Competitions · Canada
Ottawa 3x3x3 Winter C 2026
Kanata, Ontario · 10 January 2026 · 2 events · 40 competitors · 16 personal bests
Nikhil Soares won two of the two events (3×3, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Nikhil Soares by 3.46 seconds. 40 competitors produced 16 personal bests, 11 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Raphaël Tessier took a 3×3 single of 47.94 down to 21.63, 55 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Nikhil Soares | 5.61 | 6.97 |
| Megaminx | Nikhil Soares | 28.78 | 31.90 |
The PB harvest
16 set · 11 still standing- Hiêu Thành Pham — 3×3 single 8.08: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
- Jair Da Silva Domingos — Megaminx single 54.86: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
- Jair Da Silva Domingos — 3×3 single 10.29: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
- Austin Gowan — 3×3 single 10.30: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
- Amun Chawla — 3×3 single 13.67: into the top 19.8% of the event's history.
- Raphaël Tessier — 3×3 single 21.63: into the top 44.4% of the event's history.
- William Bellerive-Kammann — Megaminx single 1:58.12: into the top 44.7% of the event's history.
- Anthony Pinto — 3×3 single 22.34: into the top 46.3% of the event's history.
First-timers
16 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. 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
40 competitors · 94 results · 2 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. Nikhil Soares won it with a 6.97 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.
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D' U2 L2 U2 B2 L2 R2 B R' D2 B' L2 B' U' R2 F2 L B2 F' - 2
R D' L' F' B L U' L2 U2 R2 F D2 F' B' R2 B R D2 F2 - 3
F2 R' F2 L U2 B2 U2 L2 B2 R2 F U L B' L' U L B D' - 4
L2 D R2 D' B2 U2 F2 D R' D' R2 U2 B' D' F U' R2 D2 L - 5
R D2 R2 U F B' U2 D R' U R D' L2 D R2 D' F2 R2 U2
solve 1
solve 2
solve 3
solve 4
solve 5
Race this final
Everyone who competed
40 competitors- Alain Cormier
- Alexandre Garant
- Amun Chawla
- Andrew Gervais
- Anthony Pinto
- Antoine Garant
- Austin Gowan
- Cadel McClean
- Charlotte Illing
- Christian Mcmurray
- Damon Horne
- Dirdh Modi
- Eddie Boyd-Hogan
- Elijah De Groote
- Hiêu Thành Pham
- Ibraheem Qureshi
- Jacob Tripp
- Jade Bissonnette
- Jair Da Silva Domingos
- Jonas Mitchell
- Julia Osudar
- Kaeden Boyd-Hogan
- Kai Anttila
- Logan Lamothe
- Louis Cormier
- Louise Cormier
- Maaz M. Usmani
- Nicholas Lin
- Nikhil Soares
- Olivia Leahey-Schofield
- Owais Abdulwahed
- Peter Osudar
- Raphaël Tessier
- Ricardo Ponce Guijosa
- Rico Hu
- Ryland Klassen
- Sonny Patenaude
- Trystan Sabourin
- William Bellerive-Kammann
- William Pakenham
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.