North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2026

Results

January 31, 2026 – February 1, 2026Eagan Community Center · Eagan, Minnesota, US93 people10 events

3x3x3 Cube

First round

#	Competitor	Best	Average	Solves
1	Nathan Phillips	7.43	7.94	7.53 8.56 11.63 7.72 7.43
2	Carter Kucala	7.10	8.01	7.96 DNF 7.10 7.96 8.11
3	Nathan Rahn	7.07	8.54	9.28 8.49 7.84 7.07 10.52
4	Ivan ThanhDanh Duong	8.02	8.63	8.41 8.04 8.02 9.44 10.95
5	Kaius Young	7.71	9.22	10.70 11.32 8.45 8.51 7.71
6	James Ekins	8.87	9.23	9.57 8.94 9.33 8.87 9.43
7	Gage Flowers	8.35	9.48	10.92 12.16 9.01 8.35 8.50
8	Ryan Michael Sisneros	9.35	9.49	9.94 9.69 9.35 9.35 9.43
9	Tyler Robinson	7.93	9.72	10.62 9.36 9.40 7.93 10.39
10	Liam Paul Mader	7.34	10.09	10.81 7.34 8.93 11.67 10.54
11	Andy Wong	7.65	10.30	10.96 11.94 10.49 7.65 9.46
12	Riley Lamm	9.03	10.36	10.38 10.33 10.38 9.03 16.26
13	Carl Overbye	9.81	10.40	9.89 11.81 9.81 9.92 11.38
14	Walker Welch	9.22	10.61	14.26 9.35 12.32 10.17 9.22
15	Jonah Sandstrom	8.36	11.40	13.94 8.36 10.80 9.47 DNF
16	Arie Lommen	9.16	11.50	9.16 11.37 11.51 14.08 11.61
17	Eeshwar Kadirvel	9.53	11.61	9.53 11.85 13.20 10.05 12.94
18	Walter Sanborn	10.74	12.76	11.03 13.00 14.79 14.24 10.74
19	Joza Tlusty	11.30	13.00	12.67 12.22 14.11 16.17 11.30
20	Vihaan Shah	10.84	13.04	14.31 12.56 14.74 12.25 10.84
21	Harnoor Singh	12.14	13.22	12.14 12.84 13.20 13.61 14.28
22	Bennett Rule	12.64	13.42	13.48 13.48 12.64 13.30 DNF
23	Dean Angert	11.65	13.47	16.10 12.87 13.61 13.93 11.65
24	Anders Peterson	12.73	13.55	14.00 12.73 13.39 13.79 13.46
25	Ryan Micke	12.80	13.62	13.68 13.47 12.80 13.70 15.52
26	Austin Sabers	10.56	13.65	16.25 12.57 13.75 14.63 10.56
27	Liam Sheldon	11.94	13.84	12.31 11.94 16.95 14.52 14.69
28	John Wheeler	10.88	14.07	15.72 14.13 10.88 15.20 12.89
29	Calvin Huse	13.43	14.10	19.63 14.17 13.43 14.44 13.68
30	Lexxel Silivan	13.68	14.11	14.21 13.68 14.25 13.87 19.52
31	Gabe Erickson	12.00	14.71	16.00 15.97 12.16 12.00 16.51
32	Zuhayr Jafri	12.08	14.83	DNF 12.08 12.17 17.18 15.13
33	Nathan Webb	12.94	15.04	15.84 12.94 15.37 18.74 13.90
34	Theodore Lounsbery	12.44	15.11	13.55 16.73 12.44 20.56 15.05
35	Jonathan Mintz	14.25	16.10	14.32 14.25 17.17 16.81 21.68
36	Eddie Ives	15.68	17.48	17.14 18.66 15.68 17.07 18.22
37	Nolan Wayman	17.00	17.49	17.32 17.12 18.03 17.00 22.88
38	Natalie Elrod	14.93	17.86	26.42 14.93 15.89 19.31 18.38
39	Brendan Butler	16.35	18.11	19.02 16.35 19.78 16.63 18.68
40	Andrew Tyberg	15.83	18.60	18.34 20.22 19.21 15.83 18.26
41	Sparsh Wasake	13.71	18.62	16.34 DNF 20.77 13.71 18.75
42	Calvin Schwartz	17.41	19.13	22.78 17.41 18.30 20.48 18.60
43	Helen Liu	15.98	19.24	21.46 18.11 18.16 23.35 15.98
44	Eli Sanderson	16.41	19.38	18.44 16.41 20.11 19.60 20.90
45	Jonah Vilhauer	16.47	19.79	23.45 16.47 17.14 22.68 19.55
