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Cube en Baie Open 2026

Saint-Aubin-de-Terregatte · 14 August 2026 · 15 events · 64 competitors · 137 personal bests

Manu Dutheil won four of the 15 events (3×3 blindfolded, Clock, 4×4 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Joris Arias Capes by 0.02 seconds. 64 competitors produced 137 personal bests, 132 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Corentin Monard took a Megaminx single of 4:29.77 down to 1:19.67, 70 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Manu Dutheil — 3×3 blindfolded, Clock, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded
0.02s
closest final — 3×3, Joris Arias Capes over Sebastian Weyer
137
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Joris Arias Capes5.216.77
2×2Ilian Chambreuil1.982.15
4×4Sebastian Weyer19.6722.20
5×5Sebastian Weyer42.6545.81
6×6Corentin Monard1:39.491:48.10
7×7Corentin Monard2:28.762:32.03
3×3 blindfoldedManu Dutheil26.71—
3×3 one-handedJoris Arias Capes7.4212.28
ClockManu Dutheil3.524.18
MegaminxRémi Perrin30.7334.98
PyraminxMaël Tran2.212.55
SkewbJoris Arias Capes3.244.97
Square-1Bastien Ferraud10.6711.94
4×4 blindfoldedManu Dutheil3:26.14—
5×5 blindfoldedManu Dutheil9:18.14—

The PB harvest

137 set · 132 still standing
  • Joris Arias Capes — 3×3 single 4.80: into the top 0.085% of the event's history.
  • Joris Arias Capes — 3×3 one-handed single 7.42: into the top 0.11% of the event's history.
  • Antonin Leprince — Pyraminx single 1.30: into the top 0.22% of the event's history.
  • César Essling — 3×3 single 6.09: into the top 0.54% of the event's history.
  • Marin Brun Boubel — 3×3 single 7.35: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
  • Ilian Chambreuil — 2×2 single 1.47: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
  • Louis-Marie Mohin — 3×3 single 7.56: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
  • Maël Tran — 3×3 one-handed single 11.51: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

64 competitors · 619 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. Joris Arias Capes won it with a 6.77 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

64 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.