St. Louis Spring 2025

The James J. Eagan Community Center was filled with the rhythmic click of plastic and the hum of focused concentration as 91 competitors gathered in Florissant, Missouri, USA. Tables lined the main hall with official timers, display screens, and rows of mixed puzzles waiting for inspection. Across ten rounds on May 17, 2025, participants took to their stations to test their agility across five different disciplines in an intense regional cubing competition.

For the local speedcubing community, St. Louis Spring 2025 served as the ideal stage to showcase speed and precision on familiar ground. United States competitor Braxton Lee Fowler turned the gathering into a personal masterclass, contending across multiple disciplines and securing victories in both the 2x2x2 Cube and 4x4x4 Cube brackets while also reaching the podium in the marquee traditional event.

Fowler opened his winning account on the smaller puzzle, delivering a lightning-fast 1.69 average to capture the 2x2x2 Cube title ahead of Edward Vakula with 2.31 and Silas Williamson with 3.61. He carried that control directly into the 4x4x4 Cube division, pacing the field of 50 competitors with a 36.55 winning average and a single solve of 32.73. Ethan McClain placed second in that event with 37.21, followed by Garrett Hadaway at 39.24.

The premier 3x3x3 Cube contest brought together 87 competitors across three demanding rounds of classic Rubik's Cube solving. Sanjay Adireddi earned top honors when the final 3x3 results were posted, taking the title with a polished 9.22 average and an 8.48 best single. Ethan McClain claimed the runner-up spot with an average of 9.54, while Fowler locked up third place with a 9.69 average to add another local podium to his tally.

Ethan McClain was a constant force near the top of the leaderboards, earning victory in the Clock event with a 4.99 average across three rounds and setting the fastest single of that discipline at 3.82. Trenton Cuzick followed with a 5.31 average for second place, and Silas Williamson took third with 5.53. In the 30-player Megaminx bracket, Lucy Grace Bryson put on a dominant display, winning with a 39.96 average and a single of 36.82, ahead of Katie Hinkley at 45.90 and McClain at 51.88.

Beneath the top podium spots, several competitors achieved major individual breakthroughs throughout this WCA competition. Lucas Xiong tackled four separate events, logging a first ever attempt at 4x4x4 Cube with a time of 58.44 and a Clock debut of 24.97, alongside a huge personal best of 2.45 in 2x2x2 Cube that was 55.6 percent faster than his prior mark. Daniel Wadhams took on five events, posting a personal best of 23.51 in Clock that was 56.8 percent faster, while Bentley Fuller made first attempts in Clock at 9.17, Megaminx at 1:44.14, and 4x4x4 Cube at 58.24 on his way to sixth place in 2x2x2 Cube. Owen Fair also debuted in Clock at 32.55 and 3x3x3 Cube at 1:28.84, while cutting his 2x2x2 Cube mark by 22.2 percent down to 13.24.

The momentum continued as Gavin Mowrer notched a Clock personal best of 14.91, which was 40.6 percent faster, and improved his 3x3x3 Cube mark by 25.4 percent to 13.89 during a four-event schedule. Noah Pingel brought his Clock mark down by 32.4 percent to 9.66 and completed a first attempt in 4x4x4 Cube at 1:20.71. Camden Davis recorded a 3x3x3 Cube personal best of 22.29, improving by 40.1 percent, and Owen Groh reduced his Clock mark by 43.2 percent to 13.34 while recording his first official 4x4x4 Cube time of 1:05.22.

Across all five disciplines, every single podium spot at the event was claimed by athletes representing the United States, giving the regional speed cubing crowd plenty to celebrate. From seasoned finalists trading sub-ten-second marks to new participants establishing their baseline times, St. Louis Spring 2025 delivered a day of exceptional execution and camaraderie, setting a high standard for the next season of regional solving.