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Ugine Jeu et Jouet 2016

Ugine · 3 December 2016 · 5 events · 30 competitors · 28 personal bests

Richard Delacoste won two of the five events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Richard Delacoste by 0.28 seconds. 30 competitors produced 28 personal bests, 6 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Richard Delacoste set the 3×3 average national record: 9.10.

Two wins
Richard Delacoste — 3×3, 4×4
0.28s
closest final — 3×3, Richard Delacoste over Anton Piau
28
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Richard Delacoste8.739.86
2×2Anton Piau2.843.03
4×4Richard Delacoste39.0241.73
3×3 blindfoldedClément Cherblanc2:20.41
PyraminxClément Cherblanc5.666.20

The PB harvest

28 set · 6 still standing
  • Axel Trombert — 3×3 single 12.40: into the top 15.3% of the event's history.
  • Thomas Duplessis — 2×2 single 4.39: into the top 31.5% of the event's history.
  • Thomas Duplessis — Pyraminx single 8.75: into the top 42.7% of the event's history.
  • Loris Lellouche — 2×2 single 6.19: into the top 52.8% of the event's history.
  • Nicolas Chazaux — Pyraminx single 16.98: into the top 87.7% of the event's history.
  • Emmanuelle Saillard — 3×3 single 1:15.53: into the top 96.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

Six 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

30 competitors · 127 results · 5 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. Richard Delacoste won it with a 9.86 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

30 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.