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German Open 2016

Gütersloh · 9 April 2016 · 18 events · 86 competitors · 140 personal bests

Sebastian Weyer won two of the 18 events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Emil Mickein by 0.05 seconds. 86 competitors produced 140 personal bests, 32 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Maarten Smit set the 4×4 blindfolded single national record: 8:36.89.

Two wins
Sebastian Weyer — 4×4, 5×5
0.05s
closest final — Clock, Emil Mickein over Michael Kristel
140
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Philipp Weyer6.907.90
2×2Bennet Wichmann2.193.13
4×4Sebastian Weyer27.9030.60
5×5Sebastian Weyer1:02.001:07.08
6×6Wilhelm Kilders2:18.462:26.68
7×7Wilhelm Kilders3:22.843:24.27
3×3 blindfoldedLinus Frész53.581:01.51
3×3 Fewest MovesMarcel Peters23 moves—
3×3 one-handedSimon Kalhofer12.8313.81
ClockEmil Mickein7.528.38
MegaminxHenri Gerber53.8158.61
PyraminxWilli Mickein3.934.94
SkewbCarsten Matheus3.093.90
Square-1Tobias Droste13.9014.80
4×4 blindfoldedLinus Frész3:20.78—
5×5 blindfoldedCallum Hales-Jepp11:13.00—
3×3 Multi-BlindDennis Strehlau19 of 20 cubes · 59:04—
3×3 with feetHenri Gerber44.7847.27

The PB harvest

140 set · 32 still standing
  • Maarten Smit — Pyraminx single 3.38: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
  • Dennis Strehlau — 3×3 Multi-Blind single 19 of 20 cubes · 59:04: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
  • Maarten Smit — 4×4 single 35.31: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
  • Erik Akkersdijk — Skewb single 3.53: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
  • Gereon Kahrau — 3×3 single 10.22: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
  • Tobias Droste — 3×3 single 11.08: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
  • Jorge Ströh — 5×5 single 1:21.41: into the top 20.2% of the event's history.
  • Gereon Kahrau — 4×4 single 50.52: into the top 25.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

86 competitors · 881 results · 18 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. Philipp Weyer won it with a 7.90 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

86 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.