Hannover Mental Breakdown 2026
- Date
- Jun 27, 2026
- City
- Hannover, Germany
- Venue
Stadtteilzentrum KroKuS
- Address
- Thie 6, 30539 Hannover
- Details
Stadtteilzentrum KroKuS, Raum H.2.02
- Contact
- Organizers
- Ayli Tahmasebi Heidarabad, Christina Bessel, Jule Stadelmeier, Lukas Köhler, and Patrick Bessel
- WCA Delegates
- Jonas Balsfulland and Katharina Schlomberg
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Herzlich Willkommen zur ersten Mental Breakdown Competition in Hannover. Wir freuen uns auf einen Tag voller geistiger Höchstleitungen mit euch.
Hinweis für Neulinge: Dieser Wettbewerb ist auf das Blindlösen von Zauberwürfeln und die Disziplin FMC (Lösen in möglichst wenig Zügen) fokussiert. Das "normale" Lösen mit offenen Augen wird bei diesem Wettkampf nicht angeboten. Bitte melde dich nur an, wenn du am Blindlösen und/oder in FMC teilnehmen möchtest. Ansonsten bist du natürlich gerne als Zuschauer willkommen.
Welcome to the first Mental Breakdown Competition in Hanover. We look forward to a day full of mental feats with you.
Note for newcomers: This competition focuses on blind solving of Rubik's cubes and the discipline FMC (solving in as few moves as possible). “Normal” solving with eyes open is not offered in this competition. Please only register if you want to participate in blind solving and/or FMC. Otherwise, you are of course welcome to attend as a spectator.

- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 21
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- 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 30 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is €11 (Euro).
The registration fee has to be paid through Stripe here once registered.
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 90% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Any spectator can attend for free.
Deutsch
1. WCA-Account: Erstelle hier einen WCA-Account. Dieser Schritt gilt NUR für Newcomer und Teilnehmer ohne WCA-Account.
2. Anmeldeformular: Fülle das Anmeldeformular aus und schicke es ab.
3. Anmeldegebühr: Die Anmeldegebühr beträgt 11 Euro und wird direkt nach Ausfüllen des Anmeldeformulars via Stripe auf dieser Website bezahlt. Hierfür ist der Zugang zu einer Kreditkarte notwendig.
Wichtig:
- Ohne Zahlung ist die Anmeldung nicht vollständig! Das Ausfüllen des Anmeldeformulars reserviert deinen Platz vorläufig. Erfolgt die Zahlung spätestens innerhalb einer Stunde nach Anmeldung, werden Teilnehmer in Reihenfolge ihres Anmeldezeitpunktes akzeptiert, ansonsten zählt der Zeitpunkt des Zahlungseingangs.
- Da Stripe direkt in das WCA-Registrierungssystem integriert ist, ist eine Zahlung erst nach dem Ausfüllen des Anmeldeformulars möglich. Getätigte Zahlungen werden dann automatisch zugeordnet.
- Falls das Teilnehmerlimit bereits erreicht wurde, erhältst du nach vollständiger Anmeldung inklusive Zahlung einen Platz auf der Warteliste. Danach erhältst du eine E-Mail, sobald ein Platz für dich frei werden sollte.
- Falls du keinen Zugang zu einer Kreditkarte hast, kontaktiere das Organisationsteam bitte frühzeitig unter OrgaHannover@googlegroups.com.
Gäste haben freien Eintritt.
English
1. WCA-Account: Create a WCA account. This step is ONLY required for newcomers and competitors without a WCA account.
2. Registration form: Fill out the registration form and submit it.
3. Registration fee: The registration fee is 11 Euro and and is paid via Stripe on this website after filling the registration form. Access to a credit card is necessary for this purpose.
Important:
- Your registration is not complete without payment! Filling out the registration form provisionally reserves your place. If payment is completed within one hour of registration at the latest, participants will be accepted in the order in which they registered; otherwise, the date of receipt of payment will be taken into account.
- Since Stripe is directly integrated into the WCA registration system, payment is only possible after completing the registration form. Payments made are then automatically assigned.
- If the participant limit has already been reached, you will be placed on the waiting list after completing your registration and payment. You will receive an email as soon as a spot becomes available for you.
- If you do not have access to a credit card, please contact the organization team in advance at OrgaHannover@googlegroups.com.
Guests can attend for free. - Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Kirill Mishchenko won with a single solve of 44.91 seconds in the 3x3x3 Blindfolded event. Anton Schröder finished second (49.69) and Niklas Thomßen finished third (1:09.94).
