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Freezing Fryslân 2025

Heerenveen · 21 December 2025 · 5 events · 114 competitors · 86 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won two of the five events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Christofor Gabriel Costea by 0.01 seconds. 114 competitors produced 86 personal bests, 48 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jonathan van de Zande took a Pyraminx single of 25.73 down to 8.28, 68 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Patrick Ponce — 3×3, 4×4

0.01s

closest final — 2×2, Christofor Gabriel Costea over Twan Wieringa

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Patrick Ponce	4.17	5.75
2×2	Christofor Gabriel Costea	1.44	1.58
4×4	Patrick Ponce	22.36	24.62
Pyraminx	Florine Zuur	2.10	3.39
Skewb	Mattheo de Wit	2.63	3.56

The PB harvest

86 set · 48 still standing

Patrick Ponce — 3×3 single 4.17: into the top 0.024% of the event's history.
Eliyahu Rozenfeld — 3×3 single 7.36: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Neil Arora — 3×3 single 7.73: into the top 2.3% of the event's history.
Yanniko Zhechev — 3×3 single 8.39: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Talitha Nijboer — Pyraminx single 4.67: into the top 11.2% of the event's history.
Noud Hulshof — Skewb single 4.39: into the top 13.7% of the event's history.
Tycho Kruithof — 2×2 single 2.95: into the top 13.7% of the event's history.
Thomas Chan — 2×2 single 2.99: into the top 14.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

Nine people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

114 competitors · 726 results · 5 events.

Everyone who competed

114 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.