[Cancelled] German Open 2020
- Date
- Apr 25 - 26, 2020
- City
- Gütersloh, Germany
- Venue
Janusz Korczak Gesamtschule
- Address
- Schledebrückstr. 170, 33334 Gütersloh
- Details
Back building (enter by the schoolyard)
- Contact
- Organizers
- Laura Ohrndorf and Sébastien Auroux
- WCA Delegates
- Laura Ohrndorf and Sébastien Auroux
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
The competition is cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
In 2004, the first official German speedcubing competition was held: German Open 2004. The German Open have been held every year since so that the German Open 2020 already represent the 17th edition of this traditional competition series! We would be happy if you'd join us and we hope you will enjoy the competition and have fun!
- Events
- Main event
- Competitor limit
- 125
- Number of times bookmarked
- 46
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Monday, February 24, 2020 at 6:00 PM UTC and closed Monday, March 30, 2020 at 6:00 PM UTC.
- Registration requirements
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This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.Create a WCA account here if you don't have one.
If this is not your first competition, associate your WCA ID to your WCA account here.
Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 125 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is €10 (Euro).
If your registration is cancelled before Saturday, April 11, 2020 at 6:00 PM UTC you will be refunded 50% of your registration fee.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Spectators can attend paying an entry fee of €5 (Euro).
ENGLISH
Competitors must register in advance. To register for this competition, complete the following two steps:
- Fill and submit the registration form.
- Pay the registration fee of 10 Euro by clicking on this link and proceed with the payment via Paypal. Please enter the name of the competitor in the final step of the payment procedure.
Competitors may request changes to their registration (adding or removing events) by email only before registration closes. Registered competitors may also cancel their registration and will get 50% refund if done at least one week before registration closes.
If the competitor limit is reached, further registrations will be put on a waiting list. Once registered competitors cancel their registration, people on the waiting list will be accepted first come, first serve until registration closes. Afterwards, no further competitors will be accepted and everyone on the waiting list who did not make it will receive a full refund.
Guests do not need to register in advance. The entrance fee for guests of 5 euro per day must be paid on-site.
GERMAN
Teilnehmer müssen sich vorab anmelden. Um dich für die Competition anzumelden, musst du die folgenden zwei Schritte abschließen:
- Fülle das Anmeldeformular aus und schicke es ab.
- Zahle die Anmeldegebühr in Höhe von 10 Euro via PayPal indem du hier klickst. Bitte gib den Namen des Teilnehmers im letzten Schritt der Zahlungsprozedur an und schließe diese ab.
Teilnehmer können bis zum Ende des Anmeldezeitraums eine Änderung ihrer Anmeldung (d.h. Hinzufügen und Entfernen von Events) per E-Mail anfragen. Angemeldete Teilnehmer können ihre Anmeldung stornieren und erhalten bis eine Woche vor dem Ende des Anmeldezeitraums 50% der Anmeldegebühr rückerstattet.
Wenn das Teilnehmerlimit erreicht wird, werden weitere Anmeldungen auf eine Warteliste gesetzt. Bis zum Ende des Anmeldezeitraums rücken Personen auf der Warteliste in Reihefolge ihrer Anmeldung nach, sobald ein angemeldeter Teilnehmer seine Anmeldung storniert. Danach werden keine weiteren Anmeldungen akzeptiert und Teilnehmer, die sich noch auf der Warteliste befinden, erhalten eine volle Rückerstattung der Teilnahmegebühren.
Gäste: Der Eintrittspreis beträgt 5 Euro pro Tag mit Barzahlung vor Ort. Eine separate Registrierung für Gäste ist nicht notwendig.
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 4:00.00 | Top 75% advance to next round | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | Top 10 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | Top 48 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 4:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:30.00 | Top 16 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 6:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:15.00 | |
| 6x6x6 Cube | Final | Bo1 / Mo3 | 10:00.00 | 1 attempt to get < 4:00.00 | |
| 7x7x7 Cube | Final | Bo1 / Mo3 | 10:00.00 | 1 attempt to get < 6:00.00 | |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | First round | Bo3 | 10:00.00 cumulative* | Top 16 advance to next round | |
| Final | Bo3 | 8:00.00 cumulative* | |||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | Bo1 | 1 hour | ||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 2:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 45.00 | Top 16 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | |||
| Clock | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 1:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 15.00 | Top 10 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | |||
| Megaminx | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 5:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:00.00 | |
| Pyraminx | Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | ||
| Skewb | Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | ||
| Square-1 | First round | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 1:00:00.00 total for 4x4x4 Blindfolded Final, 5x5x5 Blindfolded Final** | ||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 1:00:00.00 total for 4x4x4 Blindfolded Final, 5x5x5 Blindfolded Final** | ||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | Bo1 | 10:00.00 per cube, up to 60:00.00 |
English
There are several hotels in Gütersloh, for example:
German
In Gütersloh gibt es einige Hotels, z.B.
English
Newcomer information
If this is your first WCA competition, please pay attention to the following:
- According to Regulation 2e), all newcomers are required to bring some form of identification document that shows name, citizenship and date of birth.
- All newcomers are urgently asked to attend the Competitors-&Judging-Tutorial on Saturday and/or Sunday (see schedule).
- Every competitor should have read the official WCA regulations at least once before attending the competition! In addition, a more condensed version of the important regulations can be found at the WCA Competition Tutorial.
- Don't be afraid: there will also be time to test the equipment (for example the official timing device, the Stackmat timer) and discuss the rules if you have questions at the competition.
- If you have urgent questions before the competition, please feel free to contact the competition organizers.
Deutsch
Informationen für Neulinge
Falls dies dein erstes WCA Turnier sein sollte, beachte bitte die folgenden Punkte:
- Alle Neulinge sind dazu verpflichtet ein Ausweisdokument an der Anmeldung vor zu zeigen (Regulation 2e)). Aus dem Dokument müssen Name, Nationalität und Geburtsdatum hervorgehen.
- Alle Neulinge sind eindringlich gebeten, am Competitors-&Judging-Tutorial am Samstag und/oder Sonntag (siehe Zeitplan) teilzunehmen.
- Jeder Teilnehmer sollte bereits vor der Meisterschaft mindestens einmal die offiziellen Regeln der WCA gelesen haben. Zusätzlich ist ein Blick in unsere Teilnehmer-Anleitung sowie das WCA Competition Tutorial mehr als ratsam für alle Neulinge!
- Keine Angst: während des Turniers besteht die Möglichkeit, sich mit dem offiziellen Equipment (Stackmat-Timer) vertraut zu machen und Fragen aller Art zu stellen.
- Bei wichtigen Fragen vor dem Turnier kannst du dich gerne an das Organisationsteam wenden.
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).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced across rounds (see Guideline 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.