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Hoogland Open 2019

Hoogland · 16 August 2019 · 11 events · 139 competitors · 210 personal bests

Mats Valk won six of the eleven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Alwin Rölz by 0.10 seconds. 139 competitors produced 210 personal bests, 71 of which still stand today, and 34 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Mats Valk set the 5×5 average national record: 50.17.

Six wins
Mats Valk — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 one-handed
0.10s
closest final — Pyraminx, Alwin Rölz over Robin Verstraten
210
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mats Valk6.747.21
2×2Mattheo de Wit1.842.08
4×4Mats Valk27.1228.91
5×5Mats Valk46.7150.17
6×6Mats Valk1:41.651:47.98
7×7Mats Valk2:34.012:43.03
3×3 one-handedMats Valk10.9313.91
MegaminxReinier Schippers44.0947.09
PyraminxAlwin Rölz2.833.26
SkewbMattheo de Wit2.053.75
Square-1Tijmen van der Ree8.539.10

The PB harvest

210 set · 71 still standing
  • Maxim Onushkin — 2×2 single 1.56: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
  • Simon Nammensma — Skewb single 2.46: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
  • Julian Duijker — 2×2 single 1.79: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
  • Quintijn Moret van der Spek — 2×2 single 1.82: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
  • Dennis Eijkel — 2×2 single 1.89: into the top 4.1% of the event's history.
  • Boris Lont — 2×2 single 1.91: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
  • Tobias Lipschart — 2×2 single 1.99: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
  • Metin Karagus — 2×2 single 2.01: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

34 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

139 competitors · 1125 results · 11 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 7.21 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

139 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.