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Elsass Open 2019

Strasbourg · 18 May 2019 · 11 events · 107 competitors · 118 personal bests

Sebastian Weyer won two of the eleven events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Alejandro Isaza by 0.04 seconds. 107 competitors produced 118 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Kevin Gerhardt set the Megaminx single national record: 34.25.

Two wins
Sebastian Weyer — 4×4, 5×5
0.04s
closest final — Pyraminx, Alejandro Isaza over Diego Alfonso
118
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Philipp Weyer6.496.85
2×2John Bacouël1.411.72
4×4Sebastian Weyer20.8022.33
5×5Sebastian Weyer46.3948.50
6×6Mats Valk1:30.701:36.53
7×7Abdelhak Kaddour2:31.692:34.74
3×3 blindfoldedArthur Garcin22.10—
3×3 one-handedOliver Fritz10.6511.41
MegaminxKevin Gerhardt34.2538.89
PyraminxAlejandro Isaza2.183.16
SkewbAnthony Lafourcade1.922.79

The PB harvest

118 set · 22 still standing
  • Anthony Lafourcade — 3×3 one-handed single 10.16: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
  • Philipp Roth — 3×3 single 7.70: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
  • Alejandro Isaza — Skewb single 3.00: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
  • Jan Staubach — Megaminx single 54.34: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
  • Nathan Daviaud — 4×4 single 35.55: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
  • Joscelyn Degret — Skewb single 3.54: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
  • Wilhelm Kilders — Megaminx single 58.00: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
  • Hugo Spitz — 4×4 single 37.90: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

25 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

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

107 competitors · 1025 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 6.85 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

107 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.