See Georgia: Cloudland Canyon A 2025

Inside Cloudland Canyon State Park, the focus was absolute as timers beeped and plastic clicked across the tables. Fifty-five competitors gathered in Rising Fawn, Georgia, USA on February 22, 2025, for a day of intense speedcubing across five distinct puzzles and ten rounds of play. The scenic state park setting gave way to razor-sharp concentration as solvers lined up their inspection time and launched into their solves. Every movement of the hands counted, and the final standings would prove just how unforgiving the margins could be.

The drama peaked during the final round of the classic Rubik's Cube, where the race for the podium was decided by mere fractions of a second. While Caleb Chen captured the title with a commanding 7.43 winning average and the best single of the weekend at 5.13, the battle directly behind him came down to the wire. Justin Barker secured second place with an average of 8.02, edging past Nathan Miles who claimed third at 8.07. That gap of just five hundredths of a second defined a fiercely contested 3x3 results podium.

The 3x3x3 One-Handed event brought another tight duel to the tables. Andreas Lambropoulos took the gold medal with a winning average of 10.49, having registered a standout single solve of 9.22 along the way. Nathan Miles earned his second silver of the day by recording an 11.02 average across the five solves, narrowly ahead of Caleb Chen who took third place on the podium with an 11.56 mark. Forty-five competitors took part in the two rounds of single-handed solving.

Across the other formats, the competition displayed remarkable versatility. In Megaminx, Jared Stinson dominated the twelve-sided puzzle, securing first place with an average of 39.08 and a single solve of 36.68. Daniel Mullen followed in second with 52.03, while Nathan Miles picked up his third podium finish of the event with 1:01.98. In Square-1, Matthew Remington captured the title with a 9.73 average and a fast 7.41 single, finishing ahead of Henry Schueneman at 11.02 and Kyra Joiner at 12.52.

Blindfolded solving, requiring pure memorisation before the blindfold descends, concluded with Kyra Joiner taking top honours. Joiner delivered a winning single solve of 51.13 seconds to lead the field of seventeen competitors. Reece Manders secured the second spot with a clean solve of 1:18.41, while Daniel Mullen earned third place with a time of 1:33.41. All fifteen podium positions across the tournament went to competitors representing the USA.

Away from the top steps of the podium, several solvers delivered major breakthroughs throughout this WCA competition. Sanaath Shriram sliced an incredible 54.8 percent off their previous benchmark in the main 3x3x3 event to record a personal best of 9.95 seconds, while also making their first official attempt at 3x3x3 One-Handed with a 24.94. Makylah Phillips logged a strong personal best of 1:36.51 in Megaminx, 25.2 percent faster than before, alongside first attempts in both blindfolded solving at 9:36.17 and one-handed solving at 28.20. Enoch Sanders improved their Megaminx record by 21.3 percent to 1:28.99 and completed a first Square-1 solve at 19.83.

Other competitors took on ambitious multi-event schedules and new puzzles at the cubing competition. Crawford Kirby tackled four disciplines, delivering first-ever official attempts in Square-1 at 48.29, 3x3x3 One-Handed at 22.55, and Megaminx at 1:47.53. Viyaan R. Puppala tackled four events as well, posting an initial 3:47.04 Megaminx mark, a 1:24.13 in Square-1, and dropping 15.2 percent off their one-handed best with a 1:03.57. Preston James Green also competed in four events, recording a first Square-1 time of 1:23.91 while setting personal bests in one-handed at 50.88 and Megaminx at 2:30.42.

The day also welcomed new faces discovering the thrill of speed cubing for the very first time. Levi Adams completed a first official appearance by taking on three separate puzzles, logging times of 15.91 on the 3x3x3, 3:02.93 on Megaminx, and 32.71 on Square-1. Dawson Young took on the main event in their debut, registering a 14.12 single. As See Georgia: Cloudland Canyon A 2025 drew to a close, the tight finishes and individual milestones capped off a memorable day in the Georgia mountains.