Competitions · Canada

Canadian Open 2015

Waterloo, Ontario · 6 June 2015 · 15 events · 116 competitors · 176 personal bests

Bill Wang won three of the 15 events (3×3, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Kevin Hays by 0.39 seconds. 116 competitors produced 176 personal bests, 61 of which still stand today, and 30 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Rami Sbahi set the 2×2 single world record: 0.58.

Three wins

Bill Wang — 3×3, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded

0.39s

closest final — 4×4, Kevin Hays over Bill Wang

176

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Bill Wang	7.79	8.34
2×2	Rami Sbahi	1.46	1.72
4×4	Kevin Hays	32.81	33.68
5×5	Kevin Hays	51.58	59.76
6×6	Kevin Hays	1:47.30	1:57.58
7×7	James Hildreth	3:44.75	3:48.27
3×3 blindfolded	Sesi Cadmus	33.46	—
3×3 one-handed	Antoine Cantin	11.15	12.78
Clock	Kit Clement	7.49	8.06
Megaminx	Louis Cormier	50.51	57.53
Pyraminx	Rami Sbahi	2.60	3.28
Skewb	Rami Sbahi	3.42	3.98
Square-1	Forte Shinko	14.94	16.18
4×4 blindfolded	Bill Wang	2:47.63	—
5×5 blindfolded	Bill Wang	—	—

The PB harvest

176 set · 61 still standing

Rami Sbahi — 2×2 single 0.58: into the top 0.031% of the event's history.
Eric Limeback — 2×2 single 0.90: into the top 0.38% of the event's history.
Antoine Cantin — 2×2 single 0.94: into the top 0.45% of the event's history.
Jonathan Esparaz — 2×2 single 1.15: into the top 0.9% of the event's history.
Jit Parmar — 2×2 single 1.17: into the top 0.95% of the event's history.
Jonathan Tan Wei Xiat — 2×2 single 1.33: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Alex Mutch — 2×2 single 1.43: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Julian David — 3×3 single 7.72: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

30 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

116 competitors · 778 results · 15 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. Bill Wang won it with a 8.34 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

116 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.