Today we are announcing the next Toronto competition, the Toronto Open, Spring 2012. The competition will be held on Saturday June 2, 2012 in Toronto, Ontario. For complete details, visit the competition information page here.

Today we are announcing the next Canadian competition, National Capital Region 2012. The competition will be held on Saturday May 19th, 2012 in Rockland, Ontario. For complete details, visit the competition information page here.

Over 80 competitors braved poor weather conditions to participate in the Toronto Open, Winter 2012 competition this past weekend. It was the first Toronto area competition since the Canadian Open in August of 2011. The event went off very well in spite of a slow start due to the weather. But in the end, we finished on time, and everyone seemed to have a good time.

The final round of 3x3 was very close and quite exciting. In the end, it was Emily Wang that won the competition with an incredible average of 9.84 seconds. In second place was Eric Limeback with an average of 10.15, and finishing in third was Harris Chan with an average of 10.17.

Thanks again to everyone that came out to participate, help out, watch, and support these events. They are always a lot of fun, and we will look to hold another in the area very soon. Stay tuned to the site for announcements.

The first Canadian competition of the 2012 season will take place on Saturday February 11t, 2012. The event will be held at the Seneca College’s Senecentre. For those who attended last year’s TOS will be familiar with the room. For complete information, including registration, see the competition page.

The Vancouver Open, Winter 2011 competition took place this past weekend at Science World in Vancouver. As is often the case, Ibrahim Vajgel-Shedid won the competition with an average of 14.44 seconds in the final round. Sittinon Sukhaya finished second with an average of 14.64, and Jacobus Philip Haupt finished in third with a 14.72 second average.

The competition also saw US competitor Kevin Hays show up just long enough to set two world records, one for 6x6x6 single at 1:54.81 and 6x6x6 average at a time of 2:02.13. To see all the results, click here.

There was some media attention as well. You can view the article, photos and video here. Thanks to everyone that came out to make it a fun competition. That’s it for competitions in 2011. We’ll see everyone for more in 2012.