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German Open 2018

Gütersloh · 21 April 2018 · 18 events · 111 competitors · 262 personal bests

Sebastian Weyer won three of the 18 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Wilhelm Kilders by 0.01 seconds. 111 competitors produced 262 personal bests, 53 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Sebastian Weyer set the 4×4 single world record: 18.84.

Three wins
Sebastian Weyer — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5
0.01s
closest final — Clock, Wilhelm Kilders over Sébastien Auroux
262
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Sebastian Weyer6.507.12
2×2Kevin Gerhardt1.111.82
4×4Sebastian Weyer23.6225.04
5×5Sebastian Weyer52.5055.58
6×6Lucas Wesche1:35.891:39.06
7×7Lucas Wesche2:23.092:25.72
3×3 blindfoldedLinus Frész1:02.72—
3×3 Fewest MovesLaura Ohrndorf21 moves—
3×3 one-handedPhilipp Weyer12.1813.17
ClockWilhelm Kilders7.258.15
MegaminxKevin Gerhardt39.1142.02
PyraminxKevin Gerhardt2.553.88
SkewbCarsten Matheus2.933.47
Square-1Tijmen van der Ree10.6812.20
4×4 blindfoldedLinus Frész4:14.05—
5×5 blindfoldedJan Bentlage11:51.0013:37.00
3×3 Multi-BlindLinus Frész12 of 12 cubes · 38:12—
3×3 with feetJan Bentlage49.221:01.32

The PB harvest

262 set · 53 still standing
  • Lucas Wesche — 3×3 single 6.18: into the top 0.6% of the event's history.
  • Lucas Wesche — 4×4 single 26.53: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
  • Laura Ohrndorf — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 21 moves: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
  • Lucas Wesche — Megaminx single 41.08: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
  • Maja von Borstel — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 23 moves: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
  • Collin Thielemann — 2×2 single 2.36: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
  • Lucas Wesche — Skewb single 3.56: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
  • Leon Alexander Götze — Pyraminx single 4.36: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 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

13 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

111 competitors · 1133 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. Sebastian Weyer won it with a 7.12 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

111 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.