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Rhein-Neckar Complete Breakdown 2025

Laudenbach · 9 October 2025 · 17 events · 93 competitors · 132 personal bests

Kevin Gerhardt won three of the 17 events (3×3, 2×2, Skewb) and the closest final was the Square-1, won by Paul Luciw by 0.01 seconds. 93 competitors produced 132 personal bests, 74 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Moritz Lotz set the 3×3 Fewest Moves single national record: 18 moves.

Three wins
Kevin Gerhardt — 3×3, 2×2, Skewb
0.01s
closest final — Square-1, Paul Luciw over Alexander Botz
132
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Kevin Gerhardt5.046.28
2×2Kevin Gerhardt1.071.29
4×4Oliver Fritz24.1125.88
5×5Mark Zimmermann39.0845.36
6×6Mark Zimmermann1:19.901:20.34
7×7Mark Zimmermann1:53.591:58.68
3×3 blindfoldedOliver Fritz21.5829.20
3×3 Fewest MovesMoritz Lotz18 moves21.33
3×3 one-handedJonas Pilhöfer9.3610.14
ClockFlurin König3.583.93
MegaminxHenri Gerber35.2835.63
PyraminxEmil Henry Huber1.732.42
SkewbKevin Gerhardt3.143.25
Square-1Paul Luciw6.579.08
4×4 blindfoldedNoah Kraft2:36.302:49.48
5×5 blindfoldedOliver Fritz5:03.69—
3×3 Multi-BlindNoah Kraft20 of 23 cubes · 58:39—

The PB harvest

132 set · 74 still standing
  • Kevin Gerhardt — 4×4 single 19.55: into the top 0.041% of the event's history.
  • Alwin Rölz — Skewb single 1.26: into the top 0.17% of the event's history.
  • Richard Rettich — Skewb single 1.26: into the top 0.17% of the event's history.
  • Shawn Lee Zhi Xuan (李致轩) — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 18 moves: into the top 0.17% of the event's history.
  • Moritz Lotz — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 18 moves: into the top 0.17% of the event's history.
  • Quirin Mágori — 3×3 single 5.70: into the top 0.33% of the event's history.
  • Louis Fertier — 3×3 single 6.39: into the top 0.76% of the event's history.
  • Matyáš Krejcárek — Skewb single 2.07: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

Five 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

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

93 competitors · 1466 results · 17 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. Kevin Gerhardt won it with a 6.28 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

93 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.