Mats Valk's 2018 Annual Summary

Year

In the past year (2018), Mats Valk competed in 21 competitions and 299 rounds across 12 events, from Jan 5th to Dec 16th.

Records

He broke 26 records, including 1 ER and 25 NRs.

Event	Single	Average	Competition	Round	Detail
3x3x3 Cube
		ER 6.46	Semey Open 2018	First round	9.49 6.27 5.73 6.71 6.41
5x5x5 Cube
	NR 43.38		Dutch Nationals 2018	First round	43.38 52.95 1:01.22 1:00.74 55.99
	NR 44.46		WCA Euro 2018	Second round	54.75 44.46 57.77 47.34 59.52
		NR 51.06	Elsass Open 2018	Final	53.48 51.19 52.01 49.97 49.44
	NR 46.15	NR 51.73	St. Michielsgestel 2018	First round	46.15 51.22 54.57 49.40 1:01.48
6x6x6 Cube
		NR 1:42.45	Dutch Nationals 2018	Final	1:46.10 1:44.30 1:36.95
		NR 1:45.66	WCA Euro 2018	First round	1:45.31 1:46.03 1:45.65
	NR 1:33.26	NR 1:47.79	Breda Open 2018	Final	2:06.73 1:43.39 1:33.26
	NR 1:39.86	NR 1:48.78	Elsass Open 2018	Final	1:53.23 1:53.26 1:39.86
7x7x7 Cube
	NR 2:42.25	NR 2:45.69	Weston-super-Mare Open 2018	First round	2:44.11 2:50.71 2:42.25
	NR 2:47.16	NR 2:48.95	Breda Open 2018	Final	2:47.16 2:51.11 2:48.58
3x3x3 Fewest Moves
		NR 27.33	CubingUSA Nationals 2018	Final	26 28 28
	NR 24		Elsass Open 2018	Final	24
3x3x3 One-Handed
		NR 12.02	WCA Euro 2018	Second round	11.06 14.79 12.56 10.85 12.45
Megaminx
		NR 49.83	Dutch Nationals 2018	Final	51.03 52.93 45.52 42.47 59.39
	NR 41.71		WCA Euro 2018	Second round	55.72 57.36 48.63 59.57 41.71
	NR 43.73	NR 50.98	St. Michielsgestel 2018	Final	43.73 50.63 47.12 58.02 55.20
	NR 50.41		Assen Open 2018	Final	1:00.28 50.41 53.23 59.94 1:05.90
	NR 51.84	NR 54.52	HNY Cubing Dordrecht 2018	Final	51.84 59.26 53.99 57.67 51.90

He has been on the podium 106 times across 12 events, including 63 golds, 32 silvers, and 11 bronzes.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5x5x5 Cube	11	3
4x4x4 Cube	10	6
3x3x3 Cube	10	3	3
3x3x3 One-Handed	9	2	2
Megaminx	6	5	1
2x2x2 Cube	5	3	2
6x6x6 Cube	5	3
7x7x7 Cube	3	3
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	2	2	1
Square-1	2		2
3x3x3 Blindfolded		1
Pyraminx		1

He attempted 1377 solves and completed 1336.

He broke his personal best 32 times across 8 events, including 14 singles and 18 averages.

Event	Times	Single	Average
Megaminx	10	6	4
6x6x6 Cube	6	2	4
5x5x5 Cube	5	3	2
7x7x7 Cube	4	2	2
2x2x2 Cube	3	0	3
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	2	1	1
3x3x3 Cube	1	0	1
3x3x3 One-Handed	1	0	1

Event	≤2017	2018	Improvement
Megaminx	1:00.65	41.71	18.94 (45.41%)
6x6x6 Cube	1:47.42	1:33.26	14.16 (15.18%)
5x5x5 Cube	46.86	43.38	3.48 (8.02%)
7x7x7 Cube	2:52.11	2:42.25	9.86 (6.08%)
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	25	24	1 (4.17%)

Event	≤2017	2018	Improvement
Megaminx	1:06.47	49.83	16.64 (33.39%)
7x7x7 Cube	3:01.80	2:45.69	16.11 (9.72%)
2x2x2 Cube	2.12	1.94	0.18 (9.28%)
6x6x6 Cube	1:51.49	1:42.45	9.04 (8.82%)
3x3x3 Cube	6.83	6.46	0.37 (5.73%)
5x5x5 Cube	53.79	51.06	2.73 (5.35%)
3x3x3 One-Handed	12.52	12.02	0.50 (4.16%)
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	27.33	27.33	-

He met 2452 cubers from 61 countries/regions, 407 of whom competed with him more than once.

He competed in 10 countries/regions.