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FLIP Open 2023

Parthenay · 14 July 2023 · 17 events · 78 competitors · 148 personal bests

Arthur Garcin won three of the 17 events (3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Elian Beguec by 0.06 seconds. 78 competitors produced 148 personal bests, 45 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Vincent Picard took a 2×2 single of 1:13.95 down to 14.67, 80 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Arthur Garcin — 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded
0.06s
closest final — 2×2, Elian Beguec over Alexandre Carlier
148
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Alexandre Carlier5.926.48
2×2Elian Beguec1.391.81
4×4Sebastian Weyer23.4125.26
5×5Sebastian Weyer45.1650.70
6×6Abdelhak Kaddour1:29.491:30.74
7×7Abdelhak Kaddour2:16.952:25.37
3×3 blindfoldedArthur Garcin23.34—
3×3 Fewest MovesAlexis Le Merrer24 moves—
3×3 one-handedJuliette Sébastien9.1010.45
ClockCésar Essling4.275.86
MegaminxJuliette Sébastien38.1241.35
PyraminxDiego Alfonso1.962.76
SkewbElian Beguec3.203.91
Square-1Lucas Déglise7.918.46
4×4 blindfoldedArthur Garcin3:16.67—
5×5 blindfoldedArthur Garcin6:35.83—
3×3 Multi-BlindWilfrid Py16 of 18 cubes · 1:00:02—

The PB harvest

148 set · 45 still standing
  • Pierre Meunier — 4×4 single 25.11: into the top 0.72% of the event's history.
  • Pierre Meunier — 2×2 single 1.17: into the top 0.95% of the event's history.
  • Elian Beguec — 6×6 single 1:30.20: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
  • Étienne Aubry — 6×6 single 1:36.31: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
  • Julian Bilan — Pyraminx single 3.14: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
  • Gabriel Hémery-Sarti — 3×3 single 8.77: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
  • Pierre Meunier — 5×5 single 59.68: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
  • Balthazar Maignan — 3×3 single 9.53: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. 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

78 competitors · 829 results · 17 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 6.48 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

78 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.