Competitions · Canada

Québec City 2019

Québec, Quebec · 16 February 2019 · 10 events · 76 competitors · 111 personal bests

Antoine Cantin won six of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Walter Duff by 0.05 seconds. 76 competitors produced 111 personal bests, 36 of which still stand today, and 30 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Alexis Dufour took a 3×3 one-handed single of 1:15.83 down to 19.57, 74 percent better in one day.

Six wins

Antoine Cantin — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 3×3 blindfolded, Clock

0.05s

closest final — 2×2, Walter Duff over Antoine Cantin

111

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Antoine Cantin	6.76	7.90
2×2	Walter Duff	1.72	2.52
4×4	Antoine Cantin	32.74	33.54
5×5	Antoine Cantin	1:05.81	1:09.91
6×6	Antoine Cantin	2:03.34	2:09.64
7×7	Louis Cormier	3:09.77	3:15.50
3×3 blindfolded	Antoine Cantin	26.06	—
3×3 one-handed	Kian Mansour	9.68	10.24
Clock	Antoine Cantin	8.07	9.49
Megaminx	Louis Cormier	46.63	53.62

The PB harvest

111 set · 36 still standing

Walter Duff — 3×3 one-handed single 12.93: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Luc Bazinet — 2×2 single 1.94: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Julien Gaboriaud — 3×3 single 8.89: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Che-Hao Saito — 2×2 single 2.12: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Thomas Dussault — 3×3 single 9.72: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
John Bailey — 2×2 single 2.34: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Thomas L'Ecuyer — 3×3 single 10.42: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
John Bailey — 4×4 single 37.17: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

30 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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

76 competitors · 575 results · 10 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. Antoine Cantin won it with a 7.90 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

76 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.