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Belgium Summer Open 2017

Sart-Dames-Avelines · 20 May 2017 · 14 events · 85 competitors · 88 personal bests

Mats Valk won five of the 14 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Mats Valk by 0.71 seconds. 85 competitors produced 88 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Antonie Paterakis set the 6×6 single national record: 2:09.49.

Five wins
Mats Valk — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed
0.71s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Mats Valk over Victor Colin
88
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mats Valk6.647.48
2×2Antonie Paterakis1.391.55
4×4Mats Valk29.8131.77
5×5Mats Valk51.0958.56
6×6Clément Cherblanc2:05.472:15.67
7×7Mats Valk2:52.113:10.18
3×3 blindfoldedJake Klassen27.73—
3×3 Fewest MovesJan Bentlage26 moves—
3×3 one-handedMats Valk11.7713.84
PyraminxJules Desjardin2.792.85
SkewbAnthony Lafourcade2.543.23
4×4 blindfoldedJake Klassen4:17.66—
5×5 blindfoldedJake Klassen10:50.00—
3×3 Multi-BlindArthur Garcin11 of 15 cubes · 56:17—

The PB harvest

88 set · 13 still standing
  • Michael Kristel — Pyraminx single 2.98: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
  • Martin Minnaert — 3×3 one-handed single 17.30: into the top 13.3% of the event's history.
  • Bas Verseveldt — 5×5 single 1:15.13: into the top 15.4% of the event's history.
  • Elina Ibrahimi — 2×2 single 3.20: into the top 16.6% of the event's history.
  • Sander Smets — 3×3 single 13.01: into the top 17.5% of the event's history.
  • Mats Valk — 3×3 blindfolded single 1:32.56: into the top 24.0% of the event's history.
  • Matteo Micheletti — 3×3 single 18.02: into the top 34.2% of the event's history.
  • Manu Vereecken — 5×5 blindfolded single 13:49.00: into the top 36.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 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

17 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

85 competitors · 625 results · 14 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 7.48 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

85 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.