Competitions · United States

Minnesota Cube Melt 2022

Maple Grove, Minnesota · 9 April 2022 · 7 events · 94 competitors · 112 personal bests

Carter Kucala won three of the seven events (3×3, Skewb, Square-1) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Carter Kucala by 0.07 seconds. 94 competitors produced 112 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Andy Wong took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 1:16.36 down to 22.69, 70 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Carter Kucala — 3×3, Skewb, Square-1

0.07s

closest final — 3×3, Carter Kucala over Brian Johnson

112

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Carter Kucala	6.58	6.77
2×2	Brian Johnson	1.41	2.21
6×6	Peter Weyers	1:38.99	1:47.95
3×3 blindfolded	Andy Wong	22.69	—
Pyraminx	Brian Johnson	1.82	2.65
Skewb	Carter Kucala	1.69	2.45
Square-1	Carter Kucala	8.08	9.66

The PB harvest

112 set · 23 still standing

Adel Mosallami — Pyraminx single 4.35: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
Logan Gillespie — Skewb single 4.05: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
Jair Sosa — 3×3 single 12.22: into the top 14.7% of the event's history.
Evan Bare — 2×2 single 3.10: into the top 15.4% of the event's history.
Ada Rybicki — 3×3 single 13.16: into the top 18.0% of the event's history.
Evan Bare — Skewb single 5.47: into the top 21.7% of the event's history.
Talon Krummel Walter — Skewb single 5.66: into the top 23.2% of the event's history.
Jacob Whitlock — Pyraminx single 7.34: into the top 30.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. 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

94 competitors · 513 results · 7 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. Carter Kucala won it with a 6.77 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

94 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.