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Swiss Science Open 2019

Winterthur · 7 September 2019 · 10 events · 97 competitors · 131 personal bests

Leon Schmidtchen won three of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Yannic Waser by 0.04 seconds. 97 competitors produced 131 personal bests, 32 of which still stand today, and 26 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Daniel Brem took a 3×3 one-handed single of 1:07.88 down to 26.68, 61 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Leon Schmidtchen — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5
0.04s
closest final — Skewb, Yannic Waser over Dominik Fürer
131
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Leon Schmidtchen8.109.19
2×2Tobias Peter1.962.74
4×4Leon Schmidtchen27.7332.61
5×5Leon Schmidtchen1:00.331:04.56
3×3 blindfoldedTobias Peter48.37—
3×3 one-handedTobias Peter12.4214.19
MegaminxDaniel Grabski52.7855.11
PyraminxDominik Fürer2.794.33
SkewbYannic Waser3.794.62
Square-1Laura Mellier11.5412.42

The PB harvest

131 set · 32 still standing
  • Ben Zwicky — 2×2 single 1.75: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
  • Christian Ruckli — 2×2 single 1.82: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
  • Pacifico Rodriguez — 2×2 single 1.86: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
  • Ben Zwicky — 4×4 single 33.82: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
  • Robin Geiser — 2×2 single 2.15: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
  • Timo Steiner — 2×2 single 2.30: into the top 7.0% of the event's history.
  • Kevin Sulser — 2×2 single 2.31: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
  • Ben Zwicky — 3×3 one-handed single 15.45: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

26 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. 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

97 competitors · 600 results · 10 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. Leon Schmidtchen won it with a 9.19 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

97 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.