Competitions · Germany

Rahn Education Advent Open 2025

Leipzig · 29 November 2025 · 11 events · 84 competitors · 154 personal bests

Alwin Rölz won six of the eleven events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Kiarah Avéline Dähne by 0.06 seconds. 84 competitors produced 154 personal bests, 78 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Emil Zedelius took a 2×2 single of 4.78 down to 2.17, 55 percent better in one day.

Six wins

Alwin Rölz — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx

0.06s

closest final — 3×3, Kiarah Avéline Dähne over Kryštof Basl

154

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kiarah Avéline Dähne	6.68	7.67
2×2	Henri Gerber	1.93	2.06
4×4	Alwin Rölz	24.42	28.49
5×5	Alwin Rölz	43.52	49.97
6×6	Alwin Rölz	1:22.25	1:26.90
7×7	Alwin Rölz	2:10.95	2:18.34
3×3 blindfolded	Luis Kleinheinz	1:34.22	—
3×3 one-handed	Alwin Rölz	9.63	12.28
Megaminx	Henri Gerber	34.69	40.88
Pyraminx	Alwin Rölz	2.42	3.28
Skewb	Henri Gerber	3.12	3.45

The PB harvest

154 set · 78 still standing

Luis Kleinheinz — 3×3 single 7.96: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
Ben Marten — 2×2 single 1.82: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Emil Zedelius — 2×2 single 2.17: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Lukas Karl Roller — 3×3 single 9.52: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
Lennox Böhm — 3×3 single 10.05: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
Pascal Bretschneider — Pyraminx single 4.05: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
David Knack — 3×3 one-handed single 15.12: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
Alexander Hesse — 3×3 single 10.35: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eight 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

84 competitors · 774 results · 11 events.

Everyone who competed

84 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.