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Competitions · Germany

Berlin Summer Cube Day 2015

Berlin · 21 June 2015 · 8 events · 42 competitors · 37 personal bests

Marcin Kowalczyk won three of the eight events (3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Jan Bentlage by 0.66 seconds. 42 competitors produced 37 personal bests, 6 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Marcin Kowalczyk set the 3×3 blindfolded average world record: 25.45.

Three wins
Marcin Kowalczyk — 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded
0.66s
closest final — 4×4, Jan Bentlage over Bart Sekulski
37
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Bennet Wichmann8.529.57
2×2Bennet Wichmann1.412.26
4×4Jan Bentlage39.5644.50
5×5Jan Bentlage1:20.381:28.65
3×3 blindfoldedMarcin Kowalczyk23.89
PyraminxJakub Wolniewicz3.053.67
4×4 blindfoldedMarcin Kowalczyk3:50.00
5×5 blindfoldedMarcin Kowalczyk16:50.00

The PB harvest

37 set · 6 still standing
  • Jakub Wolniewicz — 5×5 single 1:13.55: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.
  • Luisa Kummer — 3×3 single 17.13: into the top 31.4% of the event's history.
  • Bennet Wichmann — 5×5 single 1:36.21: into the top 32.4% of the event's history.
  • Aurel Kaya — Pyraminx single 10.04: into the top 53.3% of the event's history.
  • Aleksander Kiełbratowski — 3×3 single 27.26: into the top 57.4% of the event's history.
  • Josephine Fritsch — 2×2 single 12.01: into the top 84.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

42 competitors · 265 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. Bennet Wichmann won it with a 9.57 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

42 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.