European Championship 2008
- Date
- Sep 19 - 21, 2008
- City
- Derio (Bilbao), Spain
- Venue
- Address
- Arantzazu Kalea 4, 48160 Derio
- Website
- European Championship 2008 website
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizer
- Ron van Bruchem
- WCA Delegate
- Ron van Bruchem
- Information
The European Rubik's Cube Championship is open to competitors from all countries of all ages.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 117
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Pictures Euro 2008, Bilbao and Basque country
Videos of Rubik's Cube final by Lars Vandenbergh
Pictures and movies by Mats Valk
461 pictures by Attila Barat
Pictures by Gabor Szabo
French short article, plus video of Edouard
Rubik's Cube final: Erik Akkersdijk 12.15 avg
Rubik's Cube final: Tomaz Zolnowski 11.71 avg
Alejandro Aguado Barahona Rubik's Cube 12.58 NR
Erik Akkersdijk 5x5 1:18.59 WR
Pictures by Tobias Daneels
Pictures by Antoine Simon-Chautemps
Tv appearance by David Calvo Vivas
- Registration requirements
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- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Tomasz Żołnowski won with an average of 11.71 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Erik Akkersdijk finished second (12.15) and Edouard Chambon finished third (12.47).
World records: Edouard Chambon 2x2x2 Cube 3.43 (average); Erik Akkersdijk 5x5x5 Cube 1:18.59 (single); Máté Horváth Master Magic 1.95 (average).
European records: Rafał Guzewicz 3x3x3 Blindfolded 1:18.39 (average), 4x4x4 Blindfolded 7:54.35 (single), and 5x5x5 Blindfolded 16:15.00 (single).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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| 3x3x3 Cube | Tomasz Żołnowski | 10.44 | 11.71 | Poland | 33.28 | 11.30 | 11.61 | 10.44 | 12.22 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Edouard Chambon | 3.19 | 3.43 | WR | France | 3.19 | 3.25 | 3.34 | 3.71 | 4.11 | ||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Erik Akkersdijk | 47.65 | 49.83 | Netherlands | 49.50 | 53.84 | 51.03 | 48.96 | 47.65 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Erik Akkersdijk | 1:24.69 | 1:26.88 | Netherlands | 1:26.56 | 1:27.02 | 1:29.61 | 1:24.69 | 1:27.05 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Rafał Guzewicz | 1:12.34 | 1:18.39 | ER | Poland | 1:25.88 | 1:16.96 | 1:12.34 | ||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Gunnar Krig | 36 | Sweden | 36 | ||||||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Milán Baticz | 19.22 | 21.79 | Hungary | 19.22 | 19.71 | 21.84 | 23.93 | 23.81 | |||
| Clock | Ernesto Fernández Regueira | 8.95 | 9.94 | NR | Spain | 9.97 | 8.95 | 10.90 | ||||
| Megaminx | Erik Akkersdijk | 1:04.58 | 1:08.39 | Netherlands | 1:12.21 | 1:08.38 | 1:04.58 | |||||
| Pyraminx | Tomasz Kiedrowicz | 3.62 | 5.35 | Poland | 3.62 | 5.82 | 5.30 | 6.28 | 4.92 | |||
| Square-1 | Lars Vandenbergh | 18.98 | NR | 24.42 | NR | Belgium | 26.80 | 18.98 | 27.48 | |||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Rafał Guzewicz | 7:54.35 | ER | Poland | 7:54.35 | DNF | ||||||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Rafał Guzewicz | 16:15.00 | ER | Poland | 16:15.00 | DNF | ||||||
| 3x3x3 With Feet | Erik Akkersdijk | 1:04.01 | Netherlands | 1:04.01 | ||||||||
| Magic | Olivér Perge | 0.95 | 1.02 | Hungary | 1.07 | 0.96 | 0.95 | 1.02 | DNF | |||
| Master Magic | Máté Horváth | 1.88 | 1.95 | WR | Hungary | 1.97 | 1.90 | 1.98 | 1.88 | DNF | ||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind Old Style | Dennis Strehlau | 24/30 2:33:09 | Germany | 24/30 2:33:09 | ||||||||
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.