Best in West Lafayette 2025
- Date
- Nov 8, 2025
- City
- West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
- Venue
Faith West Community Center
- Address
- 1920 Northwestern Avenue, West Lafayette, IN 47906
- Details
Community Room
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Midwest Cubing Association and Mihir A. Rai
- WCA Delegates
- Braden Richards and Chris Yeager
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- Information
This competition is supported by the Midwest Cubing Assocation.
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- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 36
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 40 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $20 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 75% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Competitors may bring at most 2 guests.
Only 2 guests per competitor will be allowed due to space constraints. If you need to bring more than 2 guests, please contact the organizer to request an exemption.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Luke Garrett won with an average of 5.63 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Thamaneeswar Sathesh Kumar finished second (7.44) and Mihir A. Rai finished third (8.36).
3x3x3 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luke Garrett | 4.65 | 5.63 | United States | 6.57 | 4.65 | 5.06 | 8.82 | 5.27 | |||
| 2 | Thamaneeswar Sathesh Kumar | 6.52 | 7.44 | India | 7.19 | 7.53 | 8.56 | 6.52 | 7.59 | |||
| 3 | Mihir A. Rai | 8.02 | 8.36 | United States | 8.78 | 8.37 | 8.28 | 8.42 | 8.02 | |||
5x5x5 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luke Garrett | 45.36 | 48.51 | United States | 47.95 | 50.65 | 45.36 | 48.37 | 49.20 | |||
| 2 | Hargun Singh Tikku | 47.96 | 52.19 | India | 51.11 | 53.56 | 51.90 | 47.96 | 59.33 | |||
| 3 | Lucy Grace Bryson | 1:06.44 | 1:09.09 | United States | 1:06.44 | 1:12.14 | 1:09.95 | 1:10.59 | 1:06.74 | |||
3x3x3 One-Handed
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luke Garrett | 6.97 | 8.73 | United States | 8.37 | 11.50 | 8.08 | 9.75 | 6.97 | |||
| 2 | Mihir A. Rai | 10.21 | 13.40 | United States | 15.56 | 10.21 | 14.43 | 13.95 | 11.82 | |||
| 3 | Hargun Singh Tikku | 11.60 | 13.99 | India | 14.77 | 12.33 | 11.60 | 14.88 | 16.36 | |||
Square-1
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luke Garrett | 6.88 | 9.22 | United States | 9.65 | 11.55 | 8.60 | 9.40 | 6.88 | |||
| 2 | Thamaneeswar Sathesh Kumar | 7.09 | 10.16 | India | 10.12 | 9.41 | 10.95 | 7.09 | 13.87 | |||
| 3 | Mihir A. Rai | 9.60 | 11.29 | United States | 13.86 | 12.79 | 10.11 | 10.98 | 9.60 | |||