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Dutch Open 2018

Voorburg · 13 October 2018 · 14 events · 92 competitors · 116 personal bests

Antonie Paterakis won three of the 14 events (3×3, 2×2, 7×7) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Antonie Paterakis by 0.03 seconds. 92 competitors produced 116 personal bests, 15 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Antonie Paterakis set the 7×7 single national record: 2:58.34.

Three wins
Antonie Paterakis — 3×3, 2×2, 7×7
0.03s
closest final — 3×3, Antonie Paterakis over Mats Valk
116
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Antonie Paterakis5.677.70
2×2Antonie Paterakis1.401.56
4×4Mats Valk26.4929.93
5×5Mats Valk51.0155.16
6×6Mats Valk1:54.021:55.96
7×7Antonie Paterakis2:58.343:07.84
3×3 blindfoldedIvo Bakker40.16—
3×3 one-handedFrancisco Hamlin11.2714.77
ClockJan Bentlage6.258.15
MegaminxVictor Wijsman42.9347.17
PyraminxRobin Verstraten3.023.27
SkewbMattheo de Wit1.823.75
Square-1Tijmen van der Ree8.2310.35
3×3 Multi-BlindJan Bentlage8 of 9 cubes · 29:46—

The PB harvest

116 set · 15 still standing
  • Lars Kuijpers — Clock single 7.49: into the top 12.9% of the event's history.
  • Jan van Dorst — Square-1 single 18.89: into the top 25.4% of the event's history.
  • Moreno van Rooijen — 3×3 one-handed single 22.04: into the top 26.2% of the event's history.
  • Ignas Schaaf — 3×3 single 15.83: into the top 27.2% of the event's history.
  • Ignas Schaaf — Pyraminx single 7.06: into the top 28.4% of the event's history.
  • Daan Baartmans — 3×3 Multi-Blind single 4 of 4 cubes · 25:27: into the top 41.8% of the event's history.
  • Lars Kuijpers — 5×5 single 1:51.49: into the top 43.6% of the event's history.
  • Lars Kuijpers — 7×7 single 5:03.92: into the top 51.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

92 competitors · 718 results · 14 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 7.70 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

92 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.