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Cubelonia 2017

Cologne · 6 January 2017 · 18 events · 96 competitors · 211 personal bests

Henri Gerber won three of the 18 events (6×6, Megaminx, 3×3 with feet) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Reto Bubendorf by 0.03 seconds. 96 competitors produced 211 personal bests, 40 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Sebastian Weyer set the 5×5 single continental record: 47.86.

Three wins
Henri Gerber — 6×6, Megaminx, 3×3 with feet
0.03s
closest final — 2×2, Reto Bubendorf over Kevin Gerhardt
211
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Philipp Weyer6.707.74
2×2Reto Bubendorf2.072.43
4×4Sebastian Weyer23.5827.41
5×5Sebastian Weyer47.8654.75
6×6Henri Gerber2:04.342:15.00
7×7Marco Vorländer2:58.613:10.91
3×3 blindfoldedGregor Billing43.13—
3×3 Fewest MovesSébastien Auroux21 moves25.67
3×3 one-handedCornelius Dieckmann9.5813.18
ClockLaura Ohrndorf7.438.19
MegaminxHenri Gerber49.9453.59
PyraminxAlwin Rölz2.813.50
SkewbCarsten Matheus2.254.03
Square-1Jan Bentlage13.7516.04
4×4 blindfoldedLinus Frész4:32.90—
5×5 blindfoldedLinus Frész8:41.33—
3×3 Multi-BlindOleg Gritsenko17 of 21 cubes · 57:23—
3×3 with feetHenri Gerber37.2340.79

The PB harvest

211 set · 40 still standing
  • Cornelius Dieckmann — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 21 moves: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
  • Max Hahnbück — 2×2 single 1.53: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
  • Fin Thiessen — 3×3 one-handed single 12.70: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
  • Gregor Billing — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 24 moves: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
  • Ayhan Sarier — Skewb single 3.06: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
  • Liam Gehrsitz — 3×3 single 10.84: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
  • Fin Thiessen — 2×2 single 3.16: into the top 16.1% of the event's history.
  • Juliane Kiehn — 3×3 one-handed single 19.91: into the top 20.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

10 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

96 competitors · 1159 results · 18 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. Philipp Weyer won it with a 7.74 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

96 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.