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Leersum Algs 2024

Leersum · 5 January 2024 · 10 events · 182 competitors · 243 personal bests

Patrick Ponce won two of the ten events (3×3, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Tim Cents by 0.18 seconds. 182 competitors produced 243 personal bests, 61 of which still stand today, and 14 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Twan Dullemond set the 7×7 single national record: 2:23.53.

Two wins
Patrick Ponce — 3×3, 5×5
0.18s
closest final — 2×2, Tim Cents over Twan Dullemond
243
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Patrick Ponce5.176.00
2×2Tim Cents1.261.48
5×5Patrick Ponce40.2041.57
6×6Twan Dullemond1:23.971:27.27
7×7Alwin Rölz2:15.722:28.43
3×3 blindfoldedOlivier Vos20.6423.11
3×3 Fewest MovesMattheo de Wit28 moves—
ClockTeru Umene4.304.55
MegaminxReinier Schippers33.8945.17
Square-1Vincent Chan6.189.90

The PB harvest

243 set · 61 still standing
  • Mika Smulders — 3×3 single 4.64: into the top 0.06% of the event's history.
  • Tim Cents — 2×2 single 0.65: into the top 0.075% of the event's history.
  • Ivo Stoutjesdijk — 2×2 single 0.76: into the top 0.18% of the event's history.
  • Rick Hamburger — 2×2 single 0.87: into the top 0.33% of the event's history.
  • Max Jongbloed — 2×2 single 0.88: into the top 0.35% of the event's history.
  • Daniël Kassab — 2×2 single 0.94: into the top 0.45% of the event's history.
  • Benjamin Wirahpati — 2×2 single 1.00: into the top 0.55% of the event's history.
  • Maarten Schuil — 2×2 single 1.06: into the top 0.68% of the event's history.

First-timers

14 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

182 competitors · 1175 results · 10 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. Patrick Ponce won it with a 6.00 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

182 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.