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Schwandorf Open 2017

Schwandorf · 25 March 2017 · 13 events · 87 competitors · 101 personal bests

Cornelius Dieckmann won three of the 13 events (3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Oliver Fritz by 0.01 seconds. 87 competitors produced 101 personal bests, 24 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Carlo Glod set the Square-1 single national record: 1:04.99.

Three wins
Cornelius Dieckmann — 3×3, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.01s
closest final — 2×2, Oliver Fritz over Matěj Mužátko
101
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Cornelius Dieckmann7.067.74
2×2Oliver Fritz1.302.50
4×4Oliver Fritz29.7535.54
5×5Cornelius Dieckmann58.521:08.17
3×3 blindfoldedGregor Billing43.89—
3×3 Fewest MovesJan Bentlage24 moves25.33
3×3 one-handedCornelius Dieckmann10.6511.89
PyraminxAlwin Rölz2.584.32
SkewbOliver Fritz2.313.74
Square-1Alexander Botz12.8813.94
4×4 blindfoldedGregor Billing4:50.13—
5×5 blindfoldedGregor Billing——
3×3 Multi-BlindMatěj Mužátko14 of 16 cubes · 59:27—

The PB harvest

101 set · 24 still standing
  • Auel Yakubu — 4×4 single 36.55: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
  • Auel Yakubu — 2×2 single 2.68: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
  • Lina Graf — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 30 moves: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
  • Tomáš Josef — 2×2 single 3.29: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.
  • Moritz von Maffei — Pyraminx single 6.68: into the top 25.3% of the event's history.
  • Florian Deiml — 3×3 single 15.40: into the top 25.8% of the event's history.
  • Lina Graf — 3×3 single 15.42: into the top 25.8% of the event's history.
  • Kristýna Vaštová — 3×3 one-handed single 21.94: into the top 25.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

87 competitors · 674 results · 13 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. Cornelius Dieckmann won it with a 7.74 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

87 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.