrés Yañez Terrazas at 34.26. Sirpa Pinto added a victory in 3x3x3 One-Handed with an average of 15.01 seconds, besting Alvaro Javier Viscarra Catacora and Leandro Martín López. A third title followed in Skewb, where Sirpa Pinto recorded an average of 4.36 seconds.

Beyond the speed disciplines, Leandro Martín López displayed immense versatility by claiming the Megaminx title with an average of 25.63 seconds, comfortably ahead of Adrian Ismael Sirpa Pinto and Fabricio Andrés Yañez Terrazas. In the Pyraminx event, Antonio Adorno Suarez paced the field of twenty competitors by logging an average of 3.00 seconds to top Sebastián Morón Mariscal and Samuel Maija Temo. Pablo Ariel Cuellar Rosales rounded out the event champions by winning Clock with a 6.87 average, leading Jhersson Cabezas Luizaga and Morón Mariscal.

Behind the top steps of the podium, numerous competitors delivered massive personal breakthroughs across the scoreboards. Mateo Hurtado Sagredo cut his 3x3x3 Cube personal record down to 20.04 seconds, an improvement of 54.4 percent compared to his prior mark of 43.91. Ana Lucia Aponte Ibáñez tackled five events, slicing her Pyraminx personal best by 51.4 percent to 4.98 seconds while also registering her first ever attempt at the 4x4x4 Cube with a time of 2:47.83. Emiliano Esteban Torrico Reynolds lowered his 3x3x3 personal best by 29.2 percent to 13.68 seconds and completed his first official attempts at both 2x2x2 Cube and Megaminx.

The spirit of development was equally evident in Caleb Josias Rocha Velasquez, who dropped his 3x3x3 Cube personal best by 22.5 percent to 12.43 seconds and his One-Handed best by 19.4 percent to 37.27 seconds. Hendrik Alexander Torrez Leon took on two events, improving his 3x3x3 personal best by 18.5 percent to 15.34 seconds while logging a 4.32 in his first official 2x2x2 attempt. Juan Andres Bustos Rosales entered six events and improved his Clock personal best by 19.9 percent to 8.60 seconds, placing fourth. The day also welcomed newcomers Fabian Pradel Egüez, who recorded a 7.34 in his first 2x2x2 attempt, and Lucas Yadiel Cinco Zuñiga, who logged 17.01 in his initial 3x3x3 solve.

The single-day meet highlighted the broad depth of regional speed cubing, with Bolivian competitors taking 21 of the 24 available podium positions alongside three podium spots for Argentina. NUR Cubing Stars SC 2025 proved to be an outstanding showcase of talent and technical skill, bringing fast solves and memorable personal milestones together under one roof. As the puzzles were packed away at Universidad Nur, the competitors left Santa Cruz with new benchmarks set for the next chapter of the season.