Houston Back to School 2025


Date
Aug 9, 2025
City
Houston, Texas, United States
Venue

Norris Conference Center - CityCentre

Address
816 Town and Country Blvd #210, Houston, TX 77024
Details

Red Oak Ballroom

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Eli Maslowski, Jacob Nguyen, Matt Lee, Michelle Tran, Southern Cubing LLC, and Thomas Thanhtran
WCA Delegates
Derek Herrera, Matt Lee, RJ Gohn, Seth Talbot, and Shawn Parker
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Information
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Please note that the schedule is subject to change, as we may hold events slightly earlier or later than shown depending on whether the competition is running ahead of schedule or behind schedule.

Please note that no outside food/drink will be permitted in the venue.

This competition is supported by Southern Cubing LLC. To learn more about cubing in the Southern USA, including other competitions, visit Southern Cubing.

Events
Main event
Competitors
154
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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There is a competitor limit of 165 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (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.
Any spectator can attend for free.

There will be no refund to no-shows unless cancelled before the deadline (Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM).

Registration

  • Registration is first come, first served based on the order of when payment is received.

Deleting Registration/Refunds

  • If you register and later realize you cannot make the competiton, you can request a 90% refund (via the contact link on the General Info tab before registration closes.
  • No refunds will be awarded after Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM.

Adding/Dropping Events

  • Competitors may edit their registration to include more events BEFORE registration closes.
  • Competitors may not add events after registration closes.
  • Competitors may edit their registration to remove events. It is also acceptable to not show up for any event you do not wish to compete in.

Waitlist

  • If the competitor limit has been reached, the waitlist opens. You can enter the waitlist by registering and paying the fee. Competitors will be accepted from the waitlist in the order that they paid.
  • Competitors who do not make it off of the waitlist before the deadline (Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM) will receive a full refund shortly before the competition.
  • No more registrations will be accepted from the waitlist after Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM.

Please follow all instructions or else your registration may be delayed.

In 48 hours, if you do NOT see your name on the Competitor List, then please reach out to us using the contact link on the General Info tab.

If the competitor limit is filled, you may still register and pay the registration fee if you wish, but you will be placed on a waitlist. Your registration will not be accepted unless a spot opens up.

Highlights
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Dylan Miller won with an average of 6.15 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Siddharth Reddy finished second (7.12) and Derek Herrera finished third (7.15).

3x3x3 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Dylan Miller 5.46 6.15 United States 7.745.886.306.285.46
2 Siddharth Reddy 6.19 7.12 United States 7.676.246.197.469.12
3 Derek Herrera 6.88 7.15 Philippines 6.887.697.207.217.03

2x2x2 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Siddharth Reddy 1.03 1.42 United States 1.111.131.032.082.01
2 Dylan Miller 1.85 2.79 United States 3.123.932.641.852.62
3 Jayden Nguyen 2.42 2.99 United States 2.733.162.423.073.65

4x4x4 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Dylan Miller 25.38 28.31 United States 26.0728.5230.3525.3830.83
2 Justin Zhou 28.39 29.79 United States 28.7828.3929.5038.4431.10
3 Derek Herrera 28.12 32.68 Philippines 35.2529.0628.1235.6933.74

5x5x5 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Dylan Miller 56.68 1:01.31 United States 57.271:02.7156.681:07.061:03.95
2 Nicholas Pena 55.12 1:02.02 United States 1:07.391:00.371:00.7255.121:04.98
3 Justin Zhou 58.68 1:02.53 United States 1:08.121:05.361:00.3058.681:01.92

6x6x6 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Justin Zhou 1:44.90 1:49.32 United States 1:44.901:50.391:52.67
2 Nicholas Pena 1:47.50 1:56.49 United States 2:07.971:54.011:47.50
3 Rune Thomas Coulbourne 2:05.85 2:10.25 United States 2:05.852:13.672:11.22

Megaminx

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Dylan Miller 34.79 40.64 United States 43.9934.7943.0839.6239.21
2 Eli Maslowski 49.13 52.93 United States 52.3249.1349.3957.0957.38
3 Justin Zhou 56.41 1:03.62 United States 1:05.911:04.811:07.501:00.1456.41
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