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Ottawa Mini Winter C 2025

Kanata, Ontario · 11 January 2025 · 2 events · 28 competitors · 12 personal bests

Omar Ellabban won the 3×3 with a 8.90 and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Benjamin Abbott by 1.79 seconds. 28 competitors produced 12 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Alexavier Kirby took a 3×3 single of 26.89 down to 17.04, 37 percent better in one day.

2
events decided
1.79s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Benjamin Abbott over Clément Lefeuvre
12
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Omar Ellabban8.598.90
3×3 one-handedBenjamin Abbott12.8015.14

The PB harvest

12 set · 9 still standing
  • Benjamin Abbott — 3×3 single 7.88: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
  • Benjamin Abbott — 3×3 one-handed single 12.80: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
  • Tomer Gluzman — 3×3 single 9.70: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
  • Siddharth Sarma — 3×3 single 11.66: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
  • Lucas Manley — 3×3 single 13.93: into the top 20.7% of the event's history.
  • John Becvar — 3×3 single 16.30: into the top 28.8% of the event's history.
  • Siddharth Sarma — 3×3 one-handed single 31.89: into the top 50.9% of the event's history.
  • Matthew Johnson — 3×3 single 28.80: into the top 60.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven 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 · 67 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. Omar Ellabban won it with a 8.90 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.