Omnicon & Cubes TN 2025

The competition floor inside Ray Morris Hall buzzed with quiet intensity as 58 solvers gathered under the bright hall lights on November 15, 2025. Across the solving stations, competitors lined up their mats and calibrated their timers, preparing for a packed single-day schedule comprising six events and eleven rounds. From regional enthusiasts making short journeys across the state to visiting solvers traveling from farther afield, the stage in Cookeville, Tennessee, USA was set for a classic speedcubing duel across small and large puzzles alike.

The marquee 3x3x3 Cube event drew a field of 56 contenders, narrowing through three intense rounds of speed cubing into a razor-thin final. When the dust settled on the 3x3 results, Matias Marcantoni-Nunez secured top honors for the United States, recording an exceptional winning average of 7.03 seconds alongside a best single solve of 6.61 seconds. Dominic Redisi applied relentless pressure right to the finish, locking down second place with a 7.10 average, while Nicolas Sanchez followed immediately behind in third with a 7.14 average, demonstrating how narrow the margins were at Omnicon & Cubes TN 2025.

Dominic Redisi made his presence felt throughout the entire tournament schedule, earning a spot on four different podiums across the six contested disciplines. In Pyraminx, Redisi captured the title across two competitive rounds featuring 45 competitors, taking first place with an average of 3.81 seconds and a rapid 2.42 single. Andrew Hisey chased closely behind to secure second place with a 3.90 average, while Jackson Lewis rounded out the podium positions with a 4.05 mark in the final round.

Redisi returned to the top step of the podium in Skewb, where 41 competitors took part across two fast rounds of competition. Posting a blistering winning average of 2.86 seconds and a 1.71 single solve, Redisi led the field ahead of runner-up Drake Denton Richard, who completed the round with a 3.34 average. Matias Marcantoni-Nunez added to his own weekend hardware by capturing third place with an average of 3.68 seconds, continuing his strong showing across multiple formats.

In the 3x3x3 One-Handed event, Eli Parker proved dominant over a field of 44 solvers across two rounds. Parker delivered a tournament-winning average of 10.23 seconds and the fastest single of the discipline at 8.37 seconds to claim the gold. Nathan Miles put up a strong challenge, earning second place with an average of 11.36 seconds, while Dominic Redisi completed yet another podium finish by securing third place with a 13.89 mark in the final.

The big cube categories belonged entirely to Vishwa Sankar, who swept both the 6x6x6 Cube and 7x7x7 Cube events with commanding margins over the rest of the field. In the 6x6x6 Cube contest featuring 23 entrants, Sankar secured victory with a winning average of 1:23.00 and a 1:20.16 single, outpacing second-place finisher Nathan Miles at 1:44.79 and third-place Dominic Redisi at 1:55.82. Sankar repeated the triumph in the 18-competitor 7x7x7 Cube round, winning with an average of 2:16.22, ahead of Miles at 2:34.28 and Daniel Mullen at 3:13.93.

Away from the top steps of the podium, the tournament produced an abundance of remarkable individual progress and breakthrough milestones. Jack Ewing delivered a dramatic leap in Skewb, cutting his personal best down to 6.43 seconds, which was 59.4 percent faster than his prior 15.85 mark, alongside a 34.3 percent improvement in One-Handed with 46.55 seconds. Charlie Surtees tackled five events on the day, posting a personal best of 7.16 seconds in Pyraminx to go 47 percent faster than his previous best, while also logging his first ever tournament attempts on the big cubes with 3:27.79 on 6x6x6 and 5:16.28 on 7x7x7 to earn 12th place.

Several other competitors marked significant firsts on the official stage during the event. Benjamin Valdivieso took on six events, trimming his 6x6x6 Cube personal best to 4:01.11, a 37.4 percent improvement over his prior best, and completing his first official 7x7x7 Cube solve in 6:30.64 for 15th place. Samuel Simpson lowered his 3x3x3 Cube personal best to 10.52 seconds, an improvement of 38.6 percent, and tried One-Handed for the first time with a 35.03 solve. Coby Wilson dropped his 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube best by 28 percent to 9.18 seconds while posting debut solves of 27.16 in One-Handed and 5.28 in Skewb. Tucker O'Leary recorded a 21.9 percent personal best in 3x3x3 with 15.71 seconds, while Graham Westerfield tackled six events, logging a 24.3 percent drop to 3:22.86 on the 6x6x6 Cube and a first 7x7x7 attempt of 5:28.74. First-time WCA competition participant Aaron Machado also had a productive debut across five events, logging a 12.78 single on the 3x3x3 Cube, 36.20 in One-Handed, and 13.75 on Pyraminx.

By the time the final timers were packed away, all 18 podium positions at Omnicon & Cubes TN 2025 had been claimed by United States representatives across the diverse roster of six events. From the tense 3x3x3 showdown to the endurance required on the large layers of the 7x7x7 Cube, the cubing competition at Ray Morris Hall delivered high-level action and personal milestones for solvers from every corner of the regional circuit.