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Elsass Open 2018

Strasbourg · 28 April 2018 · 11 events · 104 competitors · 162 personal bests

Sebastian Weyer won two of the eleven events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Anthony Lafourcade by 0.01 seconds. 104 competitors produced 162 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Sebastian Weyer set the 5×5 average continental record: 48.26.

Two wins
Sebastian Weyer — 4×4, 5×5
0.01s
closest final — Skewb, Anthony Lafourcade over Maxence Baudry
162
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Philipp Weyer6.537.03
2×2Antonie Paterakis1.581.83
4×4Sebastian Weyer19.7624.00
5×5Sebastian Weyer47.4048.26
6×6Abdelhak Kaddour1:34.991:46.39
7×7Abdelhak Kaddour2:31.852:38.14
3×3 Fewest MovesReto Bubendorf23 moves—
3×3 one-handedKevin Gerhardt10.9811.66
MegaminxKevin Gerhardt37.8641.81
PyraminxJules Desjardin2.743.11
SkewbAnthony Lafourcade3.023.27

The PB harvest

162 set · 31 still standing
  • Marco Vorländer — 3×3 single 6.43: into the top 0.79% of the event's history.
  • Jan Staubach — 5×5 single 48.97: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
  • Yann Kull — 2×2 single 1.62: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
  • Théo Paris — 2×2 single 1.85: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
  • Mats Valk — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 24 moves: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
  • Oliver Bagge — 3×3 single 10.07: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
  • Alban Marchal — 4×4 single 40.68: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.
  • Angelo Fontanini Lamure — 3×3 single 13.99: into the top 20.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

14 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

26 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

104 competitors · 1096 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 7.03 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

104 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.