Toronto, Ontario -- Ukraine’s Miroslav Hubenko claimed top honours at Camauto’s 2025 PDR & GPR International Competition, held in Montreal from July 11 to 13.
The event brought together ten technicians from around the world for a weekend of live repairs, tool demonstrations and friendly rivalry. Sponsored by Anson PDR, competitors were selected through public voting. Over two days, each was tasked with repairing a dent under the gaze of judges and a crowd of fellow technicians and toolmakers.
The competition kicked off Friday with demonstrations from Camauto Pro Tools, giving attendees a look at new equipment and repair techniques. Competitors were introduced and assigned their repair panels by random draw.
Technicians got to work at 10 a.m. the next day. While techniques varied, their goals did not -- to make clean, complete repairs under strict time constraints. Repairs continued through Sunday, wrapping at 6 p.m.
Judging was handled by four industry veterans: Arilson Guedes (Brazil), Charles Aoun (Canada), Ken Clark (U.S.A.) and Craig Dyer (U.S.A.). Scores were sealed until the evening Gala Dinner, where results were announced.
Second place was awarded to Menfis Hurachi of Brazil. All ten competitors received certificates of participation and gift packages from Camauto.
Also competing were:
- Gene Fetty (U.S.A.)
- Martin Sadler (U.K.)
- Oleksandr Doronin (Canada)
- Pak Narlin (Canada)
- Pablo Rocha (Mexico)
- Vladimir Polacek (Czech Republic)
- Wei Wu (China)
- Zeeshan Anjam (Germany)
