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Angers ESEOpen 2022

Angers · 11 June 2022 · 8 events · 76 competitors · 75 personal bests

Sebastian Weyer won three of the eight events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Alexis Le Merrer by 0.04 seconds. 76 competitors produced 75 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Benjamin Coudrais took a 2×2 single of 4.66 down to 2.72, 42 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Sebastian Weyer — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6
0.04s
closest final — 2×2, Alexis Le Merrer over Anthony Lafourcade
75
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Philipp Weyer6.226.82
2×2Alexis Le Merrer2.342.89
4×4Sebastian Weyer19.7324.49
5×5Sebastian Weyer46.7552.07
6×6Sebastian Weyer1:42.171:50.15
3×3 blindfoldedMartial Bonarek25.9130.21
MegaminxAlexis Le Merrer41.5050.72
3×3 Multi-BlindVictor Chenu13 of 17 cubes · 54:10—

The PB harvest

75 set · 18 still standing
  • Martial Bonarek — 3×3 blindfolded single 24.70: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
  • Axel Brisse — 4×4 single 31.33: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
  • Axel Brisse — Megaminx single 50.61: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
  • Selima Alguiriev — 3×3 single 10.12: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
  • Alex Mussard — 2×2 single 3.30: into the top 17.8% of the event's history.
  • Amaël Safsaf Pattier — 3×3 single 14.18: into the top 21.6% of the event's history.
  • Nathan Way — 4×4 single 48.03: into the top 22.2% of the event's history.
  • Adam Tribich — 3×3 single 15.64: into the top 26.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. 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

76 competitors · 457 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. Philipp Weyer won it with a 6.82 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

76 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.