posted Dec 16th, 2025 - The NSL News noticed that former French 4-way and 8-way world champion Julien Degen competed with six different teams at the Weembinamic 2025. The NSL News is accustomed to following his extensive 4-way and 8-way activity in his home chamber, Weembinamic Lille. Several other highly experienced 4-way and 8-way competitors also use the Weembinamic event as an opportunity to compete with multiple teams, as lineup restrictions are minimal. However, Julien Degen consistently stands out with the highest level of participation, unsurprising given that Weembi Lille is his home facility.

This strong focus on scores, leaderboards, and the multiple commitments of competitors in 4-way and 8-way events resulted in less attention being paid to other notable developments. One of them was the performance of the French indoor world champions, Aethers, who were clearly below their usual standard at the Weembinamic. At the FAI Indoor World Championship 2025 at Paraclete XP, they had finished with an impressive 32.9 average, whereas they posted a 30.1 average at the Weembinamic. Another indication that something was different was the team’s name: they competed as Aethers Remix.

The lower average was not the result of an easier competition draw, nor was it caused by an unusual number of point deductions. As usual, Aethers performed cleanly, recording only four point deductions—the lowest among the top three teams on the traditional leaderboard.

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NSL Live Talk with Aethers

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French national coach Mathieu Bernier later explained to the NSL News that there was a clear reason behind the modified team name. It was neither related to a new sponsor nor to any marketing initiative. The four Aethers members simply indicated that something had been “mixed up.”

Damien Gouriou, Alban Rumolo, Tom Mattoni, and Mathieu Quizy competed together once again, but with a significant difference: they had completely remixed their slots for all ten Weembinamic rounds, following an hour of indoor training in the new positions they had chosen for the event.

The idea for the remix came spontaneously, as the full lineup explained during the latest NSL Live Talk on Monday. They felt that the relaxed atmosphere of the Weembinamic provided a perfect opportunity to learn more about themselves as a team and about their teammates’ slots. AAA Class teams are typically deeply familiar with the two slots of their piece—front piece (Outside Center/Point) and rear piece (Inside Center/Tail). While slot-switching sequences exist, it is very rare for teams to separate the usual piece partners entirely. Traditionally, the French front piece consists of Tom Mattoni (Outside Center) and Damien Gouriou (Point), while Alban Rumolo (Inside Center) and Mathieu Quizy (Tail) form the rear piece. Mathieu Bernier later informed the NSL News that during the Weembinamic, every member of his Open Class 4-way team flew a different slot in every one of the ten rounds.

Weembinamic 2025			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way AAA Class		11,N,B,15		C,12,19		1,10,8		O,G,13,16		H,7,5		17,14,3		M,2,J,A		O,21,22		K,4,L,D		P,F,6,E		Total	Avg
1	Aethers Remix	FR	31		27		22		32		34		23	-1	34		23	-1	33		42	-2	301	30.1
2	Dynos	INT	26	-2	27		20	-1	27	-2	34	-1	25	-1	33	-2	24	-2	33		43		292	29.2
3	Unruly	INT	30		27		21		28	-1	31	-1	23		34		20	-2	34		42	-1	290	29.0
4	Yasuke	INT	23		24		17		24		29		19		29		22		24		38		249	24.9
5	Skjoldur	FR	24		21		19		21		26		20		30		22		24		36		243	24.3
6	Monaco F1	FR	22		24		19		24		25		13		25		22		29		38		241	24.1
7	Les Krocmous	FR	23		22		16		19		25		20		28		22		22		40		237	23.7
8	4 de Coeur	FR	21		20		17		25		21		18		26		19		25		38		230	23.0
9	Aerokart Ak'demie Monaco	FR	21		20		17		23		24		17		28		20		22		36		228	22.8
10	Oblivion	FR	23		21		18		22		27		20		21		15		21		36		224	22.4
11	XPerimental	US	18		19		18		21		23		18		27		21		24		33		222	22.2
12	Kuaisude	UK	19		16		14		20		22		15		21		18		17		31		193	19.3
13	La R Force	FR	13		15		13		17		18		12		20		17		17		31		173	17.3
14	Silver Linings	UK	13		16		11		17		17		12		19		17		16		24		162	16.2
15	Nexium	FR	15		15		13		14		14		11		22		15		17		23		159	15.9
16	Quo Volatis	DE	14		9		11		15		17		11		17		12		17		28		151	15.1
17	Syncope	IT	11		14		12		15		16		11		17		12		9		18		135	13.5

