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Zeeland Open 2016

Vlissingen · 30 July 2016 · 15 events · 41 competitors · 53 personal bests

Jan Bentlage won seven of the 15 events (3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Jan Bentlage by 0.01 seconds. 41 competitors produced 53 personal bests, 13 of which still stand today, and two people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Erelkhegbaatar Lkhagva set the 3×3 blindfolded single national record: 2:44.90.

Seven wins
Jan Bentlage — 3×3 Fewest Moves, 3×3 one-handed, Megaminx, Skewb, 4×4 blindfolded, 5×5 blindfolded, 3×3 with feet
0.01s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Jan Bentlage over Reinier Schippers
53
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Reinier Schippers7.718.73
2×2Robin Verstraten2.103.57
4×4Reinier Schippers34.4936.98
5×5Reinier Schippers1:18.911:21.95
3×3 blindfoldedIvo Bakker46.21
3×3 Fewest MovesJan Bentlage25 moves
3×3 one-handedJan Bentlage16.0419.08
ClockMichael Kristel8.468.79
MegaminxJan Bentlage1:07.911:15.64
PyraminxRobin Verstraten4.555.19
SkewbJan Bentlage3.384.82
4×4 blindfoldedJan Bentlage6:31.43
5×5 blindfoldedJan Bentlage11:56.00
3×3 Multi-BlindManu Vereecken10 of 12 cubes · 54:05
3×3 with feetJan Bentlage49.5053.50

The PB harvest

53 set · 13 still standing
  • Guus de Wit — 3×3 single 7.44: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
  • Leo Guernion — 2×2 single 2.27: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
  • Artsiom Dzenisiuk — 2×2 single 3.01: into the top 14.3% of the event's history.
  • Axel Pauwels — Skewb single 5.28: into the top 20.3% of the event's history.
  • Tiemen De Meester — 4×4 single 47.52: into the top 21.5% of the event's history.
  • Arthur Valk — 2×2 single 3.66: into the top 22.2% of the event's history.
  • Artsiom Dzenisiuk — 3×3 single 17.29: into the top 31.9% of the event's history.
  • Guus de Wit — 3×3 blindfolded single 2:34.56: into the top 44.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

Two 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

6 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

41 competitors · 358 results · 15 events.

Everyone who competed

41 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.