Competitions · Netherlands

Veenendaal Open 2020

Veenendaal · 19 September 2020 · 7 events · 94 competitors · 110 personal bests

Antonie Paterakis won three of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Antonie Paterakis by 0.32 seconds. 94 competitors produced 110 personal bests, 35 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Tieske Heemskerk took a Pyraminx single of 10.83 down to 3.84, 65 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Antonie Paterakis — 3×3, 2×2, 5×5

0.32s

closest final — 3×3, Antonie Paterakis over Mats Valk

110

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Antonie Paterakis	6.40	6.86
2×2	Antonie Paterakis	1.24	1.48
4×4	Mats Valk	23.10	25.94
5×5	Antonie Paterakis	54.44	59.26
Pyraminx	Robin Verstraten	2.58	2.95
Skewb	Mattheo de Wit	2.53	3.37
Square-1	Vincent Chan	10.21	11.79

The PB harvest

110 set · 35 still standing

Gijs Peletier — Skewb single 2.72: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Daniël Veldman — Skewb single 2.78: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.
Daan Kusters — Skewb single 2.85: into the top 4.3% of the event's history.
Milan van Wanrooij — 2×2 single 2.07: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Dennis Eijkel — 3×3 single 9.93: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Milan van Wanrooij — Pyraminx single 4.32: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Jean-Luc Grijt — 3×3 single 11.11: into the top 10.8% of the event's history.
Luuk Hofmeijer — 3×3 single 11.21: into the top 11.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

Nine 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

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

94 competitors · 615 results · 7 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. Antonie Paterakis won it with a 6.86 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

94 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.