Brugge Beginners Open 2025

Date: Mar 22 - 23, 2025
City: Brugge, Belgium
Venue: KTA Brugge
Address: Rijselstraat 7, Brugge
Details: School cafetaria
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Flor De Meulemeester, Jesse Moens, Joran Pauwels, and Matthias Schegers
WCA Delegates: Clara Verbraeken, Lisa Leukemans, and Manu Vereecken

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Information

This competition is participating in the official WCA Newcomer Month 2025. The registration process will reserve 30 spots for new competitors. New competitors are considered to have no WCA ID or a WCA ID with 2025. Returning competitors are considered to have a WCA ID that is from 2024 or earlier. All competitors must still follow all registration requirements for their registration to be considered complete. Your registration is only complete after paying the registration fee via the WCA website. Registrations will be accepted based on the moment of payment.

Registrations will be accepted based on the following:
* 30 spots are reserved for new competitors.
* Initially, 120 spots are available for returning competitors on a first come, first serve basis.
* If more than 30 new competitors register before 120 spots are filled by returning competitors, any additional new competitors will be accepted on a first come, first serve basis alongside returning competitors.
* If the spots reserved for new competitors are not filled by new competitors before registration closes two weeks prior to the competition, remaining spots, up to the competitor limit, will be accepted from registered returning competitors.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 94

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There is a competitor limit of 150 competitors.
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No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Any spectator can attend for free.

This competition is part of WCA Newcomer Month (March 2025). 30 spots are reserved for new competitors or competitors with a 2025 WCA ID.
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Victor Roets won with an average of 7.76 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Romain Leblond finished second (8.75) and Noah Schoeters finished third (9.30).

3x3x3 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Victor Roets	7.01	7.76	Belgium	11.04	7.68	7.41	7.01	8.19
2	Romain Leblond	8.00	8.75	France	8.14	8.38	8.00	12.17	9.72
3	Noah Schoeters	8.37	9.30	Belgium	9.69	9.58	8.37	9.41	8.90

2x2x2 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Bowen Xie	2.11	2.54	Belgium	2.27	2.79	2.57	5.19	2.11
2	Joran Pauwels	2.50	2.73	Belgium	2.85	2.50	2.57	2.78	5.26
3	Victor Roets	2.68	2.98	Belgium	2.74	2.68	3.18	3.25	3.03

4x4x4 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Matthias Schegers	28.48	30.81	Belgium	30.28	28.48	32.69	29.45	DNF
2	Bowen Xie	28.50	31.93	Belgium	31.71	34.05	33.42	30.67	28.50
3	Le-Duy Vu	27.36	32.30	Belgium	31.87	34.25	30.78	34.98	27.36

5x5x5 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Matthias Schegers	55.49	59.41	Belgium	55.49	1:04.06	55.62	58.55	DNF
2	Bowen Xie	53.18	59.71	Belgium	53.18	1:06.57	57.46	1:01.01	1:00.65
3	Le-Duy Vu	55.64	1:01.49	Belgium	1:01.30	1:08.41	55.64	1:04.44	58.74

7x7x7 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Bowen Xie	2:53.63	2:57.59	Belgium	3:01.52	2:57.61	2:53.63
2	Nicolas Dupuis	2:46.76	3:00.60	Belgium	3:02.88	2:46.76	3:12.16
3	Matthias Schegers	2:57.50	3:06.12	Belgium	2:57.50	3:06.63	3:14.24

3x3x3 Blindfolded

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Tias Claeys	45.86	DNF	Belgium	DNF	DNF	45.86
2	Cas Timmermans	54.59	DNF	Belgium	DNF	1:10.77	54.59
3	Bowen Xie	1:09.70	1:27.86	Belgium	1:09.70	1:33.52	1:40.36

3x3x3 Fewest Moves

#	Name	Best	Representing	Solves
1	Nicolas Dupuis	30	Belgium	30
1	Justin Vinckenbosch	30	Belgium	30
3	Bowen Xie	31	Belgium	31

3x3x3 One-Handed

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Le-Duy Vu	13.74	15.86	Belgium	13.74	17.43	14.78	17.28	15.51
2	Bowen Xie	16.17	17.13	Belgium	17.18	17.61	16.60	17.76	16.17
3	Matthias Schegers	16.02	17.79	Belgium	19.64	17.63	16.02	19.53	16.22

Megaminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Justin Vinckenbosch	44.64	51.23	Belgium	53.00	48.22	54.76	52.46	44.64
2	Lisa Leukemans	57.71	1:00.11	Belgium	59.72	57.71	1:00.05	1:00.56	1:12.85
3	Yanniko Zhechev	51.25	1:02.70	Belgium	1:01.41	1:05.26	51.25	1:01.43	1:14.84

Pyraminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Matthias Schegers	2.24	2.77	Belgium	2.24	3.06	2.38	4.95	2.87
2	Félicien Steux	2.50	3.14	Belgium	3.30	3.58	2.87	3.26	2.50
3	Joran Pauwels	2.83	3.61	Belgium	3.31	3.65	2.83	3.86	5.80

Skewb

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Elias Malomgré	2.41	3.95	Belgium	2.41	6.20	4.32	5.03	2.49
2	Joran Pauwels	3.31	4.23	Belgium	4.74	10.05	3.85	4.10	3.31
3	Matthias Schegers	3.90	5.20	Belgium	5.03	DNF	5.32	5.24	3.90