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Bretzel Open 2023

Eckbolsheim · 25 February 2023 · 10 events · 72 competitors · 123 personal bests

Richard Delacoste won two of the ten events (3×3, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Paul Pleis by 0.05 seconds. 72 competitors produced 123 personal bests, 39 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Alwin Rölz set the 2×2 single national record: 0.59.

Two wins
Richard Delacoste — 3×3, 6×6
0.05s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Paul Pleis over Kevin Gerhardt
123
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Richard Delacoste5.596.49
2×2Noah Kraft0.822.19
4×4Sebastian Weyer21.1625.80
5×5Sebastian Weyer45.4846.48
6×6Richard Delacoste1:31.491:33.97
7×7Abdelhak Kaddour2:17.482:20.59
3×3 blindfoldedNoah Kraft32.57—
3×3 one-handedPaul Pleis8.9312.49
PyraminxAlwin Rölz2.422.85
SkewbKevin Gerhardt3.163.71

The PB harvest

123 set · 39 still standing
  • Alwin Rölz — 2×2 single 0.59: into the top 0.035% of the event's history.
  • Joel Cetra — 2×2 single 0.69: into the top 0.11% of the event's history.
  • Noah Kraft — 2×2 single 0.82: into the top 0.25% of the event's history.
  • Alexandre Schoeffel — 2×2 single 0.84: into the top 0.28% of the event's history.
  • Eliott Crancée — 2×2 single 0.86: into the top 0.31% of the event's history.
  • Patrick Hetco — 2×2 single 1.09: into the top 0.75% of the event's history.
  • Gaspard Carré — 2×2 single 1.20: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
  • Laura Holzhauer — 3×3 one-handed single 11.10: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

15 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

72 competitors · 559 results · 10 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. Richard Delacoste won it with a 6.49 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

72 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.