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Zwolle Open 2017

Zwolle · 19 August 2017 · 7 events · 63 competitors · 89 personal bests

Mats Valk won three of the seven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Quinten Andelhofs by 0.01 seconds. 63 competitors produced 89 personal bests, 21 of which still stand today, and 13 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Mats Valk set the 4×4 average national record: 25.49.

Three wins
Mats Valk — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5
0.01s
closest final — 2×2, Quinten Andelhofs over Mats Valk
89
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Mats Valk5.757.51
2×2Quinten Andelhofs2.442.50
4×4Mats Valk23.3825.49
5×5Mats Valk52.6256.40
PyraminxMattheo de Wit3.054.34
SkewbMattheo de Wit2.783.72
Square-1Jan Bentlage13.1715.26

The PB harvest

89 set · 21 still standing
  • Reinier Schippers — Pyraminx single 4.00: into the top 7.6% of the event's history.
  • Jade Geels — Pyraminx single 4.40: into the top 9.7% of the event's history.
  • Rico Lucken — Pyraminx single 5.44: into the top 16.1% of the event's history.
  • Marije Heeren — Skewb single 4.78: into the top 16.5% of the event's history.
  • Jack Linde — 3×3 single 13.28: into the top 18.4% of the event's history.
  • Bas Verseveldt — Pyraminx single 6.02: into the top 20.2% of the event's history.
  • Adam Wind — 3×3 single 14.44: into the top 22.5% of the event's history.
  • Steven Jonkman — 2×2 single 4.05: into the top 27.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

13 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

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

63 competitors · 405 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 7.51 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

63 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.