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Esprit Cube Open Bayonne 2023

Bayonne · 14 October 2023 · 11 events · 56 competitors · 76 personal bests

Quentin Rivault won three of the eleven events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Quentin Rivault by 0.28 seconds. 56 competitors produced 76 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and two people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Sacha Hatier took a Clock single of 43.71 down to 22.53, 48 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Quentin Rivault — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 blindfolded

0.28s

closest final — 2×2, Quentin Rivault over Philippe Virouleau

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Quentin Rivault	6.61	7.81
2×2	Quentin Rivault	2.36	3.07
4×4	Alexandre Carlier	27.26	37.05
5×5	Alexandre Carlier	52.92	59.12
3×3 blindfolded	Quentin Rivault	24.77	26.51
3×3 one-handed	Thomas Cellé	14.16	15.22
Clock	Manu Dutheil	7.23	7.92
Pyraminx	Manu Dutheil	2.80	4.49
Skewb	Maxim Dubernat	3.49	5.17
Square-1	Rubén López de Juan	10.71	13.26
3×3 Multi-Blind	Wilfrid Py	17 of 20 cubes · 1:00:02	—

The PB harvest

76 set · 18 still standing

Thibault Vilbois — 3×3 single 5.92: into the top 0.44% of the event's history.
Jacques Mateescu — Pyraminx single 3.44: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Maxim Dubernat — Skewb single 3.49: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
Pablo Schmitt Vallejo — 3×3 single 10.94: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
Joachim Azzi — 3×3 single 13.07: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.
Thibault Vilbois — Square-1 single 23.76: into the top 36.3% of the event's history.
Léon Perez — Clock single 13.18: into the top 40.4% of the event's history.
Guilhem Puyfoulhoux — 2×2 single 5.16: into the top 41.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

Two 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

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

The field

56 competitors · 395 results · 11 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. Quentin Rivault won it with a 7.81 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.