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Nancy Open 2015

Nancy · 24 October 2015 · 12 events · 55 competitors · 127 personal bests

Michał Pleskowicz won three of the twelve events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Anthony Lafourcade by 0.30 seconds. 55 competitors produced 127 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Michał Pleskowicz set the 3×3 average continental record: 7.13.

Three wins
Michał Pleskowicz — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed
0.30s
closest final — Pyraminx, Anthony Lafourcade over Reto Bubendorf
127
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Michał Pleskowicz5.978.47
2×2Michał Pleskowicz1.472.73
4×4Alexandre Carlier30.9838.04
5×5Alexandre Carlier1:05.961:10.30
6×6Michel Ye2:03.102:25.41
7×7Michel Ye3:09.103:33.95
3×3 blindfoldedFrançois Courtès1:38.00
3×3 one-handedMichał Pleskowicz11.1313.12
MegaminxSimon Blanchard56.111:01.08
PyraminxAnthony Lafourcade3.944.28
SkewbAnthony Lafourcade3.303.94
Square-1Raphaël Mothe17.1918.89

The PB harvest

127 set · 27 still standing
  • Manuel Bühler — Pyraminx single 2.18: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
  • Swann Castel — 3×3 single 7.41: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
  • Leo Guernion — Pyraminx single 2.36: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
  • Michel Ye — Pyraminx single 2.83: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
  • Maxime Clapié — Pyraminx single 3.27: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
  • Lina Tissier — Pyraminx single 3.96: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
  • Swann Castel — 5×5 single 1:17.86: into the top 17.4% of the event's history.
  • Rafael Kerkenrath — 3×3 single 14.67: into the top 23.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

55 competitors · 493 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 8.47 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

55 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.