Flushing Glow Open AM & PM 2025 Event Wrap-Up

This past Sunday, February 23rd, Glow Cultural Center had the pleasure of hosting the Flushing Glow Open AM & PM 2025, an exciting Rubik’s cube competition that brought together over 180 talented speedcubers from all around! The event was split into two sessions, with 90 participants competing in the morning session from 9 AM to 12:30 PM, and another 90 taking part in the afternoon session from 2 PM to 6:30 PM.

It was a day full of intense competition, impressive solves, and a great sense of camaraderie. The energy in the venue was palpable as participants showcased their skills across various events. From fast solves to personal bests, the spirit of friendly competition and the drive to improve was truly inspiring.

Thank you to all the competitors for bringing your A-game and to our amazing volunteers and organizers for ensuring everything ran smoothly. We’re already looking forward to the next event and hope to see everyone back, ready to take on new challenges. Keep practicing, keep improving, and most importantly, keep having fun with cubing!

What is Speed Cubing?

Speed cubing is the competitive sport of solving Rubik’s Cube puzzles and similar twisty puzzles as quickly as possible. Participants memorize algorithms and develop specialized techniques to minimize solving times, often competing in official tournaments where world records can be set for different puzzle categories.

Top performances of the day:

Flushing Glow Open AM 2025*

3x3x3 Cube

• 1st: Carson Widjaja (Best: 5.57, Average: 6.22) – United States
• 2nd: Liam Chen (Best: 6.93, Average: 7.87) – United States
• 3rd: Amod Mathur (Best: 7.59, Average: 8.13) – United States

4x4x4 Cube

• 1st: Carson Widjaja (Best: 24.47, Average: 27.57) – United States
• 2nd: Andrew Xie (Best: 26.75, Average: 29.40) – United States
• 3rd: Parker Trager (Best: 28.10, Average: 30.02) – United States

3x3x3 Blindfolded

• 1st: Liam Chen (Best: 17.88, Average: 18.14) – United States
• 2nd: Parker Trager (Best: 1:04.95, Average: 1:11.38) – United States
• 3rd: Alex Hauben (Best: 1:07.59, Average: DNF) – United States

Flushing Glow Open PM 2025*

3x3x3 Cube

• 1st: Aaron Jake Wong (6.65s – Average: 7.14) – United States
• 2nd: Samuel Fang (7.34s – Average: 8.06) – United States
• 3rd: Carter Williams (7.03s – Average: 8.24) – United States

Clock

• 1st: Aaron Jake Wong (2.83s – Average: 3.95) – United States
• 2nd: Ryan Kern (3.42s – Average: 4.59) – United States
• 3rd: Carter Williams (3.34s – Average: 5.10) – United States

Square-1

• 1st: Samuel Fang (7.64s – Average: 10.16) – United States
• 2nd: Aaron Jake Wong (9.19s – Average: 10.87) – United States
• 3rd: Zalman Grossbaum (12.43s – Average: 12.94) – United States

*As registered on World Cube Association’s official website

A huge congratulations to our winners, and to everyone who participated—you all made this event one to remember!

Event Photos:

Contestant Aaron Jake Wong during the “Clock” challenge. Photo credit: Di Geng

Left to right: Finalists receive their hard-won certificates on stage; participants practice their solves before the contest.

More photos can be found here!