Competitions · France

Champagne Open 2019

Reims · 7 September 2019 · 13 events · 109 competitors · 118 personal bests

Abdelhak Kaddour won three of the 13 events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Juliette Sébastien by 0.12 seconds. 109 competitors produced 118 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Andrea Thull set the 3×3 Fewest Moves single national record: 37 moves.

Three wins

Abdelhak Kaddour — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.12s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Juliette Sébastien over Philipp Weyer

118

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Philipp Weyer	6.26	6.91
2×2	Juliette Sébastien	1.41	1.92
4×4	Philipp Weyer	24.76	28.85
5×5	Abdelhak Kaddour	50.74	56.32
6×6	Abdelhak Kaddour	1:38.65	1:43.58
7×7	Abdelhak Kaddour	2:23.22	2:31.82
3×3 blindfolded	Arthur Garcin	22.42	27.74
3×3 Fewest Moves	Axel Brisse	28 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Juliette Sébastien	10.48	12.03
Megaminx	Victor Wijsman	41.12	44.52
Pyraminx	Jules Desjardin	2.42	3.15
Skewb	Maxence Baudry	2.35	2.50
3×3 Multi-Blind	William Phommaha	21 of 25 cubes · 57:12	—

The PB harvest

118 set · 34 still standing

Jules Desjardin — 2×2 single 1.36: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Matthieu Aubert — 3×3 single 9.14: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Thomas Le Flanchec — Pyraminx single 3.51: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Louis Fertier — 3×3 one-handed single 14.71: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Nathan Prigent — Skewb single 3.55: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Ricardo Alexis Domínguez Hernández — 3×3 single 10.36: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
Marie Demeyère — 3×3 single 10.91: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.
Benoît Goubin — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 30 moves: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Twelve people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

109 competitors · 851 results · 13 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 6.91 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

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solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

109 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.