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'''Sebastian Weyer''' (pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|v|aɪ|.|ər}}, 4 December 1997) is a German Rubik's Cube speedsolver who specializes in 4x4x4 solving. Weyer has broken the 4x4x4 single solve world record 9 times and the average of five solves record 9 times. He set his first world record on 1 May 2011.<ref>World Cube Association – [https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/persons/2010WEYE02?tab=records Sebastian Weyer Records]</ref>

Weyer is 2-time World Champion in 4x4x4, 3-time European Champion in 4x4x4, 2014 German Champion in 3x3x3, 8-time German Champion in 4x4x4, 5-time German Champion in 5x5x5, and 2013 German Champion in Megaminx.

Weyer held the world record for the single 4x4x4 solve from 15 September 2019 to 26 November 2021, with a time of 17.42 seconds set in the Danish Open 2019. This was the first-ever sub-18-second single in competition. He last held the world record for the average of five solves on 12 May 2018.<ref>World Cube Association – [https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/regions.php?eventId=444&history=History 4x4x4 History]</ref>

Weyer holds the German national record for average of five 4x4x4 solves, being 19.67 seconds. With this average, he also ranks second in Europe and third in the world.<ref>World Cube Association – [https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/persons/2010WEYE02]</ref>

Weyer attended the World Championships in 2013, 2017, 2019, and 2025. At the 2013 World Championship in Las Vegas, Weyer placed 2nd in 4x4x4 and 3rd in 3x3x3.<ref>World Cube Association – [https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/WC2013/results/podiums World Championship 2013 podiums]</ref> At the 2017 World Championship in Paris, Weyer won the 4x4x4 event.<ref>World Cube Association – [https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/WC2017/results/podiums World Championship 2017 podiums]</ref> At the 2019 World Championship in Melbourne, Weyer placed 2nd in 4x4x4 and 3rd in 3x3x3, just as he did at his first World Championship in 2013.<ref>World Cube Association – [https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions/WC2019/results/podiums World Championship 2019 podiums]</ref> At the 2025 World Championship in Seattle, Weyer won the 4x4x4 event again, 8 years after his first win.

Weyer is the brother of speedcuber Philipp Weyer,<ref>Speedsolving.com – [https://www.speedsolving.com/wiki/index.php/Sebastian_Weyer Sebastian Weyer]</ref> who is the 2019 3x3x3 World Champion.<ref>World Cube Association – [https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/persons/2010WEYE01 Philipp Weyer results]</ref>

== Notable rankings == Rankings as of 20 May 2026.<ref>World Cube Association – [https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/persons/2010WEYE02 Sebastian Weyer rankings]</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! Event !! Type !! Time (min:sec) !! World ranking !! European ranking |- |rowspan="2" align="center"| 3x3x3 ||align="center"| Single ||align="center"| 4.32 ||align="center"| 76th || align="center" | 17th |- |align="center"| Average ||align="center"| 5.87 ||align="center"| 90th || align="center" | 20th |- |rowspan="2" align="center"| 4x4x4 ||align="center"| Single ||align="center" | 16.64 ||align="center" | 4th ||align="center" style="background: #C0C0C0;"| 2nd |- |align="center"| Average ||align="center"| 19.63 ||align="center"| 4th ||align="center" style="background: #CD7F32;"| 3rd |- |rowspan="2" align="center"| 5x5x5 ||align="center"| Single ||align="center"| 36.76 ||align="center"| 17th || align="center" | 6th |- |align="center"| Average ||align="center"| 41.34 ||align="center"|15th ||align="center"| 4th |}

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== Further reading == * {{Cite web|url=https://www.zdf.de/uri/p12_beitrag_41306908|title=Die Superhirne|website=www.zdf.de|language=de|access-date=17 July 2019}}

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