Competitions · Switzerland

Swiss Science Open 2024

Winterthur (ZH) · 9 November 2024 · 10 events · 118 competitors · 128 personal bests

Alwin Rölz won four of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Silvan Venzin by 0.02 seconds. 118 competitors produced 128 personal bests, 40 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

David Bjørndalen took a 2×2 single of 6.89 down to 1.91, 72 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Alwin Rölz — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 7×7

0.02s

closest final — Skewb, Silvan Venzin over Daniel Brem

128

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Alwin Rölz	6.09	7.48
2×2	Daniel Brem	1.31	1.57
4×4	Alwin Rölz	26.78	29.62
5×5	Alwin Rölz	51.56	54.32
7×7	Alwin Rölz	2:25.00	2:27.80
3×3 blindfolded	Tobias Peter	39.48	—
3×3 one-handed	Dhruva Sai Meruva	9.86	10.88
Clock	Flurin König	3.61	3.73
Pyraminx	Samuel Simko	1.88	2.50
Skewb	Silvan Venzin	2.35	3.83

The PB harvest

128 set · 40 still standing

Dhruva Sai Meruva — 3×3 single 5.55: into the top 0.27% of the event's history.
Lias Stricker — 2×2 single 1.48: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Cyrill Speiser — 2×2 single 1.68: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
David Bjørndalen — 2×2 single 1.91: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
Agastya Prabhu — 2×2 single 2.50: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Christian Meyer — 3×3 one-handed single 16.57: into the top 11.5% of the event's history.
Jan Flühmann — 3×3 single 12.09: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.
Raphael Willi — 2×2 single 3.03: into the top 14.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

Twelve people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. 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

118 competitors · 805 results · 10 events.

Everyone who competed

118 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.