Competitions · France

European Rubik's Cube Championship 2006

Paris · 23 September 2006 · 14 events · 94 competitors · 136 personal bests

Stefan Pochmann won three of the 14 events (3×3 blindfolded, Megaminx, 3×3 Multi-Blind (old style)) and the closest final was the Magic, won by Henrik Buus Aagaard by 0.00 seconds. 94 competitors produced 136 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and 27 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Mátyás Kuti set the Master Magic single world record: 2.48.

Three wins

Stefan Pochmann — 3×3 blindfolded, Megaminx, 3×3 Multi-Blind (old style)

0.00s

closest final — Magic, Henrik Buus Aagaard over Alexander Ooms

136

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Joël van Noort	13.83	14.97
2×2	Milán Baticz	4.13	5.92
4×4	Jean Pons	57.32	1:02.40
5×5	Ron van Bruchem	2:06.20	2:09.57
3×3 blindfolded	Stefan Pochmann	3:49.59	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Gilles Roux	31 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Gilles van den Peereboom	26.53	29.09
Clock	Mátyás Kuti	10.40	11.81
Megaminx	Stefan Pochmann	1:29.05	1:51.03
Square-1	Lars Vandenbergh	28.96	31.85
3×3 with feet	Anssi Vanhala	1:25.63	—
Magic	Henrik Buus Aagaard	1.31	1.35
Master Magic	Milán Baticz	2.84	3.32
3×3 Multi-Blind (old style)	Stefan Pochmann	5 of 5 cubes · 1:07:15	—

The PB harvest

136 set · 16 still standing

Dan Harris — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 32 moves: into the top 20.4% of the event's history.
Per Kristen Fredlund — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 35 moves: into the top 30.0% of the event's history.
Alexander Ooms — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 36 moves: into the top 33.6% of the event's history.
Grégory Servaud — 3×3 single 19.53: into the top 38.6% of the event's history.
Kåre Krig — 3×3 with feet single 2:06.09: into the top 51.4% of the event's history.
Mátyás Kuti — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 41 moves: into the top 51.8% of the event's history.
Norbert Hantos — Master Magic single 4.31: into the top 53.9% of the event's history.
Per Kristen Fredlund — 4×4 single 1:21.33: into the top 57.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

27 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 580 people who made their debut in 2006. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

110 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

94 competitors · 475 results · 14 events.

Everyone who competed

94 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.