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FLIP Open 2018

Parthenay · 14 July 2018 · 9 events · 58 competitors · 72 personal bests

Alexandre Carlier won three of the nine events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Elian Beguec by 0.20 seconds. 58 competitors produced 72 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Alexandre Carlier set the 5×5 single national record: 48.99.

Three wins
Alexandre Carlier — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5
0.20s
closest final — Skewb, Elian Beguec over Alix Jack
72
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Alexandre Carlier6.778.10
2×2Elian Beguec1.581.80
4×4Alexandre Carlier25.2527.77
5×5Alexandre Carlier48.9956.88
3×3 blindfoldedVictor Chenu1:07.18
3×3 one-handedElian Beguec12.3513.17
PyraminxJules Desjardin2.413.14
SkewbElian Beguec3.484.16
3×3 Multi-BlindVictor Chenu14 of 19 cubes · 53:43

The PB harvest

72 set · 27 still standing
  • Anton Piau — 2×2 single 1.22: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
  • Julian Bilan — 2×2 single 1.98: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
  • Victor Chenu — 3×3 one-handed single 14.37: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
  • Fanny Cobrun — 2×2 single 2.74: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.
  • Diego Durandet — 2×2 single 2.77: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
  • Fanny Cobrun — Skewb single 4.38: into the top 13.6% of the event's history.
  • Naïl Bouberbachene — 2×2 single 3.07: into the top 15.1% of the event's history.
  • Florian Girard — 2×2 single 3.16: into the top 16.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

Five 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

58 competitors · 402 results · 9 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 8.10 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

58 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.