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Schwandorf Open 2018

Schwandorf · 2 June 2018 · 12 events · 96 competitors · 104 personal bests

Sebastian Weyer won three of the twelve events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Sebastian Weyer by 0.05 seconds. 96 competitors produced 104 personal bests, 23 of which still stand today, and 37 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Philipp Weyer set the 3×3 average continental record: 6.56.

Three wins
Sebastian Weyer — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5
0.05s
closest final — 3×3, Sebastian Weyer over Philipp Weyer
104
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Sebastian Weyer6.256.97
2×2Tanish Dhiman2.182.74
4×4Sebastian Weyer21.8124.69
5×5Sebastian Weyer48.4851.97
3×3 blindfoldedJens Haber30.13—
3×3 Fewest MovesLinus Frész21 moves25.33
3×3 one-handedPhilipp Weyer10.9013.02
ClockLeonid Palchenko (Леонід Пальченко)5.627.38
PyraminxDominic Amrhein3.545.01
SkewbOleksandr Savchyn3.154.80
4×4 blindfoldedGregor Billing4:21.12—
5×5 blindfoldedJan Bentlage14:22.00—

The PB harvest

104 set · 23 still standing
  • Linus Frész — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 21 moves: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
  • Oleksandr Savchyn — Pyraminx single 5.02: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.
  • Kim Kattelans — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 30 moves: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
  • Marc Felix Brinner — 4×4 single 42.88: into the top 15.6% of the event's history.
  • Finley Gibson — Skewb single 5.02: into the top 18.3% of the event's history.
  • Anna Weber — 3×3 single 13.59: into the top 19.5% of the event's history.
  • Alexandru Rareş Niţa — 3×3 single 14.66: into the top 23.3% of the event's history.
  • Anna Weber — Skewb single 6.47: into the top 29.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

37 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

96 competitors · 664 results · 12 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. Sebastian Weyer won it with a 6.97 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

96 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.