Hvidovre Open 2025

A single blindfolded solve of 27.35 seconds stood as the sharpest display of focus during the weekend in Hvidovre, Denmark. With an opaque blindfold in place, the discipline requires an athlete to commit the scrambled puzzle entirely to memory before executing the solution without sight. Martin Vædele Egdal delivered that winning 27.35 single in the 3x3x3 Blindfolded final, capturing the victory against a field of 11 competitors. That singular effort anchored an extensive schedule across November 29 to November 30, setting a formidable tone for the gathering.

The Holmegårdsskolen Aulaen venue hosted 34 competitors across 12 official events and 20 rounds of action. Throughout the two-day cubing competition, domestic contenders set the pace across the board, claiming 34 podium places overall. The competition brought together seasoned veterans and improving challengers under the regulations of the World Cube Association, delivering consistent high-level speedcubing across traditional twists, large cubes, and side events.

Martin Vædele Egdal put together an exceptional weekend by securing first place in seven different disciplines. In the marquee 3x3x3 Cube event, he posted a winning average of 6.37 seconds and a best single of 5.38 seconds over three rounds to lead the 3x3 results ahead of 31 entrants. Daniel Vædele Egdal took second place in the 3x3x3 final with a 7.54 average, while Rasmus Stub Detlefsen finished third with a 7.58 average. Martin Vædele Egdal also earned the top step in the 2x2x2 Cube with a 1.69 average and the 4x4x4 Cube with a 24.85 mark.

The larger puzzles and side disciplines expanded Martin Vædele Egdal's title collection. He secured victories in the 5x5x5 Cube with a 50.55 average, the 6x6x6 Cube with a 1:32.69 average, and the Megaminx with a 40.13 average, where Marcus Gottorp Wittendorff claimed second at 44.99 and Daniel Vædele Egdal took third at 49.63. In the 4x4x4 Cube, Rasmus Stub Detlefsen secured silver with 31.48 and Daniel Vædele Egdal took bronze with 32.92, mirroring the strong Danish presence atop the standings.

Away from the top steps, several competitors logged significant personal breakthroughs. Silje Stevnsborg Nielsen tackled 10 events, cutting their 5x5x5 Cube mark by 40.4 percent down to 1:36.05, lowering their Clock best by 34.6 percent to 9.57 on the way to a 5th-place finish, and dropping their 2x2x2 Cube time by 23 percent to 2.38. Emilia Agnes Kjær Wessing entered seven disciplines, improving her 2x2x2 Cube personal best by 44.2 percent to 2.37, dropping her 4x4x4 Cube time by 27.3 percent to 1:02.08 for a 15th-place finish, and slicing 20.8 percent from her Megaminx time to record 1:59.97. Daniel Berndt Lemvigh took on 10 events, finishing 7th in Clock, dropping his 5x5x5 Cube time by 22.2 percent to 1:46.06, trimming 17.3 percent off his 2x2x2 Cube best to 2.53, and shaving 10 percent off his 3x3x3 One-Handed mark to 40.95. Nicklas Graae Rasmussen also contested 10 events, finishing 16th in 5x5x5 Cube with a personal best of 2:25.58, improving by 17.4 percent in 2x2x2 Cube to 3.41, and bettering his Megaminx mark by 17.3 percent to 3:04.94.

The progress continued through the rest of the field as well. Patrick Myjak competed across six events, claiming 12th in Pyraminx while lowering his 3x3x3 One-Handed personal best by 15.5 percent to 27.42 and dropping his 2x2x2 Cube best to 2.88. Malte Oliver Bøgh Kjøller took on seven events, placing 7th in the 2x2x2 Cube and recording a Square-1 personal best of 26.80, which was 15.5 percent faster than before. Joy Liou Liu took on three events and secured a 6th-place finish in the 6x6x6 Cube with a personal best of 2:04.24. Thea Herborn tackled a full slate of 12 events, finishing 6th in Clock, setting a 6x6x6 Cube personal best of 3:12.96 that was 21.4 percent faster, lowering her 3x3x3 Blindfolded time by 6.9 percent to 1:41.87, and recording a 1:31.67 in the 5x5x5 Cube.

The other events saw high-level battles across specialized formats. In the 3x3x3 One-Handed event, Poland's Bartosz Karpiński captured the title with a 9.58 winning average, finishing ahead of Daniel Vædele Egdal at 13.26 and Martin Vædele Egdal at 13.87. Rasmus Stub Detlefsen took the victory in the Square-1 final with a 5.86 average over Martin Vædele Egdal's 9.02 and Albert Alstrup Palm's 10.56. Isak Gylling Roepstorff claimed first place in Pyraminx with a 2.68 average, edging Martin Vædele Egdal at 2.93 and Daniel Vædele Egdal at 3.02.

Daniel Vædele Egdal captured a championship of his own in Skewb, recording a winning average of 2.47 to finish ahead of Rasmus Stub Detlefsen at 3.69 and Nicolas Køster Christensen at 3.81. In the Clock event, Adam Marcellus Kelly posted a winning average of 5.07 with a best single of 4.27 across two rounds. From the classic Rubik's Cube to specialized gear puzzles, the speed cubing displays highlighted the depth of Danish talent throughout Hvidovre Open 2025 as the 2025 WCA competition calendar moved through its late-autumn slate.

Rasmus Stub Detlefsen leverede et af weekendens mest markante resultater, da han sikrede sig sejren i Square-1 med et gennemsnit pa 5.86 sekunder og et hurtigste enkeltforsog pa 5.07 sekunder. Finalen i den geometrisk udfordrende disciplin understregede det hoje tekniske niveau ved stævnet, hvor Martin Vædele Egdal tog andenpladsen med 9.02 foran Albert Alstrup Palm pa tredjepladsen med 10.56. Den alsidige disciplin satte dagsordenen for et arrangement, der bød pa intensiv dyste pa tværs af bade klassiske og mere sjældne kategorier.

