Competitions · Spain

European Championship 2008

Derio (Bilbao) · 19 September 2008 · 18 events · 117 competitors · 223 personal bests

Erik Akkersdijk won four of the 17 events (4×4, 5×5, Megaminx) and the closest final was the Magic, won by Olivér Perge by 0.23 seconds. 117 competitors produced 223 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Erik Akkersdijk set the 5×5 single world record: 1:18.59.

Four wins

Erik Akkersdijk — 4×4, 5×5, Megaminx, 3×3 with feet

0.23s

closest final — Magic, Olivér Perge over Róbert Örkényi

223

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Tomasz Żołnowski	10.44	11.71
2×2	Edouard Chambon	3.19	3.43
4×4	Erik Akkersdijk	47.65	49.83
5×5	Erik Akkersdijk	1:24.69	1:26.88
3×3 blindfolded	Rafał Guzewicz	1:12.34	1:18.39
3×3 Fewest Moves	Gunnar Krig	36 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Milán Baticz	19.22	21.79
Clock	Ernesto Fernández Regueira	8.95	9.94
Megaminx	Erik Akkersdijk	1:04.58	1:08.39
Pyraminx	Tomasz Kiedrowicz	3.62	5.35
Square-1	Lars Vandenbergh	18.98	24.42
4×4 blindfolded	Rafał Guzewicz	7:54.35	—
5×5 blindfolded	Rafał Guzewicz	16:15.00	—
3×3 with feet	Erik Akkersdijk	1:04.01	—
Magic	Olivér Perge	0.95	1.02
Master Magic	Máté Horváth	1.88	1.95
3×3 Multi-Blind (old style)	Dennis Strehlau	24 of 30 cubes · 2:33:09	—

The PB harvest

223 set · 27 still standing

Dennis Strehlau — 3×3 Multi-Blind (old style) single 24 of 30 cubes · 2:33:09: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Edouard Chambon — 3×3 single 8.66: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
Róbert Örkényi — Master Magic single 2.70: into the top 11.6% of the event's history.
Daniel Lundwall — 3×3 one-handed single 18.22: into the top 15.7% of the event's history.
Johan Holmedahl — Pyraminx single 6.65: into the top 25.0% of the event's history.
Clément Gallet — 4×4 single 54.43: into the top 30.0% of the event's history.
Rafał Guzewicz — 5×5 single 1:38.21: into the top 34.1% of the event's history.
Dror Vomberg — 3×3 blindfolded single 2:07.13: into the top 35.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 2,174 people who made their debut in 2008. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

60 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

117 competitors · 917 results · 18 events.

Everyone who competed

117 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.