Competitions · Belgium

Brugge Beginners Open 2024

Brugge · 23 March 2024 · 11 events · 136 competitors · 172 personal bests

Olivier Vos won four of the eleven events (3×3, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Matthias Schegers by 0.05 seconds. 136 competitors produced 172 personal bests, 44 of which still stand today, and 37 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Alex Casian set the 5×5 single national record: 1:03.15.

Four wins

Olivier Vos — 3×3, 5×5, 3×3 blindfolded, 3×3 one-handed

0.05s

closest final — Pyraminx, Matthias Schegers over Ilija Jovanovic

172

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Olivier Vos	7.27	8.15
2×2	Vincent Chan	1.53	2.20
4×4	Ivo Stoutjesdijk	28.07	34.78
5×5	Olivier Vos	57.60	58.71
3×3 blindfolded	Olivier Vos	19.26	—
3×3 one-handed	Olivier Vos	10.52	12.49
Clock	Joran Pauwels	3.30	4.69
Megaminx	Ivo Stoutjesdijk	49.04	53.59
Pyraminx	Matthias Schegers	2.36	2.76
Skewb	Bas Van Loo	3.26	3.96
Square-1	Vincent Chan	6.15	9.41

The PB harvest

172 set · 44 still standing

Yanniko Zhechev — Pyraminx single 2.90: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
Sjoerd van Leeuwen — 3×3 one-handed single 13.40: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Raphael Eduardo Kuijpers — Pyraminx single 3.41: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
Jeremy K. Posey Jr. — 3×3 single 9.39: into the top 5.8% of the event's history.
Alex Casian — 5×5 single 1:03.15: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Gaetan Vandesompele — 3×3 single 10.04: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
Tom Zanin — 2×2 single 2.36: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
Nikita Frétay--Bayart — Pyraminx single 4.62: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

37 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

136 competitors · 1054 results · 11 events.

Everyone who competed

136 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.