Rahn Education Open 2025
- Date
- Mar 15 - 16, 2025
- City
- Leipzig, Germany
- Venue
Rahn Education Leipzig
- Address
- Salomonstraße 10, 04103 Leipzig
- Details
Campussaal
- Contact
- Organizers
- Annalena Walser, Ben Marten, Heike Zbierski, Jonas Ropella, Lars Krökel, Lisa-Marie Schreiber, Matthias Hettwer, and Simon Kalhofer
- WCA Delegates
- Leon Schmidtchen and Thomas Schukraft
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Deutsch
Herzlich Willkommen zur Rahn Education Open 2025 in Leipzig
Nach den ersten beiden Competitions 2023 und 2024 sowie den Rubik's German Nationals 2024 können wir Leipzig nun zu einem etablierten Cubing-Standort zählen. Wir, das Orga-Team, freuen uns auf euer zahlreiches Erscheinen. Euch erwartet wieder eine schöne Venue in perfekter zentraler Lage in Leipzig, ein motiviertes Orga-Team und vieles mehr.Diese Ausgabe der Rahn Education Open im Rahmen des offiziellen WCA Newcomer Month richtet sich an neue und unerfahrene Cuber. Bei der Anmeldung werden deshalb 43,75% der Plätze für neue Teilnehmende reserviert. Als neue Teilnehmende gelten Teilnehmende ohne WCA-ID oder mit einer WCA-ID aus dem Jahr 2025. Wiederkehrende Teilnehmende haben eine WCA-ID, die aus dem Jahr 2024 oder früher stammt. Alle Teilnehmenden müssen weiterhin alle Registrierungsanforderungen erfüllen, damit ihre Registrierung als vollständig gilt. Weitere Informationen zur Annahme der Anmeldungen findet ihr im Tab "Newcomer Month".
Bitte lies dir alle Tabs sorgfältig durch, damit du mit dem Ablaufplan und allen Modalitäten vertraut bist.
English
Welcome to the Rahn Education Open 2025 in Leipzig
After the first two competitions in 2023 and 2024 and the Rubik's German Nationals 2024, we can now count Leipzig as an established cubing location. We, the organizing team, are looking forward to your numerous appearances. Once again, you can expect a beautiful venue in a perfect central location in Leipzig, a motivated organizing team and much more.This edition of the Rahn Education Open as part of the official WCA Newcomer Month is aimed at new and inexperienced cubers. When registering, 43.75% of the places will therefore be reserved for new participants. Participants without a WCA ID or with a WCA ID from the year 2025 are considered new participants. Returning participants have a WCA ID from the year 2024 or earlier. All participants must continue to fulfill all registration requirements for their registration to be considered complete. You can find more information on how registrations are accepted in the “Newcomer Month” tab.
Please read all tabs carefully so you are familiar with the schedule and all modalities.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 78
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Sunday, January 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM UTC and closed Saturday, February 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM UTC.
- Registration requirements
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This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.Create a WCA account here if you don't have one.
If this is not your first competition, associate your WCA ID to your WCA account here.
Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 80 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is €19 (Euro).
If your registration is cancelled before Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM UTC you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM UTC.
We encourage everyone to register for the events they want to compete in via your online registration, however you may add events to your registration up until the event has started.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Any spectator can attend for free.
Deutsch:
1) Dieser Schritt gilt NUR für Newcomer und Teilnehmer ohne WCA-Account: Erstellung eines WCA-Accounts
2) Anmeldung für den Wettbewerb über das Anmeldeformular
3) Zahlung des erforderlichen Betrags (19€ pro Teilnehmer) per Paypal. Bitte aktiviere nicht den optionalen Käuferschutz, da hierfür eine Gebühr vom gezahlten Eintrittspreis abgezogen wird. Falls die Zahlung und die Anmeldungen von unterschiedlichen Personen stammen, gib bitte den Namen des Teilnehmers im letzten Schritt der Zahlungsprozedur an.
Ohne Zahlung ist die Anmeldung nicht vollständig und wird nicht bestätigt. Falls du keinen Zugang zu PayPal besitzt, kontaktiere bitte die Organisatoren OrgaRahnEducationOpen@gmail.comWenn das Teilnehmerlimit bereits erreicht wurde, erhältst du nach erfolgter Zahlung einen Platz auf der Warteliste (ohne Zahlung wird deine Anmeldung auch für die Warteliste nicht berücksichtigt). Danach wirst du per E-Mail informiert, sobald ein Platz für dich frei werden sollte. Falls du keinen freien Teilnehmerplatz mehr erlangen solltest, wird die Anmeldegebühr selbstverständlich erstattet.
English:
1) This step is ONLY for newcomers and competitors without a WCA account: Creation of a WCA-account
2) Registration for the competition using the registration form.
3) Payment (19€ per competitior) via Paypal. Please do not activate the optional buyer protection as this will be deducted as a fee from the amount you pay. If the person paying and the person registering are different, please enter the name of the competitor in the final step of the payment procedure.
The registration is not completed and will not be confirmed until the money is paid. If you have no access to PayPal, please contact the organization team via OrgaRahnEducationOpen@gmail.comIf you have registered after the competitor limit has been reached, you will receive a spot on the waiting list (without completed payment, your registration will not be added to the waiting list). You will be notified via E-Mail once a spot for you frees up. If you don't obtain a free spot until registration closes, you will get a full refund of your registration fees.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Henri Gerber won with an average of 7.46 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Magnus Lensch finished second (7.82) and Kiarah Avéline Dähne finished third (8.11).
