Competitions · Netherlands

Happy New Year Cubing Nijmegen 2019

Nijmegen · 5 January 2019 · 7 events · 100 competitors · 157 personal bests

Mats Valk won three of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Mattheo de Wit by 0.06 seconds. 100 competitors produced 157 personal bests, 40 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Francisco Hamlin set the 3×3 one-handed single national record: 9.89.

Three wins

Mats Valk — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5

0.06s

closest final — 2×2, Mattheo de Wit over Mats Valk

157

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Mats Valk	7.41	8.61
2×2	Mattheo de Wit	1.49	1.89
4×4	Mats Valk	25.75	29.09
5×5	Mats Valk	52.27	55.97
3×3 one-handed	Francisco Hamlin	9.89	12.79
Megaminx	Victor Wijsman	42.18	44.32
Pyraminx	Robin Verstraten	2.59	3.34

The PB harvest

157 set · 40 still standing

Francisco Hamlin — 3×3 one-handed single 9.89: into the top 0.98% of the event's history.
Koen van den Berg — Pyraminx single 3.05: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Daan Baartmans — Pyraminx single 3.56: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Twan Dullemond — Pyraminx single 3.71: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Simon Busko — 3×3 single 9.61: into the top 6.4% of the event's history.
Arthur Groot Zevert — 3×3 single 11.15: into the top 10.9% of the event's history.
Lydwine Beelen — 2×2 single 2.99: into the top 14.1% of the event's history.
Fiona Strausz — 2×2 single 3.00: into the top 14.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven 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

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

100 competitors · 657 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 8.61 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

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.