Competitions · France

FLIP Open 2026

Parthenay · 11 July 2026 · 8 events · 71 competitors · 64 personal bests

Juliette Sébastien won three of the eight events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Juliette Sébastien by 0.29 seconds. 71 competitors produced 64 personal bests, 57 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Camille Caucheteux took a 4×4 single of 1:51.79 down to 53.94, 52 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Juliette Sébastien — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx

0.29s

closest final — 3×3, Juliette Sébastien over Quentin Rivault

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Juliette Sébastien	5.71	6.54
2×2	Quentin Rivault	1.69	1.95
4×4	Sebastian Weyer	18.97	22.12
3×3 blindfolded	Charles Daloz-Baltenberger	15.29	—
3×3 one-handed	Juliette Sébastien	8.50	9.68
Megaminx	Juliette Sébastien	36.64	39.06
Skewb	Elian Beguec	2.93	3.60
4×4 blindfolded	Jonathan Dammann	2:19.54	2:45.28

The PB harvest

64 set · 57 still standing

Quentin Rivault — 4×4 single 26.09: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Bastien Ferraud — 2×2 single 1.28: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Corentin Monard — 3×3 single 8.42: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
Florian Rapinel — 4×4 single 32.34: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Clément Favreau — 3×3 one-handed single 13.08: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Clément Favreau — Megaminx single 53.04: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Tom Merceron — 3×3 single 10.31: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.
Vincent Colin — 4×4 single 36.77: into the top 8.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eight people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. 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

71 competitors · 408 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. Juliette Sébastien won it with a 6.54 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

71 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.