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Chelles Open 2023

Chelles · 18 February 2023 · 11 events · 97 competitors · 120 personal bests

Anthony Lafourcade won two of the eleven events (Clock, Skewb) and the closest final was the 5×5, won by Abdelhak Kaddour by 0.10 seconds. 97 competitors produced 120 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Slimane Siroukane set the 5×5 single national record: 2:09.52.

Two wins
Anthony Lafourcade — Clock, Skewb
0.10s
closest final — 5×5, Abdelhak Kaddour over Louis Fertier
120
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Philipp Weyer5.306.69
2×2Louis-Marie Ratto1.502.12
4×4Sebastian Weyer20.3622.36
5×5Abdelhak Kaddour50.6453.57
3×3 Fewest MovesNicolas Gertner Kilian23 moves—
3×3 one-handedPierre Meunier11.8512.61
ClockAnthony Lafourcade6.737.21
MegaminxVictor Wijsman38.6940.40
PyraminxJules Desjardin2.252.74
SkewbAnthony Lafourcade2.402.66
Square-1Paul Luciw7.439.89

The PB harvest

120 set · 31 still standing
  • Jules Belot — 2×2 single 1.68: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
  • Hugo Kayastha — 2×2 single 1.75: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
  • Grigorii Shumakov — 2×2 single 1.79: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
  • Lucas Cai — 2×2 single 1.95: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
  • Grigorii Shumakov — 3×3 single 9.04: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
  • Kévin Ky — 2×2 single 2.05: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
  • Nathaniel Velly — 3×3 single 9.22: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
  • Zakareya Benbihi — 5×5 single 1:02.77: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

97 competitors · 765 results · 11 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 6.69 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

97 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.