Ghana Open 2019
- Date
- Apr 6, 2019
- City
- Accra, Ghana
- Venue
Al Rayan International School
- Address
- Boundary Rd
- Details
Auditorium
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Philippe Virouleau and Puja Gokaldas
- WCA Delegate
- Philippe Virouleau
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 65
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Sunday, February 3, 2019 at 2:00 PM UTC and closed Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at 10:00 AM 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 80 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is ₵30 (Ghanaian Cedi).
Registration fees won't be refunded under any circumstance.
On the spot registrations will be accepted with a base registration fee of ₵30 (Ghanaian Cedi).
Registration payment must be made by MTN Mobile money to:
Puja Gokaldas
0244 511709Your registration will be accepted only when the payment has been received.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Krishang Agarwal won with an average of 23.29 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Anas Odeimat finished second (31.29) and Zain Abbas finished third (43.92).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Krishang Agarwal | 18.53 | 23.29 | India | 28.07 | 25.82 | 23.57 | 18.53 | 20.48 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Krishang Agarwal | 7.30 | 10.18 | India | DNF | 13.34 | 8.12 | 9.07 | 7.30 | |||
| Pyraminx | Shreya Basak | 11.67 | 13.61 | India | 15.85 | 13.86 | 11.67 | 14.37 | 12.60 | |||
| Skewb | Krishang Agarwal | 11.98 | 19.70 | India | 22.27 | 23.08 | 11.98 | 18.06 | 18.77 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 36 advance to next round |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | ||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |
| Pyraminx | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 16 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | ||
| Skewb | Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 |
During the competition we will do a tutorial for newcomers at 8:30, don't miss it!
Meanwhile you can watch this video tutorial, that should give you a good overview of what to expect at the competition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPL3eV-A0ww
Additionally we would like to remind you about some important regulations:
- You must be present and ready to compete when you are called to compete (see Regulation 2u). If you are late for your event you will not be able to compete!
- You must compete with your own puzzle (Regulation 3a), and it must comply with the Regulations in Article 3.
- You can film your solves, but if your camera has a screen then it must be out of your sight, and you cannot interact with your camera when the attempt has started (see Regulation 2i2).
- You must not use any electronic equipment during the attempt (for instance you cannot listen to music) (see Regulation 2i).
- You must not talk about the scrambles until the group is finished (see Regulation 2g3).
This competition was made possible thanks to:
The Al Rayan International School (ARIS).
The Embassy of Hungary in Ghana.
Award Sponsors :
1st Prize - CanWest
2nd Prize - Vix's
3rd Prize - Vidya Book Store
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).
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.