Competitions · Netherlands

Haarlem Cubing 2019

Haarlem · 10 February 2019 · 7 events · 100 competitors · 117 personal bests

Mats Valk won two of the seven events (3×3, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Antonie Paterakis by 0.10 seconds. 100 competitors produced 117 personal bests, 36 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Tijmen van der Ree set the Square-1 single national record: 6.47.

Two wins

Mats Valk — 3×3, 5×5

0.10s

closest final — 2×2, Antonie Paterakis over Francisco Hamlin

117

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Mats Valk	5.85	7.50
2×2	Antonie Paterakis	1.63	1.96
5×5	Mats Valk	52.28	57.98
3×3 blindfolded	Olivier Vos	45.28	—
Clock	Olivier van Luijk	8.66	9.63
Skewb	Midas Kiebert	3.08	3.50
Square-1	Tijmen van der Ree	6.47	10.13

The PB harvest

117 set · 36 still standing

Jade Geels — 3×3 single 10.09: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
Kasper Koster — 2×2 single 2.49: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
Machiel van Loon — 2×2 single 2.85: into the top 12.6% of the event's history.
Jord Leek — 2×2 single 3.01: into the top 14.3% of the event's history.
Lars Ham — 3×3 single 12.20: into the top 14.6% of the event's history.
Harrie Cuijpers — Skewb single 4.61: into the top 15.3% of the event's history.
Teru Umene — Skewb single 4.77: into the top 16.4% of the event's history.
Taeke Roukema — 2×2 single 3.22: into the top 16.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 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

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

100 competitors · 575 results · 7 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 7.50 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

100 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.