In the past year (2019), Mats Valk competed in 17 competitions and 257 rounds across 11 events, from Jan 5th to Oct 27th.
Records
He broke 11 records, and all were NRs.
Podiums
He has been on the podium 81 times across 11 events, including 47 golds, 23 silvers, and 11 bronzes.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 9 | 1 | 4 |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 6 | 2 | |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 4 | 1 | |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 2 | 4 | |
| Megaminx | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 1 | | 2 |
| Square-1 | 1 | | |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | | | 1 |
Solves/Attempts
He attempted 1198 solves and completed 1182.
| Event | Solves | Attempts |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 264 | 265 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 170 | 170 |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 160 | 160 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 160 | 160 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 159 | 160 |
| Megaminx | 94 | 95 |
| Square-1 | 79 | 80 |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 51 | 51 |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 30 | 30 |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | 9 | 20 |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 6 | 7 |
Personal Bests
He broke his personal best 13 times across 8 events, including 7 singles and 6 averages.
| Event | Times | Single | Average |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Megaminx | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Square-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Improvements of Single
| Event | ≤2018 | 2019 | Improvement |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 2:42.25 | 2:33.64 | 8.61 (5.60%) |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 22.09 | 20.97 | 1.12 (5.34%) |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 1:33.26 | 1:30.70 | 2.56 (2.82%) |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 43.38 | 42.33 | 1.05 (2.48%) |
| Square-1 | 10.94 | 10.90 | 0.04 (0.37%) |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 9.24 | 9.23 | 0.01 (0.11%) |
Improvements of Average
| Event | ≤2018 | 2019 | Improvement |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | 2:19.75 | 2:07.74 | 12.01 (9.40%) |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 1:42.45 | 1:36.53 | 5.92 (6.13%) |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 2:45.69 | 2:39.09 | 6.60 (4.15%) |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 51.06 | 50.17 | 0.89 (1.77%) |
| Megaminx | 49.83 | 49.23 | 0.60 (1.22%) |
Cubers
He met 2536 cubers from 67 countries/regions, 478 of whom competed with him more than once.
| Shared Competitions | Competitors |
| 1 | 2058 |
| 2 | 264 |
| 3 | 114 |
| 4 | 39 |
| 5 | 24 |
| 6 | 11 |
| 7 | 11 |
| 8 | 10 |
| 9 | 4 |
| 10 | 1 |
| All | 2536 |
Regions
He competed in 8 countries/regions.
| Region | Times |
| Netherlands | 8 |
| Belgium | 2 |
| Australia | 2 |
| USA | 1 |
| Belarus | 1 |
| France | 1 |
| United Kingdom | 1 |
| Denmark | 1 |
