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European Rubik's Games Championship 2004

Amsterdam · 7 August 2004 · 11 events · 53 competitors · 35 personal bests

Lars Vandenbergh won two of the eleven events (3×3, 5×5) and the closest final was the Magic, won by Jaap Scherphuis by 0.06 seconds. 53 competitors produced 35 personal bests, 4 of which still stand today, and 31 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Frédérick Badie set the 4×4 single world record: 1:12.49.

Two wins
Lars Vandenbergh — 3×3, 5×5
0.06s
closest final — Magic, Jaap Scherphuis over Stefan Pochmann
35
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Lars Vandenbergh14.9516.19
4×4Olivier Gaucher1:21.421:27.21
5×5Lars Vandenbergh2:17.092:30.35
3×3 blindfoldedDror Vomberg4:11.12
3×3 Fewest MovesZbigniew Zborowski31 moves
3×3 one-handedJarosław Nowicki45.56
ClockStefan Pochmann9.6410.78
4×4 blindfoldedDror Vomberg19:54.00
5×5 blindfoldedStefan Pochmann2:34:36.00
3×3 with feetKåre Krig5:44.32
MagicJaap Scherphuis1.471.60

The PB harvest

35 set · 4 still standing
  • Thomas Templier — 3×3 single 15.23: into the top 25.2% of the event's history.
  • Guillaume Duquenne — 3×3 single 24.29: into the top 51.0% of the event's history.
  • Jaap Scherphuis — Clock single 31.39: into the top 86.1% of the event's history.
  • Peter Jansen — Magic single 2.76: into the top 87.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

31 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 174 people who made their debut in 2004. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

70 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

53 competitors · 196 results · 11 events.

Everyone who competed

53 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.