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Happy New Year Cubing Hoorn 2020

Hoorn · 4 January 2020 · 12 events · 123 competitors · 150 personal bests

Mats Valk won three of the twelve events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Joel Cetra by 0.08 seconds. 123 competitors produced 150 personal bests, 50 of which still stand today, and 16 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Olivier Vos set the 4×4 blindfolded single national record: 4:56.72.

Three wins
Mats Valk — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5
0.08s
closest final — 2×2, Joel Cetra over Mats Valk
150
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mats Valk5.706.51
2×2Joel Cetra1.902.38
4×4Mats Valk27.6230.31
5×5Mats Valk47.4852.55
3×3 blindfoldedHari Anirudh24.8526.71
ClockJan Bentlage6.367.35
MegaminxReinier Schippers46.2348.57
PyraminxMark Bennis2.773.36
Square-1Tijmen van der Ree7.2110.65
4×4 blindfoldedCedric Meysing3:48.28—
5×5 blindfoldedJan Bentlage10:42.00—
3×3 Multi-BlindJan Bentlage21 of 23 cubes · 59:58—

The PB harvest

150 set · 50 still standing
  • Levi Oud — 2×2 single 1.23: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
  • Faas Perrée — Pyraminx single 4.01: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
  • Martijn van 't Zelfde — 2×2 single 2.38: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.
  • Wouter Hoogland — Pyraminx single 4.28: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.
  • Maarten van Bokhorst — 2×2 single 2.58: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
  • Luca Stalpers — 3×3 blindfolded single 50.28: into the top 10.0% of the event's history.
  • Guus van der Goes — 3×3 single 10.95: into the top 10.3% of the event's history.
  • Gijs Witteveen — Pyraminx single 4.81: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

16 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,608 people who made their debut in 2020. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

123 competitors · 839 results · 12 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 6.51 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

123 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.