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Open de Lumes 2023

Lumes · 24 June 2023 · 11 events · 75 competitors · 138 personal bests

Pierre Meunier won two of the eleven events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Maxence Baudry by 0.07 seconds. 75 competitors produced 138 personal bests, 25 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Carlo Glod set the 3×3 single national record: 8.90.

Two wins
Pierre Meunier — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed
0.07s
closest final — Skewb, Maxence Baudry over Anthony Lafourcade
138
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Pierre Meunier6.587.51
2×2Christofor Gabriel Costea1.042.00
4×4Abdelhak Kaddour22.5128.49
5×5Abdelhak Kaddour50.7953.38
3×3 blindfoldedJonathan Dammann28.8737.09
3×3 one-handedPierre Meunier8.9812.54
ClockNoémie Thiollier7.108.32
MegaminxUlysse Merlin41.6045.66
PyraminxTim van Huet3.744.30
SkewbMaxence Baudry2.502.74
Square-1Paul Luciw8.629.91

The PB harvest

138 set · 25 still standing
  • Abdelhak Kaddour — 4×4 single 22.51: into the top 0.26% of the event's history.
  • Carlo Glod — 3×3 single 8.90: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
  • Abel Van Nieuwenhove — 3×3 single 10.88: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
  • Marion Bihan — 3×3 one-handed single 16.03: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
  • Carlo Glod — 3×3 one-handed single 16.50: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.
  • Abel Van Nieuwenhove — 4×4 single 40.54: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
  • Chris Hermes — 3×3 single 12.22: into the top 14.7% of the event's history.
  • Nathan Silliard — 3×3 single 12.23: into the top 14.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

Nine people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

75 competitors · 647 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. Pierre Meunier won it with a 7.51 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

75 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.