In the past year (2017), Mats Valk competed in 17 competitions and 241 rounds across 11 events, from Jan 6th to Dec 16th.
Records
He broke 31 records, including 1 ER and 30 NRs.
Podiums
He has been on the podium 95 times across 11 events, including 58 golds, 27 silvers, and 10 bronzes.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
3x3x3 Cube | 14 | 1 | |
5x5x5 Cube | 13 | | 1 |
4x4x4 Cube | 12 | 2 | 1 |
3x3x3 One-Handed | 6 | 5 | 1 |
7x7x7 Cube | 5 | 1 | |
6x6x6 Cube | 3 | 4 | 1 |
3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 3 | 1 | 1 |
2x2x2 Cube | 1 | 9 | 1 |
Square-1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
3x3x3 Blindfolded | | 1 | 2 |
Megaminx | | 1 | |
Solves/Attempts
He attempted 1098 solves and completed 1062.
Event | Solves | Attempts |
3x3x3 Cube | 269 | 270 |
4x4x4 Cube | 179 | 180 |
2x2x2 Cube | 165 | 165 |
3x3x3 One-Handed | 134 | 135 |
5x5x5 Cube | 119 | 120 |
Square-1 | 89 | 90 |
6x6x6 Cube | 36 | 36 |
7x7x7 Cube | 32 | 33 |
3x3x3 Blindfolded | 16 | 44 |
3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 14 | 15 |
Megaminx | 9 | 10 |
Personal Bests
He broke his personal best 36 times across 10 events, including 18 singles and 18 averages.
Event | Times | Single | Average |
4x4x4 Cube | 7 | 4 | 3 |
6x6x6 Cube | 7 | 3 | 4 |
5x5x5 Cube | 6 | 3 | 3 |
7x7x7 Cube | 5 | 3 | 2 |
3x3x3 One-Handed | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Megaminx | 3 | 1 | 2 |
3x3x3 Blindfolded | 2 | 2 | 0 |
3x3x3 Cube | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2x2x2 Cube | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Improvements of Single
Event | ≤2016 | 2017 | Improvement |
Megaminx | 1:15.63 | 1:00.65 | 14.98 (24.70%) |
7x7x7 Cube | 3:23.80 | 2:52.11 | 31.69 (18.41%) |
6x6x6 Cube | 2:00.17 | 1:47.42 | 12.75 (11.87%) |
4x4x4 Cube | 24.63 | 22.09 | 2.54 (11.50%) |
3x3x3 Blindfolded | 1:39.07 | 1:32.56 | 6.51 (7.03%) |
3x3x3 One-Handed | 9.83 | 9.24 | 0.59 (6.39%) |
5x5x5 Cube | 49.49 | 46.86 | 2.63 (5.61%) |
Improvements of Average
Event | ≤2016 | 2017 | Improvement |
Megaminx | 1:31.61 | 1:06.47 | 25.14 (37.82%) |
7x7x7 Cube | 3:34.77 | 3:01.80 | 32.97 (18.14%) |
6x6x6 Cube | 2:10.50 | 1:51.49 | 19.01 (17.05%) |
4x4x4 Cube | 28.00 | 25.49 | 2.51 (9.85%) |
5x5x5 Cube | 56.72 | 53.79 | 2.93 (5.45%) |
3x3x3 One-Handed | 13.05 | 12.52 | 0.53 (4.23%) |
2x2x2 Cube | 2.15 | 2.12 | 0.03 (1.42%) |
3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 27.67 | 27.33 | 0.34 (1.24%) |
3x3x3 Cube | 6.83 | 6.83 | - |
Cubers
He met 2191 cubers from 69 countries/regions, 333 of whom competed with him more than once.
Shared Competitions | Competitors |
1 | 1858 |
2 | 191 |
3 | 69 |
4 | 24 |
5 | 6 |
6 | 12 |
7 | 9 |
8 | 6 |
9 | 6 |
10 | 2 |
11 | 6 |
13 | 2 |
All | 2191 |
Regions
He competed in 7 countries/regions.
Region | Times |
Netherlands | 8 |
Belgium | 3 |
Germany | 2 |
India | 1 |
China | 1 |
France | 1 |
United Kingdom | 1 |
Cities
In China, he visited 1 city while competing.