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Dutch Open 2019

Voorburg · 12 October 2019 · 14 events · 98 competitors · 127 personal bests

Mats Valk won five of the 14 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Renato Stopic by 0.09 seconds. 98 competitors produced 127 personal bests, 36 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Renato Stopic set the 3×3 single national record: 9.44.

Five wins
Mats Valk — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 3×3 one-handed
0.09s
closest final — Clock, Renato Stopic over Jan Bentlage
127
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mats Valk5.796.49
2×2Antonie Paterakis1.251.77
4×4Mats Valk24.7029.02
5×5Mats Valk46.8856.01
6×6Mats Valk1:40.701:48.72
7×7Antonie Paterakis2:54.663:00.24
3×3 blindfoldedSebastiano Tronto32.2235.08
3×3 one-handedMats Valk12.2513.46
ClockRenato Stopic6.487.11
MegaminxReinier Schippers43.8645.42
PyraminxRobin Verstraten2.583.48
SkewbElias Malomgré2.374.36
Square-1Tijmen van der Ree7.099.31
3×3 Multi-BlindJan Bentlage18 of 23 cubes · 1:00:00—

The PB harvest

127 set · 36 still standing
  • Tristan Jansen — Square-1 single 8.12: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
  • Renato Stopic — 3×3 single 9.44: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
  • Carmen Liu — 3×3 single 9.49: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
  • Bas Verseveldt — 3×3 one-handed single 14.02: into the top 6.2% of the event's history.
  • Julian Duijker — 3×3 single 9.97: into the top 7.4% of the event's history.
  • Douwe Besseling — 2×2 single 2.65: into the top 10.4% of the event's history.
  • Samuel Groen — 3×3 single 12.53: into the top 15.7% of the event's history.
  • Douwe Besseling — 3×3 one-handed single 20.54: into the top 22.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

Nine 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

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

98 competitors · 742 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. Mats Valk won it with a 6.49 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

98 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.