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Mega Minnesota Winter 2016

New Brighton, Minnesota · 10 December 2016 · 14 events · 97 competitors · 105 personal bests

Walker Welch won four of the 14 events (3×3 Fewest Moves, Pyraminx, Skewb) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Walker Welch by 0.31 seconds. 97 competitors produced 105 personal bests, 39 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Cale Schoon set the 5×5 blindfolded single continental record: 5:43.17.

Four wins
Walker Welch — 3×3 Fewest Moves, Pyraminx, Skewb, 3×3 with feet
0.31s
closest final — Skewb, Walker Welch over Tyler Robinson
105
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Kennan LeJeune7.058.01
6×6John Brechon2:10.962:15.76
7×7John Brechon2:46.233:03.05
3×3 blindfoldedMark Boyanowski33.56—
3×3 Fewest MovesWalker Welch25 moves25.67
ClockLogan McGraw6.658.14
MegaminxJohn Brechon54.091:01.65
PyraminxWalker Welch3.404.42
SkewbWalker Welch3.945.03
Square-1Rowe Hessler10.3512.31
4×4 blindfoldedMark Boyanowski3:39.38—
5×5 blindfoldedCale Schoon5:43.17—
3×3 Multi-BlindMark Boyanowski34 of 42 cubes · 59:21—
3×3 with feetWalker Welch1:05.181:11.94

The PB harvest

105 set · 39 still standing
  • Maren LaForte — Pyraminx single 3.17: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
  • Jonah Amundsen — 3×3 single 10.08: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
  • Adam Bruun Faber — 3×3 single 10.82: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
  • Henry Lange — 3×3 single 10.93: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
  • Logan McGraw — Megaminx single 1:04.99: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
  • Jonah Amundsen — Skewb single 4.40: into the top 13.7% of the event's history.
  • Brandon Satterstrom — 3×3 single 13.02: into the top 17.5% of the event's history.
  • Owen Skroch — Skewb single 4.99: into the top 18.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

25 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

97 competitors · 531 results · 14 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. Kennan LeJeune won it with a 8.01 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

97 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.