Mats Valk

Mats Valk.
Born (1996-05-04) 4 May 1996
The Netherlands
Nationality Dutch
Years active 2008-present

Mats Valk (born 4 May 1996) is a Dutch Rubik's Cube speedsolver.

Biography

Mats Valk held the world record on the 3×3×3 cube: single speed solve with a time of 5.55 seconds between 2013 and 2015.[1] He is also the former world record holder on the 4x4 cube single speed solve and average of 5 solves. Valk also currently holds multiple Dutch and European records for World Cube Association-hosted events such as 2x2 cube, 4x4 cube, 5x5 cube, 3x3 cube one-handed, Square-1, 6x6 cube, 7x7 cube, and Skewb.[2] Mats Valk solves the 3x3 with the green or blue face on top. He is also the creator of VLS (Valks Last Slot), a set of algorithms that solves the orientation of the last layer (OLL) while inserting the last corner-edge pair of the first two layers (F2L).[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Mats Valk wins Zonhoven Open 2013". World Cube Association. 3 March 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "Mats Valk's profile at Speedsolving". Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  3. ↑ https://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?44642-OLS-(VLS-HLS)-Algorithms-by-Mats-Valk-and-Rowe-Hessler

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