Competitions · Netherlands

Rijswijk Open 2019

Rijswijk · 8 December 2019 · 6 events · 78 competitors · 106 personal bests

Mika Smulders won two of the six events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Mark Bennis by 0.03 seconds. 78 competitors produced 106 personal bests, 42 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Antonie Paterakis set the 4×4 single national record: 24.51.

Two wins

Mika Smulders — 3×3, 4×4

0.03s

closest final — Pyraminx, Mark Bennis over Robin Verstraten

106

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Mika Smulders	7.41	7.82
2×2	Antonie Paterakis	1.25	1.50
4×4	Mika Smulders	29.85	30.49
5×5	Antonie Paterakis	53.14	58.34
Pyraminx	Mark Bennis	2.83	3.32
Skewb	Elias Malomgré	2.63	4.20

The PB harvest

106 set · 42 still standing

Finn Ickler — 2×2 single 1.14: into the top 0.87% of the event's history.
Ákos Vida — 2×2 single 2.01: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.
Sam Ruijs — 3×3 single 10.73: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
Mischa Alessandro Pipolo — 3×3 single 11.05: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
Zoë Zwanepol — 2×2 single 2.67: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
Douwe Besseling — 3×3 single 11.38: into the top 11.7% of the event's history.
Ian Hamburg — 3×3 single 11.59: into the top 12.5% of the event's history.
Lars Kuijpers — 3×3 single 11.94: into the top 13.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

Five people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 27,871 people who made their debut in 2019. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

78 competitors · 487 results · 6 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. Mika Smulders won it with a 7.82 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

78 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.