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Franconia Christmas B 2024

Nürnberg · 21 December 2024 · 3 events · 68 competitors · 53 personal bests

Leonid Salzmann won the 3×3 with a 10.05 and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Daniel Walther by 0.07 seconds. 68 competitors produced 53 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Thomas Miholic took a Pyraminx single of 12.10 down to 6.17, 49 percent better in one day.

3
events decided
0.07s
closest final — Pyraminx, Daniel Walther over Paul Mirza
53
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Leonid Salzmann9.3110.05
PyraminxDaniel Walther3.464.38
SkewbRené Horn3.395.54

The PB harvest

53 set · 34 still standing
  • David Knack — 3×3 single 7.81: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
  • Paul Mirza — Pyraminx single 2.89: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
  • Titus Miholic — 3×3 single 8.60: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
  • Daniel Walther — Skewb single 3.58: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
  • Stepan Ikonnikov — 3×3 single 10.63: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
  • Josef Farnbauer — Pyraminx single 4.49: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.
  • Viktor Georgiev — Pyraminx single 4.58: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
  • Billy Minchin — Pyraminx single 4.85: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. 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

68 competitors · 213 results · 3 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. Leonid Salzmann won it with a 10.05 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

68 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.