Competitions · Canada

Ottawa Side Events A 2026

Ottawa, Ontario · 18 October 2026 · 3 events · 55 competitors · 36 personal bests

Seth Boucher won the 3×3 with a 9.34 and the closest final was the Clock, won by John Du by 0.04 seconds. 55 competitors produced 36 personal bests, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Gabrielle Almonte took a Square-1 single of 3:00.28 down to 30.11, 83 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.04s

closest final — Clock, John Du over Blanca Hidalgo Domingo

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Seth Boucher	7.36	9.34
Clock	John Du	4.57	6.00
Square-1	Andreas Petsalis	13.46	14.16

The PB harvest

36 set · 36 still standing

Seth Boucher — 3×3 single 7.36: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
John Du — Clock single 4.57: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Andreas Petsalis — Square-1 single 10.76: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Blanca Hidalgo Domingo — Square-1 single 10.98: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
Jair Da Silva Domingos — Square-1 single 12.00: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
Levi Brubacher — 3×3 single 11.84: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
Yichen Liu (刘祎辰) — 3×3 single 12.27: into the top 14.9% of the event's history.
Michael Fairbairn — Square-1 single 15.50: into the top 17.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 22,685 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

55 competitors · 123 results · 3 events.

Everyone who competed

55 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.