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Mental Breakdown Capelle 2019

Capelle aan den IJssel · 3 May 2019 · 10 events · 35 competitors · 54 personal bests

Sebastiano Tronto won three of the ten events (3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Jan Bentlage by 1.26 seconds. 35 competitors produced 54 personal bests, 14 of which still stand today.

The moment

A world record

Tijmen van der Ree set the Square-1 single world record: 4.98.

Three wins
Sebastiano Tronto — 3×3 blindfolded, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded
1.26s
closest final — Clock, Jan Bentlage over Mattheo de Wit
54
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
6×6Malte Ihlefeld1:54.192:03.13
7×7Malte Ihlefeld2:50.552:55.94
3×3 blindfoldedSebastiano Tronto26.97
3×3 Fewest MovesSébastien Auroux23 moves26.00
ClockJan Bentlage7.227.82
Square-1Tijmen van der Ree4.989.71
4×4 blindfoldedSebastiano Tronto2:39.19
5×5 blindfoldedSebastiano Tronto7:09.92
3×3 Multi-BlindOlivier Vos16 of 17 cubes · 48:39
3×3 with feetErik Akkersdijk44.3048.79

The PB harvest

54 set · 14 still standing
  • Tijmen van der Ree — Square-1 single 4.98: into the top 0.26% of the event's history.
  • Erik Akkersdijk — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 20 moves: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
  • Sebastiano Tronto — 4×4 blindfolded single 2:39.19: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
  • Francisco Hamlin — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 28 moves: into the top 9.9% of the event's history.
  • Sebastiano Tronto — 5×5 blindfolded single 7:09.92: into the top 11.3% of the event's history.
  • Francisco Hamlin — 6×6 single 2:04.57: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.
  • Manu Vereecken — 3×3 Multi-Blind single 10 of 10 cubes · 51:47: into the top 16.4% of the event's history.
  • Daniël Kassab — Square-1 single 15.91: into the top 18.5% of the event's history.

First-timers

No people competed for the first time at this competition. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

9 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

35 competitors · 277 results · 10 events.

Everyone who competed

35 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.