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L'Open du Berry 2018

Bourges · 2 June 2018 · 10 events · 41 competitors · 61 personal bests

Alexandre Carlier won three of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Juliette Sébastien by 0.18 seconds. 41 competitors produced 61 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Alexandre Carlier set the 3×3 average national record: 6.89.

Three wins
Alexandre Carlier — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5
0.18s
closest final — 2×2, Juliette Sébastien over Kévin Cagnon
61
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Alexandre Carlier5.986.89
2×2Juliette Sébastien2.312.75
4×4Alexandre Carlier25.3430.65
5×5Alexandre Carlier53.2957.85
6×6Victor Chenu2:07.862:14.25
7×7Michel Ye2:52.063:03.77
3×3 blindfoldedArthur Garcin23.24
3×3 Fewest MovesAnton Piau36 moves
PyraminxNathan Darney3.104.33
3×3 Multi-BlindMaxime Clapié19 of 22 cubes · 59:18

The PB harvest

61 set · 17 still standing
  • Nathan Prigent — 3×3 single 8.10: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
  • Pierre Desmet — 3×3 blindfolded single 37.38: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
  • Thomas Lehéricy — 3×3 blindfolded single 38.28: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
  • Axel Romani — 3×3 single 10.41: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
  • Alban Reynaud — Pyraminx single 4.48: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
  • Thomas Lehéricy — 3×3 Multi-Blind single 13 of 15 cubes · 1:00:00: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.
  • Hubert Tavernier — 3×3 single 13.23: into the top 18.2% of the event's history.
  • Hubert Tavernier — 4×4 single 47.00: into the top 20.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Six people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

41 competitors · 340 results · 10 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 6.89 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

41 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.