Competitions · Germany

Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2023

Wittlich · 9 September 2023 · 13 events · 80 competitors · 140 personal bests

Kevin Gerhardt won five of the 13 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Sophia Schmoll by 0.09 seconds. 80 competitors produced 140 personal bests, 39 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Guillaume David set the 7×7 average national record: 3:02.22.

Five wins

Kevin Gerhardt — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 6×6, Megaminx

0.09s

closest final — Pyraminx, Sophia Schmoll over Alwin Rölz

140

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kevin Gerhardt	5.93	6.44
2×2	Kevin Gerhardt	1.03	1.47
4×4	Kevin Gerhardt	26.54	27.98
5×5	Mark Zimmermann	48.34	49.58
6×6	Kevin Gerhardt	1:31.47	1:33.74
7×7	Alwin Rölz	2:13.72	2:18.86
3×3 blindfolded	Jens Haber	19.29	—
3×3 one-handed	Jonas Pilhöfer	9.42	11.79
Clock	Sophia Schmoll	5.80	6.82
Megaminx	Kevin Gerhardt	35.99	38.06
Pyraminx	Sophia Schmoll	2.61	3.23
Skewb	Fabian Browa	2.66	3.06
Square-1	Fabian Browa	10.58	11.81

The PB harvest

140 set · 39 still standing

Thomas Heiden — 2×2 single 1.09: into the top 0.75% of the event's history.
Constantin Persaud — 3×3 single 8.05: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
Jakob Schöley — Clock single 4.34: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Wilhelm Kilders — 7×7 single 2:28.84: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Baoxuan Guo (郭宝暄) — 2×2 single 2.52: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
Masha Bopp — 2×2 single 2.57: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Constantin Persaud — 2×2 single 2.67: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
Tabita Dietz — 2×2 single 2.81: into the top 12.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

80 competitors · 760 results · 13 events.

Everyone who competed

80 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.