Competitions · Germany

c't Open Hannover 2026

Hannover · 17 October 2026 · 9 events · 88 competitors · 107 personal bests

Noah Kraft won five of the nine events (2×2, 3×3 blindfolded, Skewb) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Noah Kraft by 0.05 seconds. 88 competitors produced 107 personal bests, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Marvin Sostwähner took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 14:41.00 down to 7:11.37, 51 percent better in one day.

Five wins

Noah Kraft — 2×2, 3×3 blindfolded, Skewb, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded

0.05s

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

107

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Jeremias Knops	6.95	7.44
2×2	Noah Kraft	1.76	1.94
4×4	Finn Comerford	29.37	31.75
5×5	Benedikt Thurm	55.79	59.90
3×3 blindfolded	Noah Kraft	17.43	20.28
Pyraminx	József Katona	2.41	3.16
Skewb	Noah Kraft	3.10	4.76
4×4 blindfolded	Noah Kraft	2:03.19	2:13.80
5×5 blindfolded	Noah Kraft	5:14.98	—

The PB harvest

107 set · 107 still standing

Matyáš Kiss — Pyraminx single 2.92: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Tim Rickhaus — 3×3 single 8.76: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Kiarah Avéline Dähne — Pyraminx single 3.29: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Nikita Popov — 3×3 single 9.26: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Benjamin Aalto — Skewb single 3.22: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Richard Sebastian Witz — 2×2 single 2.47: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
Emil Krause — 2×2 single 2.68: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.
Rainer Heller — 3×3 single 11.19: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 22,685 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

88 competitors · 753 results · 9 events.

Everyone who competed

88 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.