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Franconia Open 2015

Fürth · 4 July 2015 · 14 events · 51 competitors · 118 personal bests

Linus Frész won three of the 14 events (3×3 Fewest Moves, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Jakob Fiechter by 0.15 seconds. 51 competitors produced 118 personal bests, 20 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Simon Stannek set the 7×7 single national record: 2:50.34.

Three wins
Linus Frész — 3×3 Fewest Moves, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded
0.15s
closest final — Skewb, Jakob Fiechter over Kevin Gerhardt
118
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Leon Schmidtchen7.489.17
2×2Kevin Gerhardt1.562.43
4×4Leon Schmidtchen37.0538.90
5×5Simon Stannek1:10.801:17.03
6×6James Hildreth2:14.852:26.99
7×7Simon Stannek2:50.343:01.60
3×3 blindfoldedOleg Gritsenko41.5046.13
3×3 Fewest MovesLinus Frész22 moves
3×3 one-handedSimon Kalhofer12.2013.70
PyraminxKevin Gerhardt3.724.19
SkewbJakob Fiechter3.954.55
4×4 blindfoldedLinus Frész3:25.75
5×5 blindfoldedLinus Frész7:23.26
3×3 Multi-BlindOleg Gritsenko19 of 19 cubes · 57:41

The PB harvest

118 set · 20 still standing
  • Sébastien Auroux — 2×2 single 1.07: into the top 0.7% of the event's history.
  • Anonymous — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 22 moves: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
  • Markus Wolf — 2×2 single 1.74: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
  • Shintaro Nishijo — Skewb single 2.89: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
  • Christopher Wenzel — 3×3 single 9.74: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
  • Linus Frész — Skewb single 4.62: into the top 15.4% of the event's history.
  • Christopher Wenzel — 3×3 one-handed single 22.32: into the top 26.9% of the event's history.
  • Yannick Spörl — 2×2 single 4.57: into the top 33.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

10 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

51 competitors · 705 results · 14 events.

Everyone who competed

51 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.