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Slow N Spooky Open 2022

Stenay · 29 October 2022 · 10 events · 51 competitors · 86 personal bests

Abdelhak Kaddour won four of the ten events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Anthony Lafourcade by 0.02 seconds. 51 competitors produced 86 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ferielle Hammami took a 2×2 single of 8.52 down to 2.98, 65 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Abdelhak Kaddour — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7
0.02s
closest final — Skewb, Anthony Lafourcade over Maxence Baudry
86
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Ulysse Merlin6.908.26
2×2Louis-Marie Ratto1.802.07
4×4Abdelhak Kaddour28.0930.24
5×5Abdelhak Kaddour50.5152.19
6×6Abdelhak Kaddour1:38.671:38.96
7×7Abdelhak Kaddour2:12.912:26.49
3×3 Fewest MovesCharles Daloz-Baltenberger31 moves—
ClockAnthony Lafourcade6.717.09
SkewbAnthony Lafourcade2.682.96
Square-1Paul Luciw9.7410.59

The PB harvest

86 set · 30 still standing
  • Louis Wysocinski — 2×2 single 1.14: into the top 0.87% of the event's history.
  • Valentin Hoffmann — 2×2 single 1.16: into the top 0.92% of the event's history.
  • Paul Luciw — 2×2 single 1.22: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
  • Antoine Isselin — 2×2 single 1.58: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
  • Louis-Marie Ratto — 4×4 single 33.07: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
  • Christian Schüssler — 2×2 single 2.38: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
  • Yiğit Güneş — 2×2 single 2.51: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
  • Simon Stourbe — 3×3 single 10.94: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

Nine people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. 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

51 competitors · 421 results · 10 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. Ulysse Merlin won it with a 8.26 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

51 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.