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Montbéliard Open 2016

Montbéliard · 1 November 2016 · 7 events · 50 competitors · 79 personal bests

Victor Colin won two of the seven events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Nicolas Gertner Kilian by 0.38 seconds. 50 competitors produced 79 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Victor Colin set the 3×3 one-handed average national record: 13.73.

Two wins
Victor Colin — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed
0.38s
closest final — 2×2, Nicolas Gertner Kilian over Juliette Sébastien
79
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Victor Colin8.699.36
2×2Nicolas Gertner Kilian1.482.84
4×4Abdelhak Kaddour30.2136.94
5×5Abdelhak Kaddour1:03.581:08.45
3×3 one-handedVictor Colin13.1613.73
PyraminxReto Bubendorf3.203.87
SkewbAnthony Lafourcade3.314.11

The PB harvest

79 set · 19 still standing
  • János Márton Daróczi — 3×3 single 9.58: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
  • Quentin Galy — 2×2 single 3.13: into the top 15.8% of the event's history.
  • Théo Mottet — Pyraminx single 5.63: into the top 17.3% of the event's history.
  • Théo Mottet — 3×3 single 14.86: into the top 23.9% of the event's history.
  • Quentin Galy — 3×3 single 15.75: into the top 26.9% of the event's history.
  • Nathan Feral — Pyraminx single 7.18: into the top 29.3% of the event's history.
  • Lucas Alves Casal Da Veiga — 3×3 single 16.80: into the top 30.4% of the event's history.
  • Louis Oulès — 2×2 single 4.36: into the top 31.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

50 competitors · 342 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. Victor Colin won it with a 9.36 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

50 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.