46	Benjamin Bredy	15.93	20.07	25.53 21.28 20.38 15.93 18.54
47	Winston Sparks	16.33	20.13	28.34 22.59 20.03 17.76 16.33
48	Joseph Palmateer	16.30	20.29	21.00 20.25 16.30 20.57 20.04
49	Elijah Monaghan	15.34	20.44	21.45 21.12 18.75 15.34 24.14
50	Nico Sawyer	18.21	20.89	18.21 26.20 20.68 21.33 20.67
51	Fisher White	17.48	21.23	20.94 17.48 23.40 22.21 20.53
52	Ryan Butler	15.40	21.40	22.87 15.40 22.52 18.82 26.53
53	Oliver Zapata	18.76	21.62	22.17 18.76 23.08 23.98 19.61
54	Arjun Desai	19.96	22.46	23.31 21.84 23.71 22.23 19.96
55	Maguire Vance	19.01	22.68	19.01 25.39 24.89 19.04 24.12
56	Elijah Avery-Patz	18.03	22.70	21.76 23.85 18.03 28.54 22.49
57	Wesley Jensen	19.29	23.60	19.38 26.59 19.29 34.97 24.82
58	Viggo Bergs	19.76	23.94	25.36 24.47 21.99 DNF 19.76
59	Lisa Kucala	22.47	24.14	24.40 28.85 22.65 25.38 22.47
60	Davy Burson	22.30	24.56	27.49 24.54 22.33 26.81 22.30
61	Thomas Noah	16.74	24.89	25.10 30.32 16.74 19.24 DNF
62	Jonah Kirschner	19.59	25.11	30.46 19.59 29.18 23.27 22.87
63	Elise Edstrom	22.45	25.60	26.25 25.98 22.45 24.57 34.01
64	Logan Carlson	19.44	25.81	25.49 19.44 25.11 29.03 26.84
65	Ethan Chen	23.00	26.76	26.22 26.68 23.00 34.62 27.38
66	Harlan Johnson	22.60	26.94	28.86 33.32 22.60 27.71 24.26
67	Patrick Morgan	22.50	27.20	30.01 23.28 38.96 28.30 22.50
68	Owen Green	24.70	27.21	24.99 38.53 30.65 24.70 26.00
69	Peter Fielder	19.79	27.53	23.04 19.79 34.69 24.86 44.25
70	David Rischmiller	22.49	28.23	25.09 33.40 28.62 30.98 22.49
71	Theodore Burson	26.10	28.28	30.42 35.77 26.43 26.10 27.99
72	Linden Paul Kopka	26.97	29.15	30.94 27.94 26.97 29.20 30.32
73	Raymond Virtucio	28.15	29.94	41.96 28.17 28.15 30.34 31.30
74	Lyndon Tran	23.61	30.07	DNF 32.26 23.61 29.26 28.70
75	Spenser Levi	26.80	32.75	32.11 46.27 36.32 26.80 29.83
76	Taylor Yu	28.99	33.12	31.79 35.10 33.49 34.08 28.99
77	Kyrie Raymond	31.70	34.84	43.80 32.65 37.85 34.01 31.70
78	Brooklyn Jacobson	31.85	35.62	31.85 38.32 34.16 37.65 35.04
79	Joseph Fielder	33.34	38.05	33.72 48.26 43.58 33.34 36.84
80	Connor Nelson	35.48	38.56	38.10 38.92 45.27 35.48 38.65
81	Pamela-Rose Virtucio	29.03	40.51	31.89 29.03 DNF 57.07 32.56
82	Joe Kucala	36.50	41.14	40.88 36.50 45.45 42.94 39.61
83	Jacob Edstrom	35.57	42.19	35.57 47.65 49.22 39.75 39.17
84	Duncan Moe	34.20	45.62	58.79 34.91 43.17 59.92 34.20
85	Roma Lee	40.77	46.78	50.45 44.94 48.37 40.77 47.03
86	Kailyn Wester	44.29	48.89	46.91 44.29 47.30 52.46 55.55
87	Samil Patel	39.25	49.04	39.25 50.65 49.49 49.49 48.14
88	Jasper Klein	43.88	52.75	1:02.30 43.88 59.45 46.16 52.63
89	Kurt Sparks	37.93	54.00	54.24 1:25.58 37.93 55.37 52.40
90	Stephen Burson	1:02.56	1:19.16	1:38.33 1:33.66 1:02.56 1:09.72 1:14.09
91	Alder Yu	1:10.67	1:34.49	1:33.17 1:48.24 1:30.38 1:10.67 1:39.91
92	Kate Stuart	1:05.42	1:35.77	1:05.42 2:24.09 2:29.69 1:17.79 1:05.44

