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First Solves Gothenburg 2025

Gothenburg · 29 March 2025 · 6 events · 120 competitors · 100 personal bests

Emanuel Schelin won two of the six events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Emil Alpsten by 0.01 seconds. 120 competitors produced 100 personal bests, 46 of which still stand today, and 50 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Johan von Boisman took a 2×2 single of 15.44 down to 6.66, 57 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Emanuel Schelin — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed

0.01s

closest final — 2×2, Emil Alpsten over Emanuel Schelin

100

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Emanuel Schelin	5.92	6.89
2×2	Emil Alpsten	0.89	1.72
3×3 one-handed	Emanuel Schelin	9.86	12.80
Clock	Martin Bygdell	4.18	4.60
Pyraminx	Emil Alpsten	1.79	2.96
Skewb	William Jensen	2.18	3.06

The PB harvest

100 set · 46 still standing

Pep Edén — 2×2 single 0.73: into the top 0.15% of the event's history.
Tor Torstensson — 2×2 single 1.10: into the top 0.77% of the event's history.
Tor Torstensson — 3×3 single 6.41: into the top 0.78% of the event's history.
Dante Tellechea Hultmark — 2×2 single 1.15: into the top 0.9% of the event's history.
Aron Andrén — Skewb single 2.12: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Xenia Lööv — 3×3 single 8.92: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
Hugo Zacharoff — 2×2 single 2.22: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Emma Ottosson — 3×3 single 9.92: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

50 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. 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

120 competitors · 860 results · 6 events.

Everyone who competed

120 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.