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Lyon Last Layer Open 2023

Oullins · 1 July 2023 · 11 events · 100 competitors · 183 personal bests

Abdelhak Kaddour won four of the eleven events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Abdelhak Kaddour by 0.07 seconds. 100 competitors produced 183 personal bests, 41 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ilija Jovanovic set the Pyraminx single national record: 1.39.

Four wins
Abdelhak Kaddour — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7
0.07s
closest final — 4×4, Abdelhak Kaddour over Juliette Sébastien
183
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Juliette Sébastien5.776.39
2×2Diego Fraile1.471.70
4×4Abdelhak Kaddour27.0628.97
5×5Abdelhak Kaddour46.2251.92
6×6Abdelhak Kaddour1:31.441:34.45
7×7Abdelhak Kaddour2:12.122:15.63
3×3 blindfoldedArthur Garcin26.18—
3×3 one-handedDhruva Sai Meruva9.7410.08
MegaminxJuliette Sébastien36.5042.35
PyraminxDiego Alfonso1.382.21
SkewbAnthony Lafourcade2.003.31

The PB harvest

183 set · 41 still standing
  • Ilija Jovanovic — Pyraminx single 1.39: into the top 0.3% of the event's history.
  • Luc Rabeyrin — Pyraminx single 1.47: into the top 0.39% of the event's history.
  • Samuel Simko — 3×3 single 5.96: into the top 0.46% of the event's history.
  • Flavien Darney — Pyraminx single 2.57: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
  • Antoine Jurkowski — 3×3 single 8.46: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
  • Flavien Darney — 3×3 single 8.50: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
  • Thomas Cellé — 2×2 single 1.91: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
  • Galaad Langlois — 3×3 blindfolded single 30.45: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

Nine people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

100 competitors · 956 results · 11 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 6.39 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

100 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.