Competitions · Belgium

Zottegem Open 2026

Zottegem · 26 September 2026 · 6 events · 67 competitors · 59 personal bests

Matthias Schegers won two of the six events (5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Maxwell Praet by 0.30 seconds. 67 competitors produced 59 personal bests, 56 of which still stand today, and five people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Juno Hinant took a 4×4 single of 1:27.22 down to 59.09, 32 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Matthias Schegers — 5×5, 6×6

0.30s

closest final — 3×3, Maxwell Praet over Victor Roets

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Maxwell Praet	6.27	7.84
4×4	Bowen Xie (解博文)	28.35	28.97
5×5	Matthias Schegers	52.90	53.77
6×6	Matthias Schegers	1:37.14	1:39.82
Clock	Joran Pauwels	2.98	3.28
Square-1	Joran Pauwels	8.24	9.96

The PB harvest

59 set · 56 still standing

Tommo Kloeck — 3×3 single 6.25: into the top 0.66% of the event's history.
Maxwell Praet — 4×4 single 27.14: into the top 1.4% of the event's history.
Joran Pauwels — 4×4 single 28.18: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Jasper Maes — 4×4 single 34.77: into the top 6.6% of the event's history.
Phí Việt Khoa — 3×3 single 9.73: into the top 6.8% of the event's history.
Maxwell Praet — 6×6 single 1:50.20: into the top 7.3% of the event's history.
Thomas Pauwels — Clock single 6.25: into the top 8.1% of the event's history.
Luíz Mrava — 4×4 single 36.99: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

Five people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 22,685 people who made their debut in 2026. 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

67 competitors · 392 results · 6 events.

Everyone who competed

67 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.