Sebastian Weyer

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Sebastian Weyer (born December 4, 1997 ) is a German speed cuber who specializes in the 4 × 4 × 4 cube . Weyer has broken the 4 × 4 × 4 individual world record a total of seven times and the 4 × 4 × 4 average record a total of nine times.

Career as a speedcuber

Weyer started playing in 2009 when he received a Rubik's Cube as a Christmas present. He set his first world record on May 1, 2011.

Weyer currently holds the individual world record for the 4 × 4 × 4 cube with 17.42 seconds. He last held the record for the average of five attempts on May 12, 2018.

Weyer holds the European average record for 4 × 4 × 4 with 21.46 seconds.

Weyer took part in three world championships: 2013, 2017 and 2019. At the 2013 world championships in Las Vegas , he came second in 4 × 4 × 4 and third in 3 × 3 × 3 . At the 2017 World Championships in Paris , he won in the 4 × 4 × 4 discipline. At the 2019 World Cup in Melbourne , he finished second in 4 × 4 × 4 and third in 3 × 3 × 3.

Important results in the world rankings:

discipline Type Time (seconds) World rank European rank
3 × 3 × 3 singles 4.83 16. 7th
average 6.46 11. 3.
4 × 4 × 4 singles 17.42 1. 1.
average 21.46 2. 1.
5 × 5 × 5 singles 41.72 8th. 2.
average 45.80 7th 2.

Private life

Sebastian Weyer finished school at the age of 16 and then began a dual degree in electrical engineering in Kassel. He comes from Willich and now lives in Berlin. His twin brother Philipp Weyer is also a Speedcuber, holds the European average record for 3 × 3 × 3 and became world champion in 3x3x3 in Melbourne in 2019.

credentials

  1. ↑ a b Sebastian Weyer (see "Bio" tab) teamcubicle.com. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b World Cube Association - Sebastian Weyer Records
  3. ↑ World Cube Association - History of the 4 × 4 × 4 world records
  4. ↑ World Cube Association - European Records
  5. ↑ World Cube Association - 2013 World Championship Podiums
  6. ↑ World Cube Association - World Championship 2017 Podiums
  7. ↑ World Cube Association - World Championship 2019 Podiums
  8. ^ World Cube Association - Sebastian Weyer's official results
  9. ↑ Speedcubing world record holders Sebastian Weyer and Philipp Weyer in an interview. mathematik.uni-kassel.de, September 5, 2015 (PDF). Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  10. ↑ Speedsolving.com - Sebastian Weyer
  11. ↑ World Cube Association - European 3 × 3 × 3 records

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personal data
SURNAME Weyer, Sebastian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German speedcuber
DATE OF BIRTH 4th December 1997