Square-1 Showdown AZ 2025


Date
Jul 18, 2025
City
Queen Creek, Arizona, United States
Venue

Queen Creek Library

Address
21802 S Ellsworth Rd, Queen Creek, AZ 85142
Details

Multipurpose Room

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Colorado Cubers, Ivan Vanek, and Mia Sponseller
WCA Delegates
Ivan Vanek and Mia Sponseller
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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 Competitor Responsibilities tab.

Events
Main event
Competitors
33
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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There is a competitor limit of 40 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $25 (United States Dollar).
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Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
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No on the spot registrations will be accepted.


Registration Process

  1. Wait until registration opens at 5:00 PM MST on June 6, 2025. You cannot register prior to then. You cannot register through the website after 5:00 PM MST on July 11, 2025. We will not have on the spot registration, provided that the competitor limit has not been reached. If the competitor limit has been reached, on the spot registration will be disabled.
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  4. Fill out the events you will be competing in, any comments you may have about your registration, and press register.
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Waitlist

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Registration Changes

If you would like to cancel your registration, email the organization team with your request and you will be refunded 50% of your registration fee. Refunds are available only until 5:00 PM MST on July 11, 2025.

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By registering, competitors agree to the information in the Competitor Responsibilities tab. This tab details the responsibilites of all competitors at this competition. Not abiding by these responsibilities can result in disqualification.

Highlights
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Ivan Vanek won with an average of 8.72 seconds in the Square-1 event. Kian Cline finished second (8.78) and James Hildreth finished third (10.92).

Abram Smith - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 33 1:13.49 DNF United States 1:16.28DNF1:15.801:13.49DNF
2x2x2 Cube Final 30 11.20 13.31 United States 21.4814.2312.6613.0411.20

Austin Lee Gagnon - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 15 14.75 17.44 United States 14.7516.0415.4821.7720.80
2x2x2 Cube Final 20 5.99 6.60 United States 6.925.999.466.386.50
Square-1 First round 17 DNF United States DNFDNF

Ayden Jones - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 32 1:04.82 1:15.96 United States 1:30.041:04.82DNF1:08.651:09.18
2x2x2 Cube Final 32 17.48 20.06 United States 17.4820.2424.8119.4420.49
Square-1 First round 17 DNF United States DNFDNF

Benjamin Lyon - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 13 11.49 14.72 United States 13.3418.9615.5715.2511.49
2x2x2 Cube Final 21 4.80 6.61 United States 6.287.126.437.724.80
Square-1 Second round 13 1:13.36 1:25.43 United States 1:13.361:21.632:14.761:27.671:27.00
First round 13 58.52 1:17.20 United States 58.521:40.681:13.941:27.261:10.39

Brandon Lim - Republic of Korea WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 20 16.84 20.32 Republic of Korea 18.4016.8427.0920.9421.61
2x2x2 Cube Final 16 4.86 5.40 Republic of Korea 4.8616.125.825.055.34

Braxton Carnazzo - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 23 25.37 29.40 United States 25.3731.4629.6232.6227.13
2x2x2 Cube Final 25 6.95 7.91 United States 7.139.476.958.647.97
Square-1 First round 16 2:00.24 United States 2:00.24DNF

Brendan McConkey - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 21 22.04 23.53 United States 22.8722.0422.7924.9229.48
2x2x2 Cube Final 19 5.19 6.41 United States 6.285.197.516.646.32

Chelsea Crawford - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 16 15.21 17.82 United States 16.2015.2118.9318.3322.51
2x2x2 Cube Final 12 3.05 4.67 United States 3.057.113.725.884.40

Dan Tran - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 2 8.64 9.32 United States 10.059.948.838.649.18
2x2x2 Cube Final 1 1.77 2.96 United States 3.021.773.244.612.62
Square-1 Final 5 14.24 16.53 United States 17.4714.2415.6618.2816.45
Second round 4 11.25 15.16 United States 18.0711.2515.7211.7018.08
First round 4 12.20 14.29 United States 16.0715.1012.2012.9814.78

Daniel Mullen - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 1 7.42 8.64 United States 9.127.429.377.4410.40
2x2x2 Cube Final 8 3.19 4.00 United States 3.613.193.396.044.99
Square-1 Final 4 13.19 15.15 United States 16.1813.1934.0214.6714.60
Second round 5 11.28 17.13 United States 15.7711.2822.2216.4919.12
First round 5 11.69 15.41 United States 26.3017.8214.5013.9211.69

Darsh C. Ahir - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 30 30.34 34.81 United States 37.0034.5334.0430.3435.87
2x2x2 Cube Final 23 4.67 7.16 United States 4.677.398.777.926.18

Emmett Galli - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 10 11.32 12.94 United States 14.0412.1311.3212.6514.53
2x2x2 Cube Final 3 1.66 3.20 United States 3.263.401.66DNF2.95
Square-1 Final 6 16.87 17.49 United States 17.6416.8717.4920.7717.35
Second round 7 13.40 23.54 United States 21.9329.6019.0844.2513.40
First round 6 17.29 21.41 United States 22.9321.2717.2925.0420.04

Gabriel Rafael Galan Castillo Vasquez - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 19 13.43 20.28 United States 19.8222.07DNF18.9413.43
2x2x2 Cube Final 18 3.99 6.04 United States 5.873.995.906.358.64

Hudson Mangum-Bartholomew - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 31 1:05.22 1:12.49 United States 1:26.451:08.561:06.621:05.221:22.30
2x2x2 Cube Final 33 11.94 25.06 United States 11.941:08.6526.3222.3726.49

