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West Friesche Open 2016

Grootebroek · 26 June 2016 · 7 events · 49 competitors · 54 personal bests

Mats Valk won four of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Mats Valk by 0.16 seconds. 49 competitors produced 54 personal bests, 11 of which still stand today, and nine people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Antonie Paterakis set the 5×5 single national record: 1:09.68.

Four wins
Mats Valk — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4, 5×5
0.16s
closest final — 2×2, Mats Valk over Antonie Paterakis
54
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mats Valk7.008.44
2×2Mats Valk1.722.18
4×4Mats Valk31.8233.24
5×5Mats Valk57.721:08.18
3×3 blindfoldedIvo Bakker48.17
PyraminxDaniël Kassab4.294.80
SkewbAntonie Paterakis4.225.54

The PB harvest

54 set · 11 still standing
  • Rick van Stralen — 3×3 single 11.62: into the top 12.6% of the event's history.
  • Job Feikens — 3×3 single 14.58: into the top 23.0% of the event's history.
  • Robert Vida — 3×3 single 17.15: into the top 31.5% of the event's history.
  • Rick van Stralen — 5×5 single 1:50.68: into the top 43.0% of the event's history.
  • Laurens Goossens — Pyraminx single 10.13: into the top 54.0% of the event's history.
  • Job Feikens — 2×2 single 7.00: into the top 60.4% of the event's history.
  • Marcel Poots — 2×2 single 7.02: into the top 60.6% of the event's history.
  • Marcel Poots — 4×4 single 1:34.72: into the top 67.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

Nine 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

49 competitors · 253 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. Mats Valk won it with a 8.44 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

49 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.