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Zuidplas Open 2017

Nieuwerkerk ad IJssel · 15 April 2017 · 7 events · 50 competitors · 56 personal bests

Mats Valk won five of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Mats Valk by 0.34 seconds. 50 competitors produced 56 personal bests, 10 of which still stand today, and four people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Antonie Paterakis set the Square-1 single national record: 13.51.

Five wins
Mats Valk — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 3×3 one-handed, Square-1
0.34s
closest final — 3×3, Mats Valk over Antonie Paterakis
56
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mats Valk7.127.99
2×2Antonie Paterakis1.121.63
4×4Mats Valk23.6231.08
5×5Mats Valk56.861:00.59
3×3 one-handedMats Valk12.7114.29
SkewbDaan Baartmans4.085.17
Square-1Mats Valk13.4816.55

The PB harvest

56 set · 10 still standing
  • Willem Bakker — 2×2 single 2.81: into the top 12.1% of the event's history.
  • Lisa Eij — 2×2 single 4.17: into the top 28.7% of the event's history.
  • Lisa Eij — 3×3 single 17.74: into the top 33.3% of the event's history.
  • Lars Ham — 4×4 single 57.93: into the top 34.2% of the event's history.
  • Nino Perez Vazquez — 3×3 single 19.03: into the top 37.2% of the event's history.
  • Lisa Eij — Skewb single 7.56: into the top 37.9% of the event's history.
  • Lex Plantenga — 3×3 single 20.21: into the top 40.5% of the event's history.
  • Aiden Raaphorst — 3×3 single 22.33: into the top 46.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

Four people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 23,482 people who made their debut in 2017. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

5 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

50 competitors · 307 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 7.99 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

50 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.