Leuven Open 2025


Date
Apr 5, 2025
City
Leuven, Belgium
Venue

Redingenhof

Address
Redingenstraat 90, 3000 Leuven
Details

School cafetaria

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Lisa Leukemans, Matthias Schegers, Ramandeep Singh, Wout Plaum, and Yanniko Zhechev
WCA Delegates
Aurelien Marion, Clara Verbraeken, and Lisa Leukemans
Download all the competition's details as PDF here.
Information
Events
Main event
Competitor limit
140
Number of times bookmarked
37
Registration period

Online registration opened Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM UTC and closed Friday, March 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM UTC.

Registration requirements
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 140 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is €15 (Euro).
The registration fee has to be paid through Stripe here once registered.
If your registration is cancelled before Friday, March 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM UTC you will be refunded 50% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Friday, March 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM UTC.
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until Friday, March 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM UTC on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Any spectator can attend for free.

More info on the Registration tab.

EventRoundFormatTime limitCutoffProceed
3x3x3 CubeFirst roundAo510:00.00Top 75% advance to next round
Second roundAo510:00.00Top 75% advance to next round
FinalAo510:00.00
4x4x4 CubeFinalBo2 / Ao53:00.002 attempts to get < 1:10.00
5x5x5 CubeFinalBo2 / Ao54:00.002 attempts to get < 2:00.00
6x6x6 CubeFinalBo1 / Mo36:00.001 attempt to get < 4:00.00
MegaminxFinalBo2 / Ao54:00.002 attempts to get < 2:00.00
Schedules are subject to adjustments, especially once registration totals are known. Registered competitors will be notified by email of any major changes.

You are viewing the schedule for the venue School Redingenhof , the sole venue for this competition.

The time zone for this venue is Europe/Brussels.
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This competition is open to everyone. Registration starts on Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM GMT+1.

The entry fees for competitors is €15, guests can attend free of charge. This must be paid in advance, by following the instructions below.

When 140 competitors have completed their registration by paying the entry fee, registration will be closed and a waiting list will be started.

How to register

  1. Fill in the form on this site.
  2. Pay the entry fee. You can only pay by credit card via the WCA website!
  3. Then, we will accept your registration and your name will show up on the registration list. Your registration will only be accepted as soon as we have received your payment.

Cancellation

If you registered but are unable to attend for some reason, you can cancel your registration by sending an email to the organizers. If you do this before the Friday, March 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM GMT+1 (the Friday before the competition), we will refund half of your entry fee.

Change events

You can change the events you are registered for on on this site, until the Friday before the competition.

English

If it's your first time attending a WCA competition:

  • You must register or login on the WCA website.
  • You must register to the competition (tab "General info" on the competition page).,
  • Please have a look at this video, explaining how competitions work. There will also be a tutorial for new competitors right before the 3x3x3 event.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPL3eV-A0ww&t

Français

Si c'est votre première compétition WCA:

  • Vous devez vous inscrire ou vous connecter sur le site de WCA.
  • Vous devez vous inscrire à la compétition (sur la page de la compétition, onglet "Information générale").
  • Merci de jeter un oeil à cette vidéo, explicant le déroulement d'une compétition. Il y aura aussi un tutoriel pour les nouveaux compétiteurs avant que le 3x3x3 ne commence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPL3eV-A0ww&t

Nederlands

Als dit je eerste WCA competitie is:

  • Maak een account of login op de WCA website
  • Schrijf je in voor de wedstrijd (tab "Algemene informatie" op de wedstrijdpagina)
  • Kijk even naar deze video, die uitlegt hoe een wedstrijd verloopt. Er zal ook een uitleg zijn voor nieuwe deenemers net voor 3x3x3.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPL3eV-A0ww&t

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How to get there:

By train:
The venue is a 20 to 25 minute walk away from Leuven train station. It’s also possible to take a bus from the train station to the bus stop Leuven Redingenhof, for more information visit the site of De Lijn.

By car:
You can park your car for free at parking Bodart. On Saturday you need a parking disk. It’s a 5 minute walk from the parking to the venue.
Please note most parking spaces near the venue are charged. More information you can find on this side: https://www.leuven.be/parkings/en

Q: I can’t come to the competition anymore? What should I do?
A: Please let us know as soon as you know you can no longer come. Competitions usually fill up pretty quickly and notifying us of your absence allows us to accept someone from the waiting list. We will refund 50% of your payment if you unsubscribe before the registration period ends.

Q: I am on the waiting list. What happens now?
A: If a competitor drops out before the registration period ends, their spot will be allocated to the next person on the waiting list. If a spot does not become available for you, you will receive a full refund. In case you wish to drop out of the waiting list please email us at the contact link on the General Info page, and we will remove you and issue a full refund.

Q: Can I change the events I am registered for?
A: As long as registration is still open, yes you are allowed to change events. You can change your event selection on the website.

Q: Do I have to bring my own equipment to participate?
A: Make sure to bring cubes for all events you are competing in and look after them, you don't want them to go missing. However, there is no need to bring a mat or timer, unless you want to use them for your training. Those used for the competition are provided by the organizers.

Q: What do I do when I arrive?
A: The first thing you do when you arrive is find the registration desk. If you are a new competitor, remember to take with you an identity document it may be requested at the registration desk. The person who will welcome you can then guide you and answer your first questions.

Q: When can I leave the competition?
A: You are more than welcome to leave whenever you want. If you have no more events left then you are not required to stay.

Q: How do I find results?
A: All the results will be found on this page a couple of days after the competition, once they have all been checked and uploaded. If you are looking for live results, they can all be found on WCA live.

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.

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