Competitions · Austria

Linz Nikolaus Day 2025

Linz · 6 December 2025 · 6 events · 58 competitors · 60 personal bests

Simon Praschl won two of the six events (2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by David Nesiba by 0.21 seconds. 58 competitors produced 60 personal bests, 41 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Benedict Bauernfeind took a 3×3 single of 26.82 down to 8.71, 68 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Simon Praschl — 2×2, 4×4

0.21s

closest final — 3×3, David Nesiba over Michael Liubarets

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	David Nesiba	6.38	7.29
2×2	Simon Praschl	1.52	2.49
4×4	Simon Praschl	28.75	34.16
3×3 one-handed	Pranjal Khan	13.49	14.46
Pyraminx	Felizian Baumgartner	2.02	3.38
Skewb	Jakob Kitak	2.18	3.38

The PB harvest

60 set · 41 still standing

Jakob Kitak — 3×3 one-handed single 12.56: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Benedict Bauernfeind — 3×3 single 8.71: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Peter Rois — 4×4 single 32.19: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Paul Atzwanger — 3×3 single 9.65: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
Moritz Weißenhofer — 3×3 single 9.98: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
Julian Horwath — Pyraminx single 4.28: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Ravi Pikul — Pyraminx single 4.35: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
Tobias Kögler — 3×3 single 10.99: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

58 competitors · 378 results · 6 events.

Everyone who competed

58 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.