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Dutch Masters 2019

Ermelo · 6 April 2019 · 13 events · 141 competitors · 214 personal bests

Mika Smulders won two of the 13 events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Rick Hamburger by 0.15 seconds. 141 competitors produced 214 personal bests, 69 of which still stand today, and 35 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Şuhan Vlad-Andrei took a Skewb single of 11.31 down to 4.59, 59 percent better in one day.

Two wins
Mika Smulders — 3×3, 2×2
0.15s
closest final — Skewb, Rick Hamburger over Midas Kiebert
214
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mika Smulders6.977.84
2×2Mika Smulders1.681.86
4×4Francisco Hamlin31.2836.49
5×5Mattheo de Wit1:10.231:13.70
6×6Midas Kiebert2:17.782:21.65
7×7Midas Kiebert3:09.523:31.21
3×3 blindfoldedOlivier Vos40.35—
3×3 one-handedDaan Baartmans13.3614.70
ClockMattheo de Wit7.608.45
PyraminxRobin Verstraten2.633.34
SkewbRick Hamburger3.554.07
Square-1Tijmen van der Ree7.659.52
3×3 Multi-BlindOlivier Vos13 of 17 cubes · 51:05—

The PB harvest

214 set · 69 still standing
  • Douwe Besseling — Skewb single 2.88: into the top 4.4% of the event's history.
  • Ruben Zoeten — 3×3 single 8.89: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
  • Guus van der Goes — 2×2 single 2.02: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
  • Tristan Jansen — Skewb single 3.21: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
  • Simon Nammensma — Pyraminx single 4.17: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
  • Julian Duijker — Pyraminx single 4.18: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
  • Jade Geels — Skewb single 3.65: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
  • Koen van den Berg — 3×3 single 10.84: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

35 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

141 competitors · 1052 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. Mika Smulders won it with a 7.84 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

141 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.