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Palais'Open 2024

Palaiseau · 21 September 2024 · 9 events · 118 competitors · 142 personal bests

Sebastian Weyer won two of the nine events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Juliette Sébastien by 0.25 seconds. 118 competitors produced 142 personal bests, 32 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Feliks Zemdegs set the 5×5 single continental record: 36.37.

Two wins
Sebastian Weyer — 4×4, 5×5
0.25s
closest final — 3×3, Juliette Sébastien over Feliks Zemdegs
142
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Juliette Sébastien5.396.10
4×4Sebastian Weyer19.3120.50
5×5Sebastian Weyer41.0043.87
6×6Feliks Zemdegs1:19.211:26.95
ClockMarianne Faure4.104.86
MegaminxUlysse Merlin33.1137.70
PyraminxAnthony Lafourcade1.803.13
SkewbAnthony Lafourcade1.902.31
Square-1Lucas Déglise7.608.37

The PB harvest

142 set · 32 still standing
  • Jules Belot — 3×3 single 7.98: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
  • César Essling — Pyraminx single 2.97: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
  • Atalis Safont — Skewb single 2.77: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
  • Jules Rohault de Fleury — Skewb single 2.80: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
  • Loïc Zhang — Skewb single 3.03: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
  • Alexis Tremellat — Clock single 5.71: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
  • Marion Bihan — Megaminx single 58.05: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
  • Julien Roux — 4×4 single 41.08: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

118 competitors · 848 results · 9 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. Juliette Sébastien won it with a 6.10 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

118 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.