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Breda Open 2017

Ulvenhout · 10 June 2017 · 8 events · 74 competitors · 87 personal bests

Mats Valk won three of the eight events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Robin Verstraten by 0.11 seconds. 74 competitors produced 87 personal bests, 21 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Mattheo de Wit set the Skewb single national record: 2.15.

Three wins
Mats Valk — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5
0.11s
closest final — Pyraminx, Robin Verstraten over Daniël Kassab
87
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mats Valk6.408.02
2×2Antonie Paterakis1.452.17
4×4Mats Valk28.7830.13
5×5Mats Valk53.141:01.05
3×3 blindfoldedManu Vereecken1:17.41
3×3 one-handedAntonie Paterakis12.5514.67
PyraminxRobin Verstraten3.494.13
SkewbMattheo de Wit2.153.83

The PB harvest

87 set · 21 still standing
  • Tiemen De Meester — Skewb single 2.60: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
  • Quinten Andelhofs — Pyraminx single 3.82: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
  • Tiemen De Meester — 3×3 single 10.18: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
  • Robert Antal — Skewb single 3.77: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
  • Harrie Cuijpers — 3×3 single 10.74: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
  • Simon Meinertzhagen — 3×3 single 11.18: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.
  • Diego Filon — Skewb single 4.29: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.
  • Monyuan Cai — 3×3 single 11.73: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

74 competitors · 409 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 8.02 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

74 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.