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Cubetcha MN 2025

New Brighton, Minnesota · 18 October 2025 · 9 events · 95 competitors · 112 personal bests

Brian Johnson won three of the nine events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Brian Johnson by 0.05 seconds. 95 competitors produced 112 personal bests, 58 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Zeke King took a 3×3 one-handed single of 40.34 down to 15.60, 61 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Brian Johnson — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed
0.05s
closest final — 2×2, Brian Johnson over Nathan Rahn
112
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Brian Johnson5.546.22
2×2Brian Johnson1.181.36
6×6Nathan Phillips1:22.961:30.50
7×7Nathan Phillips2:00.832:07.59
3×3 blindfoldedAndy Wong16.40—
3×3 Fewest MovesCarter Kucala22 moves22.33
3×3 one-handedBrian Johnson7.7610.28
MegaminxTyler Robinson36.8439.28
SkewbCarter Kucala1.572.39

The PB harvest

112 set · 58 still standing
  • Nathan Rahn — Skewb single 1.29: into the top 0.19% of the event's history.
  • Andy Wong — 3×3 single 6.64: into the top 0.97% of the event's history.
  • Andy Wong — 2×2 single 1.37: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
  • Carl Overbye — 3×3 one-handed single 10.80: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
  • Andy Wong — Skewb single 2.58: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
  • Liam Sheldon — 3×3 single 9.80: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
  • Theo Chester — Skewb single 3.52: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
  • Zeke King — 3×3 one-handed single 15.60: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eight people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

95 competitors · 553 results · 9 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Brian Johnson won it with a 6.22 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

  1. 1F' D2 R' D2 F B2 U L U2 R F2 U L2 F2 U' R2 D'
  2. 2D B2 L B2 D' B2 U2 R2 U' B2 D F2 L' F' R2 D' B' U' L2
  3. 3D F2 R2 D F' U2 R2 L' F D R2 B R2 D2 B2 L2 D2 B L'
  4. 4B D2 R2 B F2 L2 F2 D' F U B2 F' U' F2 R F' U2 L
  5. 5F U2 F2 U2 F2 R' B2 F2 L2 U F' R' B' L D2 R' F2 R2

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

95 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.