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Rahn Education Leipzig 2023

Leipzig · 1 April 2023 · 12 events · 106 competitors · 197 personal bests

Twan Dullemond won four of the twelve events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Laura Holzhauer by 0.14 seconds. 106 competitors produced 197 personal bests, 56 of which still stand today, and 25 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Javid Nabizade set the 5×5 single national record: 1:08.74.

Four wins
Twan Dullemond — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6
0.14s
closest final — Clock, Laura Holzhauer over Luis Kleinheinz
197
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Twan Dullemond5.206.65
2×2Tanish Dhiman1.361.90
4×4Twan Dullemond24.5127.34
5×5Twan Dullemond49.6351.96
6×6Twan Dullemond1:39.851:41.32
7×7Laura Holzhauer2:24.702:35.21
3×3 blindfoldedTimo Forsthofer22.27—
3×3 Fewest MovesSébastien Auroux20 moves—
3×3 one-handedMagnus Lensch9.7310.54
ClockLaura Holzhauer5.836.34
PyraminxDuc Huynh2.833.30
SkewbHenri Gerber2.733.33

The PB harvest

197 set · 56 still standing
  • Sébastien Auroux — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 20 moves: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
  • Timo Forsthofer — 3×3 blindfolded single 22.27: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
  • Nicos Ahlgrimm — Pyraminx single 2.97: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
  • Ole Pöschl — 3×3 single 8.74: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
  • Cedric Schweitzer — 3×3 single 9.09: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
  • Justus Hanf — 2×2 single 2.42: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
  • Lukas Juhrich — 2×2 single 2.63: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.
  • Philipp Habermann — 3×3 blindfolded single 53.90: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

25 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

106 competitors · 1050 results · 12 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. Twan Dullemond won it with a 6.65 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

106 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.