Poly Cubed at Pomona 2025

Inside the competition hall at Cal Poly Pomona, solve stations stood ready under steady arena lighting as timers and display mats were prepped for a rigorous schedule. The tournament atmosphere carried the focused intensity of a championship meeting, drawing 82 competitors together for a concentrated test of speed and precision across five official disciplines. Every competitor arrived aware that ten scheduled rounds left no margin for missteps, setting the stage for Poly Cubed at Pomona 2025 on October 18, 2025 in Pomona, California, USA.

The premier event of the speedcubing schedule brought 81 competitors to the tables across three exhaustive rounds of the standard 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube. Dylan Miller established command over the championship bracket, capturing the title with an exceptional winning average of 5.83 seconds and posting the weekend's best single solve at 5.33 seconds. Elijah Brown took the runner-up spot on the podium with an 8.01 average, narrowly matching Ethan Yeh, who also registered an 8.01 average to round out the podium in third place.

The 3x3 results in the earlier rounds saw several standout individual markers, reflecting the standard of preparation across the field in this 2025 cubing competition. Elijah Brown notched personal marks with a 7.62 single and an 8.11 average during his run to second place, while Spursh Deshpande (स्पर्श देशपांडे) delivered a 6.06 single and an 8.65 average. Dylan Garcia recorded a 6.63 single alongside an 8.83 average, and Gordon Leung posted a 7.94 single and 9.22 average.

Memory disciplines demanded supreme composure as blindfolded solving requires memorisation before executing turns entirely without sight. Cary Huang swept both blindfolded titles on the program, winning the 3x3x3 Blindfolded event among 21 competitors with a leading single of 38.28 seconds. Evan Liu (刘云从) earned second place with a 43.06 single, followed by Ryan Fong in third at 1:04.11. The longer 4x4x4 Blindfolded event saw the same trio claim the hardware, where Cary Huang secured the win with a 3:40.29 single ahead of Evan Liu (刘云从) at 7:15.47 and Ryan Fong at 8:22.33.

Side events brought fast-paced turning and diverse puzzle geometry to the fore. In the Pyraminx final, Elijah Brown secured top honors among 58 competitors with an event-winning average of 2.38 seconds and a single of 1.45 seconds, finishing ahead of Dominic Shoji in second at 3.76 and Taj Bressert in third at 4.05. Taj Bressert returned to take the Skewb championship with a 2.70 average and a 2.17 single over 55 competitors, while Andy French took second with 3.69 and Elijah Brown completed another podium in third at 4.23.

Beyond the championship podiums, Poly Cubed at Pomona 2025 highlighted significant personal milestones across the wider field. David L. Cabrera took on three events, delivering a first ever attempt at Pyraminx in 7.86 seconds, a first Skewb attempt of 8.30 seconds, and a 3x3x3 Cube personal best of 21.43 seconds, which was 33.2 percent faster than their previous mark. Austin Grant Nguyen shaved 37.1 percent off their standard cube personal best with an 11.01 solve alongside a first Skewb attempt of 13.26. Anh Tuan Huynh tackled four disciplines, logging a first 3x3x3 Blindfolded solve of 2:37.09, a first Pyraminx solve of 5.51, and a first Skewb solve of 13.77.

Other competitors similarly made substantial breakthroughs on the tournament floor. Derrick Lo achieved a 27.8 percent reduction in Pyraminx to reach an 8.69 personal best, alongside an 18.3 percent improvement in 3x3x3 Cube to 25.01 and a first attempt at Skewb in 13.32 seconds. Niranj Rajanish recorded major personal bests across three disciplines, improving by 44.4 percent in Pyraminx with an 8.52 solve, 31.5 percent in Skewb with an 11.47 solve, and 16.4 percent in the 3x3x3 Cube with a 23.33 solve. Vsevolod Rozanov (Всеволод Розанов) took on all five events, finishing 8th in 4x4x4 Blindfolded while improving their 3x3x3 Blindfolded time by 29.3 percent to 2:36.99 and their Skewb mark by 21.7 percent to 9.08. Alejandro Ortiz recorded a 10.43 personal best in 3x3x3 Cube, placed 9th in Skewb, and posted a first blindfolded attempt of 7:57.83, while Henry Farrill stepped up for their first WCA competition, recording initial marks in Skewb at 14.17, Pyraminx at 13.33, and the standard cube at 34.01.

The final medal tally for the single-day WCA competition saw United States competitors secure 13 podium places, with representatives from the Netherlands earning two. With Dylan Miller taking the flagship crown and multi-event standouts such as Elijah Brown and Cary Huang claiming victories, Poly Cubed at Pomona 2025 delivered an exacting test of speed cubing excellence.

As the timers were packed away and the final scores recorded into the official World Cube Association database, the tournament closed an intense chapter of competitive solving. Poly Cubed at Pomona 2025 proved to be a defining proving ground, leaving every solver with concrete benchmarks as they look ahead to the next phase of the competitive season.