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Mental Breakdown Germany 2018

Regensburg · 3 March 2018 · 7 events · 27 competitors · 37 personal bests

Grigorii Alekseev won three of the seven events (3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Jan Bentlage by 0.46 seconds. 27 competitors produced 37 personal bests, 6 of which still stand today.

The moment

A continental record

Roman Strakhov set the 5×5 blindfolded single continental record: 4:29.93.

Three wins
Grigorii Alekseev — 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded
0.46s
closest final — Clock, Jan Bentlage over Leonid Palchenko (Леонід Пальченко)
37
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3 blindfoldedGrigorii Alekseev24.3425.40
3×3 Fewest MovesJan Bentlage24 moves27.00
ClockJan Bentlage7.087.75
4×4 blindfoldedGrigorii Alekseev2:25.18
5×5 blindfoldedGrigorii Alekseev6:41.28
3×3 Multi-BlindKamil Przybylski35 of 44 cubes · 59:43
3×3 with feetAlwin Rölz38.1849.59

The PB harvest

37 set · 6 still standing
  • Ádám Barta — 3×3 blindfolded single 20.60: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
  • Linus Frész — 3×3 with feet single 51.15: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.
  • Amélie Dieterich — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 29 moves: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.
  • Nox Clémenceau — 3×3 with feet single 2:02.01: into the top 49.7% of the event's history.
  • Dominic Amrhein — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 41 moves: into the top 51.8% of the event's history.
  • Hanns Hub — 3×3 with feet single 2:08.34: into the top 52.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

No people competed for the first time at this competition. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

27 competitors · 190 results · 7 events.

Everyone who competed

27 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.