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Nanterre Open 2025

Nanterre · 17 May 2025 · 7 events · 78 competitors · 73 personal bests

Sebastian Weyer won three of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Clock, won by César Essling by 0.16 seconds. 78 competitors produced 73 personal bests, 18 of which still stand today, and three people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Sebastian Weyer set the 5×5 single national record: 37.80.

Three wins
Sebastian Weyer — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5
0.16s
closest final — Clock, César Essling over Manu Dutheil
73
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Sebastian Weyer6.667.05
4×4Sebastian Weyer19.2120.22
5×5Sebastian Weyer39.6641.34
3×3 blindfoldedJens Haber18.07—
ClockCésar Essling2.553.87
SkewbAnthony Lafourcade1.762.21
3×3 Multi-BlindManu Dutheil19 of 24 cubes · 59:55—

The PB harvest

73 set · 18 still standing
  • Tom Bertin-Supatto — 3×3 single 7.06: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
  • Nathan Daviaud — Skewb single 3.36: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
  • Wilfred Antoine Areola — Skewb single 3.41: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
  • Leo Guernion — 5×5 single 1:10.69: into the top 12.1% of the event's history.
  • Mathis Schecroun — Skewb single 4.17: into the top 12.1% of the event's history.
  • Nathan Daviaud — 5×5 single 1:10.92: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.
  • Benjamin Darmon — 4×4 single 41.00: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.
  • Témi Kergastel — Skewb single 5.53: into the top 22.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

Three people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

78 competitors · 542 results · 7 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. Sebastian Weyer won it with a 7.05 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

78 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.