Competitions · United States

Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2025

Brooklyn Park, Minnesota · 22 March 2025 · 4 events · 86 competitors · 66 personal bests

Walker Welch won two of the four events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Walker Welch by 0.10 seconds. 86 competitors produced 66 personal bests, 42 of which still stand today, and 40 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Adrian Trnjanin took a 2×2 single of 12.29 down to 2.33, 81 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Walker Welch — 3×3, 2×2

0.10s

closest final — 3×3, Walker Welch over James Ekins

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Walker Welch	8.83	9.20
2×2	Walker Welch	1.58	2.07
Pyraminx	Adam Schwenn	2.08	3.45
Skewb	Andrew Tyberg	3.21	4.03

The PB harvest

66 set · 42 still standing

Darby Allison — 3×3 single 9.27: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Alvin Tri Nguyen — Pyraminx single 3.73: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Adrian Trnjanin — 2×2 single 2.33: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Weston Schleicher — 2×2 single 2.92: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.
John Henry — 3×3 single 11.97: into the top 13.8% of the event's history.
Weston Schleicher — Pyraminx single 5.11: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.
Peter Schwoch — Pyraminx single 5.17: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.
Joe Kucala — Pyraminx single 6.02: into the top 20.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

40 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

86 competitors · 539 results · 4 events.

Everyone who competed

86 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.