Please Be Quiet Singapore August 2025

Twenty-four competitors gathered at Midland House on August 24, 2025, for a focused day of blindfolded solving and efficiency challenges. Staged in Singapore, Singapore, Please Be Quiet Singapore August 2025 offered five distinct disciplines across six rounds of quiet concentration. With experienced solvers taking center stage, the single-day WCA competition showcased veterans returning to top form on both classic puzzles and larger hardware. From methodical analysis to memory-intensive big-cube solves, the meeting delivered sharp execution across every round.

Theodore Chan emerged as the standout performer of the weekend, capturing victories in three separate events. Chan asserted complete authority in 3x3x3 Blindfolded, logging a winning average of 20.98 seconds in the final after registering a best single of 19.71 seconds. Earlier in the event, Chan established a new Singapore National Record average of 18.49 seconds, alongside a swift 17.29 single. Ping-Yueh Huang of Taiwan secured second place with an average of 28.06 seconds, while Andrew Tan Jing Bang took third in 39.50 seconds.

Chan carried that sharp form directly into the big-cube blindfolded disciplines. In 4x4x4 Blindfolded, Chan clinched first place behind a decisive single time of 1:33.22, outpacing Ping-Yueh Huang who clocked 2:21.26 for second place, and Jacob Keh who claimed third in 5:44.49. In the 5x5x5 Blindfolded event, Chan earned his third gold with a winning single of 6:25.90. Andrew Tan Jing Bang placed second in 9:51.32, while Jacob Keh secured another podium finish in third place with a time of 18:44.00.

The mental marathon of 3x3x3 Multi-Blind saw Andrew Tan Jing Bang take the title by successfully resolving 23 out of 25 cubes within 58:18. Ping-Yueh Huang earned second place with 25 out of 30 cubes in 57:03, while Chu Yiu On of Hong Kong completed the podium in third position by securing 26 out of 33 cubes in 1:00:00. The event tested total memory capacity, requiring competitors to memorize dozens of Rubik's Cube layouts consecutively before donning blindfolds to execute solutions without sight.

Efficiency was the focus in 3x3x3 Fewest Moves, where competitors sought the most economical solution possible for a standard scramble within a strict sixty-minute window. Wong Chong Wen claimed the top spot on the podium with a winning average of 20.33 moves, backed by a tournament-best single of 19 moves. Dylan Seah Tze Siang finished in second place with an average of 22.33 moves, while Chang Hong Liang took third place with 25.33 moves to complete an all-Singapore podium sweep in the event.

Away from the top steps of the podium, several experienced cubers logged significant breakthroughs across various brackets. Vijay Narayanan delivered a massive improvement in 3x3x3 Blindfolded, posting a personal best single of 3:49.55, which was 51.9 percent faster than their previous benchmark. Eugene Teo Yu-Jie took on three events, achieving a best finish of seventh in 4x4x4 Blindfolded while making a first career attempt at 3x3x3 Multi-Blind with 4/7 in 48:01 and dropping their 3x3x3 Blindfolded personal best to 2:27.65, a 43.4 percent improvement. Jeremy Crouther entered three events, finishing fifth in 4x4x4 Blindfolded with a personal best of 8:24.69, which cut 31 percent off their prior mark, alongside a personal best of 9/10 in 3x3x3 Multi-Blind.

Other competitors similarly expanded their competitive repertoires or improved existing personal marks during the day. Lim Zhe Hsien recorded a 24.5 percent improvement in 3x3x3 Blindfolded with a personal best of 35.45 seconds and completed a first ever attempt at 5x5x5 Blindfolded in 22:04.00 to finish fourth. Advay Hari lowered their 3x3x3 Blindfolded best to 54.17 seconds, a 23.6 percent drop, on the way to a fifth-place finish. Dalton Yeo improved their 3x3x3 Blindfolded record to 2:20.98, shaving 11.6 percent off their previous time. In 3x3x3 Fewest Moves, Advaith Tirumalai Ananthan Pillai made a first official attempt with a result of 33 moves to finish seventh, while Peh Zander also made a first attempt in the event, scoring 43 moves.

Across all categories, the cubing competition highlighted deep technical skill across five demanding formats. Singaporean solvers captured eleven total podium places, Taiwan claimed three, and Hong Kong earned one. Whether tracking standard 3x3 results or monitoring endurance across dozens of memorized puzzles, the quiet venue at Midland House provided an intense stage for speed cubing excellence throughout the 2025 calendar.

The single-day schedule proved that high-level speedcubing requires diverse mastery across spatial memory, algorithm execution, and pure move efficiency. Please Be Quiet Singapore August 2025 concluded with Theodore Chan anchoring the weekend's achievements, setting a benchmark for precision solving as the community looks forward to the next season of blindfolded and fewest moves competition.