Competitions · Netherlands

Dutch Open 2015

Voorburg · 17 October 2015 · 15 events · 62 competitors · 63 personal bests

Antonie Paterakis won four of the 15 events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Gaspard Leleux by 0.04 seconds. 62 competitors produced 63 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ivo Bakker set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 45.55.

Four wins

Antonie Paterakis — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.04s

closest final — Pyraminx, Gaspard Leleux over Antonie Paterakis

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Antonie Paterakis	7.96	9.10
2×2	Antonie Paterakis	1.58	2.25
4×4	Antonie Paterakis	37.45	39.66
5×5	Erik Akkersdijk	1:07.79	1:12.95
6×6	Wilhelm Kilders	2:12.99	2:22.31
7×7	Wilhelm Kilders	3:04.13	3:23.50
3×3 blindfolded	Ivo Bakker	45.55	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Jan Bentlage	27 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Antonie Paterakis	16.42	19.53
Clock	Jade Durenne	8.95	9.58
Megaminx	Erik Akkersdijk	1:05.30	1:15.02
Pyraminx	Gaspard Leleux	4.95	6.16
Skewb	Wilhelm Kilders	3.72	5.83
Square-1	Sebastian Werb	12.72	16.01
3×3 Multi-Blind	Manu Vereecken	9 of 9 cubes · 52:18	—

The PB harvest

63 set · 15 still standing

Robin Deun — 2×2 single 2.26: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
Ivo Bakker — 3×3 single 10.65: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
Ivo Bakker — Pyraminx single 6.14: into the top 21.0% of the event's history.
Guus de Wit — Clock single 9.41: into the top 22.0% of the event's history.
Robin Deun — Square-1 single 18.79: into the top 25.2% of the event's history.
Guus de Wit — Skewb single 7.29: into the top 35.9% of the event's history.
Tibout de Gooijer — 3×3 single 21.04: into the top 42.8% of the event's history.
Felix Weve — 2×2 single 5.30: into the top 43.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

62 competitors · 435 results · 15 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. Antonie Paterakis won it with a 9.10 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

62 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.