Competitions · Germany

Braunschweig Open 2026

Braunschweig · 14 March 2026 · 9 events · 77 competitors · 131 personal bests

George Dinescu won the 3×3 with a 6.78 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Benedikt Thurm by 0.15 seconds. 77 competitors produced 131 personal bests, 58 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Clotilde Gauthier took a Square-1 single of 51.90 down to 18.27, 65 percent better in one day.

events decided

0.15s

closest final — 2×2, Benedikt Thurm over Noah Kraft

131

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	George Dinescu	6.11	6.78
2×2	Benedikt Thurm	1.63	1.84
4×4	Justus Leander Cramer	29.82	31.67
5×5	Shawn Lee Zhi Xuan (李致轩)	57.30	1:03.80
3×3 one-handed	Robin Errington	12.47	14.84
Clock	Finn Comerford	5.34	5.77
Pyraminx	Duc Huynh	2.64	2.83
Skewb	Noah Kraft	3.04	3.68
Square-1	Hannes Müller	7.02	8.04

The PB harvest

131 set · 58 still standing

Robin Errington — 3×3 single 7.60: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Martin Köhler — 4×4 single 28.95: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Daniel Walther — 3×3 single 7.97: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Leonard Griebel — 3×3 single 8.73: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Emil Jenz — Square-1 single 9.22: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Luke Mercy — 3×3 single 9.00: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Eitan Ofer — 4×4 single 33.56: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Eitan Ofer — Square-1 single 9.71: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eight people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

77 competitors · 810 results · 9 events.

Everyone who competed

77 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.