Mental Breakdown Germany 2018
- Date
- Mar 3 - 4, 2018
- City
- Regensburg, Germany
- Venue
- Address
- Dr.-Gessler-Str. 19 b, 93051 Regensburg
- Contact
- Organizer
- Linus Frész
- WCA Delegates
- Laura Ohrndorf, Linus Frész, and Sébastien Auroux
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
The idea for this competition comes from Mental Breakdown 2016 held in Irvine, CA. Mental Breakdown Germany 2018 is the second episode of Mental Breakdown competitions in Germany.
The entrance fee for competitors is 25 Euro for the competition with pre-payment. Since all official events are spread on both competition days, every registration is automatically valid for both days.
- Events
- Competitors
- 27
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- 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.
European records: Roman Strakhov 5x5x5 Blindfolded 4:29.93 (single); Ádám Barta 3x3x3 Blindfolded 24.54 (average).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Grigorii Alekseev | 24.34 | 25.40 | NR | Russia | 27.24 | 24.34 | 24.61 | ||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Jan Bentlage | 24 | 27.00 | Germany | 24 | 27 | 30 | |||||
| Clock | Jan Bentlage | 7.08 | 7.75 | Germany | 8.13 | 8.53 | 7.25 | 7.88 | 7.08 | |||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Grigorii Alekseev | 2:25.18 | DNF | Russia | 3:26.88 | DNF | 2:25.18 | |||||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Grigorii Alekseev | 6:41.28 | DNF | Russia | DNF | 6:41.28 | DNF | |||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Kamil Przybylski | 35/44 59:43 | Poland | 35/44 59:43 | 24/40 1:00:00 | 31/44 58:57 | ||||||
| 3x3x3 With Feet | Alwin Rölz | 38.18 | NR | 49.59 | Switzerland | 38.18 | 53.47 | 57.09 | 44.47 | 50.83 | ||
Events and Rounds
| Event | Rounds | Formats |
|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | 3 Rounds | Best of 3 (75% proceed for both rounds) |
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | 2 Rounds | Best of 3 (75% proceed to final) |
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | 2 Rounds | Best of 3 (75% proceed to final) |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 2 Rounds | Mean of 3 (75% proceed to final) |
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blindfolded | 1 Round | Best of 3 |
| Rubik's Clock | 1 Round | Combined Final |
| 3x3x3 with feet | 1 Round | Combined Final |
Schedule
Saturday
| Beginn | End | Event | Round | Time limit | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:30 | Registration | ||||
| 09:15 | 10:20 | Fewest Moves | First Round, 1st attempt | 01:00:00 | Mean of 3 |
| 10:20 | 10:50 | 4x4x4 Blindfolded | First Round, 1st attempt | 90:00 cumulative | Best of 3 |
| 10:50 | 11:55 | Fewest Moves | First Round, 2nd attempt | 01:00:00 | Mean of 3 |
| 11:55 | 12:40 | 5x5x5 Blindfolded | First Round, 1st attempt | 120:00 cumulative | Best of 3 |
| 12:40 | 13:45 | 3x3x3 Multi-Blindfolded | Final, 1st attempt | 01:00:00 | Best of 3 |
| 13:45 | 14:30 | Break | |||
| 14:30 | 15:00 | 4x4x4 Blindfolded | First Round, 2nd attempt | 90:00 cumulative | Best of 3 |
| 15:00 | 15:45 | 5x5x5 Blindfolded | First Round, 2nd attempt | 120:00 cumulative | Best of 3 |
| 15:45 | 16:25 | Rubik's Clock | Combined Final | 01:00 | Best of 2 / Average of 5 (<0:30) |
| 16:25 | 17:30 | Fewest Moves | First Round, 3rd attempt | 01:00:00 | Mean of 3 |
| 17:30 | 18:20 | 3x3x3 Blindfolded | First Round | 25:00 cumulative | Best of 3 |
| 18:20 | 19:25 | 3x3x3 Multi-Blindfolded | Final, 2nd attempt | 01:00:00 | Best of 3 |
| 19:25 | 19:55 | 4x4x4 Blindfolded | First Round, 3rd attempt | 90:00 cumulative | Best of 3 |
| 19:55 | Fun-event + After Comp |
Sunday
| Beginn | End | Event | Round | Time limit | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:30 | Registration | ||||
| 09:00 | 10:05 | Fewest Moves | Final, 1st attempt | 01:00:00 | Mean of 3 |
| 10:05 | 10:50 | 5x5x5 Blindfolded | First Round, 3rd attempt | 120:00 cumulative | Best of 3 |
| 10:50 | 11:55 | Fewest Moves | Final, 2nd attempt | 01:00:00 | Mean of 3 |
| 11:55 | 12:40 | 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Second Round | 20:00 cumulative | Best of 3 |
| 12:40 | 13:45 | 3x3x3 Multi-Blindfolded | Final, 3rd attempt | 01:00:00 | Best of 3 |
| 13:45 | 14:30 | Break | |||
| 14:30 | 15:30 | 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Final | 50:00 cumulative | Best of 3 |
| 15:30 | 16:35 | Fewest Moves | Final, 3rd attempt | 01:00:00 | Mean of 3 |
| 16:35 | 17:15 | 3x3x3 Feet | Combined Final | 5:00 | Best of 2 / Average of 5 (<3:00) |
| 17:15 | 17:55 | 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | 30:00 cumulative | Best of 3 |
| 17:55 | 18:15 | 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Final | 15:00 cumulative | Best of 3 |
Schedule might be changed slightly.
Registration is closed, no more registrations will be accepted for this competition
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).
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.