Please Be Quiet Nashville 2025

A flawless 16 for 16 performance in 3x3x3 Multi-Blind by Tien Tran stood as the defining achievement of the day in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Taking place on May 17, 2025 at West End Middle School, Please Be Quiet Nashville 2025 brought together a dedicated group of 10 competitors across five events and six rounds of high-focus action. Tran executed all sixteen puzzles blindfolded in 50:12, setting the tone for a single-day schedule stacked with memory challenges and big cube disciplines.

The morning schedule opened with the complex demands of the 7x7x7 Cube, the only sighted event on the program. Micah Morrison delivered a commanding performance to secure the title, finishing with a winning average of 3:04.12 and logging the day's best single time of 2:48.85. Tran followed in second place with an average of 3:28.85, while Marco Yang of Canada took third with 3:32.72. The event provided a fast-paced contrast to the silent rounds that filled the rest of the schedule.

Attention quickly shifted to the 4x4x4 Blindfolded contest, where eight competitors stepped up to memorize and solve the four-layer puzzle in total silence. Morrison continued his strong run by capturing first place with a winning single time of 5:34.35 despite a DNF average. Tran earned the runner-up spot with a single of 7:33.11, while Simon Chanin claimed third on the podium with a successful completion of 10:44.00.

Midday brought the marathon challenge of 5x5x5 Blindfolded, an event demanding exceptional endurance and spatial memory. Tran stood atop the podium by securing a winning average of 16:44.00, highlighted by a best single effort of 14:48.00. Chanin completed the grueling task to take second place with a time of 22:19.00. The remaining six competitors in the eight-person field recorded DNFs, underlining the razor-thin margin for error inherent in high-order blindfolded speedcubing.

The afternoon was highlighted by significant personal milestones from across the roster. Deacon Gale entered a single event and delivered a massive leap in 3x3x3 Blindfolded, logging a personal best single of 2:00.86 to cut 71.8 percent off his prior mark of 7:08.80. Quinn Anderson took on two disciplines and produced a standout fourth-place finish in the 7x7x7 Cube, setting a personal best average of 3:32.49 that improved on his previous standard of 3:49.48 by 7.4 percent.

Multi-Blind returned to center stage as eight competitors lined up their arrays of standard Rubik's Cube puzzles for a silent hour of intense memorization and execution. Tran led the pack with his perfect 16 out of 16 showing in 50:12. Chanin assembled an immaculate card of his own to place second, registering a clean 9 out of 9 in 43:12. Carson Claud rounded out the top three by finishing with 9 out of 12 cubes solved in 55:46.

The competition concluded with two rounds of traditional 3x3x3 Blindfolded, gathering the entire ten-person roster to settle the final 3x3 results of the day. Tran captured his third victory of the meet with a winning single mark of 48.48 in the final round. Morrison claimed the second-place spot with a time of 1:22.33, while Claud secured third place on the podium with an official time of 1:46.31.

When the final timer stopped, United States competitors accounted for 17 podium placements, with Canadian entrants collecting three. The tightly run WCA competition demonstrated the depth required across big cubes and blindfolded disciplines alike. By blending classic speed cubing precision with silent mental marathons, Please Be Quiet Nashville 2025 wrapped up an intense day of high-level puzzle solving at West End Middle School.