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Xlingen Open 2018

Kreuzlingen · 17 February 2018 · 11 events · 49 competitors · 77 personal bests

Tobias Peter won three of the eleven events (5×5, 7×7, Skewb) and the closest final was the 5×5, won by Tobias Peter by 0.13 seconds. 49 competitors produced 77 personal bests, 5 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Alwin Rölz set the Square-1 single national record: 9.52.

Three wins
Tobias Peter — 5×5, 7×7, Skewb
0.13s
closest final — 5×5, Tobias Peter over Theo Mayer
77
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Michał Pleskowicz8.198.97
2×2Luca Rizzi3.103.49
4×4Nikolaus Lindinger35.0138.35
5×5Tobias Peter1:04.821:09.80
6×6Fabian Löhle2:01.522:11.54
7×7Tobias Peter3:19.903:35.58
3×3 blindfoldedOleg Gritsenko39.78
SkewbTobias Peter4.105.15
Square-1Alwin Rölz9.5212.38
4×4 blindfoldedOleg Gritsenko3:55.114:36.66
5×5 blindfoldedLuca Rizzi17:45.00

The PB harvest

77 set · 5 still standing
  • Samuel Simko — Square-1 single 16.29: into the top 19.3% of the event's history.
  • Louis Zollinger — 3×3 single 13.80: into the top 20.3% of the event's history.
  • Maxi Hubrath — 3×3 single 17.60: into the top 32.9% of the event's history.
  • Marius Meyer — 2×2 single 8.33: into the top 69.9% of the event's history.
  • Steve Springer — 4×4 single 1:45.29: into the top 74.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

13 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

49 competitors · 444 results · 11 events.

Everyone who competed

49 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.