Competitions · Austria

Langenstein City Blind Open 2026

Langenstein · 18 April 2026 · 12 events · 75 competitors · 81 personal bests

Simon Praschl won five of the twelve events (2×2, 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Simon Praschl by 0.27 seconds. 75 competitors produced 81 personal bests, 59 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Bálint Csengő set the 4×4 blindfolded single national record: 1:33.73.

Five wins

Simon Praschl — 2×2, 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind

0.27s

closest final — 2×2, Simon Praschl over Martin Fröhlich

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Michael Liubarets	5.72	7.16
2×2	Simon Praschl	1.57	2.41
4×4	Thomas Strasser	25.78	28.13
5×5	Bálint Csengő	51.24	53.24
3×3 blindfolded	Simon Praschl	15.67	—
3×3 one-handed	Bálint Csengő	12.28	13.58
Pyraminx	Bálint Csengő	2.50	2.96
Skewb	Bálint Csengő	3.62	4.53
Square-1	Marcel Niedl	10.28	12.10
4×4 blindfolded	Simon Praschl	1:13.13	—
5×5 blindfolded	Simon Praschl	4:03.91	4:08.76
3×3 Multi-Blind	Simon Praschl	50 of 58 cubes · 59:48	—

The PB harvest

81 set · 59 still standing

Bálint Csengő — 3×3 single 5.59: into the top 0.28% of the event's history.
Bálint Csengő — 3×3 blindfolded single 18.70: into the top 0.94% of the event's history.
Martin Fröhlich — 3×3 single 7.00: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Tobias Dolzer — 3×3 single 8.28: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Daniel Stangl — 3×3 single 9.56: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Felizian Baumgartner — 3×3 single 9.89: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
Sandra Chen — 3×3 single 10.21: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
Philip Musil — 2×2 single 2.77: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

21 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

75 competitors · 516 results · 12 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. Michael Liubarets won it with a 7.16 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

75 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.