Competitions · Germany

Kölner Kubing 2023

Köln · 11 November 2023 · 11 events · 90 competitors · 169 personal bests

Henri Gerber won four of the eleven events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Mattheo de Wit by 0.04 seconds. 90 competitors produced 169 personal bests, 45 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Duc Huynh set the Pyraminx average national record: 2.30.

Four wins

Henri Gerber — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.04s

closest final — 3×3, Mattheo de Wit over Imanuel Müller

169

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Mattheo de Wit	6.31	7.85
2×2	Mattheo de Wit	1.34	1.50
4×4	Henri Gerber	30.34	30.93
5×5	Henri Gerber	55.49	59.73
6×6	Henri Gerber	1:41.88	1:48.56
7×7	Henri Gerber	2:27.60	2:32.44
3×3 Fewest Moves	Dunhui Xiao (肖敦慧)	25 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Magnus Lensch	9.14	10.88
Clock	Paul Mirza	3.95	4.73
Pyraminx	Duc Huynh	2.86	3.43
Skewb	Mattheo de Wit	2.45	3.33

The PB harvest

169 set · 45 still standing

Jorian Meeuse — Pyraminx single 1.88: into the top 0.95% of the event's history.
Niclas Mach — 2×2 single 1.26: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Yash Budhiraja — 4×4 single 27.08: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Frederik Hutfleß — 3×3 one-handed single 10.78: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Javier López Fernández — 2×2 single 1.47: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Tomáš Novotný — 2×2 single 1.53: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Niclas Mach — Pyraminx single 2.73: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Erik Hirschfelder — 3×3 single 8.03: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

90 competitors · 970 results · 11 events.

Everyone who competed

90 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.