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Aachen Open 2011

Aachen · 14 January 2011 · 18 events · 230 competitors · 349 personal bests

Mats Valk won three of the 18 events (2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Square-1) and the closest final was the Master Magic, won by Kai Gabriel by 0.25 seconds. 230 competitors produced 349 personal bests, 127 of which still stand today, and 67 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Amr Ramadan set the 3×3 Fewest Moves single continental record: 53 moves.

Three wins
Mats Valk — 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Square-1
0.25s
closest final — Master Magic, Kai Gabriel over Philip Gonzalez
349
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Cornelius Dieckmann7.529.49
2×2Mats Valk2.593.25
4×4Sebastian Weyer35.1843.48
5×5Erik Akkersdijk1:13.951:24.25
6×6Jascha Bakarinow2:47.213:02.76
7×7Jascha Bakarinow4:10.334:21.92
3×3 blindfoldedCornelius Dieckmann1:06.84—
3×3 Fewest MovesLars Vandenbergh32 moves—
3×3 one-handedMats Valk14.8317.00
ClockLaura Ohrndorf7.438.77
MegaminxDavid Gugl56.771:06.63
PyraminxErik Akkersdijk4.715.77
Square-1Mats Valk14.5819.75
4×4 blindfoldedPéter Trombitás8:41.22—
5×5 blindfoldedIstván Kocza19:13.00—
3×3 Multi-BlindTim Habermaas14 of 16 cubes · 54:10—
MagicJan Dickmann0.800.82
Master MagicKai Gabriel2.182.50

The PB harvest

349 set · 127 still standing
  • Jan Dickmann — Magic single 0.80: into the top 0.2% of the event's history.
  • Kai Gabriel — Master Magic single 2.18: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
  • Sanio Kasumovic — Magic single 1.00: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
  • Mats Valk — Magic single 1.03: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
  • Robin Deun — Master Magic single 2.40: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
  • Joël van Noort — 3×3 single 9.72: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
  • David Burany — Magic single 1.18: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
  • Huy Dao — Master Magic single 2.71: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

67 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,302 people who made their debut in 2011. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

40 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

230 competitors · 1507 results · 18 events.

Everyone who competed

230 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.