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Belfort Open 2018

Belfort · 27 January 2018 · 7 events · 54 competitors · 71 personal bests

Jules Desjardin won two of the seven events (3×3, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Hugo Spitz by 0.28 seconds. 54 competitors produced 71 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Andrea Thull set the 4×4 single national record: 49.11.

Two wins
Jules Desjardin — 3×3, Pyraminx
0.28s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Hugo Spitz over Victor Colin
71
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Jules Desjardin7.307.93
2×2Kévin Cagnon2.433.03
4×4Abdelhak Kaddour27.2930.63
3×3 blindfoldedTobias Peter1:03.94
3×3 one-handedHugo Spitz11.4914.12
PyraminxJules Desjardin2.292.58
SkewbNoé Bourdon3.274.27

The PB harvest

71 set · 13 still standing
  • János Márton Daróczi — 3×3 one-handed single 16.30: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
  • Samuel Klopfenstein — 2×2 single 2.87: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.
  • Bastien Hézard — 3×3 single 15.10: into the top 24.8% of the event's history.
  • Julien Wachter — 4×4 single 50.15: into the top 24.9% of the event's history.
  • Thomas Cattant — 2×2 single 4.31: into the top 30.5% of the event's history.
  • Thomas Ravel — 2×2 single 4.35: into the top 31.0% of the event's history.
  • Thomas Cattant — 3×3 single 17.17: into the top 31.5% of the event's history.
  • Thibaut Duvoid — 3×3 single 21.49: into the top 44.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

Twelve 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

54 competitors · 443 results · 7 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. Jules Desjardin won it with a 7.93 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

54 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.