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Polytechnique Open 2024

Palaiseau · 2 March 2024 · 8 events · 141 competitors · 118 personal bests

Juliette Sébastien won two of the eight events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Diego Fraile by 0.30 seconds. 141 competitors produced 118 personal bests, 39 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Hassen Kallala set the 4×4 single national record: 32.82.

Two wins
Juliette Sébastien — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed
0.30s
closest final — 2×2, Diego Fraile over Louis-Marie Ratto
118
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Juliette Sébastien4.916.47
2×2Diego Fraile1.161.65
4×4Alexandre Carlier24.1227.35
3×3 Fewest MovesLouis-Marie Ratto24 moves—
3×3 one-handedJuliette Sébastien7.6610.10
PyraminxJules Desjardin1.912.65
SkewbAnthony Lafourcade2.342.58
Square-1Lucas Déglise7.848.71

The PB harvest

118 set · 39 still standing
  • Pierre Meunier — 3×3 single 5.12: into the top 0.14% of the event's history.
  • Océane Acher — 3×3 single 6.95: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
  • Hassen Kallala — 3×3 single 7.32: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
  • Jules Rohault de Fleury — 3×3 single 7.63: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
  • Hassen Kallala — 4×4 single 32.82: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
  • Thomas Watiotienne — 3×3 single 9.23: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
  • Antoine Chauveau — Square-1 single 10.90: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
  • Romain Salomé — 3×3 one-handed single 16.66: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

141 competitors · 950 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. Juliette Sébastien won it with a 6.47 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

141 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.