Anton Schröder - Germany WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Final | 2 | 49.69 | DNF | Germany | 1:06.23 | DNF | DNF | DNF | 49.69 | |||
| Second round | 1 | 32.21 | DNF | Germany | 32.21 | DNF | DNF | 40.14 | DNF | ||||
| First round | 1 | 28.07 | DNF | Germany | 28.15 | DNF | DNF | DNF | 28.07 | ||||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | 6 | DNF | DNF | Germany | DNF | DNF | DNS | |||||
Benedikt Thurm - Germany WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Final | 11 | DNF | DNF | Germany | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | |||
| Second round | 9 | 1:46.40 | 2:11.63 | Germany | 1:46.40 | DNF | 2:06.35 | 2:04.16 | 2:24.39 | ||||
| First round | 7 | 1:43.93 | DNF | Germany | DNF | DNF | 1:43.93 | DNF | DNF | ||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 7 | DNF | Germany | DNF | ||||||||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | 4 | 19:02.00 | DNF | Germany | DNF | DNF | 19:02.00 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | 11 | 2/3 13:57 | Germany | 2/3 13:57 | ||||||||
Benjamin Aalto - Germany WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Final | 5 | 1:24.57 | DNF | Germany | DNF | DNF | 1:36.25 | 1:24.57 | 3:00.24 | |||
| Second round | 5 | 1:08.37 | DNF | Germany | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 1:08.37 | ||||
| First round | 5 | 1:11.68 | 1:22.17 | Germany | 1:11.68 | 1:14.97 | 1:13.38 | DNF | 1:38.16 | ||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 7 | DNF | Germany | DNF | ||||||||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | 2 | 8:30.68 | 9:34.15 | Germany | 8:30.68 | 9:01.78 | 11:10.00 | |||||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Final | 4 | DNF | DNF | Germany | DNF | DNS | DNS | |||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | 1 | 11/12 50:04 | Germany | 11/12 50:04 | ||||||||
Erik Tjong Kim Sang - Netherlands WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Final | 8 | 2:47.28 | DNF | Netherlands | 2:47.28 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNS | |||
| Second round | 10 | 2:06.86 | 2:28.48 | Netherlands | 2:06.86 | 2:24.28 | 2:34.24 | 2:26.91 | 2:38.93 | ||||
| First round | 11 | 2:36.24 | DNF | Netherlands | 2:55.82 | 2:36.24 | DNF | 2:59.85 | DNF | ||||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | 6 | DNF | DNF | Netherlands | DNF | DNF | DNF | |||||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Final | 3 | 19:56.00 | DNF | Netherlands | 19:56.00 | DNS | DNS | |||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | 6 | 7/9 56:21 | Netherlands | 7/9 56:21 | ||||||||
Fabian Common - Germany WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Final | 11 | DNF | DNF | Germany | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | |||
| Second round | 13 | 2:21.79 | DNF | Germany | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 2:21.79 | ||||
| First round | 10 | 2:32.57 | DNF | Germany | 2:32.57 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | ||||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | 3 | 12:38.00 | DNF | Germany | DNF | 12:38.00 | 14:55.00 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | 5 | 6/7 40:56 | Germany | 6/7 40:56 | ||||||||
Jonas Balsfulland - Germany WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Second round | 18 | 3:59.20 | DNF | Germany | DNF | 3:59.20 | DNF | DNF | DNF | |||
| First round | 14 | DNF | DNF | Germany | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | ||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 7 | DNF | Germany | DNF | ||||||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | 13 | DNF | Germany | DNF | ||||||||
Jonathan Wiesner - Germany WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Second round | 19 | DNF | DNF | Germany | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNS | |||
| First round | 14 | DNF | DNF | Germany | DNF | DNF | DNS | DNS | DNS | ||||
Katharina Schlomberg - Germany WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Final | 11 | DNF | DNF | Germany | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | |||
| Second round | 4 | 1:06.12 | DNF | Germany | DNF | 1:12.12 | 1:06.12 | DNF | DNF | ||||
| First round | 4 | 1:07.29 | DNF | Germany | DNF | 1:57.53 | DNF | DNF | 1:07.29 | ||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 1 | 28 | Germany | 28 | ||||||||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | 6 | DNF | DNF | Germany | DNF | DNF | DNF | |||||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Final | 4 | DNF | DNF | Germany | DNF | DNF | DNF | |||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | 3 | 10/12 45:45 | Germany | 10/12 45:45 | ||||||||
Kirill Mishchenko - Ukraine WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Final | 1 | 44.91 | 46.70 | Ukraine | 46.00 | 44.91 | DNF | 48.96 | 45.13 | |||
| Second round | 2 | 41.15 | DNF | Ukraine | DNF | 47.76 | 41.15 | DNF | 44.99 | ||||
| First round | 2 | 50.99 | DNF | Ukraine | DNF | DNF | DNF | 50.99 | DNF | ||||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | 1 | 5:22.62 | DNF | Ukraine | 5:54.80 | 5:22.62 | DNF | |||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | 4 | 5/5 23:00 | Ukraine | 5/5 23:00 | ||||||||
Lukas Köhler - Germany WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Final | 4 | 1:23.09 | DNF | Germany | 2:07.28 | DNF | DNF | 1:23.09 | DNF | |||
