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Lausanne Euro Qualifier 2018

Écublens · 25 May 2018 · 12 events · 44 competitors · 79 personal bests

Michał Pleskowicz won three of the twelve events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Jules Desjardin by 0.07 seconds. 44 competitors produced 79 personal bests, 12 of which still stand today, and two people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Richard Delacoste set the 5×5 single national record: 57.89.

Three wins
Michał Pleskowicz — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx
0.07s
closest final — Pyraminx, Jules Desjardin over Samuel Simko
79
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Michał Pleskowicz7.177.58
4×4Jules Desjardin31.3033.53
5×5Richard Delacoste57.891:08.43
6×6Tobias Peter2:11.422:13.13
7×7Fabian Löhle3:18.993:26.72
3×3 blindfoldedArthur Garcin23.72
3×3 one-handedMichał Pleskowicz11.5112.98
MegaminxMichał Pleskowicz55.5957.68
PyraminxJules Desjardin2.352.62
SkewbAlessio Giuliano3.384.86
Square-1Jules Desjardin11.5616.09
3×3 with feetHannah Minas1:03.721:18.25

The PB harvest

79 set · 12 still standing
  • Alessio Giuliano — 3×3 single 6.99: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
  • Fabian Löhle — 3×3 one-handed single 13.85: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
  • Erwan Kohler — Megaminx single 1:01.43: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.
  • Mano Ségransan — Pyraminx single 5.03: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
  • Erwan Kohler — 5×5 single 1:14.01: into the top 14.6% of the event's history.
  • Louis Menétrey — Skewb single 5.03: into the top 18.4% of the event's history.
  • Malik Beytrison — 4×4 single 45.60: into the top 19.1% of the event's history.
  • Reto Bubendorf — 7×7 single 3:31.41: into the top 20.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

Two people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

44 competitors · 404 results · 12 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. Michał Pleskowicz won it with a 7.58 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

44 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.