Competitions · France

Open Cube Project 2016

Santes · 16 April 2016 · 12 events · 97 competitors · 122 personal bests

Anton Piau won two of the twelve events (3×3, 3×3 Fewest Moves) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Maxime Clapié by 0.05 seconds. 97 competitors produced 122 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and 41 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Nicolas Gertner Kilian set the 3×3 with feet single national record: 52.97.

Two wins

Anton Piau — 3×3, 3×3 Fewest Moves

0.05s

closest final — 2×2, Maxime Clapié over Andreas Guy Vercauteren

122

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Anton Piau	9.43	10.23
2×2	Maxime Clapié	2.59	3.03
4×4	Victor Chenu	39.01	43.04
5×5	Clément Cherblanc	1:15.81	1:20.12
3×3 blindfolded	François Courtès	1:16.52	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Anton Piau	25 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Victor Colin	13.08	14.57
Megaminx	Alan Goasdoue	1:13.91	1:19.74
Pyraminx	Anthony Lafourcade	3.83	4.34
Skewb	Anthony Lafourcade	3.23	4.93
Square-1	Anant Pingle	15.94	19.82
3×3 with feet	Leo Guernion	59.41	1:10.84

The PB harvest

122 set · 34 still standing

Jake Hurst — 2×2 single 1.86: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Anton Piau — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 25 moves: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Ian Cahuzac — 2×2 single 2.25: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Martin Minnaert — 2×2 single 2.40: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Thomas Pereira — 2×2 single 3.16: into the top 16.1% of the event's history.
Thomas Pereira — Pyraminx single 5.53: into the top 16.6% of the event's history.
Daniel Strens — 3×3 single 12.95: into the top 17.2% of the event's history.
Paul Bucamp — Pyraminx single 5.88: into the top 19.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

41 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

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

97 competitors · 712 results · 12 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. Anton Piau won it with a 10.23 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

97 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.