Competitions · Germany

German Big Cube Open 2017

Düsseldorf · 1 July 2017 · 12 events · 97 competitors · 172 personal bests

Kevin Gerhardt won three of the twelve events (2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Square-1) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Carsten Matheus by 0.04 seconds. 97 competitors produced 172 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Sebastian Weyer set the 4×4 average world record: 23.03.

Three wins

Kevin Gerhardt — 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Square-1

0.04s

closest final — Skewb, Carsten Matheus over Kevin Gerhardt

172

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Mats Valk	7.22	7.49
2×2	Kevin Gerhardt	1.31	1.66
4×4	Sebastian Weyer	20.66	23.03
5×5	Mats Valk	50.32	55.42
6×6	Lucas Wesche	1:49.72	1:52.35
7×7	Lucas Wesche	2:30.96	2:42.19
3×3 one-handed	Kevin Gerhardt	11.83	13.05
Clock	Sébastien Auroux	7.89	8.17
Megaminx	Oscar Roth Andersen	47.44	48.75
Pyraminx	Jules Desjardin	2.32	2.80
Skewb	Carsten Matheus	2.59	3.91
Square-1	Kevin Gerhardt	11.00	12.65

The PB harvest

172 set · 34 still standing

Martin Kraut — 4×4 single 29.31: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Martin Kraut — 5×5 single 55.15: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Stephen Adhisaputra — 4×4 single 33.91: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Constantin Lüske — Pyraminx single 4.66: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
Anton Mahlke — Pyraminx single 5.12: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.
Anton Mahlke — Skewb single 5.05: into the top 18.5% of the event's history.
Dennis Strehlau — Square-1 single 16.38: into the top 19.5% of the event's history.
Elias Leinjejohanns — Pyraminx single 6.18: into the top 21.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

21 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

20 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

97 competitors · 1047 results · 12 events.

Everyone who competed

97 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.