Competitions · Canada

National Capital Region A 2023

Ottawa, Ontario · 6 May 2023 · 6 events · 90 competitors · 80 personal bests

Brennen Lin won two of the six events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Roan Paone by 0.41 seconds. 90 competitors produced 80 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and 37 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Burno Li Chak Kwan (李澤堃) set the 3×3 single national record: 5.04.

Two wins

Brennen Lin — 3×3, 2×2

0.41s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Roan Paone over Brennen Lin

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Brennen Lin	4.93	6.72
2×2	Brennen Lin	1.05	1.30
4×4	Burno Li Chak Kwan (李澤堃)	26.31	28.05
3×3 blindfolded	Elliott Kobelansky	16.72	—
3×3 one-handed	Roan Paone	10.28	12.99
Megaminx	Burno Li Chak Kwan (李澤堃)	34.66	36.76

The PB harvest

80 set · 27 still standing

Maxence Leboeuf — 2×2 single 1.30: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Elliott Kobelansky — 2×2 single 1.57: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Léo Francoeur — 2×2 single 1.60: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Charles Hurley — 3×3 single 9.23: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Clément Lefeuvre — 2×2 single 2.20: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Zimo Li (李子镆) — 2×2 single 2.25: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Nolan Coburn — 2×2 single 2.79: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
Ajeet Singh Chana — Megaminx single 1:11.94: into the top 16.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

37 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

90 competitors · 377 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. Brennen Lin won it with a 6.72 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

90 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.