Birmingham Open 2016
- Date
- Dec 17 - 18, 2016
- City
- Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
- Venue
- Address
- Phillips Street, Birmingham, B6 4PZ
- Details
Sports Hall
- Website
- Birmingham Open 2016 website
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Cameron Gerleman, Evan Liu, and Ian Gerleman
- WCA Delegates
- Evan Liu and James Molloy
- Information
You must pay the entry fee online via the button on the UKCA site before your registration is approved. This fee is non-refundable, as it represents a commitment to attending the competition. Registration will close at midnight on Sunday 4th December.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 80
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Robert Yau won with an average of 9.20 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Breandan Vallance finished second (9.75) and Ben Whitmore finished third (10.34).
World records: Evan Liu Clock 5.33 (average).
African records: Jesse Tipton 3x3x3 With Feet 1:36.71 (single) and 3x3x3 With Feet 1:52.63 (average).
European records: Charlie Stark Square-1 9.47 (average).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Robert Yau | 8.31 | 9.20 | United Kingdom | 8.31 | 8.79 | 9.08 | 9.72 | 9.77 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Ben Whitmore | 1.31 | 2.47 | United Kingdom | 2.31 | 2.59 | 4.24 | 2.50 | 1.31 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Robert Yau | 33.68 | 35.96 | United Kingdom | 35.05 | 33.68 | 34.61 | 42.79 | 38.22 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Breandan Vallance | 1:00.81 | 1:04.84 | United Kingdom | 1:07.89 | 1:05.54 | 1:02.56 | 1:00.81 | 1:06.43 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Breandan Vallance | 2:07.34 | 2:13.21 | United Kingdom | 2:11.94 | 2:07.34 | 2:20.35 | |||||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Evan Liu | 3:16.92 | 3:24.79 | United States | 3:36.82 | 3:20.62 | 3:16.92 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Callum Hales-Jepp | 53.74 | 59.60 | United Kingdom | 1:02.95 | 53.74 | 1:02.10 | |||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Robert Yau | 14.39 | 17.08 | United Kingdom | 16.26 | 17.57 | 18.55 | 17.40 | 14.39 | |||
| Clock | Evan Liu | 6.01 | 8.31 | United States | 6.01 | 8.82 | DNF | 7.61 | 8.50 | |||
| Megaminx | Robert Yau | 54.41 | 1:00.70 | United Kingdom | 1:00.96 | 1:01.08 | 1:00.06 | 54.41 | 1:01.87 | |||
| Pyraminx | Harry Savage | 3.10 | 3.48 | United Kingdom | 4.88 | 3.10 | 3.18 | 3.36 | 3.89 | |||
| Skewb | Karam Al-Robaie | 3.98 | 4.26 | United Kingdom | 8.42 | 3.98 | 4.31 | 4.42 | 4.06 | |||
| Square-1 | Charlie Stark | 8.45 | 9.47 | ER | United Kingdom | 8.56 | 8.45 | 13.95 | 8.81 | 11.05 | ||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Callum Hales-Jepp | 8:29.67 | DNF | United Kingdom | 8:45.78 | 8:29.67 | DNF | |||||
| 3x3x3 With Feet | Callum Hales-Jepp | 43.93 | 52.51 | United Kingdom | 45.91 | 1:07.68 | 43.93 | |||||
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.