Competitions · Germany

South Germany 2025

Karlsruhe · 15 November 2025 · 11 events · 162 competitors · 192 personal bests

Mark Zimmermann won four of the eleven events (3×3, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Mark Zimmermann by 0.09 seconds. 162 competitors produced 192 personal bests, 97 of which still stand today, and 33 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Riyan Joys took a 2×2 single of 18.85 down to 6.09, 68 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Mark Zimmermann — 3×3, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.09s

closest final — 3×3, Mark Zimmermann over Petr Samodelkin

192

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Mark Zimmermann	6.37	7.97
2×2	Noah Kraft	1.63	2.00
4×4	Kryštof Basl	24.48	28.65
5×5	Mark Zimmermann	45.51	46.67
6×6	Mark Zimmermann	1:19.12	1:23.49
7×7	Mark Zimmermann	1:56.18	1:57.09
3×3 blindfolded	Jens Haber	18.51	19.47
Clock	Natan Suslowicz	3.46	5.50
Pyraminx	Eliah Mezler	2.46	3.48
4×4 blindfolded	Noah Kraft	2:23.64	2:39.36
5×5 blindfolded	Elias Lampert	8:13.50	—

The PB harvest

192 set · 97 still standing

Noah Wendland — 3×3 single 6.33: into the top 0.7% of the event's history.
Noah Wendland — Pyraminx single 2.45: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Leon Maximilian Schröder — Clock single 4.36: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Rafael Clauss — 3×3 single 8.29: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Leon Maximilian Schröder — 3×3 single 10.12: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
Martin Lasser — 3×3 single 10.29: into the top 8.3% of the event's history.
Yunus Samsadeen — 3×3 single 10.71: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
Nils Schweizer — 2×2 single 2.65: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

33 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

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

The field

162 competitors · 1103 results · 11 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. Mark Zimmermann won it with a 7.97 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

162 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.