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Meppel Open 2018

Meppel · 10 November 2018 · 7 events · 96 competitors · 125 personal bests

Mats Valk won four of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Daniël Kassab by 0.22 seconds. 96 competitors produced 125 personal bests, 21 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

David Komdeur took a 3×3 single of 39.40 down to 14.93, 62 percent better in one day.

Four wins
Mats Valk — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5
0.22s
closest final — Pyraminx, Daniël Kassab over Robin Verstraten
125
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mats Valk6.937.52
2×2Mats Valk0.992.14
4×4Mats Valk25.8728.09
5×5Mats Valk51.521:00.77
3×3 blindfoldedOlivier Vos54.84—
3×3 one-handedFrancisco Hamlin13.5414.24
PyraminxDaniël Kassab2.773.39

The PB harvest

125 set · 21 still standing
  • Robin Verstraten — 2×2 single 1.20: into the top 1.0% of the event's history.
  • Nick Nijssen — 3×3 one-handed single 14.51: into the top 7.1% of the event's history.
  • Daniël Kassab — 3×3 one-handed single 14.86: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
  • Jan Staubach — Pyraminx single 4.11: into the top 8.2% of the event's history.
  • Rodney van den Velden — 2×2 single 2.74: into the top 11.4% of the event's history.
  • Wouter Hoepman — 3×3 single 11.60: into the top 12.5% of the event's history.
  • Wouter Hoepman — 2×2 single 2.93: into the top 13.4% of the event's history.
  • Pim Kloet — 3×3 one-handed single 19.46: into the top 19.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

96 competitors · 560 results · 7 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 7.52 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

96 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.