Ian Kleppinger - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 5 9.81 10.40 United States 10.179.8111.1610.2510.78
2x2x2 Cube Final 14 3.31 4.97 United States 4.663.315.399.544.87
Square-1 Second round 9 22.18 30.21 United States 25.6130.65DNF34.3822.18
First round 10 25.11 30.65 United States 33.1325.1127.3549.3031.48

Isaac Don - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 28 32.44 33.74 United States 33.3333.1532.4435.8834.75
2x2x2 Cube Final 28 9.72 12.43 United States 12.6411.3816.409.7213.27

Isaac Tietjen - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 25 26.43 30.93 United States 28.3930.7835.0926.4333.62
2x2x2 Cube Final 22 4.32 6.71 United States 5.079.0810.154.325.97

Ivan Vanek - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 8 8.87 11.04 United States 8.879.489.94DNF13.71
2x2x2 Cube Final 2 1.82 3.09 United States 3.623.301.822.35DNF
Square-1 Final 1 5.96 8.72 United States 5.969.3310.057.799.04
Second round 1 6.71 8.17 United States 11.396.719.397.407.72
First round 2 8.71 10.17 United States DNF8.719.2312.408.88

James Hildreth - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 9 10.29 11.26 United States 11.8910.6110.2912.8411.29
2x2x2 Cube Final 9 2.82 4.03 United States 2.825.735.064.023.02
Square-1 Final 3 9.59 10.92 United States 13.7910.199.5910.7811.79
Second round 3 10.43 13.07 United States 14.1111.5413.5519.0310.43
First round 3 9.52 11.51 United States 9.5212.7212.4110.5611.57

James Wilding - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 22 23.99 28.56 United States 35.1131.6329.6324.4323.99
2x2x2 Cube Final 26 6.50 9.88 United States 11.868.918.936.5011.81
Square-1 Second round 12 32.53 50.28 United States DNF43.2148.2759.3632.53
First round 12 33.50 50.01 United States 1:00.1645.601:24.9233.5044.28

Jose Ramirez - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 26 24.98 31.26 United States 24.9832.5833.4039.0327.79
2x2x2 Cube Final 27 8.55 10.97 United States 10.0914.3712.999.838.55

Kian Cline - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 7 9.45 10.69 United States 12.6111.749.919.4510.43
2x2x2 Cube Final 4 1.88 3.22 United States 1.882.404.655.292.61
Square-1 Final 2 6.98 8.78 United States 8.776.988.949.308.62
Second round 2 8.46 9.22 United States 9.0310.108.4611.048.54
First round 1 7.00 9.83 United States 7.0015.1910.208.1411.15

Krish Patel - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 11 8.90 13.94 United States 16.2813.9412.4815.418.90
2x2x2 Cube Final 5 2.61 3.32 United States 3.402.952.614.153.62

Matthew Low - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 4 9.27 10.35 United States 10.4911.079.4913.629.27
2x2x2 Cube Final 7 2.72 3.85 United States 5.785.313.063.172.72
Square-1 Final 8 20.55 25.37 United States 29.2422.2524.6120.5531.41
Second round 8 20.76 26.48 United States 35.0326.1823.6629.6020.76
First round 8 17.80 26.44 United States 27.1226.3825.8329.6917.80

Mia Sponseller - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 6 9.21 10.63 United States 11.0910.4910.3012.809.21
2x2x2 Cube Final 11 3.70 4.59 United States 5.246.984.233.704.29
Square-1 Second round 11 39.65 43.82 United States 39.6540.5247.6650.7143.29
First round 11 30.75 45.16 United States 58.3050.4030.7545.2839.80

Owen Fotherby - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 3 8.70 9.96 United States 10.1816.7710.538.709.18
2x2x2 Cube Final 15 4.31 5.25 United States 5.674.395.7011.164.31
Square-1 Final 7 19.66 20.94 United States 21.1819.6621.2420.4021.79
Second round 6 17.83 21.87 United States 21.0323.0422.4622.1217.83
First round 7 19.38 26.07 United States DNF19.3830.7620.7026.74

Quinn Collins - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 24 25.65 29.95 United States 31.6225.6530.3928.2531.22
2x2x2 Cube Final 31 12.85 13.63 United States 12.8513.7912.9014.2016.01

Ryaan Suvyakt Gudumasu - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 29 22.18 34.77 United States 38.0629.7522.1839.9036.50
2x2x2 Cube Final 29 7.13 12.51 United States 9.737.1333.1912.2815.51

Samuel Smith - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 18 14.69 19.07 United States 21.4614.6920.5622.8015.19
2x2x2 Cube Final 13 4.31 4.78 United States 4.814.31DNF4.505.04
Square-1 First round 14 59.16 1:23.69 United States 2:03.101:11.931:29.441:29.7059.16

Sawyer Mangum-Bartholomew - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 14 14.04 17.22 United States 15.9319.6214.0416.1223.36
2x2x2 Cube Final 6 2.04 3.68 United States 4.744.682.983.392.04

Seth Wilding - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 17 14.87 18.65 United States 18.4014.8717.9119.6520.51
2x2x2 Cube Final 10 3.12 4.22 United States 4.343.803.126.704.51
Square-1 Second round 10 25.51 32.21 United States 25.5133.4626.6836.5050.29
First round 9 23.10 28.00 United States 38.8727.3423.1030.9825.69

Tavin Swearngin - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 12 13.17 14.18 United States 14.5913.8714.0714.7413.17
2x2x2 Cube Final 17 4.41 5.51 United States 4.706.105.806.034.41

Zander Pack - United States WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 27 27.89 32.48 United States 36.8527.8930.4130.1939.47
2x2x2 Cube Final 24 6.49 7.80 United States 9.028.006.626.498.77
Square-1 First round 15 1:27.51 1:47.64 United States 1:41.172:12.901:55.131:27.511:46.63
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