Competitions · Netherlands

Amsterdam Open 2023

Amsterdam · 10 September 2023 · 5 events · 190 competitors · 234 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won three of the five events (3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Patrick Ponce by 0.13 seconds. 190 competitors produced 234 personal bests, 67 of which still stand today, and 28 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Daan Bolt took a 2×2 single of 6.31 down to 2.72, 57 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Patrick Ponce — 3×3, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx

0.13s

closest final — 3×3, Patrick Ponce over Twan Dullemond

234

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Patrick Ponce	5.71	6.42
2×2	Christofor Gabriel Costea	1.54	1.90
3×3 one-handed	Patrick Ponce	8.72	10.14
Megaminx	Patrick Ponce	33.35	44.45
Skewb	Mattheo de Wit	1.63	2.54

The PB harvest

234 set · 67 still standing

Nanno Venhorst — Skewb single 1.48: into the top 0.43% of the event's history.
Midas Kiebert — Skewb single 1.53: into the top 0.49% of the event's history.
Eva Kato — Skewb single 1.71: into the top 0.75% of the event's history.
Tekin Ali Hanönü — 3×3 single 6.71: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
Olivier Vos — 2×2 single 1.34: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Tekin Ali Hanönü — 2×2 single 1.43: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Finn van der Maas — Skewb single 2.19: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Florine Zuur — Skewb single 2.28: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

28 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

190 competitors · 882 results · 5 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. Patrick Ponce won it with a 6.42 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

190 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.