Competitions · United States

Minnesota Slice 2024

Maple Grove, Minnesota · 20 April 2024 · 6 events · 78 competitors · 94 personal bests

Zeke Mackay won two of the six events (3×3, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Zeke Mackay by 0.06 seconds. 78 competitors produced 94 personal bests, 46 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Otto Schroeder took a Skewb single of 20.60 down to 8.07, 61 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Zeke Mackay — 3×3, Megaminx

0.06s

closest final — 3×3, Zeke Mackay over Brian Johnson

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Zeke Mackay	5.43	6.59
3×3 blindfolded	Andy Wong	30.24	—
Megaminx	Zeke Mackay	38.15	41.28
Pyraminx	Simon Kellum	1.69	1.99
Skewb	Simon Kellum	2.07	2.38
Square-1	Brian Johnson	5.50	5.82

The PB harvest

94 set · 46 still standing

Simon Kellum — 3×3 single 4.91: into the top 0.1% of the event's history.
Tyler Johnson — 3×3 single 6.57: into the top 0.91% of the event's history.
Jagger Thomas Klecatsky — 3×3 single 7.02: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Ryan Michael Sisneros — Skewb single 2.43: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Jagger Thomas Klecatsky — Pyraminx single 3.66: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Ethan Anderson — Pyraminx single 3.77: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Riley Christopherson — Pyraminx single 3.86: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
Ethan Anderson — Skewb single 3.38: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven 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

78 competitors · 407 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. Zeke Mackay won it with a 6.59 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

78 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.