Big Brain Minnesota 2025
- Date
- Aug 17, 2025
- City
- Burnsville, Minnesota, United States
- Venue
Burnhaven Library
- Address
- 1101 County Rd 42 W, Burnsville, MN 55306
- Details
Large Meeting Room
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Lisa Kucala and Walker Welch
- WCA Delegates
- Lisa Kucala and Walker Welch
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
There is no 3x3 at this competition
This competition is not recommended for new competitors. It will only host 4x4, 5x5, 6x6, and FMC.
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Only 1 guest per competitor is allowed to enter the room to ensure we have enough space.
The Library is only officially open from 1-5pm on Sunday. That means for people competing in 5x5 and 6x6 we will need to come and open the main library door for you to come in. Please keep an eye out for an email leading up to the competition for additional details on the venue.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 17
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.Create a WCA account here if you don't have one.
If this is not your first competition, associate your WCA ID to your WCA account here.
Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 30 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $5 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 80% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Any spectator can attend for free.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Kaius Young won with an average of 52.36 seconds in the 5x5x5 Cube event. Tyler Johnson finished second (55.80) and Carter Kucala finished third (58.98).
Andrew Surine - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4x4x4 Cube | Final | 8 | 38.24 | 48.54 | United States | 38.24 | 48.76 | 46.33 | 1:03.67 | 50.53 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | First round | 10 | 1:39.07 | 1:44.05 | United States | 1:39.07 | 1:45.84 | 1:46.18 | 1:40.14 | 1:50.58 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | First round | 10 | 3:19.79 | 3:32.75 | United States | 3:51.04 | 3:27.42 | 3:19.79 | |||||
Andrew Tyberg - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 2 | 33 | 36.67 | United States | 36 | 33 | 41 | |||||
Arie Lommen - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4x4x4 Cube | Final | 10 | 49.37 | 57.83 | United States | 56.99 | 49.37 | 54.43 | 1:08.34 | 1:02.08 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | First round | 11 | 1:39.87 | 1:47.24 | United States | 1:50.50 | 1:49.97 | 1:39.87 | 1:52.88 | 1:41.26 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | First round | 12 | 4:32.66 | United States | 4:32.66 | ||||||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 9 | 55 | DNF | United States | DNF | 61 | 55 | |||||
Arjun Biala - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4x4x4 Cube | Final | 14 | 2:24.82 | United States | 2:24.82 | 2:35.48 | |||||||
Carter Kucala - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4x4x4 Cube | Final | 3 | 27.33 | 35.48 | United States | 27.33 | 37.63 | 36.65 | 37.16 | 32.63 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Final | 3 | 51.12 | 58.98 | United States | 1:00.77 | 57.26 | 59.74 | 51.12 | 59.93 | |||
| First round | 3 | 48.06 | 59.17 | United States | 53.44 | 1:01.17 | 48.06 | 1:02.90 | 1:11.13 | ||||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Final | 4 | 1:53.03 | 1:59.78 | United States | 2:11.62 | 1:53.03 | 1:54.68 | |||||
| First round | 5 | 1:59.51 | 2:03.32 | United States | 2:09.06 | 1:59.51 | 2:01.38 | ||||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 5 | 21 | DNF | United States | DNF | 21 | 21 | |||||
Elijah Buscho - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4x4x4 Cube | Final | 6 | 41.22 | 47.11 | United States | 41.22 | 49.53 | 51.43 | 43.87 | 47.92 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Final | 7 | 1:29.08 | 1:31.06 | United States | 1:29.26 | 1:29.08 | 1:40.00 | 1:30.93 | 1:33.00 | |||
| First round | 9 | 1:22.28 | 1:38.17 | United States | 1:40.69 | 1:22.28 | 1:31.90 | 1:41.93 | 1:47.04 | ||||
| 6x6x6 Cube | First round | 9 | 3:18.48 | 3:28.26 | United States | 3:18.48 | 3:25.99 | 3:40.32 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 8 | 48 | DNF | United States | 49 | DNF | 48 | |||||
Gabe Erickson - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4x4x4 Cube | Final | 9 | 45.30 | 51.97 | United States | 59.07 | 52.52 | 45.30 | 50.15 | 53.24 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | First round | 12 | 1:45.10 | 1:51.87 | United States | 1:54.54 | 1:53.71 | 1:47.35 | 1:55.31 | 1:45.10 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | First round | 11 | 3:36.82 | 3:41.20 | United States | 3:43.34 | 3:36.82 | 3:43.44 | |||||
Jonah Boisclair - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4x4x4 Cube | Final | 5 | 39.40 | 44.45 | United States | 46.17 | 44.77 | 39.40 | 42.42 | 56.80 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Final | 5 | 1:03.26 | 1:09.58 | United States | 1:03.26 | 1:18.45 | 1:11.13 | 1:13.08 | 1:04.52 | |||
