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Hoorn Open 2022

Hoorn · 2 July 2022 · 9 events · 142 competitors · 124 personal bests

Mats Valk won two of the nine events (3×3, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Mats Valk by 0.29 seconds. 142 competitors produced 124 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and 39 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Antonie Paterakis set the 7×7 single national record: 2:33.35.

Two wins
Mats Valk — 3×3, 5×5
0.29s
closest final — 3×3, Mats Valk over Twan Dullemond
124
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mats Valk6.046.75
2×2Antonie Paterakis1.211.56
5×5Mats Valk44.1353.92
7×7Antonie Paterakis2:33.352:38.16
3×3 blindfoldedJorian Meeuse30.73—
MegaminxReinier Schippers34.4743.94
4×4 blindfoldedJorian Meeuse3:46.75—
5×5 blindfoldedMichael Fung——
3×3 Multi-BlindThijs Beentjes6 of 6 cubes · 41:24—

The PB harvest

124 set · 31 still standing
  • Jurgen van de Hoef — 3×3 single 10.07: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
  • Vince Claassen — 3×3 single 10.34: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
  • Robin Deun — 3×3 single 10.42: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
  • Wouter Kregting — 3×3 single 11.07: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
  • Leendert Paans — 3×3 single 11.07: into the top 10.7% of the event's history.
  • Ties van Gils — 3×3 single 11.27: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
  • Charley Abcouwer — 3×3 blindfolded single 56.13: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.
  • Kylian Minnaar — 3×3 single 11.74: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

39 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

142 competitors · 558 results · 9 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 6.75 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

142 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.