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Strasbourg Open 2016

Strasbourg · 19 June 2016 · 8 events · 52 competitors · 34 personal bests

Emanuel Rheinert won three of the eight events (4×4, 5×5, 7×7) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Victor Colin by 0.32 seconds. 52 competitors produced 34 personal bests, 7 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Yannick Beyer took a 4×4 single of 2:39.17 down to 1:03.18, 60 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Emanuel Rheinert — 4×4, 5×5, 7×7
0.32s
closest final — 3×3, Victor Colin over Leon Schmidtchen
34
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Victor Colin8.949.25
2×2Kévin Cagnon2.342.67
4×4Emanuel Rheinert29.1132.65
5×5Emanuel Rheinert1:04.001:10.02
7×7Emanuel Rheinert3:39.463:45.08
3×3 blindfoldedFrançois Courtès1:15.96
3×3 one-handedVictor Colin14.2415.39
SkewbClara Lafourcade3.345.91

The PB harvest

34 set · 7 still standing
  • Oliver Bagge — 2×2 single 3.83: into the top 24.3% of the event's history.
  • Oliver Bagge — 4×4 single 1:08.97: into the top 45.9% of the event's history.
  • Yang Liu (刘洋) — 4×4 single 1:14.77: into the top 51.4% of the event's history.
  • Thomas Bricka — 3×3 single 27.20: into the top 57.3% of the event's history.
  • Oliver Bagge — 3×3 one-handed single 37.55: into the top 61.7% of the event's history.
  • Gabriel Diyan — 3×3 single 34.22: into the top 69.4% of the event's history.
  • Aurélien Jacques-Yonyul — 3×3 single 1:02.04: into the top 92.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

52 competitors · 291 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. Victor Colin won it with a 9.25 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

52 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.