Competitions · United States

Frozen Lake Minnesota 2023

Duluth, Minnesota · 11 February 2023 · 7 events · 86 competitors · 71 personal bests

Brian Johnson won four of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Simon Kellum by 0.32 seconds. 86 competitors produced 71 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 31 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Maxwell Carlson took a Pyraminx single of 11.80 down to 3.94, 67 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Brian Johnson — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx

0.32s

closest final — Skewb, Simon Kellum over Carter Kucala

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Brian Johnson	6.61	6.96
4×4	Brian Johnson	24.84	28.67
6×6	Nathan Phillips	1:40.99	1:42.15
3×3 one-handed	Brian Johnson	10.09	12.09
Megaminx	Brian Johnson	41.39	45.85
Pyraminx	Simon Kellum	1.99	2.33
Skewb	Simon Kellum	1.50	2.37

The PB harvest

71 set · 19 still standing

Maxwell Carlson — Pyraminx single 3.94: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Matty Soderholm — 3×3 single 10.45: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
Henry Minnehan — 3×3 single 11.28: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.
Isaiah Burka McCleary — 3×3 single 11.43: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
Wes Palmer — 3×3 single 12.41: into the top 15.3% of the event's history.
Henry Timm — 3×3 single 14.31: into the top 22.1% of the event's history.
Spencer Wenger Dankey — 3×3 single 18.48: into the top 35.6% of the event's history.
Amichai Gassmann — 3×3 single 19.15: into the top 37.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

31 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. 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

86 competitors · 457 results · 7 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 6.96 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

86 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.