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Paris Open 2019

Paris · 19 October 2019 · 11 events · 139 competitors · 154 personal bests

Sebastian Weyer won two of the eleven events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Jules Desjardin by 0.02 seconds. 139 competitors produced 154 personal bests, 48 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Slimane Siroukane set the 5×5 single national record: 2:23.84.

Two wins
Sebastian Weyer — 4×4, 5×5
0.02s
closest final — Pyraminx, Jules Desjardin over John Bacouël
154
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Philipp Weyer6.567.13
2×2John Bacouël1.011.63
4×4Sebastian Weyer22.4524.63
5×5Sebastian Weyer45.2554.20
3×3 blindfoldedHari Anirudh22.47—
3×3 one-handedMichał Pleskowicz12.0512.50
PyraminxJules Desjardin2.232.93
SkewbAnthony Lafourcade2.153.18
Square-1Thibaud Ou7.328.64
4×4 blindfoldedCallum Hales-Jepp3:40.44—
3×3 Multi-BlindWilliam Phommaha21 of 25 cubes · 54:51—

The PB harvest

154 set · 48 still standing
  • Clément Cherblanc — 5×5 single 52.57: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
  • Axel Brisse — 5×5 single 56.54: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
  • Louis Presti — Skewb single 3.47: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
  • Thomas Le Flanchec — 3×3 single 10.16: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
  • Thibaud Ou — 3×3 one-handed single 16.22: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
  • Paul Fubert — 3×3 single 11.96: into the top 13.8% of the event's history.
  • Quentin Dallison — 3×3 single 11.98: into the top 13.8% of the event's history.
  • Thomas Le Flanchec — 3×3 one-handed single 17.64: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

21 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

139 competitors · 979 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. Philipp Weyer won it with a 7.13 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

139 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.