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Barby Cube Open 2018

Barby · 3 November 2018 · 10 events · 56 competitors · 108 personal bests

Richard Delacoste won four of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Richard Delacoste by 0.01 seconds. 56 competitors produced 108 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Juliette Sébastien set the 3×3 one-handed average continental record: 11.23.

Four wins
Richard Delacoste — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.01s
closest final — 3×3, Richard Delacoste over Alexandre Carlier
108
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Richard Delacoste7.247.72
2×2Juliette Sébastien2.012.41
4×4Richard Delacoste31.4134.04
5×5Richard Delacoste52.371:01.14
3×3 blindfoldedJuliette Sébastien1:16.481:26.00
3×3 one-handedRichard Delacoste11.9812.47
MegaminxJuliette Sébastien47.8950.78
PyraminxSamuel Simko2.403.03
SkewbNoé Bourdon2.313.27
Square-1Lucas Déglise7.9410.03

The PB harvest

108 set · 15 still standing
  • Antonin Valere — 3×3 single 8.66: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
  • Mano Ségransan — 4×4 single 36.46: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
  • Alexandre Theisen — 3×3 one-handed single 16.36: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
  • Clément Martin — 3×3 single 11.37: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
  • Yann Lautier — 3×3 single 12.97: into the top 17.3% of the event's history.
  • Clément Martin — 2×2 single 3.36: into the top 18.5% of the event's history.
  • Clément Martin — 4×4 single 49.86: into the top 24.5% of the event's history.
  • Thomas Le Flanchec — 4×4 single 50.01: into the top 24.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

14 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

56 competitors · 591 results · 10 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. Richard Delacoste won it with a 7.72 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

56 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.