Competitions · Germany

Aachen Open 2010

Aachen · 16 January 2010 · 18 events · 154 competitors · 200 personal bests

Erik Akkersdijk won nine of the 18 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Maarten Smit by 0.32 seconds. 154 competitors produced 200 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and 60 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Ville Seppänen set the 4×4 blindfolded single world record: 4:42.34.

Nine wins

Erik Akkersdijk — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx

0.32s

closest final — Clock, Maarten Smit over Olivér Perge

200

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Erik Akkersdijk	10.50	10.78
2×2	Erik Akkersdijk	3.44	3.88
4×4	Erik Akkersdijk	45.96	50.75
5×5	Erik Akkersdijk	1:18.33	1:22.59
6×6	Erik Akkersdijk	2:35.31	2:59.32
7×7	Erik Akkersdijk	4:24.50	4:37.00
3×3 blindfolded	Ville Seppänen	47.44	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Erik Akkersdijk	34 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Erik Akkersdijk	19.15	21.36
Clock	Maarten Smit	9.13	9.79
Megaminx	Erik Akkersdijk	1:06.36	1:10.19
Pyraminx	Brúnó Bereczki	5.55	5.98
Square-1	Maarten Smit	18.08	21.09
4×4 blindfolded	Ville Seppänen	4:42.34	—
5×5 blindfolded	István Kocza	27:41.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	István Kocza	9 of 9 cubes · 59:39	—
Magic	Jan Dickmann	0.93	0.96
Master Magic	Markus Pirzer	3.21	3.68

The PB harvest

200 set · 34 still standing

Cornelius Dieckmann — Magic single 0.88: into the top 0.85% of the event's history.
Leonard Ewerbeck — Magic single 1.22: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
Robin Kwant — Magic single 1.22: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.
Ville Seppänen — 4×4 blindfolded single 4:42.34: into the top 20.0% of the event's history.
Kevin Lamberts — 3×3 single 14.56: into the top 22.9% of the event's history.
Marwin-Peter Kurth — 4×4 single 55.93: into the top 31.9% of the event's history.
David Lerner — 3×3 single 18.56: into the top 35.8% of the event's history.
Henner Heeg — Magic single 1.55: into the top 36.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

60 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 3,985 people who made their debut in 2010. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

25 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

154 competitors · 803 results · 18 events.

Everyone who competed

154 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.