Competitions · Canada
Ottawa Side Events A 2025
Ottawa, Ontario · 19 October 2025 · 3 events · 53 competitors · 30 personal bests
Eden Soref won the 3×3 with a 9.72 and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Breton MacDonald by 0.21 seconds. 53 competitors produced 30 personal bests, 21 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.
The moment
The day's biggest improvement
Aydin Zayyan took a 3×3 single of 1:42.21 down to 32.51, 68 percent better in one day.
Winners & podiums
| Event | Winner | Single | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | Eden Soref | 8.19 | 9.72 |
| 3×3 blindfolded | Hiêu Thành Pham | 26.65 | — |
| Skewb | Breton MacDonald | 4.41 | 5.10 |
The PB harvest
30 set · 21 still standing- Sophia Warren — 3×3 single 8.35: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
- Jacob Koudys — 3×3 single 9.14: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
- Marcel Martel — 3×3 blindfolded single 39.06: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
- Eden Soref — Skewb single 3.66: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
- Marcel Martel — Skewb single 4.31: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.
- Elijah De Groote — Skewb single 5.07: into the top 18.7% of the event's history.
- Ben Madison — Skewb single 5.20: into the top 19.7% of the event's history.
- Ada Lin — 3×3 single 14.17: into the top 21.6% of the event's history.
First-timers
13 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
53 competitors · 113 results · 3 events.
Everyone who competed
53 competitors- Aayansh Paliwal
- Aazeen Sharif
- Ada Lin
- Adrian Bowman
- Alexis Wild-Popa
- Augustin Mathieu
- Aurélie Simard
- Austin Santos
- Avery Babineau
- Aydin Zayyan
- Ben Bergen
- Ben Madison
- Bilal El Rawas
- Breton MacDonald
- Callum Smith
- Chloe Heymans
- Coren Broughton
- Cyrille Beauchesne
- Daniele Carrera
- Dirdh Modi
- Eden Soref
- Elijah De Groote
- Ethan Ling
- Eva Ruixi Huang (黄睿希)
- Gabriel Silva Carrera
- Hiêu Thành Pham
- Hugh Meyer
- Hunter Weingartner-Scholl
- Ira Rember
- Isaac Cobb
- Jacob Koudys
- Jeremy Lambert
- Julian Kim Bowman
- Justin Or
- Kevin Westermann
- Lionel Anthony
- Malcom Guernon
- Malik Birk-Kapur
- Marcel Martel
- Noah Winch
- Omar Ouadouha
- Oscar John
- Raphael Meng
- Ryan Xie
- Sebastian Ostafie
- Simon Mann
- Sophia Warren
- Stephen Scott
- Steven Phang
- Sviatoslav Khrushchov
- Théodore Mathieu
- Thomas Boucher
- Zachary Bérubé
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.