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Hoogland Open 2017

Hoogland · 13 May 2017 · 7 events · 44 competitors · 64 personal bests

Mats Valk won four of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Mats Valk by 0.04 seconds. 44 competitors produced 64 personal bests, 9 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Carmen Liu set the 2×2 single national record: 3.59.

Four wins
Mats Valk — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.04s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Mats Valk over Antonie Paterakis
64
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mats Valk6.827.37
2×2Antonie Paterakis1.601.91
4×4Mats Valk23.8528.73
5×5Mats Valk56.2257.83
3×3 one-handedMats Valk11.8913.42
SkewbMattheo de Wit3.203.94
Square-1Antonie Paterakis13.8117.54

The PB harvest

64 set · 9 still standing
  • Jan van Dorst — Skewb single 2.80: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
  • Carmen Liu — 2×2 single 3.59: into the top 21.3% of the event's history.
  • Youri van der Ceelen — 2×2 single 4.16: into the top 28.5% of the event's history.
  • David van der Linden — Skewb single 7.44: into the top 37.0% of the event's history.
  • Boaz Floor — 5×5 single 1:50.85: into the top 43.2% of the event's history.
  • Jeroen Katgert — 4×4 single 1:11.47: into the top 48.3% of the event's history.
  • Kay Smink — 4×4 single 1:13.84: into the top 50.6% of the event's history.
  • Sietze Riemersma — 4×4 single 1:14.89: into the top 51.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

Five people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

44 competitors · 312 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 7.37 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

44 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.