Cubing at Iowa State 2025

Date: Mar 1, 2025
City: Ames, Iowa, United States
Venue: Radisson Hotel Ames Conference Center at ISU
Address: 2609 University Blvd, Ames, IA, 50010
Details: In the ballroom, follow the signs.
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Ethan Cho, Luke Brunsvold, Maxim Duncan, and Midwest Cubing Association
WCA Delegates: Chris Martin, Francisco García, Mickey Doyle, and Shain Papalotl Longbehn

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Information

This competition is supported by the Midwest Cubing Association (MCA).

We have local Facebook groups for our cubing area. Feel free to join the Iowa Cubing and follow the Midwest Cubing Association for information and announcements on upcoming competitions.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 87

Registration period: Online registration opened Thursday, January 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC and closed Saturday, February 22, 2025 at 5:59 AM UTC.
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There is a competitor limit of 90 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before Saturday, February 22, 2025 at 5:59 AM UTC you will be refunded 75% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Saturday, February 22, 2025 at 5:59 AM UTC.
We encourage everyone to register for the events they want to compete in via your online registration, however you may add events to your registration up until the event has started.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Competitors may bring at most 2 guests.

⚠️ Registration is accepted in the order paid. Payment must be made for registration to be considered complete. ⚠️

If all competing spots are filled, a waitlist will begin. Waitlist spots are added in the order paid. Click here for more information about the waitlist.
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Brody Rhoades won with an average of 7.27 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Kaius Young finished second (8.45) and Ethan Cho finished third (8.57).

3x3x3 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Brody Rhoades	5.79	7.27	United States	5.79	6.60	7.50	7.90	7.71
2	Kaius Young	7.56	8.45	United States	7.78	10.31	8.45	9.13	7.56
3	Ethan Cho	8.16	8.57	United States	8.82	8.41	8.16	8.49	9.45

4x4x4 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Kaius Young	22.66	25.18	United States	29.02	23.39	27.25	24.89	22.66
2	Brody Rhoades	29.50	32.06	United States	34.10	39.13	29.50	31.59	30.50
3	Ethan Cho	29.42	32.81	United States	30.41	37.47	37.32	29.42	30.69

5x5x5 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Ethan Cho	46.61	47.82	United States	53.24	46.61	48.09	48.35	47.02
2	Brody Rhoades	53.30	54.54	United States	53.75	53.30	53.75	56.12	1:01.62
3	Kaius Young	49.33	55.35	United States	56.37	55.88	55.88	49.33	54.28

Clock

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Chris Van Der Brink	3.29	4.12	United States	4.36	3.46	4.53	3.29	5.96
2	Max McGill	3.47	4.86	United States	5.66	DNF	4.76	4.15	3.47
3	Brody Rhoades	4.57	5.67	United States	6.54	5.26	7.26	5.20	4.57

Skewb

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Trenton Cuzick	3.10	4.17	United States	3.10	5.14	4.89	3.81	3.81
2	Maxim Duncan	3.15	4.18	United States	3.15	4.21	3.93	4.93	4.40
3	Joel V. Stratemeyer	4.07	4.57	United States	4.07	4.55	4.35	4.80	4.91