Competitions · Germany

Aachen Open 2025

Aachen · 18 January 2025 · 9 events · 83 competitors · 107 personal bests

Ciarán Beahan won four of the nine events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the Megaminx, won by Kevin Gerhardt by 0.00 seconds. 83 competitors produced 107 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Bowen Xie (解博文) set the 4×4 single national record: 25.05.

Four wins

Ciarán Beahan — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.00s

closest final — Megaminx, Kevin Gerhardt over Jonas Pilhöfer

107

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera	6.14	6.67
2×2	Kevin Gerhardt	1.27	1.46
4×4	Ciarán Beahan	21.37	23.87
5×5	Ciarán Beahan	41.83	43.97
6×6	Ciarán Beahan	1:19.56	1:20.57
7×7	Ciarán Beahan	1:56.58	1:57.70
3×3 blindfolded	Olivier Vos	19.28	21.21
3×3 one-handed	Magnus Lensch	8.22	9.47
Megaminx	Kevin Gerhardt	31.29	36.46

The PB harvest

107 set · 34 still standing

Justus Leander Cramer — 3×3 single 5.30: into the top 0.19% of the event's history.
Olivier Vos — 5×5 single 41.09: into the top 0.24% of the event's history.
Mattheo de Wit — 3×3 single 5.65: into the top 0.31% of the event's history.
Shawn Lee Zhi Xuan (李致轩) — 3×3 single 6.20: into the top 0.62% of the event's history.
Ciarán Beahan — 2×2 single 1.04: into the top 0.64% of the event's history.
Frederik Hutfleß — 3×3 single 6.44: into the top 0.8% of the event's history.
Magnus Lensch — 4×4 single 26.74: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Kiarah Avéline Dähne — 2×2 single 1.29: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

Four people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

83 competitors · 967 results · 9 events.

Everyone who competed

83 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.