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Zentralschweiz 2018

Hünenberg · 23 June 2018 · 10 events · 42 competitors · 62 personal bests

Richard Delacoste won three of the ten events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Reto Bubendorf by 0.11 seconds. 42 competitors produced 62 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Jannik Gartmann set the 2×2 single national record: 2.80.

Three wins
Richard Delacoste — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5
0.11s
closest final — Pyraminx, Reto Bubendorf over Alwin Rölz
62
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Richard Delacoste8.089.02
2×2Kévin Cagnon2.032.82
4×4Richard Delacoste31.8435.56
5×5Richard Delacoste58.371:02.61
6×6Tobias Peter2:08.012:09.62
7×7Fabian Löhle3:09.863:18.26
3×3 blindfoldedOleg Gritsenko51.37
3×3 one-handedTobias Peter13.8015.61
PyraminxReto Bubendorf2.843.85
SkewbReto Bubendorf3.904.82

The PB harvest

62 set · 13 still standing
  • David Gisler — 3×3 one-handed single 11.44: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
  • Kévin Cagnon — 5×5 single 1:06.29: into the top 9.2% of the event's history.
  • Jannik Gartmann — 2×2 single 2.80: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.
  • Jannik Gartmann — 4×4 single 41.95: into the top 14.4% of the event's history.
  • Aurelien Souchet (高凡) — 4×4 single 44.57: into the top 17.8% of the event's history.
  • Jannik Gartmann — Skewb single 5.15: into the top 19.3% of the event's history.
  • Alexander Dominik Janes — Pyraminx single 7.14: into the top 29.0% of the event's history.
  • Jannik Gartmann — 6×6 single 2:42.09: into the top 31.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

Four 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

12 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

42 competitors · 433 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. Richard Delacoste won it with a 9.02 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

42 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.