Competitions · Netherlands

NEMO Amsterdam Open 2012

Amsterdam · 19 May 2012 · 12 events · 70 competitors · 71 personal bests

Mats Valk won four of the twelve events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Sébastien Auroux by 0.04 seconds. 70 competitors produced 71 personal bests, 26 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Can Gücüyener set the 3×3 single national record: 12.52.

Four wins

Mats Valk — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed

0.04s

closest final — Pyraminx, Sébastien Auroux over Jens Diewald

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Mats Valk	7.75	8.96
2×2	Erik Akkersdijk	3.33	3.71
4×4	Mats Valk	30.91	36.06
5×5	Mats Valk	1:16.71	1:19.79
3×3 blindfolded	Joey Gouly	1:32.11	—
3×3 Fewest Moves	Erik Akkersdijk	28 moves	—
3×3 one-handed	Mats Valk	15.43	16.28
Pyraminx	Sébastien Auroux	4.27	5.50
Square-1	Jan Bentlage	14.50	23.02
3×3 with feet	Erik Akkersdijk	1:02.47	1:03.35
Magic	Quentin Lefebvre	1.09	1.21
Master Magic	Quentin Lefebvre	2.18	2.50

The PB harvest

71 set · 26 still standing

Ivanna Oosterling — Magic single 1.21: into the top 12.1% of the event's history.
Robin Deun — 4×4 single 48.91: into the top 23.3% of the event's history.
Dick van Zalinge — Magic single 1.40: into the top 24.2% of the event's history.
Marc Werleman — 3×3 single 15.52: into the top 26.2% of the event's history.
Dylan Bernabela — 3×3 single 15.61: into the top 26.5% of the event's history.
Stephen Hungs — Master Magic single 3.44: into the top 29.9% of the event's history.
Dick van Zalinge — 3×3 single 18.38: into the top 35.3% of the event's history.
Can Gücüyener — Magic single 1.58: into the top 38.4% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,376 people who made their debut in 2012. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

11 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

70 competitors · 410 results · 12 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.