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Villeneuve-lès-Avignon A 2021

Villeneuve-lès-Avignon · 17 July 2021 · 6 events · 24 competitors · 34 personal bests

Sandy Aaron Jones won two of the six events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Diego Fraile by 0.05 seconds. 24 competitors produced 34 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Théo Monteau took a Megaminx single of 2:28.42 down to 1:33.22, 37 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Sandy Aaron Jones — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed
0.05s
closest final — Pyraminx, Diego Fraile over Astrid Lacotte
34
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Sandy Aaron Jones8.229.54
4×4Tom Chiesura31.5034.77
3×3 blindfoldedArthur Garcin22.9224.45
3×3 one-handedSandy Aaron Jones11.3514.15
MegaminxRémi Perrin39.1247.25
PyraminxDiego Fraile3.023.72

The PB harvest

34 set · 9 still standing
  • Tom Chiesura — 3×3 single 7.62: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
  • Sandy Aaron Jones — 3×3 one-handed single 11.35: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
  • Tom Chiesura — 3×3 one-handed single 14.58: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
  • Astrid Lacotte — 3×3 single 11.20: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.
  • Benjamin Gendre — 4×4 single 39.14: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.
  • Benjamin Gendre — 3×3 one-handed single 17.41: into the top 13.6% of the event's history.
  • Astrid Lacotte — 4×4 single 45.27: into the top 18.6% of the event's history.
  • Astrid Lacotte — Megaminx single 1:18.23: into the top 20.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,438 people who made their debut in 2021. 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

24 competitors · 171 results · 6 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. Sandy Aaron Jones won it with a 9.54 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

24 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.