Competitions · Canada

Ottawa Spring 2025

Ottawa, Ontario · 3 May 2025 · 5 events · 140 competitors · 139 personal bests

Darshan Bhavanasi won three of the five events (4×4, Pyraminx, Skewb) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Rémi Chrétien by 0.23 seconds. 140 competitors produced 139 personal bests, 90 of which still stand today, and 45 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Behnoud Kheiri took a Skewb single of 20.87 down to 6.74, 68 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Darshan Bhavanasi — 4×4, Pyraminx, Skewb

0.23s

closest final — 2×2, Rémi Chrétien over Darshan Bhavanasi

139

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kian Mansour	6.86	8.49
2×2	Rémi Chrétien	1.43	1.96
4×4	Darshan Bhavanasi	24.75	31.12
Pyraminx	Darshan Bhavanasi	1.16	1.80
Skewb	Darshan Bhavanasi	2.84	4.12

The PB harvest

139 set · 90 still standing

Jonah Kolbe Sullivan — 3×3 single 6.67: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Reid Robblee — 3×3 single 8.21: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Jonah Kolbe Sullivan — 2×2 single 2.14: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Jair Da Silva Domingos — Skewb single 3.28: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Zackery Philippi — Pyraminx single 3.92: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Julian Kim Bowman — 2×2 single 2.67: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
Joshua Emmett Arcaro — 2×2 single 2.75: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
Benjamin Abbott — 2×2 single 2.82: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

45 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

140 competitors · 480 results · 5 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. Kian Mansour won it with a 8.49 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

140 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.