Competitions · Canada

Red Deer Favourites 2026

Red Deer, Alberta · 14 February 2026 · 12 events · 110 competitors · 113 personal bests

Danny Buschert won three of the twelve events (Pyraminx, Skewb, Square-1) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Benjamin Buchner by 0.06 seconds. 110 competitors produced 113 personal bests, 69 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Zahra Fatouraei took a 2×2 single of 38.33 down to 12.00, 69 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Danny Buschert — Pyraminx, Skewb, Square-1

0.06s

closest final — 2×2, Benjamin Buchner over Emmanuel Fraser

113

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kyle Santucci	4.96	6.20
2×2	Benjamin Buchner	1.74	2.69
4×4	Lucas Kuczaj	23.95	27.05
5×5	Griffin Clem	46.84	52.76
6×6	Benjamin Ragan	1:47.04	1:48.69
7×7	Griffin Clem	2:08.04	2:10.05
3×3 one-handed	Kyle Santucci	9.56	11.25
Clock	Azaro Gorloo	4.14	5.81
Megaminx	Lucas Kuczaj	32.14	37.70
Pyraminx	Danny Buschert	2.33	3.21
Skewb	Danny Buschert	3.24	4.00
Square-1	Danny Buschert	14.68	15.70

The PB harvest

113 set · 69 still standing

Emmanuel Fraser — Clock single 4.35: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Max Macdonald — 2×2 single 1.72: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Jayden Lu — 3×3 single 8.28: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Danny Buschert — Clock single 4.66: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Emmanuel Fraser — 2×2 single 1.89: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Nicholas Shumilov — 2×2 single 2.19: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Grayson Rist — 3×3 single 9.93: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Cache Adams — 3×3 one-handed single 15.19: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

110 competitors · 374 results · 12 events.

Everyone who competed

110 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.