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Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2025

Morbach · 30 May 2025 · 17 events · 160 competitors · 298 personal bests

Mark Zimmermann won three of the 17 events (5×5, 6×6, 7×7) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Antonie Paterakis by 0.08 seconds. 160 competitors produced 298 personal bests, 114 of which still stand today, and 21 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Sebastian Weyer set the 4×4 single national record: 17.00.

Three wins
Mark Zimmermann — 5×5, 6×6, 7×7
0.08s
closest final — 3×3, Antonie Paterakis over Tanish Dhiman
298
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Antonie Paterakis5.787.07
2×2Antonie Paterakis1.091.43
4×4Sebastian Weyer17.0021.73
5×5Mark Zimmermann42.9345.59
6×6Mark Zimmermann1:11.581:20.15
7×7Mark Zimmermann1:50.051:54.53
3×3 blindfoldedJens Haber16.6019.41
3×3 Fewest MovesDunhui Xiao (肖敦慧)20 moves23.33
3×3 one-handedAlwin Rölz9.2611.25
ClockJaime Calzado Gomez4.384.81
MegaminxKevin Gerhardt39.0845.20
PyraminxEliah Mezler2.633.10
SkewbAriel Benchetrit1.491.98
Square-1Alexander Botz5.878.61
4×4 blindfoldedJonathan Blöcher3:19.59—
5×5 blindfoldedNoah Kraft7:20.74—
3×3 Multi-BlindJonathan Blöcher32 of 33 cubes · 55:15—

The PB harvest

298 set · 114 still standing
  • Kryštof Basl — 3×3 single 5.32: into the top 0.19% of the event's history.
  • Noah Wendland — 2×2 single 1.11: into the top 0.79% of the event's history.
  • Dunhui Xiao (肖敦慧) — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 20 moves: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
  • Francesco Schmitt — 3×3 single 8.66: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
  • Luis Wildt — 3×3 single 8.79: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
  • Oliver Sokolović — 3×3 single 9.31: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
  • Melvin König — 3×3 single 9.44: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
  • Nils Benedict Schönenberg — 2×2 single 2.32: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

21 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

10 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

160 competitors · 1679 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. Antonie Paterakis won it with a 7.07 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

160 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.