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Sens Open 2018

Sens · 25 August 2018 · 11 events · 69 competitors · 142 personal bests

Alexandre Carlier won three of the eleven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Jules Desjardin by 0.00 seconds. 69 competitors produced 142 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Alexandre Carlier set the 4×4 single national record: 23.11.

Three wins
Alexandre Carlier — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5
0.00s
closest final — Pyraminx, Jules Desjardin over Lucas Déglise
142
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Alexandre Carlier7.157.91
2×2John Bacouël1.462.31
4×4Alexandre Carlier25.6327.57
5×5Alexandre Carlier51.9658.52
3×3 blindfoldedVictor Chenu54.65—
3×3 one-handedJuliette Sébastien10.1112.32
ClockAnthony Lafourcade9.079.50
MegaminxJuliette Sébastien43.3948.51
PyraminxJules Desjardin2.463.26
SkewbMaxence Baudry2.522.88
Square-1Lucas Déglise9.0710.17

The PB harvest

142 set · 29 still standing
  • Victor Saulquin — 3×3 single 11.12: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
  • Victor Dieny — 3×3 single 11.35: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
  • Victor Saulquin — 2×2 single 3.02: into the top 14.5% of the event's history.
  • Thomas Saltel — 3×3 single 12.86: into the top 16.9% of the event's history.
  • Enzo Dacillo — Pyraminx single 5.87: into the top 19.0% of the event's history.
  • Martin Dieny — 2×2 single 3.42: into the top 19.2% of the event's history.
  • Thomas Saltel — Pyraminx single 6.20: into the top 21.5% of the event's history.
  • Friedrun Schauer — 2×2 single 3.67: into the top 22.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

69 competitors · 701 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. Alexandre Carlier won it with a 7.91 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

69 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.