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Star Cubing Nijmegen 2020

Nijmegen · 29 February 2020 · 10 events · 140 competitors · 198 personal bests

Mats Valk won four of the ten events (3×3, 2×2, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Mats Valk by 0.13 seconds. 140 competitors produced 198 personal bests, 88 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Elias Malomgré set the Skewb single national record: 1.77.

Four wins
Mats Valk — 3×3, 2×2, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.13s
closest final — 2×2, Mats Valk over Francisco Hamlin
198
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mats Valk6.317.25
2×2Mats Valk1.932.22
4×4Mika Smulders28.9230.24
5×5Mats Valk45.2352.00
7×7Erik Akkersdijk3:22.763:34.99
3×3 one-handedMats Valk11.6813.67
MegaminxReinier Schippers43.5044.95
PyraminxRobin Verstraten2.723.12
SkewbElias Malomgré1.772.65
4×4 blindfoldedLuca Stalpers5:25.71—

The PB harvest

198 set · 88 still standing
  • Tristan Jansen — 2×2 single 1.46: into the top 2.0% of the event's history.
  • Siem Broeder — Pyraminx single 3.76: into the top 6.5% of the event's history.
  • Thijs Rijsdijk — Skewb single 3.32: into the top 6.7% of the event's history.
  • Thijs Rijsdijk — 2×2 single 2.58: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
  • Luca van Maare — 2×2 single 2.72: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.
  • Ken Ishibashi — 3×3 single 11.79: into the top 13.2% of the event's history.
  • Thijs Rijsdijk — 3×3 single 11.98: into the top 13.8% of the event's history.
  • Jean-Luc Grijt — 2×2 single 3.26: into the top 17.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,608 people who made their debut in 2020. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

140 competitors · 1118 results · 10 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 7.25 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

140 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.