Competitions · Germany

Darmstadt Open 2026

Darmstadt · 9 May 2026 · 6 events · 72 competitors · 57 personal bests

Imanuel Müller won two of the six events (2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Imanuel Müller by 0.30 seconds. 72 competitors produced 57 personal bests, 43 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Daniel Back took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 3:05.65 down to 1:33.86, 49 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Imanuel Müller — 2×2, 4×4

0.30s

closest final — 2×2, Imanuel Müller over Justus Leander Cramer

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	George Dinescu	5.97	6.69
2×2	Imanuel Müller	1.27	1.66
4×4	Imanuel Müller	26.52	28.84
3×3 blindfolded	Noah Kraft	19.80	21.73
3×3 one-handed	Jonas Pilhöfer	8.21	9.72
Pyraminx	József Katona	2.61	3.27

The PB harvest

57 set · 43 still standing

Petr Samodelkin — 3×3 single 5.80: into the top 0.37% of the event's history.
József Katona — 3×3 single 7.49: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
David Leutert — 3×3 single 8.64: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Linh Son Luu — 4×4 single 32.19: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Liam Schenk — 2×2 single 1.94: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Samuel Ballas — 4×4 single 32.41: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Jakob Lorenz — Pyraminx single 3.97: into the top 7.5% of the event's history.
Duc Minh Dinh — 3×3 single 10.96: into the top 10.4% 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

72 competitors · 581 results · 6 events.

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.