Please Be Quiet Singapore June 2025

Sixteen competitors gathered at Midland House on June 22, 2025, to test their discipline and problem-solving skills at Please Be Quiet Singapore June 2025. Unlike typical tournaments packed with fast-paced turning and crowded spectator galleries, this gathering in Singapore, Singapore focused entirely on the sport's quietest and most demanding disciplines. With five niche events contested across six focused rounds, the stage was set for memorable demonstrations of pure memory, spatial manipulation, and analytical efficiency.

The blindfolded categories naturally dominated the schedule, demanding absolute concentration and flawless execution. Speedcubing in these events requires solvers to memorize the puzzle entirely before donning a blindfold and executing complex movement sequences without visual feedback. Across the big-cube blindfolded events, Theodore Chan delivered a commanding series of performances, asserting his dominance in every single blind discipline on the schedule. Chan managed a gold-medal sweep across four distinct categories, proving his unmatched versatility in mental mapping.

Chan began his dominant streak in 5x5x5 Blindfolded, capturing the title with a winning single time of 4:59.40. The sheer technical difficulty of tracking and manipulating a 5x5x5 cube unseen resulted in every other finalist recording a DNF, leaving Chan at the top of the podium. He maintained that momentum in 4x4x4 Blindfolded, claiming victory with a 1:54.26 single ahead of Andrew Tan Jing Bang, who took second in 4:30.73, and India's Harini Gunasekaran in third with a 6:48.13 finish.

The mastery continued into 3x3x3 Multi-Blind, where Chan successfully solved 20 out of 29 attempted puzzles in 55:39 to take first place. Ge Shi of China secured the second-place spot by solving all 4 of his attempted cubes in 23:21, while Tan earned another podium spot with a 14 out of 27 result in exactly 1:00:00. Rounding out his blindfolded campaign, Chan secured the 3x3x3 Blindfolded title with a final single of 17.77, finishing clear of Hector Kian in second place at 45.05 and Tan in third at 56.17.

Beyond the blindfolded disciplines, the event featured 3x3x3 Fewest Moves, a cerebral challenge where competitors analyze standard Rubik's Cube scrambles to produce the shortest possible solution sequence within sixty minutes. Wong Chong Wen took the top prize with an impressive winning average of 21.33 moves, bolstered by a best single of 20 moves. Chang Hong Liang earned second place with a 25.00 average, while Jovan Susanto took third with 26.00, rounding out the classic 3x3 results for efficiency.

Away from the top steps of the podium, several dedicated competitors achieved noteworthy breakthroughs that highlighted the depth of the field. Vijay Narayanan delivered a standout performance in 3x3x3 Fewest Moves, securing 8th place with a personal best single of 41 moves, which improved upon his previous best mark of 51 moves by 19.6 percent. Glen Goh Wee Zhuan tackled four different events on the day, placing 4th in 3x3x3 Multi-Blind and lowering his 3x3x3 Blindfolded personal best to 2:19.39, an improvement of 16.6 percent compared to his prior 2:47.11 record.

Other experienced competitors also made their presence felt across the weekend's specialized roster. Lim Chun Yik entered 3x3x3 Fewest Moves and secured a solid 4th-place finish. Tristan Chua Yong took on the same event and claimed 6th place overall, while Ping-Yueh Huang navigated the FMC challenge to earn 9th place. Each competitor contributed to the tight margins and analytical atmosphere that define these niche disciplines in a focused cubing competition.

The one-day WCA competition closed with Singapore leading the medal standings with 13 total podium placements, followed by China with two, and the USA, Korea, and India with one apiece. For every participant involved in speed cubing at Midland House, Please Be Quiet Singapore June 2025 offered a pure showcase of mental endurance and strategic mastery, providing a fitting conclusion to a weekend of world-class quiet solving as solvers look ahead to the next season.