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Minnesota Championship 2025

Rochester, Minnesota · 29 November 2025 · 12 events · 101 competitors · 219 personal bests

Nathan Phillips won three of the twelve events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Andy Wong by 0.01 seconds. 101 competitors produced 219 personal bests, 138 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Elijah Buscho took a 7×7 single of 10:35.00 down to 3:05.40, 71 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Nathan Phillips — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7
0.01s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Andy Wong over Carter Kucala
219
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mihir Narayan5.846.99
2×2Carter Kucala1.411.82
4×4Kaius Young24.4626.76
5×5Nathan Phillips41.1849.28
6×6Nathan Phillips1:25.821:33.78
7×7Nathan Phillips2:04.492:09.86
3×3 one-handedAndy Wong10.2512.79
ClockIvan ThanhDanh Duong2.542.66
MegaminxTyler Robinson35.9940.36
PyraminxLeland Pak2.402.94
SkewbCarter Kucala1.562.26
Square-1Nathan Rahn4.996.98

The PB harvest

219 set · 138 still standing
  • Ivan ThanhDanh Duong — Pyraminx single 1.82: into the top 0.86% of the event's history.
  • Gabe Erickson — Skewb single 1.86: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
  • Nathan Phillips — Pyraminx single 2.19: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
  • Ivan ThanhDanh Duong — 2×2 single 1.61: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
  • Kaius Young — Pyraminx single 2.73: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
  • Brooks Nelsen — Pyraminx single 2.91: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
  • Leland Pak — Clock single 4.56: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
  • Christoph Wu — Pyraminx single 3.01: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten 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

101 competitors · 1059 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. Mihir Narayan won it with a 6.99 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

101 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.