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Chambéry Cube Open 2016

Chambéry · 11 November 2016 · 18 events · 66 competitors · 166 personal bests

Clément Cherblanc won three of the 18 events (6×6, 7×7, Square-1) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Victor Colin by 0.09 seconds. 66 competitors produced 166 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Clément Cherblanc set the Square-1 single national record: 8.76.

Three wins
Clément Cherblanc — 6×6, 7×7, Square-1
0.09s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Victor Colin over Nicolas Gertner Kilian
166
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Jules Desjardin8.098.71
2×2Nicolas Gertner Kilian1.822.78
4×4Alexandre Carlier31.1033.26
5×5Alexandre Carlier1:03.391:05.10
6×6Clément Cherblanc2:23.582:28.27
7×7Clément Cherblanc3:37.003:56.73
3×3 blindfoldedArthur Garcin52.02—
3×3 Fewest MovesAnton Piau35 moves35.67
3×3 one-handedVictor Colin13.4214.37
ClockAnthony Lafourcade8.029.31
MegaminxAlan Goasdoue49.3051.85
PyraminxJules Desjardin1.373.79
SkewbAnthony Lafourcade2.313.44
Square-1Clément Cherblanc11.8713.84
4×4 blindfoldedArthur Garcin8:20.47—
5×5 blindfoldedAlban Reynaud——
3×3 Multi-BlindArthur Garcin7 of 9 cubes · 39:05—
3×3 with feetNicolas Gertner Kilian50.4254.93

The PB harvest

166 set · 31 still standing
  • Jules Desjardin — Pyraminx single 1.37: into the top 0.29% of the event's history.
  • Etienne Parent — 3×3 single 10.03: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
  • Alexandre Carlier — Megaminx single 1:01.38: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
  • Victor Colin — Megaminx single 1:11.68: into the top 16.7% of the event's history.
  • Nicolas Kaberian — 3×3 single 13.82: into the top 20.3% of the event's history.
  • Elias Vasset — Skewb single 5.30: into the top 20.5% of the event's history.
  • Martin Gambier — Skewb single 5.55: into the top 22.3% of the event's history.
  • Martin Gambier — Pyraminx single 7.04: into the top 28.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

66 competitors · 840 results · 18 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 8.71 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

66 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.