Competitions · Netherlands

Assen Open 2018

Assen · 3 March 2018 · 8 events · 89 competitors · 107 personal bests

Mats Valk won five of the eight events (3×3, 4×4, 6×6) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Mattheo de Wit by 0.08 seconds. 89 competitors produced 107 personal bests, 29 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Carmen Liu set the Pyraminx single national record: 10.08.

Five wins

Mats Valk — 3×3, 4×4, 6×6, 7×7, Megaminx

0.08s

closest final — 2×2, Mattheo de Wit over Mika Smulders

107

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Mats Valk	5.40	7.45
2×2	Mattheo de Wit	1.57	2.30
4×4	Mats Valk	27.53	28.87
6×6	Mats Valk	1:51.67	1:59.52
7×7	Mats Valk	3:06.69	3:17.29
Megaminx	Mats Valk	50.41	57.82
Pyraminx	Robin Verstraten	2.60	3.27
Square-1	Tijmen van der Ree	9.10	9.86

The PB harvest

107 set · 29 still standing

Reinier Schippers — 2×2 single 1.77: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Pim Kloet — 3×3 single 9.07: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
Pim Kloet — Pyraminx single 3.99: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
Michael Fung — 3×3 single 12.39: into the top 15.2% of the event's history.
Olivier Morsink — 2×2 single 3.36: into the top 18.5% of the event's history.
Jakka Chang — 4×4 single 46.23: into the top 19.8% of the event's history.
Ezra Hulsman — 3×3 single 13.74: into the top 20.1% of the event's history.
Ezra Hulsman — Pyraminx single 6.22: into the top 21.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

89 competitors · 503 results · 8 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. Mats Valk won it with a 7.45 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

89 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.