Manchester Open 2016
- Date
- Jan 30 - 31, 2016
- City
- Salford, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
- Venue
Buile Hill Visual Arts College
- Address
- Eccles Old Road, Salford, M6 8RD
- Details
School Hall
- Website
- Manchester Open 2016 website
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Nevins Chan Pak Hoong (陈百鸿) and Zak Walters
- WCA Delegates
- Evan Liu and James Molloy
- Information
Registration will open at 7pm on Friday 4th December. Competitor limit of 120. Please see the website for more information
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 82
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at 6:14 PM UTC and closed Saturday, January 16, 2016 at 12:00 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 9.72 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Breandan Vallance finished second (10.21) and Robert Clarke finished third (10.89).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Robert Yau | 8.66 | 9.72 | United Kingdom | 10.26 | 10.80 | 9.44 | 8.66 | 9.46 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Callum Hales-Jepp | 2.16 | 3.36 | United Kingdom | 3.09 | 4.26 | 2.74 | 5.99 | 2.16 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Robert Yau | 32.43 | 34.93 | United Kingdom | 36.51 | 34.01 | 32.43 | 37.61 | 34.28 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Breandan Vallance | 57.90 | 1:01.48 | United Kingdom | 1:03.58 | 1:01.17 | 57.90 | 59.70 | DNF | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Evan Liu | 2:15.41 | 2:17.41 | United States | 2:15.41 | 2:20.58 | 2:16.25 | |||||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Robert Yau | 3:17.09 | 3:28.43 | United Kingdom | 3:37.94 | 3:30.26 | 3:17.09 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Evan Liu | 1:06.24 | DNF | United States | DNF | 1:06.24 | DNF | |||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Thom Barlow | 33 | United Kingdom | 33 | ||||||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Robert Yau | 14.33 | 16.25 | United Kingdom | 16.13 | 14.33 | 16.33 | 16.28 | 20.65 | |||
| Clock | Evan Liu | 5.92 | 6.79 | United States | 7.94 | 6.76 | 7.25 | 6.36 | 5.92 | |||
| Pyraminx | Evan Liu | 4.31 | 4.91 | United States | 6.56 | 4.60 | 4.31 | 5.26 | 4.88 | |||
| Skewb | Eli Jay | 2.78 | 5.70 | United Kingdom | 7.35 | 2.78 | 4.10 | 5.65 | 7.34 | |||
| Square-1 | Charlie Stark | 14.42 | 16.37 | United Kingdom | 15.84 | 17.42 | 17.47 | 15.86 | 14.42 | |||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Evan Liu | 9/9 36:01 | United States | 9/9 36:01 | ||||||||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 3:00.00 | |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | First 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 | |
| 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 | Final | Bo3 | 10:00.00 | ||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | Bo1 | 1 hour | ||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 45.00 | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Clock | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 30.00 | |
| Pyraminx | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 30.00 | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Skewb | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 30.00 | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Square-1 | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:00.00 | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | Bo1 | 10:00.00 per cube, up to 60:00.00 |
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.