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Swiss Science Open 2023

Winterthur (ZH) · 11 November 2023 · 8 events · 116 competitors · 119 personal bests

Alwin Rölz won three of the eight events (3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx, Skewb) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Paolo Marino by 0.03 seconds. 116 competitors produced 119 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Alwin Rölz set the 3×3 one-handed average national record: 10.51.

Three wins

Alwin Rölz — 3×3 one-handed, Pyraminx, Skewb

0.03s

closest final — Clock, Paolo Marino over Konstantin Jaehne

119

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Richard Delacoste	5.80	6.56
2×2	Samuel Simko	2.08	2.58
4×4	Richard Delacoste	23.56	24.45
3×3 blindfolded	Willem Klose	35.60	—
3×3 one-handed	Alwin Rölz	9.75	10.51
Clock	Paolo Marino	4.53	5.05
Pyraminx	Alwin Rölz	2.28	2.37
Skewb	Alwin Rölz	2.86	4.00

The PB harvest

119 set · 31 still standing

Timo Günthardt — 2×2 single 0.90: into the top 0.38% of the event's history.
Julian Bürgi — 2×2 single 0.93: into the top 0.43% of the event's history.
Sandro Mattenberger — 3×3 single 6.96: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Dominic Lumsden — 3×3 one-handed single 11.68: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
Pacifico Rodriguez — 3×3 single 8.49: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Athul Gokuldas — 3×3 single 8.81: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
Athul Gokuldas — Skewb single 3.30: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Sarah Heller — 3×3 single 9.71: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

18 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

116 competitors · 832 results · 8 events.

Everyone who competed

116 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.