Competitions · Canada
Open de Gatineau A 2023
Gatineau, Quebec · 25 March 2023 · 5 events · 48 competitors · 39 personal bests
Kian Mansour won two of the five events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Léo Francoeur by 0.13 seconds. 48 competitors produced 39 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Jarrett Moreau-Urie took a 3×3 single of 29.45 down to 15.96, 46 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Kian Mansour | 6.04 | 7.29 |
| 2×2 | Léo Francoeur | 2.16 | 3.20 |
| 5×5 | Diego Rodriguez-Ramirez | 47.84 | 54.98 |
| 3×3 one-handed | Kian Mansour | 10.11 | 11.75 |
| Megaminx | Diego Rodriguez-Ramirez | 1:11.74 | 1:15.06 |
The PB harvest
39 set · 15 still standing- Shawn Cui — 3×3 single 8.56: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
- Benjamin Lê — 3×3 single 8.95: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
- Benjamin Lê — 2×2 single 2.18: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
- Jimmy Ou Yang — 2×2 single 2.33: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
- Caleb Shaver — 3×3 single 11.48: into the top 12.1% of the event's history.
- Shawn Cui — 3×3 one-handed single 17.09: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.
- Benjamin Lê — 5×5 single 1:15.02: into the top 15.4% of the event's history.
- Caleb Shaver — 2×2 single 3.48: into the top 20.0% of the event's history.
First-timers
23 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
48 competitors · 206 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. Kian Mansour won it with a 7.29 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
- 1
L2 F' D2 B' R2 B D2 B2 R2 L' D F2 U R' B2 D' U R2 U' - 2
L2 B2 R D2 B2 F R2 B2 L2 D2 F U2 L' D B' D2 U B F2 - 3
L D' L2 D2 L2 B2 U' L2 F2 R2 L F D' B R2 U2 L U' - 4
B U' B2 L D2 L' R2 F2 L D2 R' F' L' B' D R B' D' F2 - 5
L2 U' R' L2 D L U2 B' L2 F B2 L' U2 R' L2 F2 U2 R B2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
48 competitors- Adam Massicotte
- Adèle Senécal
- Alexander Li Pi Shan
- Alexandre Ondet
- Ben Davies
- Benjamin Lê
- Caleb Shaver
- Carson Carrasco
- Chloe Lalonde
- Claude Cantin
- Clément Lefeuvre
- Cooper Brisson
- Daniel Ghaby
- Daniel Paulin
- Diego Rodriguez-Ramirez
- Ellyot Palardy
- Emily Wang
- Emmett Sartarelli
- Eugenio Zanin
- Francis Mace
- Gabriel Hamann Bianchi
- Harris Elliott
- Jarrett Moreau-Urie
- Jimmy Ou Yang
- John Becvar
- Joshua Ghislain
- Kian Mansour
- Léo Francoeur
- Leon Feehan-Astudillo
- Lucas Manley
- Madelyn Keys
- Maëlle Hervieux
- Marwan Nasr
- Mélissa Landriault
- Miran Aydin
- Orsen Lawler-Chisholm
- Peter Osudar
- Philippe Tanguay
- Raphaël Bérubé
- Richard Mierzejewski
- Shawn Cui
- Simon Tremblay
- Téo Guevin
- Thales Perini
- Thiago Carvalho Sitton
- Timothé Massicotte
- Zack Mercier
- ZeJi Wei
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.