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Nancy Open 2016

Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy · 3 December 2016 · 12 events · 73 competitors · 133 personal bests

Alexandre Carlier won three of the twelve events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Elian Beguec by 0.11 seconds. 73 competitors produced 133 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and 27 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Abdelhak Kaddour set the 6×6 single national record: 2:02.67.

Three wins
Alexandre Carlier — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5
0.11s
closest final — 2×2, Elian Beguec over Kévin Cagnon
133
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Alexandre Carlier5.408.25
2×2Elian Beguec2.613.08
4×4Alexandre Carlier27.0131.84
5×5Alexandre Carlier59.551:02.57
6×6Abdelhak Kaddour2:02.672:05.01
7×7Abdelhak Kaddour3:02.113:14.67
3×3 blindfoldedMartial Bonarek37.31—
3×3 Fewest MovesArthur Garcin36 moves—
3×3 one-handedVictor Colin12.4813.76
MegaminxJuliette Sébastien56.131:00.37
PyraminxJules Desjardin2.523.47
SkewbAnthony Lafourcade3.393.76

The PB harvest

133 set · 15 still standing
  • Victor Chenu — 2×2 single 1.14: into the top 0.87% of the event's history.
  • Hugo Spitz — 2×2 single 1.58: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
  • Cécile Baudin — 2×2 single 2.05: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
  • Kaïto Bernhart — 2×2 single 2.66: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
  • Martial Averous — 3×3 single 12.19: into the top 14.6% of the event's history.
  • Martial Averous — 2×2 single 3.11: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.
  • Lina Tissier — Skewb single 6.28: into the top 28.0% of the event's history.
  • Cécile Baudin — 3×3 single 16.79: into the top 30.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

27 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

10 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

73 competitors · 636 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. Alexandre Carlier won it with a 8.25 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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