3x3x3 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henri Gerber | 6.25 | 7.46 | Germany | 6.25 | 6.94 | 10.48 | 8.61 | 6.84 | |||
| 2 | Magnus Lensch | 5.85 | 7.82 | Germany | 6.89 | DNF | 7.83 | 5.85 | 8.73 | |||
| 3 | Kiarah Avéline Dähne | 7.70 | 8.11 | Germany | 7.70 | 8.29 | 8.68 | 7.81 | 8.23 | |||
2x2x2 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sören Jaan Handschuch | 1.28 | 2.15 | Germany | 9.56 | 2.47 | 1.97 | 1.28 | 2.00 | |||
| 2 | Henri Gerber | 1.03 | 2.57 | Germany | 3.23 | 2.49 | 2.88 | 1.03 | 2.34 | |||
| 3 | Frederik Hutfleß | 2.40 | 2.81 | Germany | 2.67 | 4.72 | 2.40 | 3.16 | 2.59 | |||
4x4x4 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henri Gerber | 22.95 | 29.77 | Germany | 27.88 | 22.95 | 44.54 | 31.48 | 29.96 | |||
| 2 | Kryštof Basl | 28.00 | 30.23 | Czech Republic | 33.08 | 30.45 | 28.00 | 31.34 | 28.90 | |||
| 3 | Leon Schmidtchen | 29.61 | 33.14 | Germany | 29.61 | 34.79 | 33.05 | 31.58 | 36.29 | |||
5x5x5 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kryštof Basl | 54.40 | 55.54 | Czech Republic | 1:06.10 | 55.57 | 54.46 | 54.40 | 56.59 | |||
| 2 | Henri Gerber | 47.46 | 55.55 | Germany | 51.64 | 57.32 | 47.46 | 57.70 | 58.52 | |||
| 3 | Magnus Lensch | 54.53 | 57.95 | Germany | 59.26 | 54.53 | 56.76 | 57.83 | 1:04.02 | |||
6x6x6 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kryštof Basl | 1:43.97 | 1:48.21 | Czech Republic | 1:43.97 | 1:53.53 | 1:47.13 | |||||
| 2 | Henri Gerber | 1:35.95 | 1:51.58 | Germany | 1:58.03 | 1:35.95 | 2:00.75 | |||||
| 3 | Noah Kraft | 1:59.77 | 2:01.84 | Germany | 2:01.13 | 2:04.62 | 1:59.77 | |||||
7x7x7 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henri Gerber | 2:24.70 | 2:31.00 | Germany | 2:24.70 | 2:33.36 | 2:34.93 | |||||
| 2 | Kryštof Basl | 2:52.32 | 3:01.20 | Czech Republic | 3:13.68 | 2:57.61 | 2:52.32 | |||||
| 3 | Noah Kraft | 3:10.51 | 3:20.21 | Germany | 3:10.51 | 3:22.37 | 3:27.76 | |||||
3x3x3 Blindfolded
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah Kraft | 20.38 | 23.40 | Germany | 28.63 | 21.18 | 20.38 | |||||
| 2 | Jens Haber | 21.05 | DNF | Germany | DNF | 21.05 | DNF | |||||
| 3 | Henri Gerber | 40.85 | DNF | Germany | 40.85 | 50.39 | DNF | |||||
3x3x3 One-Handed
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnus Lensch | 8.21 | 8.93 | Germany | 9.13 | 8.21 | 8.58 | 9.09 | 23.12 | |||
| 2 | Henri Gerber | 10.87 | 12.58 | Germany | 11.50 | 14.71 | 11.53 | 17.93 | 10.87 | |||
| 3 | Simon Kalhofer | 12.06 | 13.20 | Germany | 13.78 | 12.48 | 13.33 | 12.06 | 14.42 | |||
Clock
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Konstantin Jaehne | 4.47 | 5.14 | Germany | 4.47 | 8.99 | 4.79 | 5.11 | 5.51 | |||
| 2 | Magnus Lensch | 3.33 | 5.45 | Germany | 3.72 | DNF | 3.33 | 5.63 | 7.00 | |||
| 3 | Luis Kleinheinz | 5.39 | 6.05 | Germany | 6.55 | 5.79 | 11.51 | 5.39 | 5.80 | |||
Pyraminx
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henri Gerber | 2.84 | 3.71 | Germany | 2.92 | 4.15 | 2.84 | 4.06 | 5.27 | |||
| 2 | Duc Huynh | 1.95 | 3.80 | Germany | 1.95 | 2.38 | 5.48 | 3.54 | DNF | |||
| 3 | Magnus Lensch | 3.10 | 3.98 | Germany | 4.44 | 3.10 | 4.81 | 3.56 | 3.95 | |||
Skewb
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henri Gerber | 2.28 | 3.05 | Germany | 2.97 | 3.45 | 2.28 | 2.72 | 5.40 | |||
| 2 | Sören Jaan Handschuch | 2.63 | 3.54 | Germany | 12.09 | 3.51 | 2.63 | 3.49 | 3.61 | |||
| 3 | Noah Kraft | 2.68 | 3.79 | Germany | 5.85 | 3.78 | 2.74 | 2.68 | 4.85 | |||