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Franconia Winter 2015

Fürth · 14 November 2015 · 15 events · 30 competitors · 77 personal bests

Lucas Wesche won five of the 15 events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Kevin Gerhardt by 0.23 seconds. 30 competitors produced 77 personal bests, 12 of which still stand today, and three people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Lucas Wesche set the Megaminx single national record: 43.80.

Five wins
Lucas Wesche — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx
0.23s
closest final — 2×2, Kevin Gerhardt over Cornelius Dieckmann
77
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Cornelius Dieckmann6.449.24
2×2Kevin Gerhardt1.712.33
4×4Emanuel Rheinert32.9735.41
5×5Lucas Wesche56.101:03.06
6×6Lucas Wesche1:59.252:04.11
7×7Lucas Wesche2:51.192:51.50
3×3 blindfoldedLinus Frész58.441:05.52
3×3 Fewest MovesEmanuel Rheinert23 moves
3×3 one-handedLucas Wesche13.0315.05
MegaminxLucas Wesche43.8049.83
PyraminxKevin Gerhardt4.465.26
SkewbCarsten Matheus2.593.23
4×4 blindfoldedLinus Frész3:09.97
5×5 blindfoldedJan Bentlage14:55.00
3×3 Multi-BlindJan Bentlage11 of 13 cubes · 53:46

The PB harvest

77 set · 12 still standing
  • Emanuel Rheinert — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 23 moves: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
  • Linus Frész — 3×3 one-handed single 15.09: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
  • Björn Korbanka — 3×3 one-handed single 16.16: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
  • Emanuel Rheinert — Skewb single 4.09: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
  • Zi-Zhao Zheng — Skewb single 4.77: into the top 16.4% of the event's history.
  • Zi-Zhao Zheng — 3×3 single 13.63: into the top 19.7% of the event's history.
  • Zi-Zhao Zheng — 3×3 one-handed single 24.03: into the top 31.6% of the event's history.
  • Philipp Roth — Pyraminx single 7.70: into the top 33.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

Three 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

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

30 competitors · 387 results · 15 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 9.24 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

30 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.