Competitions · Netherlands

NEMO Amsterdam Open 2011

Amsterdam · 2 April 2011 · 13 events · 70 competitors · 77 personal bests

Mats Valk won three of the 13 events (3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Magic, won by Quentin Lefebvre by 0.33 seconds. 70 competitors produced 77 personal bests, 10 of which still stand today, and 17 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Mats Valk set the 3×3 average continental record: 9.20.

Three wins

Mats Valk — 3×3, 2×2, 3×3 one-handed

0.33s

closest final — Magic, Quentin Lefebvre over Ivanna Oosterling

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Mats Valk	8.69	10.65
2×2	Mats Valk	2.44	3.46
4×4	Breandan Vallance	38.47	43.69
5×5	Erik Akkersdijk	1:13.65	1:19.75
3×3 blindfolded	Maximilian Neitzel	1:33.22	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Sébastien Auroux	30 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Mats Valk	17.52	18.36
Megaminx	Erik Akkersdijk	1:05.33	1:15.03
Pyraminx	Niklas Spies	3.91	5.90
Square-1	Guus de Wit	17.61	22.88
3×3 with feet	Erik Akkersdijk	1:09.72	1:22.83
Magic	Quentin Lefebvre	1.08	1.16
Master Magic	Quentin Lefebvre	2.40	2.73

The PB harvest

77 set · 10 still standing

Robin Deun — Magic single 0.97: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
Guus de Wit — Pyraminx single 3.93: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Stephen Hungs — Magic single 1.40: into the top 24.2% of the event's history.
Fabrice Baumgarten — Magic single 1.69: into the top 47.2% of the event's history.
Fabrice Baumgarten — 3×3 single 26.61: into the top 56.0% of the event's history.
Ayano Maria Yoshida — Magic single 2.06: into the top 68.2% of the event's history.
Fabrice Baumgarten — 2×2 single 8.88: into the top 72.9% of the event's history.
Boaz Floor — Pyraminx single 13.46: into the top 75.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

17 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,302 people who made their debut in 2011. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

70 competitors · 431 results · 13 events.

Everyone who competed

70 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.