FMC à Montréal 2025

The quiet halls of FENGYE College provided a focused arena on August 9, 2025, as participants gathered with pen, paper, and scrambled puzzles laid out across the tables. Unlike the frantic clatter of a standard speedcubing meet, the room remained locked in sustained concentration throughout the day. Every solver worked deliberately against the clock, searching out efficient sequences and short variations on the classic Rubik's Cube. The gathering brought together sixteen dedicated participants in Montréal, Quebec, Canada for an intensive test of strategy and spatial calculation.

At FMC à Montréal 2025, France's Louis-Marie Ratto delivered a commanding performance to control the single-discipline gathering from start to finish. Over two rounds of rigorous play, Ratto set the standard for the entire meet, posting a winning single of 19 moves and sealing the title with a tournament-best average of 21.00. That relentless precision left little room for the rest of the field, establishing Ratto as the undisputed leader across every stage of the day.

The battle behind the leader remained fiercely contested throughout the final round of 3x3x3 Fewest Moves. Chris Chi of the United States secured the second spot on the podium with a disciplined average of 22.00, having delivered a sharp single of 20 moves during the contest. Canada's Benjamin Kyle rounded out the international top three, claiming third place with a 22.67 average to ensure the host nation was represented on the podium at this high-stakes cubing competition.

Canadian solver Jack Lee authored one of the most significant statistical achievements of the weekend, setting a new Canadian national record average of 22.33 in 3x3x3 Fewest Moves on his way to a fourth-place finish. Lee also matched the tournament's second-best single score with an efficient 20-move solution. The benchmark performance underscored the immense tactical quality running through the top tier of the 3x3 results in Montreal.

Away from the top steps of the podium, several solvers produced major personal breakthroughs on the scorecards. Jack Chicoine delivered a massive leap forward in efficiency, logging a personal best of 28 moves that improved upon his prior standard of 36 by 22.2 percent to finish twelfth. Elliott Kobelansky also made substantial headway, securing sixth place while cutting his personal best to 20 moves, a 16.7 percent improvement over his previous mark of 24. Jack Lee boosted his own baseline with a personal best of 20 moves, improving by 4.8 percent, while fifth-place finisher Elijah De Groote improved his best mark by 4.2 percent with a fine 23-move single.

The quiet tables also welcomed ambitious new milestones for participants stepping into unfamiliar territory. Leo Qu (屈静悠) tackled 3x3x3 Fewest Moves for the first time in an official setting, finishing eighth overall with a first attempt of 36 moves. Jeremy Lamoureux took on his first ever attempt in the event, logging a score of 39 to place eleventh, a mark matched by Bilal El Rawas on his own debut attempt en route to ninth place. Meanwhile, Ibrahim Quraishi earned tenth place, and Simon Chen marked a significant milestone by entering his very first official WCA competition.

The single-day fixture highlighted the unique mental demands of competitive speed cubing, where efficiency completely supersedes physical turning speed. With two rounds of deep analysis packed into the schedule, FMC à Montréal 2025 challenged competitors to maintain sharp tactical clarity through hours of intense exploration. The 2025 gathering demonstrated the depth of the discipline, blending seasoned international prowess with rising local talent.

As the event concluded at FENGYE College, the final rankings reflected a memorable day of calculation and record-setting play. With one podium position apiece for France, the United States, and Canada, FMC à Montréal 2025 delivered an exceptional showcase of patience and skill. The participating solvers packed away their notes having pushed the boundaries of efficiency, ready to bring their sharpened analytical methods into the next season of play.