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Madrid Open 2008

Madrid · 5 April 2008 · 12 events · 64 competitors · 51 personal bests

Erik Akkersdijk won five of the twelve events (4×4, 5×5, Megaminx) and the closest final was the Magic, won by Arnaud van Galen by 0.02 seconds. 64 competitors produced 51 personal bests, 6 of which still stand today, and 38 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Erik Akkersdijk set the 5×5 single world record: 1:23.83.

Five wins
Erik Akkersdijk — 4×4, 5×5, Megaminx, Pyraminx, Master Magic
0.02s
closest final — Magic, Arnaud van Galen over Marcos Ameijeiras Moreno
51
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Edouard Chambon11.7512.49
2×2Edouard Chambon2.614.44
4×4Erik Akkersdijk52.1653.99
5×5Erik Akkersdijk1:23.831:43.08
3×3 blindfoldedEdouard Chambon1:42.06
3×3 one-handedEdouard Chambon22.8324.19
ClockErnesto Fernández Regueira9.9310.37
MegaminxErik Akkersdijk1:12.861:15.17
PyraminxErik Akkersdijk5.448.10
Square-1Lars Vandenbergh27.1532.49
MagicArnaud van Galen1.591.68
Master MagicErik Akkersdijk2.934.25

The PB harvest

51 set · 6 still standing

First-timers

38 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 2,174 people who made their debut in 2008. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

28 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

64 competitors · 314 results · 12 events.

Everyone who competed

64 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.