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Saarland Open 2012

Saarbrücken, Saarland · 7 July 2012 · 18 events · 63 competitors · 140 personal bests

Nils Feuer won three of the 18 events (2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the Magic, won by Ludwig Choi by 0.05 seconds. 63 competitors produced 140 personal bests, 52 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Tim Reynolds set the 3×3 Fewest Moves single continental record: 24 moves.

Three wins
Nils Feuer — 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx
0.05s
closest final — Magic, Ludwig Choi over Karl Choi
140
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Leon Schmidtchen9.2510.54
2×2Nils Feuer3.064.49
4×4Leon Schmidtchen45.5846.42
5×5Jan Smarschevski1:12.721:20.37
6×6Emanuel Rheinert3:04.583:13.82
7×7Emanuel Rheinert4:21.134:43.04
3×3 blindfoldedFrançois Courtès1:00.65
3×3 Fewest MovesTim Reynolds24 moves
3×3 one-handedNils Feuer17.6920.70
ClockTim Reynolds10.9112.22
MegaminxOscar Roth Andersen58.841:01.47
PyraminxNils Feuer2.943.68
Square-1François Courtès20.9623.46
4×4 blindfoldedTim Habermaas6:41.00
5×5 blindfoldedTim Habermaas15:27.00
3×3 Multi-BlindTim Habermaas10 of 12 cubes · 41:26
MagicLudwig Choi1.271.34
Master MagicKarl Choi2.522.67

The PB harvest

140 set · 52 still standing
  • Tim Reynolds — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 24 moves: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
  • Adrian Englhardt — 2×2 single 2.27: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
  • Karl Choi — 3×3 one-handed single 16.94: into the top 12.4% of the event's history.
  • Alexander Kupfer — 2×2 single 3.02: into the top 14.5% of the event's history.
  • Zoé de Moffarts — 2×2 single 3.05: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
  • Tim Habermaas — 2×2 single 3.11: into the top 15.5% of the event's history.
  • Daniel Baß — 2×2 single 3.47: into the top 19.8% of the event's history.
  • Bernhard Feige — 3×3 single 15.16: into the top 25.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,376 people who made their debut in 2012. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

63 competitors · 656 results · 18 events.

Everyone who competed

63 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.