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Flashback Collector Metz 2024

Metz · 16 November 2024 · 6 events · 70 competitors · 83 personal bests

Charles Daloz-Baltenberger won the 3×3 with a 8.37 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by César Essling by 0.25 seconds. 70 competitors produced 83 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Philippe Mangen set the 2×2 single national record: 1.67.

6
events decided
0.25s
closest final — 2×2, César Essling over Valentin Hoffmann
83
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Charles Daloz-Baltenberger7.508.37
2×2César Essling2.802.98
4×4Valentin Hoffmann31.1534.17
3×3 blindfoldedJens Haber16.6718.36
3×3 one-handedVictor Colin12.0913.14
PyraminxYannick Beyer4.164.87

The PB harvest

83 set · 22 still standing
  • Clément Favreau — 3×3 single 6.91: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
  • Victor Colin — 2×2 single 1.29: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
  • Philippe Mangen — 2×2 single 1.67: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
  • Natéo Bernard — 2×2 single 1.69: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
  • Gustavo Penaforte Brito — 4×4 single 36.56: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
  • Paul Ducruet — 2×2 single 2.87: into the top 12.8% of the event's history.
  • Philippe Mangen — Pyraminx single 5.08: into the top 13.7% of the event's history.
  • Anatole Martha — 3×3 single 13.54: into the top 19.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

70 competitors · 359 results · 6 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. Charles Daloz-Baltenberger won it with a 8.37 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

70 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.