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Barby Cube 2023

Barby · 8 April 2023 · 15 events · 90 competitors · 135 personal bests

Juliette Sébastien won three of the 15 events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Alwin Rölz by 0.22 seconds. 90 competitors produced 135 personal bests, 37 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Mohamed Elkhatri set the 3×3 single national record: 6.69.

Three wins
Juliette Sébastien — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx
0.22s
closest final — Skewb, Alwin Rölz over Grégoire Gsell
135
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Juliette Sébastien5.726.58
2×2Anael Champion1.241.61
4×4Abdelhak Kaddour23.6328.01
5×5Abdelhak Kaddour45.6151.38
6×6Alwin Rölz1:31.031:34.71
7×7Alwin Rölz2:15.492:21.26
3×3 blindfoldedArthur Garcin19.1220.83
3×3 one-handedJuliette Sébastien9.4310.32
ClockVirgile Perrot4.064.66
MegaminxJuliette Sébastien38.0040.27
PyraminxDiego Alfonso2.412.60
SkewbAlwin Rölz3.284.05
4×4 blindfoldedArthur Garcin3:02.51—
5×5 blindfoldedTiago Eche7:39.93—
3×3 Multi-BlindGalaad Langlois17 of 21 cubes · 53:26—

The PB harvest

135 set · 37 still standing
  • Grégoire Gsell — 3×3 single 6.88: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
  • Arthur Carraz-Billat — 2×2 single 1.28: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
  • Ellana Vauthier — 2×2 single 1.50: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
  • Antony Frackowiak — Pyraminx single 2.77: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
  • Grégoire Gsell — 2×2 single 1.67: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
  • Antony Frackowiak — 4×4 single 32.43: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
  • Tiago Eche — 3×3 single 9.68: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
  • Ellana Vauthier — Skewb single 3.56: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

90 competitors · 907 results · 15 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. Juliette Sébastien won it with a 6.58 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

90 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.