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French Championship 2019

Saint-Germain-en-Laye · 20 April 2019 · 18 events · 183 competitors · 339 personal bests

Philipp Weyer won two of the 18 events (3×3, 5×5) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Alwin Rölz by 0.03 seconds. 183 competitors produced 339 personal bests, 120 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Reto Bubendorf set the 3×3 Fewest Moves average world record: 23.00.

Two wins
Philipp Weyer — 3×3, 5×5
0.03s
closest final — Square-1, Alwin Rölz over Elian Beguec
339
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Philipp Weyer6.627.12
2×2Elian Beguec1.972.19
4×4Alexandre Carlier26.4227.97
5×5Philipp Weyer51.8854.05
6×6Abdelhak Kaddour1:37.211:43.45
7×7Abdelhak Kaddour2:31.482:36.12
3×3 blindfoldedArthur Garcin22.78—
3×3 Fewest MovesReto Bubendorf22 moves23.00
3×3 one-handedJuliette Sébastien10.5511.86
ClockTélian Delannoy5.496.71
MegaminxThéo Paris35.8139.48
PyraminxJules Desjardin1.752.67
SkewbAnthony Lafourcade2.102.78
Square-1Alwin Rölz8.8110.76
4×4 blindfoldedWilliam Phommaha2:50.88—
5×5 blindfoldedWilliam Phommaha5:33.92—
3×3 Multi-BlindMaxime Clapié21 of 23 cubes · 57:37—
3×3 with feetNicolas Gertner Kilian26.8139.95

The PB harvest

339 set · 120 still standing
  • Léo Bailly — Skewb single 1.74: into the top 0.81% of the event's history.
  • Léo Bailly — 2×2 single 1.33: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
  • Malte Ihlefeld — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 21 moves: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
  • Grégoire Gsell — Skewb single 2.36: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
  • Léo Bailly — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 23 moves: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
  • Peter Grassard — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 23 moves: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
  • Théo Paris — Pyraminx single 2.83: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
  • Angelo Fontanini Lamure — 2×2 single 1.82: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

25 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

22 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

183 competitors · 1884 results · 18 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. Philipp Weyer won it with a 7.12 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

183 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.