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Dutch Masters 2020

Ermelo · 1 February 2020 · 13 events · 159 competitors · 254 personal bests

Mats Valk won four of the 13 events (3×3, 5×5, 7×7) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Mark Bennis by 0.03 seconds. 159 competitors produced 254 personal bests, 102 of which still stand today, and 24 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Francisco Hamlin set the Pyraminx single national record: 2.06.

Four wins
Mats Valk — 3×3, 5×5, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed
0.03s
closest final — Pyraminx, Mark Bennis over Robin Verstraten
254
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mats Valk6.897.47
2×2Antonie Paterakis1.211.97
4×4Mika Smulders27.0931.16
5×5Mats Valk50.0852.20
6×6Antonie Paterakis1:56.702:00.70
7×7Mats Valk2:41.532:50.45
3×3 blindfoldedOlivier Vos23.0635.89
3×3 one-handedMats Valk12.3213.19
ClockJan Bentlage7.017.57
MegaminxReinier Schippers42.4444.49
PyraminxMark Bennis3.173.62
SkewbElias Malomgré2.893.38
Square-1Tijmen van der Ree8.259.92

The PB harvest

254 set · 102 still standing
  • Francisco Hamlin — Pyraminx single 2.06: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
  • Ole Meindersma — Pyraminx single 3.36: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
  • Simon Nammensma — 3×3 single 9.45: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
  • Ian Holmes — Pyraminx single 4.05: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
  • Machiel van Loon — 3×3 single 10.56: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
  • Wouter Komduur — 3×3 single 10.69: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
  • Jean-Luc Grijt — Pyraminx single 4.37: into the top 9.6% of the event's history.
  • Jonathan Grisnich — Pyraminx single 4.84: into the top 12.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

24 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,608 people who made their debut in 2020. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

159 competitors · 1276 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 7.47 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

159 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.