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Twente Open 2012

Enschede · 3 March 2012 · 10 events · 68 competitors · 79 personal bests

Mats Valk won two of the ten events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the Magic, won by Tristan Paulussen by 0.10 seconds. 68 competitors produced 79 personal bests, 37 of which still stand today, and 18 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A world record

Tomoaki Okayama (岡山友昭) set the 3×3 Fewest Moves average world record: 30.67.

Two wins
Mats Valk — 3×3, 4×4
0.10s
closest final — Magic, Tristan Paulussen over Mats Valk
79
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mats Valk7.659.55
4×4Mats Valk32.5036.21
5×5Erik Akkersdijk1:09.881:15.22
3×3 Fewest MovesGuus Razoux Schultz25 moves
3×3 one-handedRama Temmink17.0618.24
ClockMaarten Smit6.938.98
PyraminxNiklas Spies4.885.42
3×3 with feetErik Akkersdijk46.1356.74
MagicTristan Paulussen1.251.38
Master MagicSanio Kasumovic2.282.88

The PB harvest

79 set · 37 still standing
  • Guus Razoux Schultz — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 25 moves: into the top 5.1% of the event's history.
  • Joris Mühlsteff — Pyraminx single 3.61: into the top 5.9% of the event's history.
  • Bram de Wilde — 3×3 single 10.41: into the top 8.7% of the event's history.
  • Tim Richartz — Magic single 1.25: into the top 13.8% of the event's history.
  • Sebastian Weyer — Pyraminx single 5.41: into the top 15.8% of the event's history.
  • Fabian Auroux — Pyraminx single 6.11: into the top 20.8% of the event's history.
  • Tomoaki Okayama (岡山友昭) — Pyraminx single 6.30: into the top 22.2% of the event's history.
  • Dylan Bernabela — Pyraminx single 7.16: into the top 29.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

18 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 4,376 people who made their debut in 2012. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

7 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

68 competitors · 453 results · 10 events.

Everyone who competed

68 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.