Competitions · Canada

Pickering NxNxN Winter 2026

Pickering, Ontario · 31 January 2026 · 5 events · 156 competitors · 144 personal bests

Bill Wang won three of the five events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Bill Wang by 0.13 seconds. 156 competitors produced 144 personal bests, 89 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Bill Wang set the 4×4 single national record: 18.12.

Three wins

Bill Wang — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5

0.13s

closest final — 3×3, Bill Wang over Morgan Yeh

144

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Bill Wang	5.55	6.44
4×4	Bill Wang	18.12	23.89
5×5	Bill Wang	40.15	44.19
6×6	Omar Ellabban	1:12.81	1:14.82
7×7	Omar Ellabban	1:37.34	1:43.53

The PB harvest

144 set · 89 still standing

Bill Wang — 4×4 single 18.12: into the top 0.018% of the event's history.
Omar Ellabban — 5×5 single 36.86: into the top 0.047% of the event's history.
Arhaan Sareen — 5×5 single 38.42: into the top 0.078% of the event's history.
Caleb Chang — 5×5 single 39.27: into the top 0.13% of the event's history.
Nathan Glajch — 4×4 single 28.62: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Alvin Hiu Yeung Cheng (鄭曉洋) — 3×3 single 7.86: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Jaylok Tsang (曾慶樂) — 3×3 single 7.93: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
David Shei — 4×4 single 30.29: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

156 competitors · 439 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. Bill Wang won it with a 6.44 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

156 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.