Northern Lights Open 2018

Date: Jan 27, 2018
City: Rovaniemi, Finland
Venue: Lyseonpuisto high school
Address: Lyseonpuisto high school
Contact: Speedcubing Finland0
Organizers: Niko Ronkainen, Olli Vikstedt, Ron van Bruchem, and Tomi Ronkainen
WCA Delegates: Olli Vikstedt, Ron van Bruchem, and Tomi Ronkainen

Information: Free entry.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 17

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Gustav Wälivaara won with an average of 10.93 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Niko Ronkainen finished second (11.54) and Olli Vikstedt finished third (11.55).

Event	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Gustav Wälivaara	8.55	10.93	Sweden	11.57	10.75	11.53	8.55	10.51
2x2x2 Cube	Niko Ronkainen	2.29	3.11	Finland	3.76	3.50	2.90	2.94	2.29
4x4x4 Cube	Gustav Wälivaara	35.60	40.56	Sweden	36.65	42.23	42.79	35.60	45.10
5x5x5 Cube	Gustav Wälivaara	1:11.17	1:15.12	Sweden	1:19.36	1:16.82	1:11.17	1:14.36	1:14.17
6x6x6 Cube	Niko Ronkainen	2:16.17	2:29.95	Finland	2:16.17	2:29.96	2:43.73
7x7x7 Cube	Gustav Wälivaara	3:21.75	3:26.15	Sweden	3:21.75	3:31.50	3:25.19
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Olli Vikstedt	42.35	55.87	Finland	1:01.73	42.35	1:03.52
3x3x3 One-Handed	Gustav Wälivaara	13.52	18.99	Sweden	19.42	26.06	15.62	13.52	21.92
Clock	Niko Ronkainen	6.97	7.47	Finland	DNF	7.82	7.51	6.97	7.09
Megaminx	Gustav Wälivaara	1:29.32	1:36.94	Sweden	1:45.68	1:38.27	1:29.59	1:29.32	1:42.97
Pyraminx	Niko Ronkainen	5.02	6.04	Finland	7.65	6.31	6.22	5.58	5.02
Skewb	Niko Ronkainen	5.73	6.34	Finland	6.74	5.75	5.73	7.01	6.52
Square-1	Gustav Wälivaara	17.26	23.46	Sweden	20.56	25.05	28.08	24.76	17.26

Saturday January 27, 2018

TIME	EVENT
10:00	Registration
10:00	4x4 Blindfolded
10:30	Introduction
10:45	3x3 - 1st round
11:35	2x2 - 1st round
12:00	Pyraminx - 1st round
12:25	Skewb - 1st round
12:50	Lunch
13:30	3x3 Blindfolded
14:00	Clock
14:35	5x5
15:30	4x4 - 1st round
16:15	Megaminx (cutoff 2:30)
16:45	Square-1
17:10	3x3 OH
17:40	2x2 - 2nd round
17:55	3x3 - 2nd round
18:10	Pyraminx - final
18:30	Skewb - final
18:50	2x2 - final
19:10	3x3 - final
19:40	4x4 - final
20:00	6x6 (cutoff 4:00)
20:30	7x7 (cutoff 6:00)
21:00	Awards

Time limit for every event is 10 minutes.

Traveling from the airport:
Rovaniemi Airport is located about 10 kilometres from Rovaniemi city centre.
Airport bus
operates to and from the Rovaniemi bus station. Bus station located near the venue.

The railway station is about 1 km walk from the venue.

Lentokentältä pääset helpoiten linja-autoasemalle
Airport bus Linja-autoasema sijaitsee lähellä kisapaikkaa.

Rautatieasemalta on n. 1 km kävely kisapaikalle.

Each competitor must be familiar with and understand the WCA Regulations before the competition.
The WCA regulations are available here

You can have a look at this video to get a basic overview of the regulations.

Jokaisen kilpailijan pitää tuntea ja ymmärtää WCA:n säännöt ennen kilpailuun osallistumista.
WCA:n kilpailun suomenkieliset säännöt löydät täältä

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).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced (see Regulation A1a2).

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.