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Michigan Mini 30 2025

Plymouth, Michigan · 7 April 2025 · 3 events · 34 competitors · 12 personal bests

Jack Pfeifer won two of the three events (5×5, Square-1) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Ansel de Jong by 0.46 seconds. 34 competitors produced 12 personal bests, 6 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ryan Dunning took a 5×5 single of 3:45.50 down to 1:56.76, 48 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Jack Pfeifer — 5×5, Square-1
0.46s
closest final — 3×3, Ansel de Jong over Jack Pfeifer
12
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ansel de Jong7.758.25
5×5Jack Pfeifer43.9149.08
Square-1Jack Pfeifer8.289.08

The PB harvest

12 set · 6 still standing
  • Cole Shaft — Square-1 single 8.37: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
  • Thomas Grahor — Square-1 single 8.65: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
  • Jonah Dowell — Square-1 single 15.59: into the top 17.8% of the event's history.
  • Preston Shaffer — Square-1 single 26.98: into the top 43.5% of the event's history.
  • Ryan Dunning — 5×5 single 1:56.76: into the top 47.2% of the event's history.
  • Vedanth Bharadwaj — Square-1 single 39.80: into the top 65.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 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

34 competitors · 117 results · 3 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. Ansel de Jong won it with a 8.25 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

34 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.