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Competitions · France

Massy Palais'Open A 2022

Massy Palaiseau · 8 October 2022 · 3 events · 73 competitors · 35 personal bests

Mehmet Barın Erturan won the 3×3 with a 9.42 and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Philippe Virouleau by 0.20 seconds. 73 competitors produced 35 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and 41 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Kaiss Mikou set the 2×2 average national record: 3.13.

3
events decided
0.20s
closest final — Pyraminx, Philippe Virouleau over Celio Boulay
35
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mehmet Barın Erturan8.569.42
2×2Kaiss Mikou2.343.13
PyraminxPhilippe Virouleau5.167.86

The PB harvest

35 set · 13 still standing
  • Kaiss Mikou — 2×2 single 2.34: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
  • Celio Boulay — Pyraminx single 4.24: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
  • Christophe Douché — Pyraminx single 5.02: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.
  • Kaiss Mikou — 3×3 single 12.51: into the top 15.7% of the event's history.
  • Léon Guitton — 3×3 single 14.33: into the top 22.1% of the event's history.
  • Kaiss Mikou — Pyraminx single 6.52: into the top 24.0% of the event's history.
  • Jasper Roderick-Jones — Pyraminx single 7.73: into the top 34.0% of the event's history.
  • Christian Ivan — Pyraminx single 8.00: into the top 36.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

41 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

73 competitors · 237 results · 3 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. Mehmet Barın Erturan won it with a 9.42 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

73 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.