Competitions · Netherlands

Take Your Time Ermelo 2023

Ermelo · 16 December 2023 · 9 events · 180 competitors · 212 personal bests

Twan Dullemond won three of the nine events (3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Jonathan Plug by 0.29 seconds. 180 competitors produced 212 personal bests, 48 of which still stand today, and 30 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Yann-Antuan Richardson set the Skewb single national record: 10.74.

Three wins

Twan Dullemond — 3×3, 4×4, 3×3 one-handed

0.29s

closest final — Pyraminx, Jonathan Plug over Tim Cents

212

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Twan Dullemond	5.10	5.53
2×2	Tim Cents	1.53	1.88
4×4	Twan Dullemond	21.14	26.46
3×3 one-handed	Twan Dullemond	11.89	13.84
Clock	Tim Cents	3.92	4.74
Pyraminx	Jonathan Plug	1.53	2.24
Skewb	Elias Malomgré	1.90	2.46
4×4 blindfolded	Jorian Meeuse	2:42.42	—
5×5 blindfolded	Sebastiano Tronto	15:23.00	—

The PB harvest

212 set · 48 still standing

Heewon Mo — 3×3 single 7.63: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
Elias Malomgré — Pyraminx single 3.02: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Bram van der Wal — Pyraminx single 3.04: into the top 3.8% of the event's history.
Dean Smulders — Pyraminx single 3.39: into the top 5.0% of the event's history.
Ivo Leliveld — Pyraminx single 3.64: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.
Axel Postmus — 3×3 single 10.08: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
Rens Venema — 2×2 single 2.41: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
Matthias Burggraaf — 4×4 single 36.99: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

30 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

3 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

180 competitors · 1269 results · 9 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. Twan Dullemond won it with a 5.53 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

180 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.