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Paris Open 2018

Paris · 6 October 2018 · 11 events · 120 competitors · 135 personal bests

Mats Valk won two of the eleven events (2×2, 5×5) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Abdelhak Kaddour by 0.13 seconds. 120 competitors produced 135 personal bests, 39 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Slimane Siroukane set the 5×5 single national record: 2:28.23.

Two wins
Mats Valk — 2×2, 5×5
0.13s
closest final — 4×4, Abdelhak Kaddour over Mats Valk
135
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Elian Beguec6.827.11
2×2Mats Valk1.701.94
4×4Abdelhak Kaddour28.6530.40
5×5Mats Valk46.0256.99
6×6Abdelhak Kaddour1:39.321:42.13
3×3 blindfoldedArthur Garcin25.26—
3×3 one-handedJuliette Sébastien11.7012.07
PyraminxJules Desjardin2.242.53
SkewbAnthony Lafourcade2.482.88
Square-1Thibaud Ou8.069.15
3×3 Multi-BlindMaxime Clapié19 of 23 cubes · 59:17—

The PB harvest

135 set · 39 still standing
  • Titouan Salvery — 2×2 single 2.10: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
  • Lucas Maillard — 2×2 single 2.43: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
  • Eliott Henry — Skewb single 3.67: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
  • Félix Prat — 3×3 single 10.70: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
  • Titouan Salvery — 3×3 single 11.65: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
  • Corentin Grassin — 3×3 single 12.25: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
  • Lorenzo Ciarlatani — 3×3 single 12.25: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
  • Alexander Biraben-Renard — 2×2 single 3.12: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

120 competitors · 849 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. Elian Beguec won it with a 7.11 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

120 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.