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FLIP Open 2017

Parthenay · 22 July 2017 · 8 events · 45 competitors · 59 personal bests

Alexandre Carlier won three of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Alix Jack by 0.16 seconds. 45 competitors produced 59 personal bests, 12 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Jules Desjardin set the Pyraminx average continental record: 2.30.

Three wins
Alexandre Carlier — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4
0.16s
closest final — Skewb, Alix Jack over Elian Beguec
59
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Alexandre Carlier5.567.62
2×2Alexandre Carlier1.202.50
4×4Alexandre Carlier28.2829.83
3×3 blindfoldedHippolyte Moreau1:32.002:30.81
3×3 Fewest MovesAnton Piau26 moves
3×3 one-handedElian Beguec11.5412.79
PyraminxJules Desjardin1.952.30
SkewbAlix Jack4.144.75

The PB harvest

59 set · 12 still standing
  • Simon Blanchard — 3×3 one-handed single 10.98: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
  • Corentin Furet — 2×2 single 2.02: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
  • Thomas Ortega — Pyraminx single 3.47: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
  • Corentin Furet — Skewb single 3.56: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
  • Corentin Furet — 4×4 single 44.19: into the top 17.3% of the event's history.
  • Mohamed Sate — 3×3 single 14.26: into the top 21.9% of the event's history.
  • Thomas Le Roux — 2×2 single 3.86: into the top 24.7% of the event's history.
  • Nicolas Lebas — 3×3 single 15.97: into the top 27.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

45 competitors · 292 results · 8 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 7.62 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

45 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.