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Xlingen Open 2019

Kreuzlingen · 9 November 2019 · 12 events · 59 competitors · 85 personal bests

Oleg Gritsenko won three of the twelve events (3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the 4×4, won by Patrick Hetco by 0.04 seconds. 59 competitors produced 85 personal bests, 37 of which still stand today, and two people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Tobias Peter set the 2×2 single national record: 0.86.

Three wins
Oleg Gritsenko — 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded
0.04s
closest final — 4×4, Patrick Hetco over Julian Bürgi
85
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Leon Schmidtchen7.589.15
2×2Philipp Schiemer2.032.91
4×4Patrick Hetco27.7034.33
5×5Tobias Peter1:05.761:08.73
3×3 blindfoldedOleg Gritsenko33.4641.06
3×3 one-handedTobias Peter10.6814.35
MegaminxDaniel Grabski47.5152.67
PyraminxDominic Lumsden2.984.44
SkewbYannic Waser3.394.94
Square-1Marco Syfrig11.2212.80
4×4 blindfoldedOleg Gritsenko4:22.01—
5×5 blindfoldedOleg Gritsenko11:36.00—

The PB harvest

85 set · 37 still standing
  • Dominic Lumsden — 2×2 single 0.82: into the top 0.25% of the event's history.
  • Tobias Peter — 2×2 single 0.86: into the top 0.31% of the event's history.
  • Luca Rizzi — 2×2 single 0.96: into the top 0.48% of the event's history.
  • Sandro Mattenberger — 2×2 single 1.22: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
  • Manuel Bühler — Megaminx single 43.35: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
  • Yannic Waser — 4×4 single 31.35: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
  • Tobias Peter — Megaminx single 47.19: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
  • Philipp Schiemer — 2×2 single 2.03: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

Two 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

59 competitors · 476 results · 12 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 9.15 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

59 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.