Competitions · France

Talence Open 2023

Talence · 28 October 2023 · 8 events · 89 competitors · 81 personal bests

Sebastian Weyer won three of the eight events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Anthony Lafourcade by 0.05 seconds. 89 competitors produced 81 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Hélèna Barbry Deconninck took a Pyraminx single of 19.18 down to 6.31, 67 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Sebastian Weyer — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5

0.05s

closest final — Pyraminx, Anthony Lafourcade over Nils Rödel

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Sebastian Weyer	5.26	6.79
2×2	Alexandre Carlier	2.12	2.22
4×4	Sebastian Weyer	19.37	25.15
5×5	Sebastian Weyer	43.32	47.63
3×3 blindfolded	Arthur Garcin	23.15	—
Pyraminx	Anthony Lafourcade	2.30	3.19
Skewb	Anthony Lafourcade	1.65	2.78
5×5 blindfolded	Rodolphe Rouyrre	12:27.00	—

The PB harvest

81 set · 18 still standing

Flavien Darney — 2×2 single 1.17: into the top 0.95% of the event's history.
Arthur Provot — 2×2 single 1.32: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Hugo Guillet — 3×3 single 7.84: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Florian Bernard — Skewb single 2.49: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Corentin Niort — 3×3 single 8.35: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Noam Verdaime — 3×3 single 10.33: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Antonin Millet — 3×3 single 11.61: into the top 12.5% of the event's history.
Thomas Cellé — Skewb single 4.62: into the top 15.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

89 competitors · 583 results · 8 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. Sebastian Weyer won it with a 6.79 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

89 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.