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Open de Lumes 2019

Lumes · 6 April 2019 · 11 events · 55 competitors · 84 personal bests

John Bacouël won three of the eleven events (2×2, Megaminx, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Maxence Baudry by 0.03 seconds. 55 competitors produced 84 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Alexandre Carlier set the 3×3 average national record: 6.60.

Three wins
John Bacouël — 2×2, Megaminx, Pyraminx
0.03s
closest final — Skewb, Maxence Baudry over Anthony Lafourcade
84
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Alexandre Carlier6.166.60
2×2John Bacouël1.212.10
4×4Alexandre Carlier26.5829.78
5×5Abdelhak Kaddour51.3159.19
3×3 blindfoldedRémi Esturoune1:32.50
3×3 one-handedVictor Colin12.9514.71
ClockAnthony Lafourcade8.469.27
MegaminxJohn Bacouël37.7338.54
PyraminxJohn Bacouël3.223.97
SkewbMaxence Baudry2.413.37
Square-1Paul Luciw12.2612.97

The PB harvest

84 set · 9 still standing
  • Timothé Poiret-Odille — Pyraminx single 5.42: into the top 15.9% of the event's history.
  • Hugo Clarenne — 2×2 single 3.24: into the top 17.1% of the event's history.
  • Tiemen Creve — Pyraminx single 7.50: into the top 32.0% of the event's history.
  • Timothé Poiret-Odille — 2×2 single 4.47: into the top 32.5% of the event's history.
  • Noémie Thiollier — Megaminx single 2:11.12: into the top 51.8% of the event's history.
  • Jonathan Mauroy — 3×3 blindfolded single 3:25.53: into the top 59.7% of the event's history.
  • Lucas Moreau — 5×5 single 2:19.56: into the top 60.8% of the event's history.
  • Tiemen Creve — 3×3 single 29.04: into the top 60.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Nine people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

55 competitors · 461 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. Alexandre Carlier won it with a 6.60 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

55 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.