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French Open 2009

Serris (Paris) · 14 March 2009 · 17 events · 102 competitors · 169 personal bests

Bence Barát won five of the 17 events (6×6, 7×7, Megaminx) and the closest final was the Master Magic, won by Bence Barát by 0.20 seconds. 102 competitors produced 169 personal bests, 24 of which still stand today, and 33 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Gabriel Eduardo Núñez Serna set the 6×6 single continental record: 4:22.28.

Five wins

Bence Barát — 6×6, 7×7, Megaminx, Square-1, Master Magic

0.20s

closest final — Master Magic, Bence Barát over Olivér Perge

169

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Breandan Vallance	11.59	12.06
2×2	Benjamin Sintes	2.94	4.33
4×4	Christopher Ness	53.94	56.46
5×5	Jimmy Coll	1:32.46	1:37.40
6×6	Bence Barát	3:09.66	3:15.18
7×7	Bence Barát	4:31.90	4:59.34
3×3 blindfolded	Guillain Potron	1:34.16	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Mats Valk	28 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Nico Kupfer	17.78	20.43
Clock	Lila Guéret	9.72	10.61
Megaminx	Bence Barát	1:18.96	1:24.95
Pyraminx	Alejandro Riveiro Rodríguez	6.91	8.91
Square-1	Bence Barát	14.93	20.29
4×4 blindfolded	Sébastien Auroux	24:33.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Georges Poinsot	4 of 5 cubes · 50:00	—
Magic	Olivér Perge	0.90	0.97
Master Magic	Bence Barát	3.25	3.69

The PB harvest

169 set · 24 still standing

Alejandro Riveiro Rodríguez — Master Magic single 3.16: into the top 21.8% of the event's history.
Jimmy Coll — 4×4 single 50.41: into the top 25.2% of the event's history.
Laetitia Lemoine — Megaminx single 1:25.68: into the top 25.4% of the event's history.
Gabriel Eduardo Núñez Serna — 3×3 one-handed single 24.91: into the top 34.0% of the event's history.
Georges Poinsot — 3×3 blindfolded single 2:07.97: into the top 36.1% of the event's history.
Michael Tran — 2×2 single 4.77: into the top 36.4% of the event's history.
Gabriel Eduardo Núñez Serna — 4×4 single 1:00.83: into the top 37.4% of the event's history.
Mathieu Chataigner — 3×3 blindfolded single 2:24.08: into the top 41.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

33 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 3,600 people who made their debut in 2009. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

49 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

102 competitors · 602 results · 17 events.

Everyone who competed

102 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.