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Open de Marseille 2024

Marseille · 20 April 2024 · 11 events · 57 competitors · 81 personal bests

Nicolas Gertner Kilian won four of the eleven events (2×2, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Nicolas Gertner Kilian by 0.33 seconds. 57 competitors produced 81 personal bests, 28 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Harone Moubtahij took a 2×2 single of 12.35 down to 3.41, 72 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Nicolas Gertner Kilian — 2×2, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed
0.33s
closest final — 2×2, Nicolas Gertner Kilian over Samuel Jehanno
81
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Jules Desjardin6.867.37
2×2Nicolas Gertner Kilian1.982.33
4×4Jules Desjardin26.7930.75
5×5Nicolas Gertner Kilian1:03.401:09.17
6×6Vincenzo Maria Gammino1:58.132:03.51
7×7Vincenzo Maria Gammino2:53.412:58.40
3×3 blindfoldedNicolas Gertner Kilian48.1155.21
3×3 one-handedNicolas Gertner Kilian8.9912.64
MegaminxGabriel De Noni45.7548.10
PyraminxJules Desjardin1.873.51
Square-1Elouann Marfil11.0411.50

The PB harvest

81 set · 28 still standing
  • Nicolas Gertner Kilian — 4×4 single 25.46: into the top 0.82% of the event's history.
  • Samuel Jehanno — 3×3 single 6.96: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
  • Marie Vincent — 3×3 single 7.32: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
  • Gabin Thiery — 2×2 single 2.00: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
  • Thomas de Dreuille — 3×3 one-handed single 16.55: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
  • Gauthier Barbaroux — 2×2 single 3.29: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.
  • Harone Moubtahij — 2×2 single 3.41: into the top 19.1% of the event's history.
  • Alexis Petillon — 4×4 single 45.69: into the top 19.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

18 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

57 competitors · 381 results · 11 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. Jules Desjardin won it with a 7.37 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

57 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.