| First round | 7 | 1:06.86 | 1:14.88 | United States | 1:14.18 | 1:06.86 | 1:13.53 | 1:20.41 | 1:16.94 | ||||
| 6x6x6 Cube | First round | 7 | 2:28.90 | 2:32.33 | United States | 2:28.90 | 2:31.04 | 2:37.05 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 6 | 40 | DNF | United States | 40 | 41 | DNF | |||||
Joseph Ong - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5x5x5 Cube | First round | 5 | 1:01.47 | 1:08.86 | United States | 1:09.43 | 1:09.29 | 1:07.87 | 1:17.98 | 1:01.47 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | First round | 6 | 2:01.50 | 2:05.85 | United States | 2:06.31 | 2:09.75 | 2:01.50 | |||||
Kaius Young - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4x4x4 Cube | Final | 1 | 26.40 | 27.74 | United States | 27.46 | 26.40 | 27.51 | 31.77 | 28.24 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Final | 1 | 48.49 | 52.36 | United States | 48.49 | 57.65 | 48.99 | 56.10 | 51.99 | |||
| First round | 1 | 50.00 | 52.88 | United States | 57.22 | 51.83 | 50.00 | 53.88 | 52.92 | ||||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Final | 2 | 1:34.50 | 1:38.73 | United States | 1:34.50 | 1:35.77 | 1:45.92 | |||||
| First round | 1 | 1:30.35 | 1:35.05 | United States | 1:36.67 | 1:30.35 | 1:38.13 | ||||||
Lisa Kucala - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4x4x4 Cube | Final | 13 | 1:17.55 | 1:38.71 | United States | 1:17.55 | 1:35.10 | 1:42.67 | 1:47.63 | 1:38.35 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | First round | 14 | 2:48.78 | 2:58.63 | United States | 2:59.16 | 2:53.51 | 3:17.85 | 2:48.78 | 3:03.22 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | First round | 13 | 5:37.16 | United States | 5:37.16 | ||||||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 4 | 46 | 55.67 | United States | 60 | 61 | 46 | |||||
Oliver Faust - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4x4x4 Cube | Final | 12 | 1:03.83 | 1:16.00 | United States | 1:03.83 | 1:20.98 | 1:08.21 | 1:18.81 | 1:31.65 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | First round | 13 | 2:46.78 | 2:51.95 | United States | 3:13.76 | 2:46.78 | 2:57.86 | 2:50.53 | 2:47.47 | |||
Robert Francis Gariepy - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4x4x4 Cube | Final | 7 | 42.96 | 47.61 | United States | 50.88 | 42.96 | 56.48 | 45.65 | 46.29 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Final | 6 | 1:12.47 | 1:19.47 | United States | 1:31.15 | 1:15.98 | 1:23.25 | 1:12.47 | 1:19.19 | |||
| First round | 6 | 1:09.36 | 1:14.53 | United States | 1:17.80 | 1:20.75 | 1:13.12 | 1:12.68 | 1:09.36 | ||||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Final | 5 | 1:52.71 | 2:02.54 | United States | 2:02.84 | 2:12.06 | 1:52.71 | |||||
| First round | 4 | 1:45.43 | 2:02.70 | United States | 1:45.43 | 2:12.69 | 2:09.98 | ||||||
Ryan Micke - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4x4x4 Cube | Final | 11 | 1:05.16 | 1:08.91 | United States | 1:05.16 | 1:21.15 | 1:12.96 | 1:05.82 | 1:07.96 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | First round | 15 | 3:31.74 | United States | 3:39.38 | 3:31.74 | |||||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 7 | 44 | DNF | United States | DNF | 66 | 44 | |||||
Shain Papalotl Longbehn - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5x5x5 Cube | First round | 8 | 1:28.75 | 1:37.21 | United States | 1:42.40 | 1:32.95 | 1:28.75 | 1:40.00 | 1:38.67 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | First round | 8 | 3:09.53 | 3:19.48 | United States | 3:33.88 | 3:09.53 | 3:15.03 | |||||
Tyler Johnson - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4x4x4 Cube | Final | 2 | 28.78 | 32.56 | United States | 28.78 | 32.47 | 40.54 | 34.00 | 31.22 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Final | 2 | 50.67 | 55.80 | United States | 50.67 | 1:08.88 | 54.67 | 54.68 | 58.05 | |||
| First round | 2 | 53.65 | 58.39 | United States | 1:00.32 | 1:00.56 | 53.65 | 57.35 | 57.49 | ||||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Final | 1 | 1:28.41 | 1:36.84 | United States | 1:37.68 | 1:44.42 | 1:28.41 | |||||
| First round | 2 | 1:35.00 | 1:38.58 | United States | 1:35.00 | 1:38.29 | 1:42.46 | ||||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 3 | 36 | 39.33 | United States | 36 | 38 | 44 | |||||
Walker Welch - United States WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4x4x4 Cube | Final | 4 | 32.47 | 36.00 | United States | 36.67 | 44.41 | 33.89 | 32.47 | 37.45 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Final | 4 | 56.34 | 1:02.22 | United States | 1:02.34 | 1:12.53 | 1:03.25 | 1:01.06 | 56.34 | |||
| First round | 4 | 1:02.49 | 1:05.63 | United States | 1:13.45 | 1:02.99 | 1:02.98 | 1:02.49 | 1:10.92 | ||||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Final | 3 | 1:45.32 | 1:50.35 | United States | 1:45.32 | 1:56.92 | 1:48.81 | |||||
| First round | 3 | 1:58.38 | 2:02.01 | United States | 2:08.28 | 1:59.37 | 1:58.38 | ||||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 1 | 22 | 23.00 | United States | 23 | 24 | 22 | |||||