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FLIP Open 2014

Parthenay · 12 July 2014 · 10 events · 27 competitors · 22 personal bests

Alexandre Carlier won four of the ten events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Alexandre Carlier by 0.37 seconds. 27 competitors produced 22 personal bests, 4 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Alexandre Carlier set the 4×4 single national record: 29.94.

Four wins
Alexandre Carlier — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed
0.37s
closest final — 2×2, Alexandre Carlier over Philippe Virouleau
22
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Alexandre Carlier7.819.14
2×2Alexandre Carlier2.402.92
4×4Alexandre Carlier32.9336.22
3×3 blindfoldedHippolyte Moreau2:23.522:36.96
3×3 Fewest MovesMario Laurent30 moves34.67
3×3 one-handedAlexandre Carlier15.4617.72
MegaminxSimon Blanchard1:07.221:17.84
PyraminxJules Desjardin2.683.23
SkewbJules Desjardin8.479.55
3×3 Multi-BlindCorentin Furet

The PB harvest

22 set · 4 still standing
  • Dorian Péglion — 2×2 single 2.58: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
  • Pierre Raynal — 2×2 single 3.16: into the top 16.1% of the event's history.
  • Pierre Raynal — 3×3 one-handed single 21.96: into the top 25.9% of the event's history.
  • Fabien Lebailly — 4×4 single 1:51.50: into the top 77.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

27 competitors · 180 results · 10 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 9.14 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

27 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.