Exeter Open 2016
- Date
- Apr 2 - 3, 2016
- City
- Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom
- Venue
Kay House Duryard
- Address
- Lower Argyll Road, Exeter, Devon, EX4 4RG
- Details
Cabaret Room, Upstairs
- Website
- Exeter Open 2016 website
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Conor Cronin, Katie New, and Louis de Mendonça
- WCA Delegates
- Daniel Sheppard, Evan Liu, and James Molloy
- Information
Registration will open Thursday, 18th February at 7:00PM. Registration will close on Saturday, 19th March at midnight. Any further information can be found on the UKCA site.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 50
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Thursday, February 18, 2016 at 7:00 PM UTC and closed Sunday, March 20, 2016 at 12:01 AM UTC.
- 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 9.76 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Breandan Vallance finished second (10.11) and Evan Liu finished third (10.29).
African records: Conor Cronin 5x5x5 Cube 1:30.91 (average), Pyraminx 4.10 (single), Pyraminx 5.28 (average), and Square-1 21.20 (average); Jesse Tipton Skewb 2.83 (single) and Skewb 5.29 (average).
European records: Robert Yau 5x5x5 Cube 50.56 (single).
North American records: Evan Liu Clock 4.61 (single).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Robert Yau | 7.60 | 9.76 | United Kingdom | 10.42 | 9.25 | 7.60 | 9.79 | 10.25 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Fabio Schwandt | 2.59 | 3.09 | United Kingdom | 2.59 | 3.62 | 4.09 | 2.71 | 2.95 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Robert Yau | 31.22 | 38.80 | United Kingdom | 31.22 | 35.79 | 37.95 | 1:12.52 | 42.67 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Breandan Vallance | 55.10 | 1:01.46 | United Kingdom | 1:03.76 | 1:09.36 | 1:00.94 | 55.10 | 59.67 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Robert Yau | 1:53.57 | NR | 2:10.58 | United Kingdom | 1:53.57 | 2:21.91 | 2:16.27 | ||||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Evan Liu | 3:20.33 | 3:27.34 | United States | 3:35.20 | 3:26.49 | 3:20.33 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Oliver Frost | 42.62 | 46.08 | United Kingdom | 42.62 | 46.26 | 49.36 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Daniel Sheppard | 22 | NR | United Kingdom | 22 | |||||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Evan Liu | 14.65 | 16.90 | United States | 21.47 | 17.67 | 16.03 | 16.99 | 14.65 | |||
| Clock | Evan Liu | 5.38 | 6.72 | United States | 6.63 | 6.31 | 9.02 | 5.38 | 7.22 | |||
| Megaminx | Robert Yau | 58.77 | 1:02.85 | United Kingdom | 1:05.84 | 1:02.30 | 1:07.30 | 1:00.40 | 58.77 | |||
| Pyraminx | Harry Savage | 2.83 | 3.87 | United Kingdom | 3.07 | 3.55 | 2.83 | 7.57 | 5.00 | |||
| Skewb | Harry Savage | 2.73 | 4.32 | United Kingdom | 4.55 | 6.11 | 2.73 | 3.62 | 4.80 | |||
| Square-1 | Charlie Stark | 12.07 | 12.57 | United Kingdom | 12.07 | 16.22 | 12.29 | 12.38 | 13.03 | |||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Oliver Frost | 2:58.64 | DNF | United Kingdom | DNF | 2:58.64 | DNF | |||||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Oliver Frost | 5:31.90 | NR | DNF | United Kingdom | 5:31.90 | DNF | 5:41.18 | ||||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | ||
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | ||
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:30.00 | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:30.00 | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Final | Bo1 / Mo3 | 10:00.00 | 1 attempt to get < 5:00.00 | |
| 7x7x7 Cube | Final | Bo1 / Mo3 | 10:00.00 | 1 attempt to get < 6:00.00 | |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | First round | Bo3 | 10:00.00 | ||
| Final | Bo3 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | Bo1 | 1 hour | ||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:00.00 | |
| Clock | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 30.00 | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Megaminx | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:30.00 | |
| Pyraminx | Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | ||
| Skewb | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 30.00 | |
| Square-1 | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:00.00 | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 25:00.00 | ||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 10:00.00 |
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.