Competitions · United States

North Star Cubing Challenge 2020

New Brighton, Minnesota · 18 January 2020 · 12 events · 101 competitors · 165 personal bests

Carter Kucala won three of the twelve events (3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Ian Southa by 0.33 seconds. 101 competitors produced 165 personal bests, 61 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Cale Schoon set the 3×3 Fewest Moves average world record: 21.00.

Three wins

Carter Kucala — 3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.33s

closest final — Square-1, Ian Southa over Cale Schoon

165

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Carter Kucala	7.21	8.02
4×4	Jacob Nokes	33.12	33.71
5×5	Carter Kucala	54.38	59.72
6×6	Peter Weyers	1:52.19	2:00.65
3×3 blindfolded	Cale Schoon	28.70	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Cale Schoon	18 moves	21.00
3×3 one-handed	Carter Kucala	10.97	13.38
Megaminx	Tyler Robinson	50.77	55.95
Pyraminx	Simon Kellum	2.07	2.89
Skewb	Simon Kellum	1.97	3.16
Square-1	Ian Southa	7.59	9.87
4×4 blindfolded	Cale Schoon	2:06.49	2:20.16

The PB harvest

165 set · 61 still standing

Cale Schoon — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 18 moves: into the top 0.17% of the event's history.
Tristan Hastings — 3×3 single 7.09: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Yusuf Ragab — 3×3 single 7.22: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Ian Southa — 3×3 single 7.70: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Ian Southa — Skewb single 2.56: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Jack Johnson — 3×3 single 8.93: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Ethan Bockenhauer — 3×3 single 9.76: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Yusuf Ragab — 3×3 one-handed single 16.00: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

25 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,608 people who made their debut in 2020. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

101 competitors · 728 results · 12 events.

Everyone who competed

101 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.