Competitions · Canada

National Capital Region 2019

Rockland, Ontario · 18 May 2019 · 15 events · 122 competitors · 227 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won five of the 15 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Brennen Lin by 0.01 seconds. 122 competitors produced 227 personal bests, 102 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Jake Klassen set the 3×3 blindfolded average world record: 19.79.

Five wins

Patrick Ponce — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, Square-1

0.01s

closest final — 2×2, Brennen Lin over Rami Sbahi

227

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Patrick Ponce	6.23	6.60
2×2	Brennen Lin	1.34	1.73
4×4	Patrick Ponce	27.16	28.31
5×5	Patrick Ponce	50.21	53.58
6×6	Patrick Ponce	1:37.48	1:38.55
7×7	Max Xiong (熊锐明)	2:14.84	2:23.21
3×3 blindfolded	Jake Klassen	18.65	21.07
3×3 Fewest Moves	Ben Bergen	27 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Antoine Cantin	10.89	11.67
Megaminx	Rami Sbahi	38.66	47.70
Pyraminx	Rami Sbahi	3.25	3.77
Skewb	Jeffrey Cheng	3.72	4.11
Square-1	Patrick Ponce	10.91	12.03
4×4 blindfolded	Jake Klassen	5:09.60	—
3×3 with feet	Roan Paone	40.96	45.98

The PB harvest

227 set · 102 still standing

Jeffrey Cheng — 3×3 single 7.24: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Marwan Kamal — 2×2 single 1.64: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Thomas Dussault — 2×2 single 1.99: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Fabien Raphaël Rakotonirina — 3×3 single 9.22: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Thomas L'Ecuyer — Pyraminx single 3.51: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Andre Cantin — 2×2 single 2.12: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Andry Rakoto — 2×2 single 2.18: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Quoc Long Van — 3×3 single 10.09: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

122 competitors · 1016 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. Patrick Ponce won it with a 6.60 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

122 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.