Competitions · Netherlands

Leersum Open 2026

Leersum · 10 January 2026 · 9 events · 152 competitors · 117 personal bests

Mika Smulders won two of the nine events (3×3, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Oscar van Duijn by 0.03 seconds. 152 competitors produced 117 personal bests, 58 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Anja Strydom set the Clock single continental record: 4.04.

Two wins

Mika Smulders — 3×3, 5×5

0.03s

closest final — 2×2, Oscar van Duijn over Twan Wieringa

117

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Mika Smulders	6.02	7.11
2×2	Oscar van Duijn	1.52	1.76
5×5	Mika Smulders	45.91	48.31
3×3 blindfolded	Olivier Vos	19.31	—
Clock	Davian van Plateringen	3.12	3.49
Pyraminx	Ianis Costin Chele	1.29	2.39
Skewb	Mattheo de Wit	1.93	2.77
4×4 blindfolded	Ivo Stoutjesdijk	2:42.17	—
5×5 blindfolded	Ivo Stoutjesdijk	8:58.97	9:31.20

The PB harvest

117 set · 58 still standing

Robin Teune — 3×3 single 4.61: into the top 0.057% of the event's history.
Max IJspeert — Pyraminx single 1.33: into the top 0.24% of the event's history.
Maarten Schuil — Pyraminx single 1.39: into the top 0.3% of the event's history.
Maarten Schuil — Clock single 3.84: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
Jules Porteners — Pyraminx single 3.03: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Luíz Mrava — Pyraminx single 3.55: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Ivo de Kam — 3×3 single 9.35: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Focco Postmus — 2×2 single 2.38: into the top 7.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

152 competitors · 1002 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. Mika Smulders won it with a 7.11 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

152 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.