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Linz Summer 2025

Linz · 5 July 2025 · 10 events · 85 competitors · 113 personal bests

Thomas Heiden won six of the ten events (2×2, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Zénó Vitale by 0.30 seconds. 85 competitors produced 113 personal bests, 38 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Ravi Pikul took a 2×2 single of 9.86 down to 2.73, 72 percent better in one day.

Six wins
Thomas Heiden — 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded, Megaminx, Pyraminx
0.30s
closest final — 3×3, Zénó Vitale over Sam Talacko
113
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Zénó Vitale6.907.01
2×2Thomas Heiden1.642.00
4×4Thomas Heiden28.3635.18
5×5Thomas Heiden58.581:01.68
3×3 blindfoldedThomas Heiden1:06.26—
3×3 one-handedQuirin Mágori11.6513.61
MegaminxThomas Heiden52.1254.56
PyraminxThomas Heiden1.692.71
SkewbJakob Fiechter3.184.08
Square-1Maciej Spirydowicz7.639.10

The PB harvest

113 set · 38 still standing
  • Maciej Spirydowicz — Pyraminx single 1.72: into the top 0.7% of the event's history.
  • Thomas Heiden — 4×4 single 28.36: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
  • Anton Monkowius — 2×2 single 2.11: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
  • Josef Schöfl — Pyraminx single 3.79: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
  • Bruno Di Renzo John — Skewb single 3.39: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
  • Martin Fröhlich — 3×3 one-handed single 14.79: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
  • Maciej Spirydowicz — 3×3 one-handed single 15.67: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
  • Henry Peng — 2×2 single 2.62: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 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

85 competitors · 652 results · 10 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. Zénó Vitale won it with a 7.01 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

85 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.