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Dutch Nationals 2019

Veenendaal · 21 September 2019 · 12 events · 242 competitors · 365 personal bests

Mats Valk won six of the twelve events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Antonie Paterakis by 0.25 seconds. 242 competitors produced 365 personal bests, 137 of which still stand today, and 64 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Mats Valk set the 3×3 one-handed single national record: 9.23.

Six wins
Mats Valk — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed
0.25s
closest final — 2×2, Antonie Paterakis over Mattheo de Wit
365
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mats Valk6.337.30
2×2Antonie Paterakis1.251.52
4×4Mats Valk22.2426.23
5×5Mats Valk49.1952.87
6×6Mats Valk1:42.391:49.08
7×7Mats Valk2:43.772:55.26
3×3 blindfoldedSebastiano Tronto27.15—
3×3 one-handedMats Valk9.2312.44
MegaminxReinier Schippers44.0845.52
PyraminxOlivier van Luijk2.202.95
SkewbMattheo de Wit2.162.79
Square-1Tijmen van der Ree5.568.98

The PB harvest

365 set · 137 still standing
  • Mats Valk — 3×3 one-handed single 9.23: into the top 0.61% of the event's history.
  • Francisco Hamlin — 3×3 single 6.36: into the top 0.73% of the event's history.
  • Nick Nijssen — 3×3 single 8.06: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
  • Julian Duijker — Skewb single 2.62: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
  • Kasper Koster — Skewb single 2.67: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
  • Boris Lont — Square-1 single 8.43: into the top 3.6% of the event's history.
  • Jiahao Ma — 3×3 single 8.89: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
  • Metin Karagus — Pyraminx single 3.74: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

64 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

9 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

242 competitors · 1888 results · 12 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 7.30 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

242 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.