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Chelles Open 2017

Chelles · 11 February 2017 · 12 events · 62 competitors · 133 personal bests

Jules Desjardin won three of the twelve events (3×3, Pyraminx, Square-1) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Jules Desjardin by 0.26 seconds. 62 competitors produced 133 personal bests, 12 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Louis Wysocinski took a Pyraminx single of 24.98 down to 6.56, 74 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Jules Desjardin — 3×3, Pyraminx, Square-1
0.26s
closest final — 3×3, Jules Desjardin over Victor Colin
133
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Jules Desjardin8.449.08
2×2Reto Bubendorf1.932.29
4×4Alexandre Carlier28.9030.99
5×5Alexandre Carlier54.931:02.59
6×6Michel Ye2:11.022:17.40
7×7Michel Ye3:21.273:27.31
3×3 blindfoldedRémi Esturoune1:50.91—
3×3 Fewest MovesEmilien Fabre29 moves—
3×3 one-handedVictor Colin11.8112.60
PyraminxJules Desjardin2.082.72
SkewbAnthony Lafourcade2.993.41
Square-1Jules Desjardin12.4114.22

The PB harvest

133 set · 12 still standing
  • Kaïto Bernhart — Skewb single 3.48: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
  • Etienne Parent — Pyraminx single 4.27: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
  • Kaïto Bernhart — Pyraminx single 4.27: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
  • Maxime Riviere — 3×3 single 14.93: into the top 24.2% of the event's history.
  • Maxime Riviere — 2×2 single 4.92: into the top 38.3% of the event's history.
  • Mohamed Sate — 4×4 single 1:06.75: into the top 43.7% of the event's history.
  • Maxime Riviere — 3×3 one-handed single 31.70: into the top 50.5% of the event's history.
  • Corentin Furet — 6×6 single 3:20.08: into the top 50.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. 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

62 competitors · 673 results · 12 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. Jules Desjardin won it with a 9.08 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

62 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.