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Ottawa Mini Winter B 2025

Kanata, Ontario · 11 January 2025 · 2 events · 28 competitors · 19 personal bests

Ziad Alavi won the 3×3 with a 10.22 and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Ziad Alavi by 0.14 seconds. 28 competitors produced 19 personal bests, 10 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Cédric Durand took a 3×3 single of 41.69 down to 23.85, 43 percent better in one day.

2
events decided
0.14s
closest final — 3×3, Ziad Alavi over Elijah De Groote
19
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ziad Alavi8.1910.22
2×2Rémi Chrétien1.622.36

The PB harvest

19 set · 10 still standing
  • Ziad Alavi — 3×3 single 8.19: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
  • Zackery Philippi — 3×3 single 8.73: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
  • Eris McElroy — 2×2 single 2.54: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
  • Zackery Philippi — 2×2 single 2.55: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
  • Mehdi El Kebir — 2×2 single 4.72: into the top 35.8% of the event's history.
  • Mehdi El Kebir — 3×3 single 21.27: into the top 43.5% of the event's history.
  • Cédric Durand — 3×3 single 23.85: into the top 50.0% of the event's history.
  • Theodore Obagi — 3×3 single 26.09: into the top 54.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

Six people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. 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

28 competitors · 81 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. Ziad Alavi won it with a 10.22 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

28 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.