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Franconia Open 2018

Nürnberg · 4 August 2018 · 11 events · 76 competitors · 148 personal bests

Laura Holzhauer won four of the eleven events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Jeremias Preisler by 0.09 seconds. 76 competitors produced 148 personal bests, 41 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Andrea Thull set the Pyraminx single national record: 3.97.

Four wins
Laura Holzhauer — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, Megaminx
0.09s
closest final — 2×2, Jeremias Preisler over Tanish Dhiman
148
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Cornelius Dieckmann6.408.07
2×2Jeremias Preisler1.632.69
4×4Leon Schmidtchen28.8432.74
5×5Laura Holzhauer58.621:04.84
6×6Laura Holzhauer1:56.712:03.58
7×7Laura Holzhauer2:44.092:55.21
3×3 blindfoldedGregor Billing34.21
3×3 one-handedHugo Spitz10.0511.32
MegaminxLaura Holzhauer48.4351.38
PyraminxFinn Heukelbach3.114.23
SkewbVictor Colin3.274.66

The PB harvest

148 set · 41 still standing

First-timers

17 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

76 competitors · 818 results · 11 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. Cornelius Dieckmann won it with a 8.07 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

76 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.