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Only Cube Open 2017

Écully · 4 March 2017 · 13 events · 90 competitors · 119 personal bests

Alexandre Carlier won three of the 13 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Reto Bubendorf by 0.11 seconds. 90 competitors produced 119 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and 27 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Arthur Garcin set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 31.63.

Three wins
Alexandre Carlier — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5
0.11s
closest final — 2×2, Reto Bubendorf over Diego Fraile
119
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Alexandre Carlier6.648.47
2×2Reto Bubendorf2.052.39
4×4Alexandre Carlier30.8132.73
5×5Alexandre Carlier1:00.211:03.50
3×3 blindfoldedArthur Garcin40.99—
3×3 one-handedJuliette Sébastien12.6613.79
MegaminxSimon Blanchard52.7056.11
PyraminxJules Desjardin2.753.26
SkewbAnthony Lafourcade2.903.21
Square-1Philippe Virouleau13.6815.32
4×4 blindfoldedThomas Lehéricy13:38.00—
5×5 blindfoldedArthur Garcin18:36.00—
3×3 Multi-BlindTobias Peter9 of 12 cubes · 57:22—

The PB harvest

119 set · 18 still standing
  • Etienne Parent — 3×3 one-handed single 13.08: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
  • Valentin Ardaillon — 3×3 one-handed single 13.48: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
  • Richard Delacoste — Megaminx single 1:04.43: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.
  • Valentin Ardaillon — 4×4 single 41.26: into the top 13.6% of the event's history.
  • Ewan Brunel — 2×2 single 3.02: into the top 14.5% of the event's history.
  • Kaïto Bernhart — 3×3 one-handed single 19.29: into the top 18.6% of the event's history.
  • Yan Happiette — 3×3 single 13.68: into the top 19.8% of the event's history.
  • Valentin Ardaillon — Skewb single 5.46: into the top 21.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

27 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

90 competitors · 814 results · 13 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. Alexandre Carlier won it with a 8.47 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

90 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.