Competitions · Switzerland

Little Village Open 2022

Dörflingen, Schaffhausen · 29 January 2022 · 11 events · 56 competitors · 93 personal bests

Alwin Rölz won four of the eleven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Nicolas Gertner Kilian by 0.06 seconds. 56 competitors produced 93 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Alexandre El Assaad took a 2×2 single of 7.80 down to 2.47, 68 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Alwin Rölz — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 7×7

0.06s

closest final — 2×2, Nicolas Gertner Kilian over Daniel Brem

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Alwin Rölz	6.95	8.61
2×2	Nicolas Gertner Kilian	2.60	3.01
4×4	Alwin Rölz	32.66	35.19
5×5	Alwin Rölz	52.90	55.85
7×7	Alwin Rölz	2:38.71	2:49.75
3×3 one-handed	Simon Kalhofer	9.80	11.83
Clock	Mattia Pasquini	7.26	7.80
Megaminx	Daniel Grabski	51.03	53.68
Pyraminx	Diego Alfonso	1.80	2.87
Skewb	Annika Stein	3.11	3.94
Square-1	Matteo Dummar	10.04	11.94

The PB harvest

93 set · 13 still standing

Philipp Senser — 4×4 single 32.22: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Basil Schumacher — 3×3 single 9.17: into the top 5.3% of the event's history.
Alistair Robequin — 2×2 single 2.12: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
Rouven Fäh — 2×2 single 2.38: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Basil Schumacher — Pyraminx single 4.04: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
Alexandre El Assaad — 2×2 single 2.47: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Basil Schumacher — Skewb single 3.73: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Lara Moser — 2×2 single 2.65: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. 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

56 competitors · 518 results · 11 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. Alwin Rölz won it with a 8.61 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

56 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.