Competitions · United States

Minnesota Cube Melt 2024

Eden Prairie, Minnesota · 11 May 2024 · 6 events · 106 competitors · 100 personal bests

Brian Johnson won three of the six events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Square-1) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Carter Kucala by 0.31 seconds. 106 competitors produced 100 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Leeland Miller took a 2×2 single of 17.19 down to 5.01, 71 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Brian Johnson — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Square-1

0.31s

closest final — 2×2, Carter Kucala over Brian Johnson

100

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Brian Johnson	5.99	7.08
2×2	Carter Kucala	1.20	1.65
6×6	Nathan Phillips	1:26.84	1:31.98
3×3 one-handed	Brian Johnson	9.69	11.71
Megaminx	Tyler Robinson	34.12	41.84
Square-1	Brian Johnson	5.32	6.28

The PB harvest

100 set · 29 still standing

James Ekins — 2×2 single 1.36: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Khoa Nguyen — 3×3 single 11.51: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
Alvin Tri Nguyen — 2×2 single 2.97: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.
Keegan Joyce — 2×2 single 3.13: into the top 15.8% of the event's history.
Jagger Thomas Klecatsky — 3×3 one-handed single 19.85: into the top 20.1% of the event's history.
Jack Miller — 3×3 single 14.55: into the top 22.9% of the event's history.
Tobias Halsa — 2×2 single 3.92: into the top 25.5% of the event's history.
Khoa Nguyen — 2×2 single 4.04: into the top 27.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. 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

106 competitors · 540 results · 6 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 7.08 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

106 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.