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Aethers Remix versus Yasuke in the semifinals of the Weembinamic 2025

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An NSL News update on November 30th finally included these details. Tom Mattoni flew the point slot, while Aethers tail Mathieu Quizy became his piece partner as Outside Center. Damien Gouriou switched from Point to Inside Center, with Alban Rumolo as his Tail partner. In short, nothing remained the same.

To add to the complexity, all Aethers Remix members also competed with additional teams during the event, sometimes in yet different slots. This made the overall situation even more challenging to follow, both for NSL News and for the athletes themselves.

The story became even more interesting when Italian Yasuke player-coach Michele Silvi—former member of the NMP PCH HayaBusa 4-way world champions of 2021—challenged the remixed French national team to apply the popular left-hand pattern, a direction French and Belgian teams are generally less accustomed to. Yasuke, featuring three top-level player-coaches (Michele Silvi, Roy Janssen, and Livio Piccolo) alongside team founder Moulay Abbas, faced Aethers Remix in Rounds 7 and 8 of the semifinals. In Round 7, Aethers Remix accepted the challenge, adding an unfamiliar rotation direction and adjusted random-engineering to their already scrambled slot setup—and still won by five points. Michele Silvi lost the bet and had to buy the adult beverages for Aethers Remix. In Round 8, however, the French team returned to their familiar right-hand pattern.

FAI Indoor World Championship 2025			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		D,4,17		C,22,10		5,P,Q,18		1,M,J,O		16,6,19		H,8,21		12,13,A		L,G,K,9		15,F,7		E,2,N,B		Total	Avg
1	Aethers Medjay	FR	32		23	-1	35		41		28		27		29		45		32		37	-2	329	32.9
2	Arizona Airspeed	US	27	-2	24		31		34		26		26	-1	27		49		34		36		314	31.4
3	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	29	-1	22	-2	33		40	-1	24	-3	23	-4	26		43	-4	28	-3	38	-3	306	30.6
4	Skywalkers Junior	CZ	28		22	-2	30		39		25		23	-4	25		38	-2	27	-3	33		290	29.0
5	NFTO	UK	24	-1	22		26	-1	28	-4	22	-1	22		22	-1	36		29		30		261	26.1
5	Fly X Amnesya	IT	26		19		25	-2	32	-1	23		22	-2	23		32	-5	27	-4	32		261	26.1
7	Qatar Lions	QA	26	-1	19	-3	28	-1	31	-5	24		21	-2	22	-1	34		24	-4	31		260	26.0
8	Echochamber	SE	23	-1	17	-2	27	-1	32	-2	22	-1	22		25	-1	34	-3	27	-2	28	-4	257	25.7
9	Papea	ES	26	-1	18	-3	25		35	-2	19	-2	21	-3	21	-2	33	-3	28	-2	29	-3	255	25.5
10	Out Of The Blue	NL	22		18		21	-3	29	-2	21		21	-1	20	-1	28	-3	25	-1	24	-2	229	22.9
11	Realfly Fire	CH	22		14	-3	23		31		19		18	-3	18	-1	26	-4	21	-3	25	-1	217	21.7
12	Netunos	BR	20	-1	16		20	-3	26	-2	18		18	-1	18		27		21	-1	19	-3	203	20.3
13	Singapore	SG	16		10	-4	11	-4	17	-5	14	-1	15	-2	11	-4	15	-3	15	-2	19	-1	143	14.3
14	Thailand	TH	8	-1	7	-2	7		11	-5	7		7	-3	5	-3	8	-4	11		8	-3	79	7.9

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Aethers Remix at the Weembinamic 2025 and at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2025

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