Competitions · France

Champagne Open 2016

Reims · 10 September 2016 · 15 events · 84 competitors · 141 personal bests

Alexandre Carlier won three of the 15 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Anthony Lafourcade by 0.18 seconds. 84 competitors produced 141 personal bests, 19 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Abdelhak Kaddour set the 7×7 single national record: 2:59.97.

Three wins

Alexandre Carlier — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5

0.18s

closest final — Skewb, Anthony Lafourcade over Clara Lafourcade

141

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Alexandre Carlier	7.23	8.10
2×2	Philippe Virouleau	2.34	3.00
4×4	Alexandre Carlier	30.28	33.60
5×5	Alexandre Carlier	1:00.78	1:06.16
6×6	Abdelhak Kaddour	2:07.62	2:18.99
7×7	Abdelhak Kaddour	2:59.97	3:15.04
3×3 blindfolded	Manu Vereecken	1:00.24	1:11.78
3×3 Fewest Moves	Emilien Fabre	30 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Juliette Sébastien	12.76	14.27
Megaminx	Alan Goasdoue	53.55	58.47
Pyraminx	Jules Desjardin	1.90	2.80
Skewb	Anthony Lafourcade	3.68	4.03
4×4 blindfolded	Manu Vereecken	7:37.86	—
5×5 blindfolded	Clément Cherblanc	37:57.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Maxime Clapié	12 of 13 cubes · 54:38	—

The PB harvest

141 set · 19 still standing

Manu Vereecken — 3×3 single 10.19: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Ian Cahuzac — Pyraminx single 6.58: into the top 24.5% of the event's history.
Julien Rawart — 3×3 single 15.52: into the top 26.2% of the event's history.
Victor Chenu — Skewb single 6.86: into the top 32.5% of the event's history.
Gaspard Leleux — 3×3 one-handed single 24.79: into the top 33.7% of the event's history.
Raphaël Mothe — Skewb single 9.15: into the top 49.4% of the event's history.
Alexandre Le Nouveau — 3×3 single 26.38: into the top 55.6% of the event's history.
Benoît Goubin — 5×5 single 2:10.30: into the top 55.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 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

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

84 competitors · 656 results · 15 events.

Everyone who competed

84 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.