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Competitions · Netherlands

Happy New Year Cubing Dordrecht 2018

Dordrecht · 5 January 2018 · 15 events · 120 competitors · 234 personal bests

Mika Smulders won two of the 15 events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Jan Bentlage by 0.07 seconds. 120 competitors produced 234 personal bests, 49 of which still stand today, and 28 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Carmen Liu set the Square-1 single national record: 43.15.

Two wins
Mika Smulders — 3×3, 2×2
0.07s
closest final — Clock, Jan Bentlage over Wilhelm Kilders
234
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mika Smulders7.539.26
2×2Mika Smulders1.591.85
4×4Quinten Andelhofs35.3738.14
5×5Mats Valk53.6258.31
7×7Wilhelm Kilders2:59.893:04.10
3×3 blindfoldedManu Vereecken1:14.04—
3×3 one-handedMats Valk12.9813.56
ClockJan Bentlage7.448.62
MegaminxVictor Wijsman48.4150.19
PyraminxAlwin Rölz2.773.44
SkewbMattheo de Wit1.713.39
Square-1Tijmen van der Ree8.2611.42
4×4 blindfoldedJan Bentlage5:58.80—
5×5 blindfoldedBas Verseveldt——
3×3 Multi-BlindOlivier Vos9 of 12 cubes · 58:23—

The PB harvest

234 set · 49 still standing
  • Pim Kloet — 2×2 single 1.98: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
  • Leo Bora Bozkir — Pyraminx single 3.53: into the top 5.6% of the event's history.
  • Wiktor Zegadło — Skewb single 3.14: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
  • Quinten Truyens — Pyraminx single 3.78: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
  • Pim Kloet — Skewb single 3.42: into the top 7.2% of the event's history.
  • Quinten Andelhofs — Skewb single 3.44: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
  • Pim Kloet — Megaminx single 58.96: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
  • Nils Schweizer — Pyraminx single 4.77: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

28 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

120 competitors · 1148 results · 15 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. Mika Smulders won it with a 9.26 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

120 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.