Evanston Qualifier 2025


Date
May 16 - 18, 2025
City
Evanston, Illinois, United States
Venue

Technological Institute, Northwestern University

Address
2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208
Details

Tech M345

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Draco Tong and Midwest Cubing Association
WCA Delegates
Abhimanyu Singhal (अभिमन्यु सिंघल), Carter Kucala, Draco Tong, and Luke Selle
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Information

3x3 will not be held at this competition!

This competition provides one last chance to set qualifying times for the WCA World Championship in July. Please read all tabs before registering.

A music festival (Dillo Day) will take place at Northwestern on Saturday. Parking and traffic may be worse than usual, particularly during and after lunch, so please plan accordingly. If you have not been to Northwestern before, allow at least 15 extra minutes to locate the venue.

This competition is supported by the Midwest Cubing Association.

Events
Main event
Competitors
29
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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There is a competitor limit of 32 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $50 (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 .
We encourage everyone to register for the events they want to compete in via your online registration, however you may add events to your registration up until the event has started.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.


Highlights
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Carter Kucala won with a single solve of 3:09.97 in the 4x4x4 Blindfolded event. Brayden Thompson finished second (3:14.86) and Thomas Reinke finished third (3:47.63).

4x4x4 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Kate Grahame 24.23 27.85 United States 26.9132.6427.0129.6324.23
2 Brian Johnson 25.54 28.59 United States 29.7226.3925.5429.67DNF
3 Carter Thomas 28.01 31.75 United States 28.0130.6931.8132.75DNF

5x5x5 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Kate Grahame 47.84 51.40 United States 47.8449.7853.2651.1656.42
2 Brian Johnson 50.20 54.13 United States 54.3250.2055.7152.3755.98
3 Carter Kucala 55.49 58.08 United States 1:03.3859.9555.4957.6656.62

6x6x6 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Kate Grahame 1:26.62 1:28.59 United States 1:29.461:29.681:26.62
2 Carter Thomas 1:28.28 1:36.02 United States 1:47.531:28.281:32.25
3 Carter Kucala 1:41.50 1:45.44 United States 1:51.851:42.971:41.50

7x7x7 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Kate Grahame 2:01.78 2:05.13 United States 2:01.782:08.832:04.77
2 Carter Thomas 2:12.64 2:19.58 United States 2:12.642:23.722:22.37
3 Lucas Lippman-Bruno 2:37.60 2:39.77 United States 2:37.822:43.902:37.60

3x3x3 Blindfolded

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Brayden Thompson 18.84 20.31 United States 22.0218.8420.07
2 Carter Kucala 30.02 DNF United States DNF30.02DNF
3 Thomas Reinke 32.94 DNF United States 32.9436.12DNF

3x3x3 Fewest Moves

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Brian Johnson 22 24.67 United States 242228
2 Abhimanyu Singhal (अभिमन्यु सिंघल) 26 31.00 United States 262938
3 Jacob Turrubiartes 30 32.00 United States 323430

3x3x3 One-Handed

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Brian Johnson 10.31 11.07 United States 11.4010.6110.3113.1411.21
2 Carter Kucala 10.35 13.48 United States 16.9410.3510.8913.4816.07
3 Kate Grahame 12.95 15.87 United States 12.9513.7216.7317.17DNF

Clock

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Carter Thomas 2.40 4.03 United States 2.783.56DNF2.405.76
2 Zachary Cribb 3.15 4.06 United States DNF5.353.473.363.15
3 Brayden Thompson 3.91 4.58 United States 3.914.684.93DNF4.14

Square-1

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Brian Johnson 4.10 6.05 United States 4.109.516.655.855.65
2 Carter Kucala 7.14 8.81 United States 8.3310.0825.667.148.02
3 Lucas Lippman-Bruno 7.30 9.97 United States 9.3915.147.309.2311.28

4x4x4 Blindfolded

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Carter Kucala 3:09.97 DNF United States DNF3:09.97DNF
2 Brayden Thompson 3:14.86 DNF United States DNFDNF3:14.86
3 Thomas Reinke 3:47.63 4:13.59 United States 3:47.634:17.994:35.15

5x5x5 Blindfolded

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Carter Kucala 8:10.87 DNF United States 8:10.879:11.42DNF
2 Thomas Reinke 8:49.91 DNF United States DNFDNF8:49.91
3 Kate Grahame 21:59.00 DNF United States 21:59.00DNSDNS

3x3x3 Multi-Blind

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Brayden Thompson 18/21 53:31 United States 18/21 53:31
2 Thomas Reinke 24/34 1:00:00 United States 24/34 1:00:00
3 Carter Kucala 25/36 1:00:00 United States 25/36 1:00:00
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