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Berlin Open 2013

Berlin · 17 May 2013 · 15 events · 48 competitors · 79 personal bests

Cornelius Dieckmann won five of the 15 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Sébastien Auroux by 0.43 seconds. 48 competitors produced 79 personal bests, 24 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Sébastien Auroux set the 3×3 Fewest Moves average world record: 26.00.

Five wins
Cornelius Dieckmann — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.43s
closest final — Pyraminx, Sébastien Auroux over Willi Mickein
79
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Cornelius Dieckmann7.759.52
2×2Cornelius Dieckmann2.753.40
4×4Cornelius Dieckmann37.9343.29
5×5Cornelius Dieckmann1:24.721:29.89
6×6Jan Bentlage3:21.223:26.94
7×7Jan Bentlage4:50.635:00.64
3×3 blindfoldedFrancisco Javier Lemes Sáez40.09
3×3 Fewest MovesSébastien Auroux23 moves26.00
3×3 one-handedCornelius Dieckmann14.1115.74
ClockLaura Ohrndorf7.689.33
PyraminxSébastien Auroux3.475.41
4×4 blindfoldedKai Jiptner5:46.22
5×5 blindfoldedJan Bentlage25:14.00
3×3 Multi-BlindSébastien Auroux3 of 3 cubes · 9:14
3×3 with feetJan Bentlage1:06.271:08.14

The PB harvest

79 set · 24 still standing
  • Andreas Pohl — 2×2 single 1.69: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
  • Kai Jiptner — 3×3 single 9.90: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
  • Tim Kilian — Pyraminx single 4.33: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
  • Kai Jiptner — 3×3 one-handed single 18.08: into the top 15.3% of the event's history.
  • Marius Müßler — 2×2 single 3.88: into the top 24.9% of the event's history.
  • Tim Kilian — 3×3 single 15.31: into the top 25.5% of the event's history.
  • Emil Jung — 2×2 single 4.08: into the top 27.5% of the event's history.
  • Max Fornoville — 3×3 single 16.59: into the top 29.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 6,160 people who made their debut in 2013. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

48 competitors · 442 results · 15 events.

Everyone who competed

48 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.