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Competitions · Netherlands

Breda Open 2018

Ulvenhout · 19 May 2018 · 13 events · 103 competitors · 191 personal bests

Mats Valk won six of the 13 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Robin Verstraten by 0.30 seconds. 103 competitors produced 191 personal bests, 34 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Elias Malomgré set the Clock single national record: 7.92.

Six wins
Mats Valk — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed
0.30s
closest final — Pyraminx, Robin Verstraten over Daniël Kassab
191
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mats Valk5.547.63
2×2Mika Smulders1.852.55
4×4Mats Valk22.6530.14
5×5Mats Valk53.9557.14
6×6Mats Valk1:33.261:47.79
7×7Mats Valk2:47.162:48.95
3×3 blindfoldedJan Bentlage1:13.321:18.09
3×3 one-handedMats Valk12.2813.76
ClockJan Bentlage6.757.05
MegaminxVictor Wijsman43.3449.44
PyraminxRobin Verstraten2.393.23
SkewbMattheo de Wit2.953.28
Square-1Tijmen van der Ree8.7310.09

The PB harvest

191 set · 34 still standing
  • Daan Baartmans — 3×3 one-handed single 10.83: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
  • Silvan Mors — 2×2 single 2.13: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
  • Naïm Chaara — 2×2 single 2.42: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
  • Floris Naber — 2×2 single 2.80: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.
  • Siem Broeder — Square-1 single 13.52: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.
  • Luuk Mellegers — 3×3 single 12.61: into the top 16.1% of the event's history.
  • Quinten Andelhofs — 6×6 single 2:15.44: into the top 18.2% of the event's history.
  • Floris Naber — 4×4 single 46.65: into the top 20.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 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

9 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

103 competitors · 889 results · 13 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 7.63 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

103 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.