Oregon State Fall 2025

A mere twenty-three hundredths of a second decided the premier duel of Oregon State Fall 2025, providing the sharpest drama of the entire weekend. In the 4x4x4 Cube final, Benjamin Gottschalk delivered an exceptional 33.83 winning average to narrowly edge out Ezra Fish, who posted a 34.06 average in a finish that came down to the absolute wire. Clancy Caster secured third place with an average of 37.96, rounding out a lightning-fast podium where every fraction of a second mattered. Gottschalk also added the event's best single solve with a swift 33.39 effort in the two-round contest.

The one-day WCA competition brought 55 competitors to Corvallis, Oregon, USA on December 6, 2025. Staged at the OSU Memorial Union, the schedule featured 13 rounds across six distinct events, testing solvers in everything from rapid twisting puzzles to multi-layered challenges. The action drew talent from across the Pacific Northwest speedcubing community and beyond, offering thrilling races on every stage. Across the roster, participants pushed their limits on the classic Rubik's Cube alongside larger and unconventional twisty puzzles, setting up a day filled with dramatic head-to-head showdowns.

Ezra Fish rebounded emphatically across the rest of the schedule, capturing two major championship victories. In the flagship 3x3x3 Cube, Fish topped the field of 54 competitors across three rounds, claiming first place with a 7.62 average and securing the day's best single at 6.37. The remaining podium steps featured intense pressure, as Steph Prze secured the runner-up position with an 8.88 average, just seven hundredths ahead of Sid Shivnath who earned bronze with an 8.95 mark. The standard of the 3x3 results demonstrated remarkable consistency at the upper end of the tournament table.

Fish collected a second gold medal in the Megaminx division, which brought 21 competitors together for a single deciding round. Fish solved the twelve-sided puzzle with an impressive 45.21 average, also notching the best single time of 40.01. Gottschalk continued a stellar campaign by claiming the second spot on the podium with a 50.26 average, while Enoch Kang rounded out the top three by logging a 55.53 average. The performance capped off an extraordinarily productive day for Fish, who factored into three separate podium presentations during the meet.

Away from the top steps of the podium, the heart of the tournament was defined by personal breakthroughs across the board. Bryce Nguyen achieved a dramatic leap forward in the 2x2x2 Cube, logging a personal best of 6.28 seconds to cut 56.5 percent off a previous best of 14.43. Ash Michael Moore took on five separate events, achieving a best finish of 18th in Megaminx with a first-time mark of 2:45.74, while dropping their Skewb personal best by 34.8 percent down to 7.20 and improving their 3x3x3 Cube best by 13 percent to 21.33. James Bird made a huge statement in the 4x4x4 Cube by taking sixth place with a personal best of 33.34, an improvement of 28.3 percent from 46.50, alongside taking on the 3x3x3 Cube with a 9.33 best and the 2x2x2 Cube with a 3.67 best.

That same spirit of ambition ran through first-time event entries and new personal records across the field. Kwan Hefty entered three events and finished 11th in the 2x2x2 Cube, dropping their personal best to 2.23 seconds for a 23.6 percent improvement, while also tackling the Megaminx for the first time in 1:56.54. Kyler Cavaner took on five events, achieving a best finish of 16th in Megaminx on a debut effort of 2:01.09, entering the 4x4x4 Cube for the first time at 1:09.73, and shaving 23 percent off their 2x2x2 Cube best to hit 4.28. Alexys Higgs also entered five events, recording a debut Megaminx time of 3:28.44 and an 18.2 percent 4x4x4 Cube improvement to 1:36.41. Gabriel Michael Caruso tried the 4x4x4 Cube for the first time with a 1:52.02 mark, and Griffin Hammond tackled six events, securing 5th place in 3x3x3 Blindfolded on a debut time of 5:49.08.

The 2x2x2 Cube featured exceptional speed as Ian Cantius Fredric earned the gold medal with a blazing 1.39 winning average, backed by the round's top single solve of 1.18 seconds across three rounds of play. Ezra Severson took second place with a 2.06 average, while Sid Shivnath finished third at 3.00. Shivnath claimed a gold medal of his own in the Skewb event, recording a dominant 2.65 average and a best single of 1.79 across two rounds. Ezra Severson earned another silver medal with a 4.02 average, followed closely by Benson Lawson who took third at 4.43.

In the 3x3x3 Blindfolded category, where pure memorisation and flawless execution are paramount, Jason White delivered the winning single solve of 56.44 seconds in the two-round contest. Gottschalk added to his versatile medal haul by taking the silver position with a successful 2:48.76 solve, while Tripp Peters finished in third place with a time of 3:00.42. Across all six disciplines at Oregon State Fall 2025, competitors representing the United States claimed 17 podium places, with India capturing one podium finish.

The competitive calendar at the OSU Memorial Union drew to a close with memorable performances spanning every division. As this speed cubing gathering concluded, the tight margins and personal bests established a high standard for future competitions. The athletes who gathered at Oregon State Fall 2025 delivered top-tier execution and spirited racing across every discipline, leaving a lasting mark on the regional circuit as the 2025 season progressed.