Bethesda Winter Wonderland 2025
- Date
- Jan 18, 2025
- City
- Bethesda, Maryland, United States
- Venue
- Address
- 6400 Rock Spring Dr, Bethesda, MD 20814
- Details
Cafeteria
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Eric Hsu (徐玉云) and Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing
- WCA Delegates
- Blake Thompson, Rich Tayag, and Stone Payne
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
The competition will take place in the school cafeteria.

This competition is being held in the Mid-Atlantic Region (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA, VA, WV). See the regions on CubingUSA's website.
- Join the Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Discord server
- Join the Tri-State Cubing Facebook group (NJ, NY, PA)
- See the Mid-Atlantic Region Organizational Spreadsheet
- See upcoming competitions:
- in Delaware
- in Maryland
- in New Jersey
- in New York
- in Pennsylvania
- in Virginia
- in West Virginia
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 115
- 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 125 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $13 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 90% 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.
Please keep in mind that registrations are approved manually after payment, so your registration may not be approved immediately.
Your registration is not complete until your registration fee has been paid.
All competitiors must read the "Competitor Responsibilities" tab.
Any requested changes to registration before registration closes will be honored.WAITLIST INFORMATION:
If the competitor limit of 125 has been reached, you can still register and pay the registration fee to secure a spot on the waitlist. During the registration period, any competitor can cancel their registration and allow the first person on the waitlist to take their spot. If you find that you cannot make it to the competition after registering, please contact us so that we can maximize attendance.
All registrants still on the waitlist after the registration period will have their registrations deleted, and will be fully refunded.
We may completely close registration if the waitlist becomes very large. - Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Sanzhar Beisembayev won with an average of 8.22 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Daniel Greigg finished second (8.45) and Hassan Khanani finished third (8.73).
3x3x3 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanzhar Beisembayev | 6.74 | 8.22 | United States | 8.42 | 8.39 | 8.97 | 6.74 | 7.85 | |||
| 2 | Daniel Greigg | 7.69 | 8.45 | United States | 8.07 | 8.73 | 8.54 | DNF | 7.69 | |||
| 3 | Hassan Khanani | 8.52 | 8.73 | United States | 8.81 | 8.52 | 9.81 | 8.87 | 8.52 | |||
4x4x4 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Greigg | 30.12 | 33.15 | United States | 33.54 | 35.32 | 30.60 | 30.12 | 40.43 | |||
| 2 | Blake Thompson | 30.76 | 33.47 | United States | 35.76 | 33.85 | 33.38 | 33.17 | 30.76 | |||
| 3 | Drew Duong | 27.32 | 33.87 | United States | 32.21 | 43.64 | 27.32 | 34.89 | 34.52 | |||
5x5x5 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hassan Khanani | 54.16 | 57.17 | United States | 56.95 | 54.16 | 1:05.36 | 58.33 | 56.22 | |||
| 2 | Stone Payne | 57.13 | 1:02.72 | United States | 58.70 | 57.13 | DNF | 58.01 | 1:11.44 | |||
| 3 | Sanzhar Beisembayev | 57.49 | 1:06.06 | United States | 1:14.84 | 57.49 | 1:11.43 | 1:06.81 | 59.93 | |||
Clock
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wesley Chase | 3.12 | 4.19 | United States | 6.53 | 3.92 | 4.22 | 3.12 | 4.42 | |||
| 2 | Drew Duong | 4.31 | 4.87 | United States | 6.08 | 4.49 | 4.84 | 4.31 | 5.27 | |||
| 3 | Eric Hsu (徐玉云) | 3.71 | 5.24 | United States | 9.64 | 5.88 | 3.71 | 5.46 | 4.37 | |||
Megaminx
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Declan Wilhelm | 36.06 | 39.49 | United States | 42.52 | 37.48 | 39.24 | 36.06 | 41.74 | |||
| 2 | Peter Didden | 44.92 | 50.95 | United States | 44.92 | 1:00.57 | 46.78 | 55.04 | 51.03 | |||
| 3 | William Klauer | 50.65 | 54.13 | United States | 51.85 | 55.62 | DNF | 50.65 | 54.91 | |||
Square-1
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hassan Khanani | 4.09 | 5.07 | United States | 4.09 | 4.89 | 5.00 | 5.32 | 6.30 | |||
| 2 | Benson Kim | 5.74 | 8.97 | United States | 5.74 | 18.42 | 10.32 | 10.55 | 6.05 | |||
| 3 | Wesley Chase | 8.59 | 9.49 | United States | 11.35 | 8.59 | 9.94 | 8.60 | 9.93 | |||