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Veenendaal Open 2018

Veenendaal · 23 June 2018 · 14 events · 117 competitors · 195 personal bests

Mats Valk won five of the 14 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Mats Valk by 0.22 seconds. 117 competitors produced 195 personal bests, 42 of which still stand today, and 36 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Antonie Paterakis set the 3×3 Multi-Blind single national record: 3 of 3 cubes · 24:40.

Five wins
Mats Valk — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx
0.22s
closest final — 3×3, Mats Valk over Antonie Paterakis
195
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mats Valk6.987.60
2×2Antonie Paterakis1.932.23
4×4Mats Valk25.9229.68
5×5Mats Valk55.3256.81
3×3 blindfoldedSebastiano Tronto23.90—
3×3 Fewest MovesSebastiano Tronto25 moves—
3×3 one-handedMats Valk11.8513.62
ClockJan Bentlage6.838.16
MegaminxMats Valk52.1255.42
PyraminxRobin Verstraten2.313.11
SkewbMidas Kiebert3.084.02
4×4 blindfoldedSukant Koul5:00.80—
5×5 blindfoldedSebastiano Tronto8:25.50—
3×3 Multi-BlindJan Bentlage16 of 16 cubes · 56:14—

The PB harvest

195 set · 42 still standing
  • Mattheo de Wit — 2×2 single 0.84: into the top 0.28% of the event's history.
  • Robert Antal — Pyraminx single 2.51: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.
  • Luca Stalpers — 2×2 single 1.64: into the top 2.8% of the event's history.
  • Sebastiano Tronto — Pyraminx single 2.85: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
  • Koen van den Berg — 2×2 single 1.99: into the top 4.7% of the event's history.
  • Jorn Kooistra — Pyraminx single 3.35: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
  • Tijn Ezendam — Pyraminx single 3.78: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
  • Jorn Kooistra — 2×2 single 2.27: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

36 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

117 competitors · 984 results · 14 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 7.60 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

117 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.