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Croissy Open 2018

Croissy Sur Seine · 17 February 2018 · 12 events · 97 competitors · 132 personal bests

Elian Beguec won three of the twelve events (2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Square-1) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Elian Beguec by 0.01 seconds. 97 competitors produced 132 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Abdelhak Kaddour set the 6×6 single national record: 1:39.37.

Three wins
Elian Beguec — 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Square-1
0.01s
closest final — Square-1, Elian Beguec over Thibaud Ou
132
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Alexandre Carlier6.707.86
2×2Elian Beguec1.482.44
4×4Abdelhak Kaddour29.5030.47
5×5Alexandre Carlier50.7155.04
6×6Abdelhak Kaddour1:39.371:44.25
7×7Abdelhak Kaddour2:43.252:51.34
3×3 blindfoldedArthur Garcin33.65—
3×3 one-handedElian Beguec11.6213.29
MegaminxJuliette Sébastien45.3751.69
PyraminxJules Desjardin2.503.10
SkewbMaxence Baudry2.363.35
Square-1Elian Beguec10.0411.70

The PB harvest

132 set · 20 still standing
  • Simon Blanchard — 4×4 single 34.96: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
  • Ian Cahuzac — 3×3 single 10.25: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
  • Maxime Josse — 5×5 single 1:11.42: into the top 12.6% of the event's history.
  • Maxime Josse — Skewb single 4.94: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.
  • Thomas Lehéricy — Pyraminx single 5.73: into the top 18.0% of the event's history.
  • Hippolyte Moreau — 3×3 blindfolded single 1:18.61: into the top 19.1% of the event's history.
  • Benoît Goubin — 3×3 single 14.32: into the top 22.1% of the event's history.
  • Mattia Pelissou — 3×3 single 15.16: into the top 25.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

97 competitors · 713 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. Alexandre Carlier won it with a 7.86 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.