| Second round | 8 | 1:28.43 | DNF | Germany | 1:55.87 | DNF | DNF | DNF | 1:28.43 | ||||
| First round | 14 | DNF | DNF | Germany | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | ||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 4 | 32 | Germany | 32 | ||||||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | 13 | DNF | Germany | DNF | ||||||||
Niklas Thomßen - Germany WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Final | 3 | 1:09.94 | DNF | Germany | DNF | 1:24.52 | DNF | 1:09.94 | DNF | |||
| Second round | 3 | 49.27 | 1:08.75 | Germany | 49.27 | 1:07.27 | 1:01.37 | 1:17.62 | 1:28.93 | ||||
| First round | 3 | 59.18 | DNF | Germany | 59.18 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | ||||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | 6 | DNF | DNF | Germany | DNF | DNF | DNF | |||||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Final | 1 | 16:33.00 | DNF | Germany | 16:33.00 | DNS | DNS | |||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | 2 | 10/11 54:19 | Germany | 10/11 54:19 | ||||||||
Patrick Bessel - Germany WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Final | 6 | 1:26.79 | DNF | Germany | DNF | DNF | 1:26.79 | DNF | DNF | |||
| Second round | 7 | 1:23.38 | DNF | Germany | DNF | DNF | DNF | 1:23.38 | DNF | ||||
| First round | 8 | 1:54.47 | DNF | Germany | DNF | 1:54.47 | DNF | DNF | 1:55.98 | ||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 6 | 51 | Germany | 51 | ||||||||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | 6 | DNF | DNF | Germany | DNF | DNF | DNF | |||||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Final | 4 | DNF | DNF | Germany | DNF | DNS | DNS | |||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | 10 | 4/6 31:32 | Germany | 4/6 31:32 | ||||||||
Pritam Sarkar - India WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 7 | DNF | India | DNF | ||||||||
Rainer Fürstenfeld - Germany WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Final | 9 | 3:13.62 | DNF | Germany | DNF | DNF | DNF | 3:13.62 | DNS | |||
| Second round | 12 | 2:13.41 | DNF | Germany | 3:40.78 | 2:13.41 | DNF | DNF | 3:22.00 | ||||
| First round | 9 | 2:10.55 | DNF | Germany | 2:29.81 | 2:10.55 | DNF | DNF | DNF | ||||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | 6 | DNF | DNF | Germany | DNF | DNF | DNF | |||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | 7 | 6/8 41:07 | Germany | 6/8 41:07 | ||||||||
Rainer Heller - Germany WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Final | 10 | 3:46.07 | DNF | Germany | DNF | 3:46.07 | DNF | DNS | DNS | |||
| Second round | 14 | 2:40.58 | 3:15.56 | Germany | 3:20.03 | 2:40.58 | 3:33.55 | 2:53.09 | DNF | ||||
| First round | 13 | 3:40.06 | DNF | Germany | DNF | 3:40.06 | 4:06.35 | DNF | DNS | ||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | 12 | 2/3 25:31 | Germany | 2/3 25:31 | ||||||||
Robin Errington - Germany WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Second round | 15 | 2:50.85 | DNF | Germany | 3:28.12 | 2:50.85 | 3:00.09 | DNF | DNF | |||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 2 | 29 | Germany | 29 | ||||||||
Shawn Lee Zhi Xuan (李致轩) - Malaysia WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Final | 7 | 1:42.11 | DNF | Malaysia | DNF | DNF | DNF | 1:42.11 | DNF | |||
| Second round | 6 | 1:17.23 | DNF | Malaysia | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 1:17.23 | ||||
| First round | 6 | 1:17.74 | DNF | Malaysia | 1:17.74 | DNF | 1:26.94 | DNF | DNF | ||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 3 | 30 | Malaysia | 30 | ||||||||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | 6 | DNF | DNF | Malaysia | DNF | DNF | DNF | |||||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Final | 2 | 17:13.00 | DNF | Malaysia | 17:13.00 | DNF | DNS | |||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | 8 | 3/4 12:36 | Malaysia | 3/4 12:36 | ||||||||
Si Huy Tran - Germany WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 7 | DNF | Germany | DNF | ||||||||
Tadeusz Libiszewski - Poland WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Second round | 17 | 3:20.92 | DNF | Poland | DNF | 3:20.92 | DNF | DNF | DNS | |||
| First round | 14 | DNF | DNF | Poland | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNS | ||||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | 5 | 21:54.00 | DNF | Poland | DNF | 21:54.00 | DNS | |||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | 9 | 2/2 14:59 | Poland | 2/2 14:59 | ||||||||
Vincent Di Leo - Italy WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Second round | 16 | 3:04.41 | DNF | Italy | DNF | 4:48.92 | 3:04.41 | DNS | DNS | |||
| First round | 14 | DNF | DNF | Italy | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNS | DNS | ||||
Wilhelm Drehling - Germany WCA profile
| Event | Round | # | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Final | 11 | DNF | DNF | Germany | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNS | |||
| Second round | 11 | 2:10.82 | DNF | Germany | DNF | 2:12.77 | DNF | DNF | 2:10.82 | ||||
| First round | 12 | 2:53.57 | DNF | Germany | DNF | DNF | DNF | 2:53.57 | DNF | ||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | 5 | 34 | Germany | 34 | ||||||||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | 6 | DNF | DNF | Germany | DNF | DNF | DNF | |||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | 13 | DNF | Germany | DNF | ||||||||