Competitions · France

Hem MariCubik Open 2019

Hem · 16 June 2019 · 6 events · 56 competitors · 49 personal bests

John Bacouël won three of the six events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by John Bacouël by 0.26 seconds. 56 competitors produced 49 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

John Bacouël set the 2×2 average national record: 1.66.

Three wins

John Bacouël — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed

0.26s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, John Bacouël over Anthony Lafourcade

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	John Bacouël	7.34	8.72
2×2	John Bacouël	1.56	2.50
4×4	Anthony Lafourcade	34.18	37.42
3×3 blindfolded	Maxime Madrzyk	35.57	37.84
3×3 one-handed	John Bacouël	13.09	16.54
Skewb	Anthony Lafourcade	2.00	2.88

The PB harvest

49 set · 17 still standing

Chloé Demuynck — 3×3 one-handed single 12.97: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Romain D'hondt — 2×2 single 2.26: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
Télian Delannoy — 2×2 single 2.44: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
Valérian Guichard — 3×3 single 11.65: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
Valérian Guichard — 2×2 single 3.47: into the top 19.8% of the event's history.
Gildas Desnos — 2×2 single 3.57: into the top 21.1% of the event's history.
Gildas Desnos — 3×3 single 14.82: into the top 23.8% of the event's history.
Sewan Boudrai — 3×3 one-handed single 25.00: into the top 34.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

56 competitors · 285 results · 6 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. John Bacouël won it with a 8.72 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

56 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.