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Gesté Barrière Open 2021

Gesté · 6 November 2021 · 10 events · 83 competitors · 105 personal bests

Sebastian Weyer won two of the ten events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Nicolas Gertner Kilian by 0.15 seconds. 83 competitors produced 105 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and 30 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Mohamed Elkhatri set the 4×4 single continental record: 32.70.

Two wins
Sebastian Weyer — 3×3, 4×4
0.15s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Nicolas Gertner Kilian over Alix Jack
105
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Sebastian Weyer5.836.53
2×2Louis-Marie Ratto1.262.21
4×4Sebastian Weyer20.4624.48
5×5Abdelhak Kaddour48.7251.31
6×6Abdelhak Kaddour1:36.801:40.11
3×3 blindfoldedArthur Garcin27.70—
3×3 one-handedNicolas Gertner Kilian12.7314.81
MegaminxDiego Alfonso53.4758.54
PyraminxDiego Alfonso2.122.36
Square-1Lucas Déglise6.909.87

The PB harvest

105 set · 13 still standing
  • Sebastian Weyer — 3×3 single 4.32: into the top 0.032% of the event's history.
  • Louis-Marie Ratto — Pyraminx single 1.48: into the top 0.39% of the event's history.
  • Mohamed Elkhatri — 3×3 one-handed single 13.52: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
  • Timothé Ringeard — 3×3 one-handed single 13.73: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
  • Nathan Way — 3×3 single 10.29: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
  • Nathan Way — 2×2 single 2.90: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.
  • Timothé Ringeard — Megaminx single 1:12.09: into the top 16.9% of the event's history.
  • Paul Lafourcade — 3×3 one-handed single 28.60: into the top 43.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

30 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,438 people who made their debut in 2021. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

9 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

83 competitors · 604 results · 10 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. Sebastian Weyer won it with a 6.53 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

83 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.