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Gan Open 2023

Gan · 23 September 2023 · 8 events · 75 competitors · 99 personal bests

Juliette Sébastien won five of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Juliette Sébastien by 0.02 seconds. 75 competitors produced 99 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Benoit Soulier took a Pyraminx single of 16.20 down to 6.66, 59 percent better in one day.

Five wins
Juliette Sébastien — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.02s
closest final — 2×2, Juliette Sébastien over Alaric Pouchain
99
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Juliette Sébastien6.066.70
2×2Juliette Sébastien1.461.90
4×4Juliette Sébastien25.8429.41
5×5Juliette Sébastien1:01.531:04.31
3×3 blindfoldedQuentin Rivault23.0226.73
3×3 one-handedJuliette Sébastien9.1010.09
ClockMaxim Dubernat7.257.84
PyraminxAlaric Pouchain3.714.50

The PB harvest

99 set · 31 still standing
  • Jacques Mateescu — 3×3 one-handed single 15.23: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
  • Alejandro Nicolay — 5×5 single 1:07.08: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
  • Axel Lavin — 2×2 single 2.76: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
  • Thomas Cellé — 5×5 single 1:10.41: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
  • Celio Boulay — 3×3 single 12.28: into the top 14.9% of the event's history.
  • Noam Verdaime — 2×2 single 3.15: into the top 16.0% of the event's history.
  • Noam Verdaime — Pyraminx single 5.48: into the top 16.3% of the event's history.
  • Celio Boulay — 2×2 single 3.39: into the top 18.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 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

75 competitors · 566 results · 8 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 6.70 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

75 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.