Rocky Mountain Championship 2025

Thirty-two competitors sat down with sheets of paper and pens for 3x3x3 Fewest Moves, stepping away from the frantic pace of the ticking stopwatches. In an event that trades raw physical turning speed for deliberate analytical dissection, Abhimanyu Singhal delivered a standout performance, capturing victory with a 28.00 mean and a sharp single of 26 moves. While speedcubing often dazzles through rapid-fire finger tricks, this quiet corner of the cubing competition rewarded patience and deep spatial efficiency, setting a contemplative tone alongside the explosive action across the rest of the schedule.

Held at the Tucson Convention Center in Tucson, Arizona, USA, the Rocky Mountain Championship 2025 ran from October 24 to October 26, 2025. A total of 97 competitors gathered to take on a massive 17-event lineup that spanned 35 total rounds of competition. From traditional speed solving to complex memory challenges, the regional gathering showcased the vast scope of modern speed cubing across three full days of high-level play.

The premier 3x3x3 Cube event drew a large field of 93 competitors through three intense rounds of play. Dylan Miller emerged on top of the 3x3 results, capturing the title with an impressive winning average of 6.44 seconds and a best single solve of 5.42 seconds. Jeremy Bulambot pushed hard to secure second place with a 6.81 average, while Brayden Wroten rounded out the podium in third at 7.51 seconds. Miller added another gold to his tally in Megaminx, claiming first place with a 33.75 average.

Jacob Nokes put together an extraordinarily dominant campaign across the larger puzzles and specialty events. Nokes captured the 5x5x5 Cube title with a 46.54 average, ahead of Dan Tran at 53.00 and Brayden Wroten at 53.87. He continued his sweep on the massive cubes, taking the 6x6x6 Cube title with a 1:24.35 mean and winning the 7x7x7 Cube with a 2:14.21 mark. To top off a busy schedule, Nokes also won Square-1 with a 9.20 average, holding off Elliot Pimentel and Brady Lawrence.

Beyond the podium battles, the floor of this WCA competition saw meaningful personal breakthroughs from competitors taking on big workloads and setting new personal marks. Grayson Adamic tackled 9 events and produced massive gains, cutting their Pyraminx best by 52 percent down to 3.29 seconds, dropping their Clock mark by 34.7 percent to 8.46, and lowering their Skewb single to 4.72. Ev Miller made their first official attempt at 2x2x2 Cube with a 19.11 solve and improved their 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube best by 36.8 percent to 43.82 seconds. Darsh C. Ahir brought down their Clock best by 42.3 percent to 15.90 seconds and took their 3x3x3 single to 15.12.

Other dedicated solvers embraced new challenges across diverse disciplines throughout the weekend. Zach Hyman took on a staggering 17 events, finishing 5th in 4x4x4 Blindfolded while improving their 7x7x7 Cube time by 31.9 percent to 4:05.96 and their Fewest Moves mark to 44. Zane Myers entered 13 events, earning a 9th-place finish in 7x7x7 Cube with a personal best of 3:38.08, which was 22.7 percent faster than before. Seth Wilding entered 14 events, placing 12th in 3x3x3 Multi-Blind and trying Megaminx for the first time at 2:20.64. Peter Villeneuve took on 9 events, logging debut attempts in Clock at 21.05 and Pyraminx at 7.66, while Aiden Truong tackled 5 events including a first 3x3x3 One-Handed solve of 22.17.

Sprint events moved at a lightning clip throughout the weekend. Alan Rivera Bañaga took the 2x2x2 Cube crown with a 1.56 average, while Brayden Wroten secured the Skewb title averaging 2.06 seconds. Dominic Shoji achieved a double victory in side events, winning Pyraminx with a 2.58 average just ahead of Canyon Pettitt at 2.61 and Aayush Shah at 2.90, before going on to take first place in Clock with a 4.61 average. In 3x3x3 One-Handed, Canyon Pettitt climbed to the top of the podium with an 11.62 average.

The blindfolded categories demanded extreme memory discipline. Azael Toysehua claimed the 3x3x3 Blindfolded win with a 35.92 single. In 4x4x4 Blindfolded, Ryan Morrison earned victory in 4:48.94 over Toysehua and Jason Hammerman. Hammerman struck back in the longest blind events, taking the 5x5x5 Blindfolded win in 12:31.00 and winning 3x3x3 Multi-Blind by solving 23 out of 25 cubes in 54:37.

Jeremy Bulambot added a major title in 4x4x4 Cube, posting a winning 27.34 average to edge out Wroten and Nokes. When the final rounds concluded at the Rocky Mountain Championship 2025, competitors from the United States, Mexico, and India had shared the podium across 17 diverse disciplines, capping a memorable gathering in Tucson.