Competitions · Germany

c't Open Hannover 2023

Hannover · 14 October 2023 · 10 events · 92 competitors · 146 personal bests

Noah Kraft won three of the ten events (2×2, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Magnus Lensch by 0.13 seconds. 92 competitors produced 146 personal bests, 35 of which still stand today, and 15 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Kira-Lysan Meyer took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 11:07.00 down to 3:34.34, 68 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Noah Kraft — 2×2, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded

0.13s

closest final — 3×3, Magnus Lensch over Henri Gerber

146

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Magnus Lensch	7.42	8.46
2×2	Noah Kraft	2.06	2.29
4×4	Henri Gerber	26.05	28.28
5×5	Henri Gerber	1:00.05	1:02.86
3×3 blindfolded	Konstantin Jaehne	37.37	40.34
Clock	Konstantin Jaehne	5.31	5.75
Pyraminx	Magnus Lensch	2.79	3.39
Skewb	Henri Gerber	2.78	3.20
4×4 blindfolded	Noah Kraft	2:50.49	—
5×5 blindfolded	Noah Kraft	7:30.52	—

The PB harvest

146 set · 35 still standing

Noah Kraft — Skewb single 1.47: into the top 0.41% of the event's history.
Ronan de Rooij — 2×2 single 1.59: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Morten Ohnsorge — 2×2 single 1.97: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Tim Hülsemann — 2×2 single 2.04: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
Skye Perryn — Pyraminx single 3.42: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Adrian Gersner — Pyraminx single 4.03: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Katharina Schlomberg — Pyraminx single 4.28: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Raphael Bronn — 3×3 single 10.73: into the top 9.7% 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

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

The field

92 competitors · 857 results · 10 events.

Everyone who competed

92 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.