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Hem MariCubik Open 2017

Hem · 4 June 2017 · 5 events · 60 competitors · 74 personal bests

Bruno Vervoort won two of the five events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Bruno Vervoort by 0.27 seconds. 60 competitors produced 74 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Carmen Liu set the 3×3 single national record: 11.74.

Two wins
Bruno Vervoort — 3×3, 4×4
0.27s
closest final — 3×3, Bruno Vervoort over Victor Colin
74
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Bruno Vervoort9.089.36
2×2Juliette Sébastien2.233.04
4×4Bruno Vervoort33.5137.76
3×3 blindfoldedManu Vereecken1:09.93
3×3 one-handedJuliette Sébastien11.9913.11

The PB harvest

74 set · 22 still standing
  • Tiemen De Meester — 2×2 single 1.66: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
  • Samy Mekenese — 2×2 single 1.99: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
  • Bruno Vervoort — 2×2 single 2.13: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
  • David Sestu — 3×3 single 11.13: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
  • Antoine Floure — 3×3 single 11.57: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.
  • Pietro Angelillo — 3×3 one-handed single 18.03: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.
  • Antoine Floure — 2×2 single 3.11: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.
  • Aymeric Dorchies — 2×2 single 3.32: into the top 18.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

60 competitors · 337 results · 5 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. Bruno Vervoort won it with a 9.36 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

60 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.