Belgian Open 2017

Date: Nov 18 - 19, 2017
City: Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Venue: Ons Huis
Address: Schoolstraat 270, 9100 Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Contact: Manu Vereecken
Organizer: Manu Vereecken
WCA Delegate: Daniel Sheppard

Information: The competitor entry fee is 20 euros and must be payed through the WCA payment system when you register. The entry fee for guests of 5 euros is payable at the competition. These fees include drinks/snacks/cake throughout both days.
The competitor limit is 100 people. If you register after this limit is reached you will be added to a waiting list. Registration will close at the end of Friday 10th November.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 97

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Mats Valk won with an average of 7.45 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Antonie Paterakis finished second (8.36) and Reinier Schippers finished third (9.43).

Event	Name	Best	Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Mats Valk	6.41	7.45		Netherlands	6.94	6.41	7.72	7.69	DNF
2x2x2 Cube	Antonie Paterakis	1.68	1.83		Greece	1.88	3.88	1.94	1.68	1.68
4x4x4 Cube	Mats Valk	27.68	30.78		Netherlands	33.56	30.65	28.13	27.68	34.81
5x5x5 Cube	Mats Valk	51.61	59.85		Netherlands	51.61	1:02.94	57.11	59.50	1:04.02
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Manu Vereecken	1:13.61	1:23.89		Belgium	1:13.61	1:27.96	1:30.09
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Daniel Sheppard	25			United Kingdom	25
3x3x3 One-Handed	Mats Valk	12.25	14.19		Netherlands	14.63	12.25	15.40	12.55	16.65
Megaminx	Victor Wijsman	48.52	52.20		France	54.09	50.84	48.52	51.68	57.11
Pyraminx	Daniël Kassab	2.84	3.46		Netherlands	6.71	3.94	3.55	2.84	2.88
Skewb	Antonie Paterakis	3.41	3.57	NR	Greece	3.41	4.72	3.41	3.84	3.47
Square-1	Antonie Paterakis	9.93	13.03	NR	Greece	14.11	14.59	17.34	9.93	10.40

Schedule

Sint-Niklaas is located between Ghent and Antwerp and is easily reachable by both public transport and car.

Public transport
Trains from Ghent or Antwerp will bring you to Sint-Niklaas in about half an hour. You can use B-Europe to check and book trains.
From the train station, you can take a bus to the venue. The best option is bus number 1 as this will bring you the closest to the venue, right in front of the church (directions on Google Maps). Alternatively, walking would be 20-25 minutes.

Car
Sint-Niklaas is right next to the highway E17 which connects Ghent and Antwerp. The small street to the right of the church has a lot of parking spaces available. Furthermore, there is a big parking area at the end of it.

Map

Hotel Serwir is closest (600 m walk from the venue).
Ibis is located in the centre of Sint-Niklaas (1.3 km walk from the venue).

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.