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Nancy Open 2017

Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy · 25 November 2017 · 13 events · 89 competitors · 188 personal bests

Abdelhak Kaddour won four of the 13 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Michał Pleskowicz by 0.07 seconds. 89 competitors produced 188 personal bests, 49 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Abdelhak Kaddour set the 6×6 single national record: 1:40.53.

Four wins
Abdelhak Kaddour — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7
0.07s
closest final — 3×3, Michał Pleskowicz over Alexandre Carlier
188
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Michał Pleskowicz6.187.95
2×2Thibaud Ou0.851.90
4×4Abdelhak Kaddour28.1828.91
5×5Abdelhak Kaddour55.2556.59
6×6Abdelhak Kaddour1:40.531:50.28
7×7Abdelhak Kaddour2:39.342:48.25
3×3 blindfoldedVictor Chenu1:19.51—
3×3 Fewest MovesReto Bubendorf26 moves—
3×3 one-handedHugo Spitz10.6411.61
MegaminxAlan Goasdoue42.2745.19
PyraminxAnthony Lafourcade2.663.62
SkewbAnthony Lafourcade2.263.21
Square-1Elian Beguec8.4111.67

The PB harvest

188 set · 49 still standing
  • Elian Beguec — 2×2 single 0.83: into the top 0.27% of the event's history.
  • Thibaud Ou — 2×2 single 0.85: into the top 0.29% of the event's history.
  • Michał Pleskowicz — 2×2 single 0.87: into the top 0.33% of the event's history.
  • Pablo Contreras — 2×2 single 0.89: into the top 0.36% of the event's history.
  • Alan Goasdoue — 2×2 single 1.31: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
  • Alan Goasdoue — 3×3 single 7.67: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
  • Michał Pleskowicz — 4×4 single 30.60: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
  • Louis Oulès — 3×3 one-handed single 14.59: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

89 competitors · 859 results · 13 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 7.95 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

89 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.