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Franconia Open 2014

Fürth · 28 June 2014 · 14 events · 37 competitors · 90 personal bests

Linus Frész won five of the 14 events (3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 4×4 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Dominik Beese by 0.27 seconds. 37 competitors produced 90 personal bests, 17 of which still stand today, and two people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Linus Frész set the 4×4 blindfolded single national record: 3:25.57.

Five wins
Linus Frész — 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind
0.27s
closest final — Pyraminx, Dominik Beese over Nicolas Gertner Kilian
90
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Leon Schmidtchen7.759.33
2×2Bennet Wichmann1.972.68
4×4Emanuel Rheinert32.7535.79
5×5Emanuel Rheinert1:13.661:18.47
6×6Emanuel Rheinert2:17.682:31.57
7×7Simon Stannek3:34.163:42.57
3×3 blindfoldedLinus Frész41.49
3×3 Fewest MovesLinus Frész28 moves
3×3 one-handedSimon Kalhofer14.8316.47
PyraminxDominik Beese3.225.81
SkewbAnonymous4.226.49
4×4 blindfoldedLinus Frész3:25.57
5×5 blindfoldedLinus Frész8:24.43
3×3 Multi-BlindLinus Frész16 of 20 cubes · 52:46

The PB harvest

90 set · 17 still standing
  • Linus Frész — 3×3 blindfolded single 35.06: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
  • Nico Wrodarczyk — 2×2 single 2.47: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
  • Simon Stannek — Pyraminx single 4.55: into the top 10.5% of the event's history.
  • Nico Wrodarczyk — Pyraminx single 5.44: into the top 16.1% of the event's history.
  • Jonas Schober — 3×3 single 13.72: into the top 20.0% of the event's history.
  • Andre Kupka — 3×3 single 14.19: into the top 21.6% of the event's history.
  • Artur Holzmann — 5×5 single 1:24.19: into the top 22.5% of the event's history.
  • Andre Kupka — 2×2 single 3.81: into the top 24.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

Two people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 9,275 people who made their debut in 2014. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

37 competitors · 469 results · 14 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. Leon Schmidtchen won it with a 9.33 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

37 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.