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Minnesota Championship 2024

Brooklyn Park, Minnesota · 30 November 2024 · 12 events · 119 competitors · 260 personal bests

Brian Johnson won three of the twelve events (3×3, 2×2, Square-1) and the closest final was the 5×5, won by Nathan Phillips by 0.15 seconds. 119 competitors produced 260 personal bests, 129 of which still stand today.

The moment

A continental record

Volodymyr Kapustianskyi set the Clock single continental record: 2.10.

Three wins
Brian Johnson — 3×3, 2×2, Square-1
0.15s
closest final — 5×5, Nathan Phillips over Kaius Young
260
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Brian Johnson5.537.00
2×2Brian Johnson0.981.93
4×4Kaius Young23.1125.58
5×5Nathan Phillips46.7152.24
6×6Nathan Phillips1:26.941:33.42
7×7Nathan Phillips2:21.662:25.20
3×3 one-handedCarter Kucala9.9810.83
ClockVolodymyr Kapustianskyi2.442.82
MegaminxTyler Robinson41.1141.93
PyraminxSimon Kellum1.772.33
SkewbCarter Kucala1.321.78
Square-1Brian Johnson6.216.77

The PB harvest

260 set · 129 still standing
  • Evan Brown — Skewb single 1.35: into the top 0.27% of the event's history.
  • Joseph Ong — Skewb single 2.03: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
  • Ivan ThanhDanh Duong — Skewb single 2.13: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
  • Nathan Phillips — Clock single 3.94: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
  • Ivan ThanhDanh Duong — Square-1 single 7.69: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
  • Anders Peterson — Skewb single 2.76: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
  • Ryan Michael Sisneros — Clock single 5.31: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
  • Harnoor Singh — Skewb single 3.36: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

No people competed for the first time at this competition. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

119 competitors · 1196 results · 12 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 7.00 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

119 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.