Competitions · United States

Side Events Minnesota 2022

Maple Grove, Minnesota · 20 August 2022 · 7 events · 80 competitors · 85 personal bests

Carter Kucala won two of the seven events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Simon Kellum by 0.21 seconds. 80 competitors produced 85 personal bests, 33 of which still stand today, and 28 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Andy Peterson took a Square-1 single of 1:06.19 down to 21.07, 68 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Carter Kucala — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.21s

closest final — Skewb, Simon Kellum over Carter Kucala

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Carter Kucala	6.21	7.33
3×3 one-handed	Carter Kucala	12.04	13.24
Clock	Kaius Young	4.49	5.14
Megaminx	Tyler Schepanski	41.76	47.25
Pyraminx	Simon Kellum	1.78	1.99
Skewb	Simon Kellum	2.40	2.93
Square-1	Nathan Rahn	7.54	10.10

The PB harvest

85 set · 33 still standing

Nick Glover — 3×3 single 7.48: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Zach Calin — Skewb single 2.29: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Nick Glover — Megaminx single 47.91: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Duo Zheng (郑铎) — 3×3 one-handed single 12.91: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Isak Froyum Roise — Pyraminx single 4.61: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
Joshua Ostvig — Skewb single 4.12: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
Ethan Meyer — 3×3 single 11.93: into the top 13.7% of the event's history.
Joshua Ostvig — Clock single 8.08: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

28 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

80 competitors · 472 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 7.33 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

80 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.