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Brussels Summer Open 2008

Brussels · 6 September 2008 · 16 events · 28 competitors · 59 personal bests

Erik Akkersdijk won six of the 16 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Magic, won by Olivier Polspoel by 0.02 seconds. 28 competitors produced 59 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Erik Akkersdijk set the 4×4 single world record: 41.31.

Six wins
Erik Akkersdijk — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, Megaminx, Pyraminx
0.02s
closest final — Magic, Olivier Polspoel over Kanneti Sae Han (คันธ์เนตี แซ่ห่าน)
59
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Erik Akkersdijk11.0812.13
2×2Erik Akkersdijk4.065.04
4×4Erik Akkersdijk41.3149.03
5×5Erik Akkersdijk1:24.581:26.86
3×3 blindfoldedGuillain Potron1:34.21
3×3 Fewest MovesClément Gallet36 moves
3×3 one-handedRama Temmink19.8122.42
ClockLars Vandenbergh13.0816.76
MegaminxErik Akkersdijk1:07.361:14.64
PyraminxErik Akkersdijk5.196.86
Square-1Lars Vandenbergh20.6530.32
4×4 blindfoldedGuillain Potron24:55.00
3×3 Multi-BlindClément Gallet2 of 2 cubes · 10:14
MagicOlivier Polspoel1.561.75
Master MagicJimmy Coll3.153.84
3×3 Multi-Blind (old style)Clément Gallet2 of 2 cubes · 10:14

The PB harvest

59 set · 13 still standing
  • Lila Guéret — 3×3 Multi-Blind (old style) single 2 of 2 cubes · 18:16: into the top 36.7% of the event's history.
  • Clément Gallet — Megaminx single 2:29.88: into the top 61.0% of the event's history.
  • Lila Guéret — 3×3 Multi-Blind single 2 of 2 cubes · 18:16: into the top 73.4% of the event's history.
  • Thibaut Kirchner — 2×2 single 9.02: into the top 73.6% of the event's history.
  • Thibaut Kirchner — 3×3 single 42.78: into the top 79.9% of the event's history.
  • Olivier Fasbender — 3×3 one-handed single 54.15: into the top 80.1% of the event's history.
  • Thibaut Kirchner — Megaminx single 3:21.78: into the top 81.3% of the event's history.
  • Zacharie Cortes — 2×2 single 15.81: into the top 91.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

Six people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 2,174 people who made their debut in 2008. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

19 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

28 competitors · 248 results · 16 events.

Everyone who competed

28 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.