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Esprit Cube Open Bayonne 2024

Bayonne · 28 September 2024 · 9 events · 59 competitors · 70 personal bests

Juliette Sébastien won four of the nine events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Julen Simón Iriarte by 0.30 seconds. 59 competitors produced 70 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Maria Luisa Menéndez Atarés took a 2×2 single of 17.95 down to 9.70, 46 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Juliette Sébastien — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.30s

closest final — 2×2, Julen Simón Iriarte over Quentin Rivault

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Juliette Sébastien	6.15	6.64
2×2	Julen Simón Iriarte	1.61	1.88
4×4	Juliette Sébastien	29.49	30.87
5×5	Juliette Sébastien	59.04	1:02.79
3×3 blindfolded	Arthur Garcin	17.34	—
3×3 one-handed	Juliette Sébastien	9.10	11.08
Clock	Manu Dutheil	3.90	4.73
Pyraminx	Aitor Ibañez Larrea	2.97	3.31
Skewb	Jorge Orrite De Alba	2.27	4.86

The PB harvest

70 set · 17 still standing

Hugo Guillet — 3×3 one-handed single 11.96: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Justin Combes — 3×3 single 10.97: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
Justin Combes — Pyraminx single 4.76: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
Justin Combes — 2×2 single 3.49: into the top 20.1% of the event's history.
Camille Chasseriaud — 2×2 single 3.64: into the top 21.9% of the event's history.
Camille Chasseriaud — 3×3 single 17.75: into the top 33.3% of the event's history.
Clément Sechoy — 3×3 single 18.00: into the top 34.1% of the event's history.
Axel Couvreux — Pyraminx single 7.91: into the top 35.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. 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

59 competitors · 473 results · 9 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. Juliette Sébastien won it with a 6.64 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

59 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.