posted Apr 6th, 2026 - The Weembi FS Cup 2026 also featured an 8-way competition, which turned out to be the final test for two of the three French 8-way teams registered for the FAI Indoor World Cup 2026. The NSL News first covered D'Arc8 and Nova after the completion of the Weembinamic 2025, one year after their debut at the same event in 2024, where Martial Ferre’s D'Arc8 competed under a different name.

Their internal French rivalry continued at the Weembi FS Cup 2025, and both teams returned for the subsequent Weembinamic event later that year, where they faced the Paraclete XP8 lineup of 2025. Nova edged XP8 by a single point on the traditional 8-way leaderboard and finished seven points ahead of D'Arc8.

XP8 did not travel to Weembi Lille last month, where D'Arc8 claimed the next French 8-way showdown—this time by a margin of 19 points. D'Arc8 competed with exactly the same lineup as in November 2025 at Weembinamic, where Nova had previously held the advantage on the traditional leaderboard. Different D'Arc8 lineups had won earlier encounters with Nova and represented France at the FAI Indoor World Championship 2025.

This same lineup improved its scoring level from a 28.8 average in November 2025 to 29.2 last month, while Nova finished significantly below its November performance (29.5 down to 27.3) at the Weembi FS Cup. Nova’s team leader, Emmanuel Sarrazin, has rotated lineups across the four events he attended. On this occasion, his former 8-way world champion teammate from 2008 and 2010, Erwan Pouliquen, replaced Aurelian Lemaire.

Weembi FS Cup 2026			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	8-way Open		D,J,A,13		L,19,17		C,18,N,15		H,16,8		P,3,12		E,1,21		K,20,14		G,2,F,O		M,B,5,6		7,10,9		Total	Avg
1	D'Arc8	FR	28	-1	27		33	-1	33		31	-2	30	-1	28		27		30		25		292	29.2
2	Nova	FR	29		26		30		30		33		25	-2	23		28		28		21		273	27.3
3	XONR8	INT	26		22		27		25		27		23		19		22		21		21		233	23.3
4	Zaphyrys	INT	24		22		26		25		19		22		22		22		25		21		228	22.8
5	Marche In Volo 8	IT	23		22		20		24		18		21		16		22		23		14		203	20.3
6	Pas Si Pire Mamies Nova	FR	21		18		22		21		21		19		17		19		22		16		196	19.6
6	Ayers Rock	FR	21		19		20		23		22		18		16		20		20		17		196	19.6
8	Mercenaries of Martial	INT	19		19		25		20		22		19		14		19		20		18		195	19.5
9	Octonauts	INT	21		19		22		20		21		19		17		18		20		14		191	19.1
10	Mojo Annecy	FR	20		17		20		20		20		19		16		18		20		15		185	18.5
11	Sky Bumpers	INT	16		16		18		15		16		16		13		14		15		15		154	15.4
12	Blanche Neige et les Sept Nains	NL	13		14		15		15		16		14		14		14		16		12		143	14.3
13	ACCUR8	INT	14		14		15		15		13		14		12		13		17		13		140	14.0
14	Rob's Team	INT	7		11		10		11		11		13		10		11		11		10		105	10.5

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D'Arc8 - Nova at the Weembi FS Cup 2026

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The outcome of the 8-way competition at the Weembi FS Cup 2026 required an adjustment to the NSL Power Rankings, where D'Arc8 and Paraclete XP8 now share the top positions on the preview leaderboard. Nova are still expected to contend for the leading spots, with the 30-average level appearing to be the benchmark.

Only the new XP8 lineup has posted a 30+ average since November of last year. However, this performance does not secure them the undisputed top position, as the 30.9 average was boosted by an 8-way Super Sequence in Round 1 of the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2026(16,N,4), where XP8 opened the competition with a 50-point round.

The dark horse in the 8-way field—the fourth potential contender for the three medal positions—is included in this group despite not having posted any 8-way scores yet. Only two of the eight team members, Alban Rumolo and Mathieu Quizy of Aethers, competed at the event in both 4-way and 8-way. Their Aethers teammates, Damien Gouriou and Tom Mattoni, as well as the full Nephtys lineup, did not attend the same event at all. The combined 8-way roster of Aethers and Nephtys is expected to record its first competition scores with this lineup at the Indoor World Cup later this week.

FAI Indoor World Cup 2026			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total	Avg
Rank	NSL Power Rankings 8-way Open		TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	Total	Avg
1	D'Arc8	FR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1	Paraclete XP8	US	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1	Nova	FR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1	France 3	FR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	Qatar Falcons	QA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6	China	CN	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6	Netunos	BR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6	Infinite Octane XP	US	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6	Airbus	DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6	FLY X8	IT	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	Octobuzz by Banter	UK	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	Elev8	UK	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	Chicanovas	DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-