Competitions · Netherlands

Alphen Cubing 2023

Alphen aan de Rijn · 5 February 2023 · 6 events · 191 competitors · 183 personal bests

Twan Dullemond won four of the six events (3×3, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Twan Dullemond by 0.10 seconds. 191 competitors produced 183 personal bests, 54 of which still stand today, and 47 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Matthias Schegers set the Pyraminx average national record: 3.84.

Four wins

Twan Dullemond — 3×3, 5×5, 6×6, 3×3 one-handed

0.10s

closest final — 3×3, Twan Dullemond over Mika Smulders

183

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Twan Dullemond	6.36	7.40
5×5	Twan Dullemond	50.41	55.12
6×6	Twan Dullemond	1:37.99	1:45.04
3×3 one-handed	Twan Dullemond	10.68	12.74
Megaminx	Reinier Schippers	38.13	45.01
Pyraminx	Robin Verstraten	2.81	3.19

The PB harvest

183 set · 54 still standing

Ole Meindersma — 3×3 one-handed single 10.24: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.
Alessandro van Burken — Pyraminx single 3.90: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
Roel Kapteijns — 3×3 one-handed single 15.44: into the top 9.0% of the event's history.
Tijmen de Kievit — Pyraminx single 4.59: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.
Bauke Elzinga — Pyraminx single 4.73: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
Roel Kapteijns — Pyraminx single 4.85: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.
Joep Beckman — 3×3 one-handed single 18.09: into the top 15.3% of the event's history.
Haiyi Chen — 3×3 single 12.89: into the top 17.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

47 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

191 competitors · 878 results · 6 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Twan Dullemond won it with a 7.40 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

1B D2 F2 L' U2 L' D2 U2 R2 U2 B2 F R' D F2 U' F2 L R'
2U' R F R B2 D2 R U2 F2 L' F2 U2 B R2 B L' D B2 R2
3D2 B2 D2 F2 L F2 U2 R2 U2 L2 R' B2 U L2 F2 R B F2 L' B'
4U F D' L2 B2 U2 L2 B2 U2 R2 D' L2 U F2 L B U R B F' D'
5F' U' R2 F2 U2 B2 L' D2 U2 B2 L F2 U B' L R2 D' B' L

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

191 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.