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Minnesota Cube Melt 2017

New Brighton, Minnesota · 6 May 2017 · 11 events · 117 competitors · 125 personal bests

Mark Boyanowski won two of the eleven events (3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Kennan LeJeune by 0.09 seconds. 117 competitors produced 125 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 38 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Cale Schoon set the 5×5 blindfolded single continental record: 5:31.17.

Two wins
Mark Boyanowski — 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind
0.09s
closest final — 3×3, Kennan LeJeune over Christopher Olson
125
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Kennan LeJeune7.198.62
2×2Christopher Olson1.691.95
4×4Jonah Crosby28.8932.12
6×6Kevin Hays1:32.871:36.75
3×3 blindfoldedMark Boyanowski35.7937.53
3×3 Fewest MovesWalker Welch24 moves25.67
3×3 one-handedEric Zhao13.6815.75
Square-1Carter Kucala8.4613.23
4×4 blindfoldedCale Schoon2:22.61—
5×5 blindfoldedCale Schoon5:31.17—
3×3 Multi-BlindMark Boyanowski31 of 42 cubes · 1:00:00—

The PB harvest

125 set · 23 still standing
  • Kennan LeJeune — 2×2 single 0.91: into the top 0.39% of the event's history.
  • Matthew Jenson — 3×3 single 9.57: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
  • John Gray — 3×3 single 11.07: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
  • Bodie Zwank — 3×3 single 11.31: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
  • Ne Dassanayake — 2×2 single 2.85: into the top 12.6% of the event's history.
  • Mark Campbell — 2×2 single 3.57: into the top 21.1% of the event's history.
  • Matthew Jenson — 3×3 one-handed single 21.77: into the top 25.4% of the event's history.
  • Nathan Langer — 3×3 single 15.54: into the top 26.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

38 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

117 competitors · 564 results · 11 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 8.62 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

117 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.