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French Championship 2016

Toulouse · 30 April 2016 · 18 events · 76 competitors · 94 personal bests

Clément Cherblanc won three of the 18 events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Diego Fraile by 0.32 seconds. 76 competitors produced 94 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Reto Bubendorf set the Megaminx single national record: 1:00.18.

Three wins
Clément Cherblanc — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7
0.32s
closest final — 2×2, Diego Fraile over Elian Beguec
94
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Alexandre Carlier6.758.01
2×2Diego Fraile2.162.48
4×4Alexandre Carlier31.1035.84
5×5Clément Cherblanc1:15.611:22.75
6×6Clément Cherblanc2:30.942:45.98
7×7Clément Cherblanc3:32.033:35.52
3×3 blindfoldedWilliam Phommaha1:11.30—
3×3 Fewest MovesAlexander Olleta del Molino33 moves—
3×3 one-handedNicolas Gertner Kilian12.7614.03
ClockPierre Bouvier6.619.14
MegaminxReto Bubendorf1:00.181:08.06
PyraminxJules Desjardin1.712.81
SkewbAnthony Lafourcade3.404.42
Square-1Jules Desjardin13.4316.94
4×4 blindfoldedArthur Garcin11:32.00—
5×5 blindfoldedWilliam Phommaha——
3×3 Multi-BlindDavid Ruscalleda Gómez8 of 8 cubes · 53:47—
3×3 with feetLeo Guernion50.631:03.86

The PB harvest

94 set · 15 still standing
  • Alexandre Carlier — 2×2 single 0.92: into the top 0.41% of the event's history.
  • Clara Lafourcade — 2×2 single 1.39: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
  • Maxime Clapié — 3×3 single 7.73: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
  • François Courtès — 2×2 single 1.91: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
  • Eddy Deturche — Square-1 single 11.02: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
  • Gabriel Olguín — 2×2 single 2.60: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
  • Leo Guernion — 3×3 with feet single 50.63: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
  • Nicolas Chazaux — 3×3 single 17.22: into the top 31.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 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

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

76 competitors · 636 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. Alexandre Carlier won it with a 8.01 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

76 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.