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Swiss Nationals 2016

Winterthur · 3 September 2016 · 16 events · 98 competitors · 134 personal bests

Oleg Gritsenko won four of the 16 events (3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Basil Herold by 0.24 seconds. 98 competitors produced 134 personal bests, 32 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Manuel Bühler set the Megaminx single national record: 54.22.

Four wins
Oleg Gritsenko — 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind
0.24s
closest final — 2×2, Basil Herold over Robin Tschümperlin
134
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Cornelius Dieckmann5.588.24
2×2Basil Herold2.022.37
4×4Micha Zahnd37.9639.12
5×5Cornelius Dieckmann1:06.441:10.59
6×6Fabian Löhle2:28.002:39.73
7×7Fabian Löhle3:47.434:00.09
3×3 blindfoldedOleg Gritsenko37.7143.54
3×3 Fewest MovesLinus Frész25 moves—
3×3 one-handedCornelius Dieckmann12.6813.46
MegaminxManuel Bühler54.2258.19
PyraminxReto Bubendorf2.613.60
SkewbTheo Mayer4.415.18
Square-1Reto Bubendorf16.3419.65
4×4 blindfoldedOleg Gritsenko2:54.69—
5×5 blindfoldedOleg Gritsenko8:04.90—
3×3 Multi-BlindOleg Gritsenko20 of 21 cubes · 54:02—

The PB harvest

134 set · 32 still standing
  • Basil Herold — 2×2 single 1.02: into the top 0.59% of the event's history.
  • Fabian Löhle — 2×2 single 1.83: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
  • Manuel Bühler — 3×3 single 8.72: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
  • Oleg Gritsenko — 3×3 Multi-Blind single 20 of 21 cubes · 54:02: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
  • Oleg Gritsenko — 4×4 blindfolded single 2:54.69: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
  • Kevin Kim — Skewb single 4.43: into the top 13.9% of the event's history.
  • Rafael Steiner — 2×2 single 3.55: into the top 20.8% of the event's history.
  • Johannes Neugebauer — Skewb single 5.44: into the top 21.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

14 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

98 competitors · 687 results · 16 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 8.24 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

98 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.