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Breda Open 2016

Ulvenhout · 3 September 2016 · 8 events · 55 competitors · 81 personal bests

Antonie Paterakis won four of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Antonie Paterakis by 0.55 seconds. 55 competitors produced 81 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Antonie Paterakis set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 3:00.87.

Four wins
Antonie Paterakis — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed, Skewb
0.55s
closest final — Skewb, Antonie Paterakis over Tiemen De Meester
81
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Antonie Paterakis7.349.10
2×2Antonie Paterakis1.331.84
4×4Reinier Schippers31.9639.26
5×5Reinier Schippers1:18.851:20.22
3×3 blindfoldedJan Bentlage1:05.211:26.48
3×3 one-handedAntonie Paterakis12.5616.47
PyraminxRobin Verstraten3.974.15
SkewbAntonie Paterakis2.085.86

The PB harvest

81 set · 9 still standing
  • Arthur Valk — Skewb single 4.97: into the top 17.9% of the event's history.
  • Lars Ham — 2×2 single 3.42: into the top 19.2% of the event's history.
  • Toine Hulshof — Skewb single 6.12: into the top 26.6% of the event's history.
  • Serena Rietbergen — 3×3 single 17.97: into the top 34.0% of the event's history.
  • Merijn Coenen — 3×3 single 23.75: into the top 49.7% of the event's history.
  • Arthur Valk — 3×3 one-handed single 34.91: into the top 57.1% of the event's history.
  • Willem Bakker — 3×3 one-handed single 36.59: into the top 60.1% of the event's history.
  • Igmar Coenen — 3×3 single 35.85: into the top 71.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

55 competitors · 318 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. Antonie Paterakis won it with a 9.10 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

55 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.