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FLIP Open 2022

Parthenay · 23 July 2022 · 9 events · 47 competitors · 55 personal bests

Elian Beguec won three of the nine events (3×3 one-handed, Skewb, Square-1) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Louis-Marie Ratto by 0.01 seconds. 47 competitors produced 55 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Siham Hamed took a 2×2 single of 14.29 down to 8.38, 41 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Elian Beguec — 3×3 one-handed, Skewb, Square-1
0.01s
closest final — 2×2, Louis-Marie Ratto over Elian Beguec
55
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Abdelhak Kaddour7.778.32
2×2Louis-Marie Ratto1.491.70
4×4Abdelhak Kaddour25.6227.07
3×3 blindfoldedMaxime Lefebvre3:30.96
3×3 Fewest MovesDiego Fraile25 moves
3×3 one-handedElian Beguec11.3812.70
PyraminxDiego Alfonso1.882.22
SkewbElian Beguec3.513.69
Square-1Elian Beguec9.5712.35

The PB harvest

55 set · 15 still standing
  • Elian Beguec — Pyraminx single 1.80: into the top 0.83% of the event's history.
  • Alix Jack — Pyraminx single 2.79: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
  • Allan Gasnier — 2×2 single 1.94: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
  • Diego Fraile — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 25 moves: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
  • Alix Jack — 4×4 single 33.29: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
  • Corentin Furet — 3×3 single 10.72: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
  • Allan Gasnier — 3×3 one-handed single 16.04: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
  • Dylan Le Bozec — 3×3 single 11.30: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

47 competitors · 316 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. Abdelhak Kaddour won it with a 8.32 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

47 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.