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Istres Open 2020

Istres · 25 January 2020 · 7 events · 34 competitors · 48 personal bests

Juliette Sébastien won three of the seven events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Diego Fraile by 0.31 seconds. 34 competitors produced 48 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Christian Lacle set the 4×4 single national record: 55.48.

Three wins
Juliette Sébastien — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx
0.31s
closest final — 2×2, Diego Fraile over Juliette Sébastien
48
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Juliette Sébastien6.227.84
2×2Diego Fraile1.592.15
4×4Lucas Déglise25.1532.79
5×5Lucas Déglise56.631:02.70
3×3 blindfoldedArthur Garcin24.47
3×3 one-handedJuliette Sébastien11.8112.89
MegaminxJuliette Sébastien43.9847.30

The PB harvest

48 set · 18 still standing
  • Arthur Garcin — 3×3 one-handed single 13.75: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
  • Sonam Joubert — 2×2 single 2.29: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
  • Clément Boyer — 3×3 single 9.88: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
  • Arsène Laffarre — 4×4 single 38.75: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
  • Benjamin Gendre — 2×2 single 2.94: into the top 13.6% of the event's history.
  • Baptiste Four — 3×3 one-handed single 18.95: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.
  • Arsène Laffarre — 5×5 single 1:20.05: into the top 19.1% of the event's history.
  • Florent Gaubert — 2×2 single 3.68: into the top 22.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,608 people who made their debut in 2020. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

34 competitors · 211 results · 7 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 7.84 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

34 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.