ROC the Cube NY 2025

The competition floor inside the RIT Inn & Conference Center hummed with steady activity on June 21, 2025, as 54 competitors gathered at the tables in Henrietta, New York, USA. Across 11 fast-paced rounds, the single-day schedule moved swiftly from morning heats through intense finals. Hand timers beeped, plastic layers aligned with sharp snaps, and scorecards circulated continuously through the staging area. The atmosphere captured the energetic spirit of speedcubing at every station.

ROC the Cube NY 2025 featured five distinct events, putting both mechanical mastery and mental composure to the test. Across the five disciplines, competitors represented the United States and India on the podiums, with the host nation earning 12 top-three spots and India claiming three. The action spanned everything from the precision of the mechanical Clock to the layered challenges of large cubes and the classic Rubik's Cube.

The headline event, the 3x3x3 Cube, drew 53 competitors through three intense stages of eliminations. When the dust settled in the final round, Luke Griesser captured the championship with a winning average of 6.61 seconds, backed by a tournament-best single solve of 5.84 seconds. Pranav Prabhu earned second place with an 8.98 average, while Evan Liu locked up third place with a mark of 9.24. Enthusiasts tracking the 3x3 results witnessed a sharp, high-level finish to the main draw.

Evan Liu emerged as the most prolific victor of ROC the Cube NY 2025, securing titles across three separate events. Liu took top honors in Skewb with an average of 4.14 seconds, finishing ahead of Addy Coolidge at 5.16 and Ethan Qiu at 5.24. Liu followed that up in Clock, winning with a 4.62 average and a top single of 4.12 seconds, while Qiu took second at 6.19 and Max Kropp rounded out the podium at 8.62.

The big-cube matchups delivered thrilling head-to-head battles between the tournament leaders. In the 4x4x4 Cube, Louis Truong took the gold with an average of 33.30 seconds and a single of 30.81, holding off Liu, who placed second at 34.44, and Prabhu, who claimed third in 36.09. Liu answered back in the 5x5x5 Cube final, claiming victory with a 57.94 average and a blazing single of 47.34. Truong followed in second at 1:01.78, and Prabhu took third at 1:03.71.

Away from the top of the podium, personal milestones highlighted the depth of the field throughout this WCA competition. Alton Ruff made a first career attempt at the 4x4x4 Cube with a time of 1:23.15, while cutting his Skewb mark to 8.18, a massive 51.5 percent improvement over his prior best. Jack Brewer logged a first Skewb attempt of 18.20 and improved his 3x3x3 Cube best to 11.23, an improvement of 53 percent. Griffin O'Malley Coleman tackled the 4x4x4 Cube for the first time with a 1:25.90 and trimmed his Skewb personal record by 35.6 percent down to 7.99.

Other competitors took on demanding multi-event schedules to notch career bests across the board. Joshua Pawlowski entered five events, recording his first official attempts in Clock at 17.38 and 5x5x5 Cube at 3:18.34, while dropping his 4x4x4 Cube personal best by 35 percent to 1:02.68. Jacob Prusko entered five disciplines, attempting the 4x4x4 Cube for the first time at 1:38.39 and trimming 26.5 percent off his Skewb time to finish at 8.63. Henry T. Proehl cut 46.9 percent off his previous Clock benchmark to record an 18.51, and Otis Raleigh tried Clock for the first time with a 27.93 while reducing his 3x3x3 Cube record by 33.4 percent to 19.09. First-timer Katarina Lillian Terrell made an impressive speed cubing debut across three events, posting an official 10.42 single on the 3x3x3 Cube and finishing seventh overall in Skewb.

As the final timers were packed away, ROC the Cube NY 2025 concluded a full day of high-caliber competition in Henrietta. The cubing competition delivered memorable performances for experienced contenders and newcomers alike. With national podiums, new personal benchmarks, and versatile multi-event wins across the board, the tournament offered a rewarding day of community and sportsmanship to carry into the rest of the 2025 season.