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HEM MariCubik Open 2024

Hem · 19 May 2024 · 4 events · 60 competitors · 44 personal bests

Ulysse Merlin won two of the four events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Tobias Hermans by 0.08 seconds. 60 competitors produced 44 personal bests, 16 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Délya Abdelmagid took a 2×2 single of 25.07 down to 9.57, 62 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Ulysse Merlin — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed
0.08s
closest final — 2×2, Tobias Hermans over Imanuel Müller
44
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ulysse Merlin6.688.00
2×2Tobias Hermans1.912.24
3×3 blindfoldedMaxime Madrzyk20.06
3×3 one-handedUlysse Merlin12.8813.82

The PB harvest

44 set · 16 still standing
  • Romain Leblond — 3×3 single 6.42: into the top 0.79% of the event's history.
  • Maceo Garcin — 2×2 single 3.15: into the top 16.0% of the event's history.
  • Pedro Ventura — 2×2 single 3.37: into the top 18.6% of the event's history.
  • Christophe Woittequand — 2×2 single 3.43: into the top 19.3% of the event's history.
  • Etan Hardy — 3×3 single 15.17: into the top 25.0% of the event's history.
  • Tobias Hermans — 3×3 blindfolded single 1:40.13: into the top 26.7% of the event's history.
  • Soulaymane Coquerel-Touati — 3×3 single 17.05: into the top 31.1% of the event's history.
  • Nicolas Claeys — 3×3 single 17.97: into the top 34.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. 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

60 competitors · 244 results · 4 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. Ulysse Merlin won it with a 8.00 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.