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French Championship 2025

Douvrin · 19 April 2025 · 16 events · 269 competitors · 335 personal bests

Ciarán Beahan won four of the 16 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Nils Rödel by 0.01 seconds. 269 competitors produced 335 personal bests, 121 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Valerio Locatelli set the 3×3 single national record: 4.57.

Four wins

Ciarán Beahan — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.01s

closest final — Pyraminx, Nils Rödel over Félicien Steux

335

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Valerio Locatelli	5.73	6.08
2×2	Imanuel Müller	1.52	1.70
4×4	Ciarán Beahan	21.81	23.18
5×5	Ciarán Beahan	38.21	41.48
6×6	Ciarán Beahan	1:14.01	1:17.24
7×7	Ciarán Beahan	1:46.44	1:52.71
3×3 blindfolded	Maxime Madrzyk	17.44	—
3×3 one-handed	Eden Robinson-Rechavi	9.00	9.62
Clock	Romain Velcin	3.30	3.92
Megaminx	Juliette Sébastien	33.40	35.12
Pyraminx	Nils Rödel	1.89	2.51
Skewb	Mattheo de Wit	2.35	2.71
Square-1	Ivan Vanek	6.29	8.00
4×4 blindfolded	Oliver Fritz	2:20.22	3:04.09
5×5 blindfolded	Oliver Fritz	6:10.26	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Ivo Stoutjesdijk	28 of 32 cubes · 58:13	—

The PB harvest

335 set · 121 still standing

Jaimy Mfoumou — Pyraminx single 1.31: into the top 0.22% of the event's history.
Killian Pelletier Tesseraud — Skewb single 1.59: into the top 0.56% of the event's history.
Louis-Marie Ratto — Skewb single 1.95: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Ali Atmali — 2×2 single 1.28: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Mathis Schecroun — 3×3 single 7.23: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Charles Daloz-Baltenberger — 2×2 single 1.45: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Romain Velcin — Skewb single 2.31: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Alexis Le Merrer — Skewb single 2.49: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Six people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

269 competitors · 2825 results · 16 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. Valerio Locatelli won it with a 6.08 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

269 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.