Competitions · Germany

Schwerin Open 2026

Schwerin · 21 February 2026 · 10 events · 77 competitors · 110 personal bests

Balder Henke won four of the ten events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Benedikt Thurm by 0.31 seconds. 77 competitors produced 110 personal bests, 59 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Claudio Favino took a 2×2 single of 2.72 down to 0.82, 70 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Balder Henke — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.31s

closest final — 3×3, Benedikt Thurm over Andres Flügel

110

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Benedikt Thurm	7.10	8.83
2×2	Leonard Maas	1.19	2.51
4×4	Balder Henke	31.30	32.06
5×5	Balder Henke	48.92	54.64
6×6	Balder Henke	1:27.97	1:31.65
7×7	Balder Henke	2:31.27	2:41.41
3×3 blindfolded	Anton Schröder	33.23	55.29
3×3 one-handed	Frederik Hutfleß	15.40	15.79
Clock	Emil Jenz	3.79	4.91
Square-1	Eitan Ofer	11.36	14.11

The PB harvest

110 set · 59 still standing

Benedikt Thurm — 2×2 single 0.62: into the top 0.052% of the event's history.
Balder Henke — 2×2 single 0.74: into the top 0.16% of the event's history.
Emil Jenz — 2×2 single 0.76: into the top 0.18% of the event's history.
Boris Monakhov — 2×2 single 0.76: into the top 0.18% of the event's history.
Claudio Favino — 2×2 single 0.82: into the top 0.25% of the event's history.
Andres Flügel — 2×2 single 0.86: into the top 0.31% of the event's history.
Joe Nowak — 2×2 single 1.02: into the top 0.59% of the event's history.
Yannick Richter — 2×2 single 1.12: into the top 0.82% of the event's history.

First-timers

18 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

77 competitors · 636 results · 10 events.

Everyone who competed

77 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.