Competitions · Canada

Winnipeg Spring 2026

Winnipeg, Manitoba · 18 April 2026 · 6 events · 95 competitors · 71 personal bests

Max Xiong (熊锐明) won five of the six events (3×3, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Max Xiong (熊锐明) by 0.03 seconds. 95 competitors produced 71 personal bests, 58 of which still stand today, and 32 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ethan Louden took a 3×3 single of 15.69 down to 7.46, 52 percent better in one day.

Five wins

Max Xiong (熊锐明) — 3×3, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Skewb

0.03s

closest final — 3×3, Max Xiong (熊锐明) over Raphael Fast

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Xiong (熊锐明)	6.09	8.38
2×2	Raphael Fast	1.88	2.10
7×7	Max Xiong (熊锐明)	1:59.08	2:00.80
3×3 one-handed	Max Xiong (熊锐明)	10.32	12.61
Megaminx	Max Xiong (熊锐明)	46.16	50.50
Skewb	Max Xiong (熊锐明)	4.50	4.71

The PB harvest

71 set · 58 still standing

Keith Wierckx — 3×3 single 6.73: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
Ethan Louden — 3×3 single 7.46: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Nicolas Bergen — 3×3 single 8.03: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Jack Granger — 2×2 single 2.25: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Joshua Eric Enns — 3×3 single 11.64: into the top 12.6% of the event's history.
Emma Kemp — 2×2 single 2.91: into the top 13.2% of the event's history.
Sean Thorsteinson — 3×3 one-handed single 18.86: into the top 17.4% of the event's history.
Matteo Florendo — 3×3 single 13.09: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

32 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

95 competitors · 348 results · 6 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. Max Xiong (熊锐明) won it with a 8.38 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

95 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.