New York New Year 2025

Date: Dec 31, 2025 - Jan 1, 2026
City: Malta, New York, United States
Venue: Hyatt Place Saratoga/Malta
Address: 20 State Farm Pl, Malta, NY 12020
Details: Meeting Room
Contact: Organization team
Organizer: Empire State Cubing
WCA Delegates: Derek White, Evan Liu, and Will Russo

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Information

This competition is recognized as an official World Cube Association competition. Therefore, all competitors must be familiar with the WCA regulations. If you are new to competing, please refer to the Competition Procedures tab.

Please note the schedule of this competition - there are events/rounds taking place from 9pm on New Year's Eve (December 31, 2025) to 2am on New Year's Day (January 1, 2026), and then 9:30am to 1:30pm on New Year's Day.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 45

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Evan Liu won with a mean of 1:34.23 in the 6x6x6 Cube event. Ayden Dincher finished second (1:36.55) and Curtis Chai finished third (1:41.81).

3x3x3 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Curtis Chai	5.62	6.30	United States	6.53	9.99	5.62	5.71	6.67
2	Jerry Yao	4.72	7.01	United States	7.91	7.44	6.34	7.25	4.72
3	Ayden Dincher	6.59	7.29	United States	7.63	6.97	7.48	6.59	7.41

2x2x2 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Ayden Dincher	0.81	1.27	United States	1.43	1.38	0.81	1.00	2.42
2	William Lavoie	0.91	1.37	Canada	3.69	1.22	1.34	0.91	1.56
3	Curtis Chai	0.74	1.42	United States	1.39	1.15	1.71	0.74	1.72

5x5x5 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Jerry Yao	41.07	46.98	United States	47.66	46.15	41.07	48.64	47.13
2	Ayden Dincher	47.63	49.21	United States	47.63	48.44	50.30	48.89	DNF
3	Darshan Bhavanasi	49.23	53.03	India	55.64	57.53	53.73	49.71	49.23

6x6x6 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Evan Liu	1:27.19	1:34.23	United States	1:29.89	1:27.19	1:45.62
2	Ayden Dincher	1:34.00	1:36.55	United States	1:34.00	1:40.53	1:35.12
3	Curtis Chai	1:38.05	1:41.81	United States	1:48.13	1:39.24	1:38.05

Megaminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Darshan Bhavanasi	38.19	46.55	India	48.54	41.44	38.19	49.68	1:00.03
2	Curtis Chai	44.77	47.42	United States	48.12	44.77	49.58	47.62	46.51
3	Ayden Dincher	43.57	48.52	United States	49.43	51.94	43.57	47.67	48.45

Pyraminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Parker Trager	1.41	2.25	United States	1.70	1.78	1.41	DNF	3.28
2	Darshan Bhavanasi	1.91	2.30	India	3.13	2.03	1.91	2.05	2.82
3	Ayden Dincher	1.77	2.32	United States	2.59	2.48	1.89	1.77	4.77

Square-1

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Christopher Chi	6.77	8.38	United States	6.88	9.96	8.39	9.87	6.77
2	Wang Ma (马旺)	7.43	8.59	China	8.36	8.61	12.10	8.79	7.43
3	Ayden Dincher	7.89	10.11	United States	10.53	9.70	7.89	10.11	12.56