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Phalsbourg Open 2012

Phalsbourg · 3 November 2012 · 9 events · 39 competitors · 33 personal bests

Gaspard Leleux won four of the nine events (2×2, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Gaspard Leleux by 0.04 seconds. 39 competitors produced 33 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Thomas Ortega took a Master Magic single of 9.59 down to 3.58, 63 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Gaspard Leleux — 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, Pyraminx
0.04s
closest final — Pyraminx, Gaspard Leleux over Valentin Hoffmann
33
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Valentin Hoffmann10.0811.74
2×2Gaspard Leleux3.074.00
4×4Gaspard Leleux50.3354.84
5×5Gaspard Leleux1:24.161:35.78
3×3 blindfoldedFrançois Courtès1:08.77
3×3 one-handedAlban Marchal22.2124.90
PyraminxGaspard Leleux3.536.93
MagicFrédéric Ummenhover1.832.07
Master MagicThomas Ortega3.584.21

The PB harvest

33 set · 17 still standing
  • Julien Wachter — 3×3 one-handed single 16.61: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
  • Thomas Ortega — Master Magic single 3.58: into the top 33.6% of the event's history.
  • Sébastien End — 3×3 single 20.76: into the top 42.1% of the event's history.
  • Frédéric Ummenhover — Pyraminx single 9.22: into the top 46.7% of the event's history.
  • Constantinos Paspalas — 2×2 single 6.11: into the top 52.0% of the event's history.
  • Catherine Baulard — Pyraminx single 10.46: into the top 56.5% of the event's history.
  • Valentin Hoffmann — Master Magic single 4.46: into the top 58.4% of the event's history.
  • Bastien Roussel — 2×2 single 6.96: into the top 60.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,376 people who made their debut in 2012. 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

39 competitors · 228 results · 9 events.

Everyone who competed

39 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.