Competitions · Germany

Kölner Kubing 2026

Köln · 25 September 2026 · 11 events · 86 competitors · 121 personal bests

Mark Zimmermann won four of the eleven events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Alessandro van Burken by 0.03 seconds. 86 competitors produced 121 personal bests, 111 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Javid Nabizade set the Clock single national record: 7.20.

Four wins

Mark Zimmermann — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.03s

closest final — Skewb, Alessandro van Burken over Mattheo de Wit

121

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	George Dinescu	5.78	6.42
2×2	Imanuel Müller	1.25	1.60
4×4	Mark Zimmermann	21.99	27.13
5×5	Mark Zimmermann	45.39	46.53
6×6	Mark Zimmermann	1:18.25	1:22.28
7×7	Mark Zimmermann	1:51.36	1:55.95
3×3 Fewest Moves	Jan Bentlage	22 moves	23.67
3×3 one-handed	Jonas Pilhöfer	7.93	9.94
Clock	Mick Boekema	2.55	3.21
Pyraminx	Florine Zuur	2.10	2.49
Skewb	Alessandro van Burken	2.00	2.37

The PB harvest

121 set · 111 still standing

Daniel Back — 2×2 single 1.15: into the top 0.91% of the event's history.
Daniel Back — Skewb single 1.92: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Natan Suslowicz — 3×3 single 7.40: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Natan Suslowicz — Skewb single 2.40: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Alessandro van Burken — 3×3 single 7.89: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Javid Nabizade — Skewb single 2.73: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Rutendo Zeidler — 2×2 single 1.91: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Marlon Starsch — 3×3 single 8.71: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 22,685 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

86 competitors · 965 results · 11 events.

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.