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French Open 2008

Paris · 15 March 2008 · 15 events · 66 competitors · 68 personal bests

Olivér Perge won six of the 15 events (3×3 blindfolded, Clock, 3×3 Multi-Blind) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Thibaut Jacquinot by 0.06 seconds. 66 competitors produced 68 personal bests, 12 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Lars Vandenbergh set the Megaminx single national record: 2:07.30.

Six wins

Olivér Perge — 3×3 blindfolded, Clock, 3×3 Multi-Blind, Magic, Master Magic, 3×3 Multi-Blind (old style)

0.06s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Thibaut Jacquinot over Edouard Chambon

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Thibaut Jacquinot	10.68	13.16
2×2	Edouard Chambon	4.18	4.67
4×4	Thibaut Jacquinot	1:00.25	1:11.10
5×5	Frédérick Badie	1:47.58	1:56.37
3×3 blindfolded	Olivér Perge	1:37.96	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Gilles Roux	34 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Thibaut Jacquinot	19.06	23.46
Clock	Olivér Perge	11.31	11.91
Megaminx	Laetitia Lemoine	1:55.90	2:02.73
Pyraminx	Edouard Chambon	8.28	10.53
Square-1	Lars Vandenbergh	24.28	25.29
3×3 Multi-Blind	Olivér Perge	2 of 3 cubes · 22:50	—
Magic	Olivér Perge	1.06	1.40
Master Magic	Olivér Perge	3.09	4.15
3×3 Multi-Blind (old style)	Olivér Perge	3 of 3 cubes · 33:56	—

The PB harvest

68 set · 12 still standing

Gábor Szabó — Master Magic single 3.43: into the top 29.2% of the event's history.
Georges Poinsot — 2×2 single 4.84: into the top 37.3% of the event's history.
Aymeric Nguyen — 3×3 single 20.03: into the top 40.0% of the event's history.
Lars Vandenbergh — Megaminx single 2:07.30: into the top 49.7% of the event's history.
Georges Poinsot — 3×3 Multi-Blind (old style) single 4 of 6 cubes · 75:29: into the top 74.8% of the event's history.
Yann Leenhardt — Master Magic single 5.94: into the top 83.2% of the event's history.
Pierre Bienaimé — 3×3 Multi-Blind (old style) single 1 of 2 cubes · 29:03: into the top 84.2% of the event's history.
Robin Gray — 3×3 single 48.06: into the top 84.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

25 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 2,174 people who made their debut in 2008. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

66 competitors · 332 results · 15 events.

Everyone who competed

66 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.