Competitions · Germany

Rhein-Neckar Open 2023

Laudenbach · 4 March 2023 · 13 events · 139 competitors · 224 personal bests

Kevin Gerhardt won four of the 13 events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Maxence Baudry by 0.04 seconds. 139 competitors produced 224 personal bests, 36 of which still stand today, and 36 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Twan Dullemond set the 7×7 single national record: 2:23.59.

Four wins

Kevin Gerhardt — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, Megaminx

0.04s

closest final — Skewb, Maxence Baudry over Henri Gerber

224

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Twan Dullemond	5.48	6.53
4×4	Kevin Gerhardt	25.79	27.95
5×5	Kevin Gerhardt	46.26	50.11
6×6	Kevin Gerhardt	1:23.72	1:37.43
7×7	Alexander Botz	2:18.35	2:27.71
3×3 blindfolded	Jens Haber	20.25	23.29
Clock	Luis Kleinheinz	5.06	5.99
Megaminx	Kevin Gerhardt	36.36	38.28
Pyraminx	Sophia Schmoll	3.25	3.66
Skewb	Maxence Baudry	2.64	2.94
Square-1	Malte Ihlefeld	10.26	11.63
4×4 blindfolded	Sebastian Werb	5:40.08	—
5×5 blindfolded	Sebastian Werb	—	—

The PB harvest

224 set · 36 still standing

Simon Burian — 3×3 single 8.02: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Sebastian Werb — Square-1 single 8.10: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Francesco Schmitt — 4×4 single 32.97: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Simon Burian — Clock single 5.53: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Max Geißelhart — Pyraminx single 3.81: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Pier Patrick Gaub — Megaminx single 54.51: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Francesco Schmitt — Clock single 6.16: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Leonard Griebel — Square-1 single 11.71: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

36 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

139 competitors · 1193 results · 13 events.

Everyone who competed

139 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.