Second round

#	Competitor	Best	Average	Solves
1	Nathan Phillips	5.90	7.13	6.93 7.75 5.90 7.54 6.93
2	Carter Kucala	6.62	7.95	8.13 13.61 8.26 7.45 6.62
3	Carl Overbye	7.04	8.59	9.40 10.02 8.21 8.16 7.04
4	Andy Wong	8.14	8.78	8.91 8.54 8.14 8.88 9.74
5	Gage Flowers	7.48	8.90	10.28 8.96 9.41 8.32 7.48
6	Liam Paul Mader	7.37	8.97	8.10 10.75 9.53 9.28 7.37
7	Tyler Robinson	7.82	9.02	10.33 8.67 7.82 8.06 10.40
8	Ivan ThanhDanh Duong	7.09	9.12	10.81 7.09 8.05 8.49 10.91
9	Kaius Young	7.12	9.15	8.68 9.88 7.12 8.90 10.44
10	Ryan Michael Sisneros	9.02	9.36	9.06 18.99 9.02 9.21 9.80
11	Nathan Rahn	7.85	9.53	8.72 DNF 7.85 10.21 9.66
12	James Ekins	7.92	10.00	7.92 9.86 10.21 9.92 10.49
13	Jonah Sandstrom	9.79	10.34	10.22 9.79 10.90 10.22 10.59
14	Riley Lamm	9.03	10.77	9.71 12.91 13.92 9.70 9.03
15	Walker Welch	10.37	11.13	10.38 12.51 13.29 10.37 10.50
16	Arie Lommen	10.93	11.72	13.31 11.18 12.97 10.93 11.01
17	Walter Sanborn	11.35	12.52	13.76 14.74 11.35 11.50 12.30
18	Liam Sheldon	10.58	12.79	12.81 12.76 10.58 12.79 14.55
19	Gabe Erickson	11.48	12.98	13.05 16.36 11.48 13.54 12.36
20	Lexxel Silivan	12.14	13.19	14.82 12.14 16.17 12.58 12.17
21	Anders Peterson	11.42	13.23	13.01 13.51 11.42 13.16 14.56
22	Harnoor Singh	12.92	13.73	12.92 14.58 13.25 16.13 13.36
23	Theodore Lounsbery	12.11	13.75	19.93 13.23 14.45 13.57 12.11
24	Eeshwar Kadirvel	11.52	13.84	12.29 11.52 22.17 14.68 14.56
25	Vihaan Shah	12.67	13.88	13.68 13.13 14.83 15.05 12.67
26	Joza Tlusty	11.86	13.91	15.71 13.75 11.86 15.10 12.88
27	John Wheeler	12.98	14.36	12.98 18.64 14.44 14.03 14.61
28	Sparsh Wasake	11.47	14.44	15.51 15.37 12.43 16.19 11.47
29	Zuhayr Jafri	12.95	14.55	15.01 14.19 14.46 12.95 16.38
30	Nathan Webb	13.39	14.61	14.39 15.13 13.39 14.32 17.02
31	Calvin Huse	14.37	14.90	14.68 14.37 18.98 15.06 14.96
32	Brendan Butler	13.49	15.34	14.30 16.69 13.49 15.04 18.36
33	Dean Angert	12.43	15.35	16.27 15.73 12.43 24.26 14.06
34	Jonathan Mintz	13.73	15.53	17.08 18.41 13.73 15.39 14.12
35	Ryan Micke	12.87	15.55	16.73 16.28 12.87 14.92 15.46
