Competitions · Netherlands

Star Cubing Nijmegen 2019

Nijmegen · 29 June 2019 · 6 events · 121 competitors · 142 personal bests

Mats Valk won two of the six events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the Megaminx, won by Mattheo de Wit by 0.02 seconds. 121 competitors produced 142 personal bests, 42 of which still stand today, and 19 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Antonie Paterakis set the Megaminx single national record: 46.75.

Two wins

Mats Valk — 3×3, 4×4

0.02s

closest final — Megaminx, Mattheo de Wit over Mats Valk

142

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Mats Valk	6.36	7.86
2×2	Antonie Paterakis	0.91	1.59
4×4	Mats Valk	24.35	28.19
Megaminx	Mattheo de Wit	50.22	55.67
Skewb	Mattheo de Wit	3.07	3.48
Square-1	Vincent Chan	9.01	11.41

The PB harvest

142 set · 42 still standing

Charley Abcouwer — 2×2 single 2.07: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Simon Nammensma — 2×2 single 2.17: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Leo Bora Bozkir — 2×2 single 2.19: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
Olivier Vos — Square-1 single 12.98: into the top 11.8% of the event's history.
Timon Veurink — 3×3 single 11.54: into the top 12.3% of the event's history.
Minh Loi Nguyen — 3×3 single 11.78: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.
Ivo Radstaak — 3×3 single 11.78: into the top 13.1% of the event's history.
Michael Fung — 2×2 single 3.29: into the top 17.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

19 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

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

121 competitors · 682 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. Mats Valk won it with a 7.86 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

121 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.