UIUC Side Events Spring 2025
- Date
- Apr 19, 2025
- City
- Urbana, Illinois, United States
- Venue
Illini Union
- Address
- 1401 W Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801
- Details
Second Floor, Union Ballroom
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Akshaansh Chilakapati, Midwest Cubing Association, and Tommy Moreno
- WCA Delegates
- Draco Tong and Kit Clement
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
ALL MINORS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A GUARDIAN IN ORDER TO ENTER THE VENUE!!
This competition is supported by the Midwest Cubing Association.

- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 53
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.Create a WCA account here if you don't have one.
If this is not your first competition, associate your WCA ID to your WCA account here.
Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 80 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 80% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
We encourage everyone to register for the events they want to compete in via your online registration, however you may add events to your registration up until the event has started.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Any spectator can attend for free.
By registering for this competition, you agree to the responsibilities outlined in the Competitor Responsibilities tab.
Members of the Illini Cubers RSO at UIUC may register without paying the registration fee. You must mention in your registration comment that you are a member so we can know to verify your membership.
ALL MINORS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A GUARDIAN IN ORDER TO ENTER THE VENUE!!
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Ben Zhao won with an average of 6.77 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Amey Gaba finished second (7.51) and Chris Yeager finished third (8.48).
3x3x3 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Zhao | 6.60 | 6.77 | United States | 6.81 | 6.60 | 6.80 | 6.71 | 8.12 | |||
| 2 | Amey Gaba | 6.54 | 7.51 | India | 7.18 | 8.73 | 6.54 | 6.73 | 8.63 | |||
| 3 | Chris Yeager | 7.74 | 8.48 | United States | 8.32 | 7.74 | 9.36 | 9.06 | 8.05 | |||
3x3x3 Blindfolded
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Akshaansh Chilakapati | 53.59 | DNF | India | 53.59 | 1:05.78 | DNF | |||||
| 2 | Alexander Wheeler | 1:04.20 | DNF | United States | 1:04.20 | 1:07.34 | DNF | |||||
| 3 | Elliott Perkins | 1:05.11 | DNF | United States | DNF | 1:05.11 | 1:14.68 | |||||
3x3x3 One-Handed
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Zhao | 9.55 | 12.18 | United States | 12.67 | 9.55 | 13.74 | 11.23 | 12.63 | |||
| 2 | Elliott Perkins | 13.63 | 16.23 | United States | 16.23 | 13.63 | 18.46 | 18.06 | 14.41 | |||
| 3 | Edward Vakula | 13.59 | 16.26 | United States | 15.68 | 16.45 | 16.66 | 13.59 | 18.50 | |||
Clock
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Bohac | 3.20 | 4.03 | United States | 8.80 | 3.90 | 4.59 | 3.20 | 3.61 | |||
| 2 | Elijah Ackerman | 3.10 | 4.26 | United States | 4.61 | 3.37 | 4.81 | 3.10 | 8.49 | |||
| 3 | Edward Vakula | 4.27 | 5.61 | United States | 4.37 | DNF | 5.08 | 7.38 | 4.27 | |||
Megaminx
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucy Grace Bryson | 38.83 | 42.14 | United States | 40.75 | 43.53 | 43.68 | 42.15 | 38.83 | |||
| 2 | Ben Zhao | 40.53 | 45.26 | United States | 40.53 | 43.14 | 51.02 | 46.65 | 45.98 | |||
| 3 | Akshaansh Chilakapati | 48.68 | 53.09 | India | 53.52 | 59.97 | 48.68 | 53.35 | 52.41 | |||
Pyraminx
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Bohac | 1.92 | 2.52 | United States | 3.23 | 2.37 | 1.92 | 1.97 | 6.06 | |||
| 2 | Elliott Perkins | 1.92 | 3.43 | United States | 1.92 | 4.96 | 2.16 | 4.54 | 3.60 | |||
| 3 | Sebastian Carrillo | 3.45 | 3.77 | United States | 3.45 | 4.31 | 3.46 | 5.56 | 3.55 | |||
Skewb
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Carrillo | 2.65 | 3.68 | United States | 3.84 | 2.65 | 3.78 | 3.43 | 4.66 | |||
| 2 | Edward Vakula | 3.22 | 3.68 | United States | 4.01 | 3.22 | 3.65 | 3.38 | 6.94 | |||
| 3 | Elliott Perkins | 2.81 | 4.02 | United States | 6.76 | 2.81 | 3.85 | 3.15 | 5.05 | |||
Square-1
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryland O'Hanlon | 8.77 | 9.54 | United States | 9.96 | 9.13 | 8.77 | 12.42 | 9.52 | |||
| 2 | Alex Bohac | 7.82 | 11.65 | United States | 10.68 | DNF | 12.99 | 7.82 | 11.27 | |||
| 3 | Sebastian Carrillo | 9.17 | 11.80 | United States | 12.15 | 9.17 | 9.31 | 13.93 | 14.01 | |||
4x4x4 Blindfolded
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elliott Perkins | 9:16.57 | DNF | United States | 9:17.25 | DNF | 9:16.57 | |||||
| 2 | Kit Clement | 11:42.00 | DNF | United States | DNF | DNF | 11:42.00 | |||||
| 3 | Akshaansh Chilakapati | 17:39.00 | DNF | India | 17:39.00 | DNF | DNF | |||||