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Hamburg International 2019

Hamburg · 13 April 2019 · 9 events · 113 competitors · 118 personal bests

Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文) won three of the nine events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Mika Smulders by 0.18 seconds. 113 competitors produced 118 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and 44 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Reto Bubendorf set the Pyraminx single national record: 1.82.

Three wins
Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文) — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7
0.18s
closest final — 2×2, Mika Smulders over Fabio Schwandt
118
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mika Smulders7.998.08
2×2Mika Smulders1.632.10
4×4Emanuel Rheinert26.7132.02
5×5Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)56.8557.81
6×6Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)1:45.121:58.05
7×7Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)2:34.172:39.73
3×3 blindfoldedJens Haber21.6024.22
3×3 Fewest MovesSébastien Auroux25 moves27.67
PyraminxWilli Mickein2.032.81

The PB harvest

118 set · 31 still standing
  • Willi Mickein — Pyraminx single 1.59: into the top 0.53% of the event's history.
  • Linus Kunath — Pyraminx single 1.72: into the top 0.7% of the event's history.
  • Emanuel Rheinert — Pyraminx single 1.97: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
  • Emanuel Rheinert — 4×4 single 26.71: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
  • Karl Taagaard Hansen — Pyraminx single 2.84: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
  • Tijmen van der Ree — Pyraminx single 3.40: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
  • Nox Clémenceau — Pyraminx single 3.51: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
  • Thor Henke — 3×3 single 9.58: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

44 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

113 competitors · 813 results · 9 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. Mika Smulders won it with a 8.08 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

113 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.