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Zonhoven Autumn Open 2018

Zonhoven · 27 October 2018 · 12 events · 72 competitors · 132 personal bests

Mats Valk won four of the twelve events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Mats Valk by 0.03 seconds. 72 competitors produced 132 personal bests, 24 of which still stand today, and eight people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Antonie Paterakis set the 4×4 single national record: 25.77.

Four wins
Mats Valk — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed
0.03s
closest final — 3×3, Mats Valk over Mika Smulders
132
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mats Valk6.918.05
2×2Antonie Paterakis1.301.56
4×4Mats Valk22.9126.82
5×5Mats Valk51.3553.41
3×3 blindfoldedJan Bentlage1:07.66—
3×3 Fewest MovesJan Bentlage27 moves—
3×3 one-handedMats Valk10.7413.47
MegaminxVictor Wijsman43.9645.06
PyraminxAntonie Paterakis2.123.71
SkewbMidas Kiebert3.894.48
Square-1Tijmen van der Ree8.058.86
3×3 Multi-BlindJan Bentlage9 of 9 cubes · 32:28—

The PB harvest

132 set · 24 still standing
  • Gijs Peletier — Pyraminx single 1.80: into the top 0.83% of the event's history.
  • Jonathan Mauroy — Pyraminx single 1.89: into the top 0.97% of the event's history.
  • Seb van den Beemt — Pyraminx single 1.96: into the top 1.1% of the event's history.
  • Andreas Guy Vercauteren — 2×2 single 1.40: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
  • Greg Leonard — Pyraminx single 2.62: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
  • Ulysse Merlin — Pyraminx single 2.64: into the top 2.6% of the event's history.
  • Louis Fertier — Pyraminx single 3.16: into the top 4.2% of the event's history.
  • Jascha Bakarinow — 4×4 single 32.72: into the top 4.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eight 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

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

72 competitors · 555 results · 12 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 8.05 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

72 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.