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Rijswijk Open 2018

Rijswijk · 15 December 2018 · 12 events · 93 competitors · 164 personal bests

Feliks Zemdegs won five of the twelve events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Antonie Paterakis by 0.41 seconds. 93 competitors produced 164 personal bests, 36 of which still stand today, and seven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Antonie Paterakis set the Megaminx single national record: 48.81.

Five wins
Feliks Zemdegs — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx
0.41s
closest final — Pyraminx, Antonie Paterakis over Robin Verstraten
164
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Feliks Zemdegs5.245.91
2×2Antonie Paterakis1.451.66
4×4Feliks Zemdegs23.1324.47
5×5Feliks Zemdegs45.1547.18
3×3 blindfoldedOlivier Vos37.09—
3×3 Fewest MovesSébastien Auroux25 moves—
3×3 one-handedFeliks Zemdegs10.8911.93
MegaminxFeliks Zemdegs41.2944.66
PyraminxAntonie Paterakis2.563.22
SkewbMattheo de Wit2.173.20
Square-1Tijmen van der Ree8.169.73
3×3 Multi-BlindOlivier Vos12 of 17 cubes · 47:52—

The PB harvest

164 set · 36 still standing
  • Feliks Zemdegs — 2×2 single 0.71: into the top 0.13% of the event's history.
  • Daan Baartmans — 2×2 single 1.30: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
  • Koen van den Berg — Skewb single 2.50: into the top 2.9% of the event's history.
  • Timothy Kroon — 2×2 single 2.77: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
  • Moreno van Rooijen — 3×3 single 11.46: into the top 12.0% of the event's history.
  • Bas Verseveldt — 2×2 single 3.05: into the top 14.8% of the event's history.
  • Wiktor Zegadło — Square-1 single 15.92: into the top 18.5% of the event's history.
  • Jorai Geertsema — 2×2 single 3.45: into the top 19.6% of the event's history.

First-timers

Seven 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

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

93 competitors · 804 results · 12 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. Feliks Zemdegs won it with a 5.91 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

93 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.