Arrangementet Hvidovre Open 2025 fandt sted i Hvidovre, Denmark den 29. og 30. november 2025 i Holmegårdsskolen, Aulaen. I alt 34 deltagere var samlet til denne WCA competition, hvor der blev afviklet 20 runder fordelt pa 12 forskellige discipliner. Blandt de mange fremmødte viste det danske speedcubing-miljø stor bredde, mens enkelte internationale deltagere ogsa markerede sig i kampen om topplaceringerne hen over de to konkurrencedage i 2025.

I de øvrige nichekategorier var der ligeledes hård konkurrence om placeringerne. Martin Vædele Egdal dominerede Megaminx med et vindende gennemsnit pa 40.13 sekunder foran Marcus Gottorp Wittendorff med 44.99 og Daniel Vædele Egdal med 49.63 sekunder. I 3x3x3 Blindfolded, hvor udøverne skal huske terningens tilstand inden udførelsen i mørke, tog Martin Vædele Egdal forstepræmien med et enkeltforsøg pa 27.35 sekunder. I Clock sejrede Adam Marcellus Kelly med et stabilt gennemsnit pa 5.07 sekunder og en bedste tid pa 4.27.

De hurtige sideevents bød pa skarpe dueller og tætte tider. Daniel Vædele Egdal vandt Skewb med et gennemsnit pa 2.47 sekunder efter et bedste forsøg pa 2.09 sekunder, hvor Rasmus Stub Detlefsen blev nummer to med 3.69 og Nicolas Køster Christensen nummer tre med 3.81 sekunder. Pyraminx blev vundet af Isak Gylling Roepstorff med et gennemsnit pa 2.68 sekunder foran Martin Vædele Egdal med 2.93 og Daniel Vædele Egdal med 3.02 sekunder. I 3x3x3 One-Handed sikrede polske Bartosz Karpiński sig sejren med et gennemsnit pa 9.58 sekunder foran Daniel Vædele Egdal pa 13.26 sekunder.

Bag de etablerede podieplaceringer bød Hvidovre Open 2025 pa stærke personlige forbedringer fra flere flittige deltagere. Anton Lerstrup Hylleberg stillede op i 9 discipliner og opnaede en 5. plads i 2x2x2 Cube, mens han forbedrede sin personlige rekord i 6x6x6 Cube til 3:53.35, hvilket var 22.2 procent hurtigere end hans tidligere rekord pa 5:00.12, foruden en forbedring i 5x5x5 Cube pa 13.5 procent til 1:24.51 og i 4x4x4 Cube til 34.64. Yannick Hailer deltog i 10 discipliner, satte personlig rekord i Square-1 med 30.75, sluttede som nummer 6 i 4x4x4 Cube og skar 13.6 procent af sin tid i 2x2x2 Cube til 2.22 sekunder. Thomas Sonnenberg Jarner deltog i 6 discipliner og tog en 6. plads i 3x3x3 Blindfolded, mens Silas Kampp Richter Lassen gennemførte 5 discipliner med en 9. plads i 4x4x4 Cube som bedste resultat.

Flere deltagere fik desuden deres officielle debut ved denne cubing competition. Sami Girgis stillede op i 4 discipliner og registrerede sit forste officielle forsøg i Pyraminx pa 16.93, 3x3x3 Cube pa 28.13 og 4x4x4 Cube pa 1:45.58. Daniel Girgis gennemførte ogsa 4 discipliner med sine forste tider i 4x4x4 Cube pa 3:00.32, Pyraminx pa 18.45 og 2x2x2 Cube pa 6.92 sekunder. Gorm Sejer Steffensen deltog i 3 discipliner og opnaede en 14. plads i Pyraminx med en forste tid pa 8.20 sekunder samt forste forsøg i 3x3x3 Cube pa 19.55 sekunder. Emil Kenjiro R. K. Balle gennemførte 3 discipliner med forste forsøg i 2x2x2 Cube pa 12.67, Pyraminx pa 10.80 og 4x4x4 Cube pa 3:13.70.

De store terninger bød ligeledes pa solid eksekvering fra Martin Vædele Egdal, der vandt 4x4x4 Cube med et gennemsnit pa 24.85 sekunder foran Rasmus Stub Detlefsen med 31.48 og Daniel Vædele Egdal med 32.92. I 5x5x5 Cube sikrede Martin Vædele Egdal sig forstepladsen med et gennemsnit pa 50.55 sekunder og en bedste tid pa 44.60 sekunder. Samme tendens fortsatte i 6x6x6 Cube, hvor han tog sejren i tiden 1:32.69 i gennemsnit med et hurtigste enkeltforsøg pa 1:27.59.

I den klassiske 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube vandt Martin Vædele Egdal finalen med et gennemsnit pa 6.37 sekunder og stævnets hurtigste enkeltforsøg pa 5.38 sekunder, mens Daniel Vædele Egdal tog andenpladsen med 7.54 og Rasmus Stub Detlefsen blev nummer tre med 7.58 sekunder. I 2x2x2 Cube sejrede Martin Vædele Egdal med et gennemsnit pa 1.69 foran Rasmus Stub Detlefsen pa 2.03 og Isak Gylling Roepstorff pa 2.05 sekunder. Dermed sluttede Hvidovre Open 2025 som en begivenhedsrig weekend med alsidig terningeløsning pa alle niveauer.