Competitions · Germany

German Nationals 2009

Düsseldorf · 21 November 2009 · 11 events · 99 competitors · 131 personal bests

Jan Smarschevski won two of the eleven events (4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Andreas Farenbruch by 0.01 seconds. 99 competitors produced 131 personal bests, 22 of which still stand today, and 35 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Denis Verovic set the 3×3 single national record: 26.63.

Two wins

Jan Smarschevski — 4×4, 5×5

0.01s

closest final — Square-1, Andreas Farenbruch over Kai Jiptner

131

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Erik Akkersdijk	10.30	11.15
2×2	Moritz Karl	5.03	5.41
4×4	Jan Smarschevski	56.61	59.53
5×5	Jan Smarschevski	1:28.11	1:39.53
3×3 blindfolded	Kai Jiptner	1:11.22	—
3×3 one-handed	Rama Temmink	16.15	21.15
Megaminx	Pasquale Lombardozzi	1:14.77	1:20.24
Pyraminx	Ron van Bruchem	5.06	8.01
Square-1	Andreas Farenbruch	52.38	57.00
Magic	Monika Zimmermann	1.25	1.37
Master Magic	Leandro Baltazar	2.88	3.13

The PB harvest

131 set · 22 still standing

Rama Temmink — 3×3 one-handed single 14.56: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Monika Zimmermann — Magic single 1.25: into the top 13.8% of the event's history.
Martin Gröller — 2×2 single 3.72: into the top 23.0% of the event's history.
Martin Gröller — 3×3 single 16.15: into the top 28.3% of the event's history.
Andreas Farenbruch — Pyraminx single 7.71: into the top 33.8% of the event's history.
Andreas Farenbruch — 5×5 single 1:45.90: into the top 39.8% of the event's history.
Andreas Farenbruch — 4×4 single 1:03.66: into the top 40.3% of the event's history.
Kai Jiptner — 5×5 single 1:48.05: into the top 41.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

35 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 3,600 people who made their debut in 2009. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

16 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

99 competitors · 453 results · 11 events.

Everyone who competed

99 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.