Competitions · Canada

Montreal Open Winter 2017

Montréal, Quebec · 4 February 2017 · 6 events · 164 competitors · 139 personal bests

Bill Wang won four of the six events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Bill Wang by 0.29 seconds. 164 competitors produced 139 personal bests, 49 of which still stand today, and 82 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Bill Wang set the 4×4 average continental record: 27.30.

Four wins

Bill Wang — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.29s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Bill Wang over Antoine Cantin

139

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Bill Wang	5.97	7.15
2×2	Bill Wang	1.39	2.01
4×4	Bill Wang	25.61	27.30
3×3 one-handed	Bill Wang	9.77	11.99
Pyraminx	Adrian Panszczyk	3.07	4.02
Skewb	Antoine Cantin	3.44	4.98

The PB harvest

139 set · 49 still standing

Francis Laliberté — 3×3 single 10.58: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
Liam Howlin — 2×2 single 2.64: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Ken Jiang — 3×3 one-handed single 16.29: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
Adam Stubbs — Pyraminx single 4.96: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.
Mihir Kamra — Pyraminx single 4.96: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.
Laurent Joseph Champagne — Pyraminx single 5.02: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.
Austin Wang — Pyraminx single 5.53: into the top 16.6% of the event's history.
Stephen Hay — 3×3 single 12.93: into the top 17.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

82 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

164 competitors · 688 results · 6 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 7.15 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

164 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.