A total of 42 competitors took part in the 2005 Midwest Regional contest at the Mall of America. We had a single A division, and a Y division for the alternate styles of yo-yo play.
In the A division, the 1 minute freestyles were needed to bring the pool of players down from 21 to only 12. We had 2 players seeded in from the STATE contests, and the top 10 from the 1 minutes.
2005 Midwest Regional Results
| Division | Place | Name | 1 Min | 3 Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | John Narum | 30.00 | 49.37 |
| A | 2 | Alex Berenguel | MN Seed | 41.53 |
| A | 3 | Jake Maloney | 22.96 | 38.68 |
| A | 4 | Conner Scholten | 24.30 | 36.28 |
| A | 5 | Dennis Shatter | 25.04 | 36.27 |
| A | 6 | Rob Kitts | 18.23 | 31.18 |
| A | 7 | David Poyzer | IA Seed | 29.70 |
| A | 8 | Ryan Freitas | 21.32 | 25.54 |
| A | 9 | Paul Yath | 23.72 | 24.63 |
| A | 10 | Sebastian Brock | 18.74 | 22.58 |
| A | 11 | John Russeth | 24.25 | 20.20 |
| A | 12 | Erick Phommauongxay | 20.81 | 16.74 |
| A | 13 | Kevin Gretch | 14.32 | |
| A | 14 | Harry Houdini | 13.52 | |
| A | 15 | Matthew Eastwood | 13.18 | |
| A | 16 | Alex Ulrich | 12.64 | |
| A | 17 | Nate Shurilla | 10.59 | |
| A | 18 | Abraham Ziaimehr | 10.09 | |
| A | 19 | Josh Jessen | 9.51 | |
| A | 20 | Juneau Motzko | 9.21 | |
| A | 21 | Daniel Reifenberger | 4.20 | |
| A | 22 | Ben Warburton | 2.77 | |
| A | 23 | Tony Haynes | 2.69 | |
| Division | Place | Name | 3 Min | |
| Y | 1 | John Narum | 48.16 | |
| Y | 2 | Paul Yath | 39.20 | |
| Y | 3 | AJ Kirk | 38.22 | |
| Y | 4 | Rob Kitts | 37.36 | |
| Y | 5 | Josh Jessen | 36.04 | |
| Y | 6 | Dave Poyzer | 30.56 | |
| Y | 7 | Sebastian Brock | 27.48 | |
| Y | 8 | Alex Willden | 25.80 | |
| Y | 9 | Dennis Shatter | 25.64 | |
| Y | 10 | Conner Scholten | 23.90 | |
| Y | 11 | Alex Ulrich | 17.00 | |
| Y | 12 | Ryan Freitas | 16.93 | |
| Y | 13 | Jake Maloney | 15.85 | |
| Y | 14 | Erick Phommavongxay | 11.42 | |
| Division | Place | Name | Trick # | |
| Ladder 0-10 | 1 | Ryne Hanson | 18 | |
| Ladder 0-10 | 2 | Anders Nygaard | 10 | |
| Ladder 0-10 | 3 | Nathan Alstad | 10 | |
| Ladder 11-12 | 1 | Jacob Fossing | 13 | |
| Ladder 11-12 | 2 | Juneau Motzko | 12 | |
| Ladder 11-12 | 3 | Cole Mickelson | 10 | |
| Ladder 11-12 | 4 | Peter Vermeland | 5 | |
| Ladder 11-12 | 5 | Micah Jessen | 5 | |
| Ladder 13-14 | 1 | Matthew Eastwood | 30 | |
| Ladder 13-14 | 2 | John Domanski | 19 | |
| Ladder 13-14 | 3 | Joel Reis | 14 | |
| Ladder 15-up | 1 | Brian Hanson | 19 | |
| Ladder 15-up | 2 | Chadd Gromaski | 18 | |
| Ladder 15-up | 3 | Chris Larson | 17 | |
| Ladder 15-up | 4 | Lee Grimm | 6 | |
| Ladder 15-up | 5 | Dan Domanski | 5 | |
| Champion Ladder | 1 | Dennis Shatter | 35 | |
| Champion Ladder | 2 | Ryan Freitas | 34 | |
| Champion Ladder | 3 | Alex Berenguel | 34 | |
| Champion Ladder | 4 | John Narum | 33 | |
| Champion Ladder | 5 | Rob Kitts | 31 | |
| Champion Ladder | 6 | Conner Scholten | 29 | |
| Champion Ladder | 7 | Erick Phommavongxay | 28 | |
| Champion Ladder | 8 | John Russeth | 19 | |
| Champion Ladder | 9 | Alex Ulrich | 19 | |