LogoBelgian Open 2008
- Date
- Feb 2 - 3, 2008
- City
- Leuven, Belgium
- Venue
- Address
- Vuurkruisenlaan 4, 3000 Leuven
- Website
- Belgian Open 2008 website
- Contact
- Organizer
- Gilles van den Peereboom
- WCA Delegates
- Gilles Roux and Ron van Bruchem
- Information
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 41
- Registration requirements
-
This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.
- Highlights
-
Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Edouard Chambon won with an average of 12.66 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Erik Akkersdijk finished second (12.94) and Milán Baticz finished third (13.37).
World records: Dennis Strehlau 3x3x3 Multi-Blind Old Style 10/10 1:36:39 (single); Erik Akkersdijk 4x4x4 Cube 57.15 (average), 5x5x5 Cube 1:28.66 (single), 5x5x5 Cube 1:36.02 (average), Megaminx 1:01.78 (single), and Megaminx 1:07.70 (average); Mátyás Kuti Magic 0.86 (single) and Master Magic 1.72 (single).
European records: Edouard Chambon 3x3x3 Cube 12.31 (average); István Kocza 5x5x5 Blindfolded 40:45.00 (single); Rama Temmink 3x3x3 One-Handed 20.72 (average); Tim Habermaas 4x4x4 Blindfolded 10:19.00 (single).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Edouard Chambon | 12.05 | 12.66 | France | 13.22 | 12.25 | 12.50 | 12.05 | 14.00 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Milán Baticz | 2.72 | NR | 4.76 | Hungary | 4.93 | 4.83 | 2.72 | 4.53 | 5.11 | ||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Erik Akkersdijk | 55.16 | 57.15 | WR | Netherlands | 56.56 | 55.16 | 59.04 | 1:06.51 | 55.84 | ||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Erik Akkersdijk | 1:28.66 | WR | 1:36.02 | WR | Netherlands | 1:36.47 | 1:32.58 | 1:39.02 | 1:28.66 | 2:00.66 | |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Tim Habermaas | 1:32.90 | NR | Germany | 1:50.53 | 1:32.90 | ||||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Dan Harris | 39 | United Kingdom | 39 | ||||||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Rama Temmink | 19.13 | 20.72 | ER | Netherlands | 19.34 | 21.02 | 21.81 | 19.13 | 24.41 | ||
| Clock | Mátyás Kuti | 9.05 | 10.99 | Hungary | 13.80 | 10.13 | 9.05 | |||||
| Megaminx | Erik Akkersdijk | 1:01.78 | WR | 1:07.70 | WR | Netherlands | 1:15.33 | 1:01.78 | 1:06.00 | |||
| Pyraminx | Mátyás Kuti | 6.94 | 8.03 | Hungary | 7.94 | 8.83 | 8.81 | 7.34 | 6.94 | |||
| Square-1 | Lars Vandenbergh | 24.62 | 28.32 | Belgium | 28.72 | 24.62 | 31.63 | |||||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Tim Habermaas | 10:19.00 | ER | Germany | 10:19.00 | |||||||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | István Kocza | 40:45.00 | ER | Hungary | 40:45.00 | |||||||
| Magic | Bertalan Bodor | 1.16 | 1.24 | Hungary | 1.37 | 1.16 | 1.18 | 1.75 | 1.16 | |||
| Master Magic | Máté Horváth | 2.05 | 2.67 | Hungary | 2.65 | 2.72 | 2.05 | 2.63 | 3.96 | |||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind Old Style | Dennis Strehlau | 10/10 1:36:39 | WR | Germany | 10/10 1:36:39 | DNS | ||||||
Time limit
If you reach the time limit during your solve, the judge will stop you and your result will be DNF (see Regulation A1a4).
Cutoff
The result to beat to proceed to the second phase of a cutoff round (see Regulation 9g).
Format
The format describes how to determine the ranking of competitors based on their results. The list of allowed formats per event is described in Regulation 9b. See Regulation 9f for a description of each format.