Competitions · Canada

Montréal Open 2014

Montréal, Quebec · 15 March 2014 · 8 events · 64 competitors · 62 personal bests

Antoine Cantin won three of the eight events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Julian David by 0.04 seconds. 64 competitors produced 62 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and 31 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Louis Cormier set the Megaminx single continental record: 43.84.

Three wins

Antoine Cantin — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb

0.04s

closest final — 2×2, Julian David over Louis Cormier

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Antoine Cantin	7.98	10.21
2×2	Julian David	2.68	3.62
4×4	Emily Wang	31.17	36.00
6×6	Emily Wang	2:02.41	2:06.37
3×3 one-handed	Antoine Cantin	11.71	13.57
Megaminx	Louis Cormier	43.84	54.28
Pyraminx	Julian David	2.77	4.04
Skewb	Antoine Cantin	7.43	8.14

The PB harvest

62 set · 16 still standing

Nicolas Hélie — 3×3 single 12.96: into the top 17.3% of the event's history.
Lambert Deblois-Tremblay — 3×3 single 16.00: into the top 27.8% of the event's history.
Francis Bilodeau-Lecomte — Pyraminx single 7.98: into the top 36.0% of the event's history.
Francis Bilodeau-Lecomte — 2×2 single 4.74: into the top 36.0% of the event's history.
Brendan Monderie — 2×2 single 5.06: into the top 40.1% of the event's history.
Brendan Monderie — 3×3 single 20.15: into the top 40.4% of the event's history.
Sasha Hayashi — Pyraminx single 9.43: into the top 48.4% of the event's history.
Francis Bilodeau-Lecomte — 4×4 single 1:18.95: into the top 55.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

31 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

64 competitors · 284 results · 8 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. Antoine Cantin won it with a 10.21 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

64 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.