Competitions · Canada

Défi Jeunesse Montréal 2023

Montréal, Quebec · 3 December 2023 · 5 events · 97 competitors · 90 personal bests

Leo Min-Bedford won two of the five events (Pyraminx, Skewb) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Ben Davies by 0.04 seconds. 97 competitors produced 90 personal bests, 35 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Alexander Chacon took a 2×2 single of 17.54 down to 7.50, 57 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Leo Min-Bedford — Pyraminx, Skewb

0.04s

closest final — 2×2, Ben Davies over Sam Mehmani (سام مهمانی)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Burno Li Chak Kwan (李澤堃)	7.04	7.86
2×2	Ben Davies	2.16	2.27
3×3 one-handed	Antoine Cantin	10.04	11.60
Pyraminx	Leo Min-Bedford	2.09	2.70
Skewb	Leo Min-Bedford	1.95	2.83

The PB harvest

90 set · 35 still standing

Paul Ellement — 3×3 single 7.18: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Jimmy Ou Yang — 3×3 single 8.70: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Clément Lefeuvre — 3×3 one-handed single 13.59: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Gabriel Hautot-d'Ivernois — 3×3 single 9.23: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Sam Mehmani (سام مهمانی) — 3×3 one-handed single 14.31: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
Gabriel Hautot-d'Ivernois — 2×2 single 2.33: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Samuel Lapointe — 3×3 single 11.16: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
Ryan Xu — Pyraminx single 5.09: into the top 13.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

97 competitors · 443 results · 5 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. Burno Li Chak Kwan (李澤堃) won it with a 7.86 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

97 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.