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Dutch Open 2017

Voorburg · 21 October 2017 · 15 events · 70 competitors · 111 personal bests

Mats Valk won four of the 15 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Daniel Vædele Egdal by 0.02 seconds. 70 competitors produced 111 personal bests, 4 of which still stand today, and six people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Antonie Paterakis set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 2:12.82.

Four wins
Mats Valk — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.02s
closest final — Clock, Daniel Vædele Egdal over Jan Bentlage
111
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mats Valk6.576.95
2×2Antonie Paterakis1.452.11
4×4Mats Valk24.7627.78
5×5Mats Valk54.7657.29
6×6Martin Vædele Egdal1:57.052:03.05
7×7Martin Vædele Egdal3:05.843:09.52
3×3 blindfoldedSebastiano Tronto21.50—
3×3 Fewest MovesGuus Razoux Schultz26 moves—
3×3 one-handedMats Valk12.8413.54
ClockDaniel Vædele Egdal6.798.41
MegaminxVictor Wijsman50.5054.13
PyraminxMartin Vædele Egdal2.453.58
SkewbDaniel Vædele Egdal2.763.19
Square-1Martin Vædele Egdal9.2410.06
3×3 Multi-BlindSebastian Werb13 of 17 cubes · 57:44—

The PB harvest

111 set · 4 still standing
  • Maksim Chen — Square-1 single 15.67: into the top 17.9% of the event's history.
  • Pim Kloet — 5×5 single 1:34.77: into the top 31.3% of the event's history.
  • Sieb Veenstra — Square-1 single 32.77: into the top 54.6% of the event's history.
  • Lex Plantenga — 4×4 single 1:43.91: into the top 73.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

Six people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

10 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

70 competitors · 592 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. Mats Valk won it with a 6.95 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

70 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.