Competitions · France

Metz Open 2022

Metz · 2 July 2022 · 10 events · 80 competitors · 104 personal bests

Louis-Marie Ratto won three of the ten events (2×2, 3×3 Fewest Moves, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Louis-Marie Ratto by 0.04 seconds. 80 competitors produced 104 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Louis-Marie Ratto set the 3×3 Fewest Moves single national record: 20 moves.

Three wins

Louis-Marie Ratto — 2×2, 3×3 Fewest Moves, Pyraminx

0.04s

closest final — 2×2, Louis-Marie Ratto over Juliette Sébastien

104

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Philipp Weyer	6.33	6.71
2×2	Louis-Marie Ratto	1.57	2.09
4×4	Juliette Sébastien	26.42	29.78
5×5	Abdelhak Kaddour	46.15	50.89
3×3 blindfolded	Maxime Madrzyk	24.23	25.59
3×3 Fewest Moves	Louis-Marie Ratto	20 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Juliette Sébastien	10.11	11.54
Megaminx	Juliette Sébastien	36.61	40.37
Pyraminx	Louis-Marie Ratto	2.73	3.93
Skewb	Anthony Lafourcade	1.49	2.62

The PB harvest

104 set · 27 still standing

Anatole Volongo — 3×3 one-handed single 11.24: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Augustin Dinh — 3×3 single 8.22: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Victor Wijsman — Skewb single 2.61: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Romane Nowicki — 3×3 single 9.28: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
César Essling — 2×2 single 2.17: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Guillaume David — Skewb single 3.87: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
Anass Doublal — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 29 moves: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
Amaury Michaux — 4×4 single 41.10: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 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

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

80 competitors · 691 results · 10 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 6.71 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

80 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.