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Just Cube Open 2019

Lyon · 2 February 2019 · 9 events · 79 competitors · 117 personal bests

Juliette Sébastien won two of the nine events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 5×5, won by Abdelhak Kaddour by 0.04 seconds. 79 competitors produced 117 personal bests, 24 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Hugo Spitz set the 3×3 one-handed average continental record: 10.63.

Two wins
Juliette Sébastien — 3×3, 2×2
0.04s
closest final — 5×5, Abdelhak Kaddour over Alexandre Carlier
117
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Juliette Sébastien6.957.18
2×2Juliette Sébastien1.372.14
4×4Alexandre Carlier29.8730.72
5×5Abdelhak Kaddour53.4557.19
3×3 blindfoldedHari Anirudh27.24—
3×3 one-handedHugo Spitz10.3010.94
MegaminxIlona Ansel47.3649.70
SkewbLéo Bailly2.413.03
Square-1Lucas Déglise8.969.59

The PB harvest

117 set · 24 still standing
  • Mano Ségransan — 3×3 single 9.16: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
  • Astrid Lacotte — 2×2 single 2.53: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
  • Astrid Lacotte — Skewb single 4.14: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
  • Lenn Fontaine — 2×2 single 2.79: into the top 11.9% of the event's history.
  • Léo Bailly — Square-1 single 14.03: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.
  • Neil Tzikunib — 2×2 single 3.16: into the top 16.1% of the event's history.
  • Mano Ségransan — 5×5 single 1:19.16: into the top 18.4% of the event's history.
  • Grégoire Navarro — 3×3 single 13.75: into the top 20.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

14 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

79 competitors · 719 results · 9 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 7.18 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

79 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.