36	Austin Sabers	12.82	15.58	13.58 12.82 20.27 19.00 14.17
37	Eddie Ives	14.34	15.59	14.34 17.56 14.70 15.50 16.56
38	Natalie Elrod	15.05	16.88	18.35 15.05 18.99 15.18 17.11
39	Oliver Zapata	16.55	17.53	17.07 16.99 27.21 18.52 16.55
40	Eli Sanderson	15.85	17.69	19.90 16.95 16.59 19.54 15.85
41	Helen Liu	15.07	17.83	19.53 15.07 17.56 16.39 22.33
42	Joseph Palmateer	15.91	18.04	18.70 15.91 16.71 24.48 18.71
43	Nolan Wayman	17.65	18.12	17.78 17.65 17.82 18.75 21.55
44	Andrew Tyberg	15.84	18.15	16.21 24.78 19.92 15.84 18.33
45	Jonah Vilhauer	14.99	18.59	22.86 18.45 14.99 16.59 20.72
46	Calvin Schwartz	17.03	18.78	19.26 19.61 18.18 17.03 18.90
47	Benjamin Bredy	18.82	19.51	21.98 18.82 19.85 19.81 18.87
48	Elijah Monaghan	18.23	19.80	19.79 22.09 21.24 18.23 18.38
49	Fisher White	17.33	20.91	21.03 19.99 17.33 21.71 22.76
50	Winston Sparks	15.11	20.95	18.63 26.44 15.11 26.30 17.92
51	Maguire Vance	17.92	21.78	23.60 17.92 18.50 24.24 23.23
52	Elijah Avery-Patz	18.77	22.97	29.81 26.29 21.61 18.77 21.02
53	Viggo Bergs	19.18	23.45	22.12 28.49 27.58 19.18 20.65
54	Arjun Desai	20.86	23.62	28.85 21.42 24.04 20.86 25.40
55	Davy Burson	21.66	24.05	25.33 23.58 23.25 21.66 27.10
56	Ryan Butler	19.98	24.07	25.45 21.65 25.10 25.71 19.98
57	Lisa Kucala	20.41	24.55	24.12 26.68 20.41 22.84 26.91
58	Nico Sawyer	19.71	25.05	28.31 22.63 36.40 24.20 19.71
59	Wesley Jensen	19.14	25.75	24.47 31.12 19.14 26.70 26.09

Final

#	Competitor	Best	Average	Solves
1	Nathan Phillips	6.24	7.11	7.55 6.24 6.64 9.11 7.14
2	Carter Kucala	6.85	7.44	7.89 6.85 8.84 7.16 7.26
3	Tyler Robinson	6.79	7.87	6.99 6.79 8.01 8.60 9.92
4	Nathan Rahn	7.22	7.97	10.64 7.22 7.69 8.49 7.73
5	Gage Flowers	7.68	8.39	8.64 7.99 7.68 11.04 8.55
6	Kaius Young	6.96	8.49	8.83 7.91 6.96 9.88 8.74
7	Carl Overbye	7.72	8.91	9.06 8.10 9.58 7.72 11.04
8	Liam Paul Mader	8.18	8.99	8.70 8.38 8.18 10.43 9.88
9	Andy Wong	7.25	9.22	7.25 10.25 22.58 8.40 9.00
10	Ivan ThanhDanh Duong	6.66	9.61	8.82 6.66 DNF 9.27 10.74
11	Ryan Michael Sisneros	9.53	9.98	9.53 9.56 9.54 11.29 10.85
12	James Ekins	8.17	11.13	9.35 11.37 14.59 8.17 12.66