Competitions · France

Un Petit Gesté Open 2023

Gesté · 16 September 2023 · 9 events · 107 competitors · 173 personal bests

Mathis Luc won two of the nine events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Megaminx, won by Théo Girard by 0.24 seconds. 107 competitors produced 173 personal bests, 41 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Evan Nicollas took a Square-1 single of 1:12.71 down to 18.43, 75 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Mathis Luc — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.24s

closest final — Megaminx, Théo Girard over Sebastian Weyer

173

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Mathis Luc	5.91	6.96
2×2	Lucas Déglise	1.61	2.77
4×4	Alexandre Carlier	27.51	29.40
3×3 blindfolded	Arthur Garcin	21.80	—
3×3 one-handed	Mathis Luc	12.16	14.49
Clock	Gabriel Luthun	6.76	7.93
Megaminx	Théo Girard	49.96	52.14
Square-1	Lucas Déglise	7.70	9.08
3×3 Multi-Blind	Arthur Garcin	20 of 23 cubes · 52:03	—

The PB harvest

173 set · 41 still standing

Anton Hebert-Baron — 3×3 single 6.48: into the top 0.84% of the event's history.
Anton Hebert-Baron — 3×3 one-handed single 11.91: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Firmin Brault — Square-1 single 9.22: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Hippolyte Dessyn — 3×3 single 9.03: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Quentin Duplessis — 3×3 single 10.29: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
Zoé Ruth — 2×2 single 2.46: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
Julian Bilan — 3×3 single 10.83: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
Antoine Aubault — 2×2 single 2.89: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

18 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

107 competitors · 770 results · 9 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. Mathis Luc won it with a 6.96 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

107 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.