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Tulip Open 2016

Utrecht · 20 March 2016 · 8 events · 45 competitors · 41 personal bests

Mats Valk won five of the eight events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Mats Valk by 0.00 seconds. 45 competitors produced 41 personal bests, 5 of which still stand today, and twelve people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Ivo Bakker set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 38.53.

Five wins
Mats Valk — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.00s
closest final — 2×2, Mats Valk over Antonie Paterakis
41
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mats Valk6.547.50
2×2Mats Valk1.772.15
4×4Mats Valk30.1535.45
5×5Mats Valk1:00.891:03.48
3×3 blindfoldedIvo Bakker38.53
3×3 one-handedMats Valk12.5717.48
PyraminxRobin Verstraten3.635.27
SkewbDaan Baartmans5.236.07

The PB harvest

41 set · 5 still standing
  • Maarten Smit — 5×5 single 1:15.50: into the top 15.7% of the event's history.
  • Maarten van Tol — 3×3 one-handed single 25.12: into the top 34.5% of the event's history.
  • Serena Rietbergen — 2×2 single 5.17: into the top 41.4% of the event's history.
  • Amalie Petersen — 4×4 single 2:12.19: into the top 86.6% of the event's history.
  • Hanneke Rijks — Skewb single 19.46: into the top 88.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Twelve people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

8 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

45 competitors · 218 results · 8 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 7.50 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

45 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.