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Belgian Open 2017

Sint-Niklaas · 18 November 2017 · 11 events · 97 competitors · 183 personal bests

Mats Valk won four of the eleven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Daniël Kassab by 0.15 seconds. 97 competitors produced 183 personal bests, 56 of which still stand today, and 20 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Antonie Paterakis set the 2×2 single national record: 0.85.

Four wins

Mats Valk — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.15s

closest final — Pyraminx, Daniël Kassab over Antonie Paterakis

183

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Mats Valk	6.41	7.45
2×2	Antonie Paterakis	1.68	1.83
4×4	Mats Valk	27.68	30.78
5×5	Mats Valk	51.61	59.85
3×3 blindfolded	Manu Vereecken	1:13.61	1:23.89
3×3 Fewest Moves	Daniel Sheppard	25 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Mats Valk	12.25	14.19
Megaminx	Victor Wijsman	48.52	52.20
Pyraminx	Daniël Kassab	2.84	3.46
Skewb	Antonie Paterakis	3.41	3.57
Square-1	Antonie Paterakis	9.93	13.03

The PB harvest

183 set · 56 still standing

Daniel Sheppard — 2×2 single 1.12: into the top 0.82% of the event's history.
Callum James Goodyear — 2×2 single 1.43: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Jan van Dorst — Pyraminx single 2.43: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Erik Akkersdijk — Pyraminx single 2.81: into the top 3.0% of the event's history.
Christian Pizzasegola — 3×3 single 8.84: into the top 4.5% of the event's history.
Simon Meinertzhagen — Skewb single 3.09: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Maksim Chen — Skewb single 3.30: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Christian Pizzasegola — Skewb single 3.33: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

20 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

9 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

97 competitors · 789 results · 11 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.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

97 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.