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Phalsbourg Winter Open 2016

Phalsbourg · 13 February 2016 · 8 events · 43 competitors · 38 personal bests

Clément Cherblanc won three of the eight events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Juliette Sébastien by 0.02 seconds. 43 competitors produced 38 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Stanislas Briaud set the 3×3 one-handed single national record: 45.04.

Three wins
Clément Cherblanc — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7
0.02s
closest final — 2×2, Juliette Sébastien over Reto Bubendorf
38
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Valentin Hoffmann10.5110.97
2×2Juliette Sébastien2.873.23
4×4Valentin Hoffmann41.1444.02
5×5Clément Cherblanc1:18.241:21.01
6×6Clément Cherblanc2:22.432:27.79
7×7Clément Cherblanc3:45.813:52.10
3×3 one-handedVictor Colin14.7115.90
PyraminxReto Bubendorf3.635.65

The PB harvest

38 set · 9 still standing
  • Benjamin Schnepf — 5×5 single 1:18.77: into the top 18.1% of the event's history.
  • Nicolas Mathieu — 3×3 one-handed single 23.82: into the top 31.0% of the event's history.
  • Benjamin Schnepf — 2×2 single 4.37: into the top 31.3% of the event's history.
  • Hugo Mansutier — 2×2 single 6.48: into the top 55.8% of the event's history.
  • Alicia Reeb — 3×3 single 31.22: into the top 64.6% of the event's history.
  • Mattéo Hoffmann — 3×3 single 42.68: into the top 79.8% of the event's history.
  • Korentin Weber — 3×3 single 47.85: into the top 84.4% of the event's history.
  • Cécile Baudin — Pyraminx single 21.08: into the top 94.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

43 competitors · 235 results · 8 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. Valentin Hoffmann won it with a 10.97 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

43 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.