Competitions · Germany

Franconia Winter 2026

Nürnberg · 23 January 2026 · 6 events · 68 competitors · 45 personal bests

Alwin Rölz won two of the six events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Alwin Rölz by 0.39 seconds. 68 competitors produced 45 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jonas Hohenstatter took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 3:52.66 down to 1:55.29, 50 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Alwin Rölz — 3×3, 4×4

0.39s

closest final — 3×3, Alwin Rölz over Jonas Pilhöfer

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Alwin Rölz	5.38	7.03
4×4	Alwin Rölz	26.03	27.10
3×3 blindfolded	Jonathan Blöcher	20.43	24.94
3×3 Fewest Moves	Noah Kraft	24 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Jonas Pilhöfer	7.79	9.12
3×3 Multi-Blind	Jonathan Blöcher	31 of 34 cubes · 58:03	—

The PB harvest

45 set · 22 still standing

Luis Neugebauer — 4×4 single 29.95: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Nikolai Masson (Николай Массон) — 3×3 one-handed single 12.55: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Jonathan Sonnleitner — 3×3 single 9.41: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
Rushal Patel — 4×4 single 36.36: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Shreyas Dalvi — 3×3 single 10.97: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
Jeremy Mrzyglocki — 3×3 one-handed single 16.64: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
Milan Renkl — 3×3 one-handed single 17.55: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.
Jonas Hammerl — 3×3 single 12.44: into the top 15.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Four people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. 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 · 359 results · 6 events.

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.