Minnesota Open 2009
- Date
- Jul 11, 2009
- City
- Rochester, Minnesota, United States
- Venue
- Address
- 2204 22nd St NW, Rochester, MN, USA
- Website
- Minnesota Open 2009 website
- Contact
- WCA Delegate
- Bryan Logan
- Information
Even if you choose to pay the day of the competition, you still need to pre-register. Registration closes on July 5th. After that, you may be limited to the number of events you can register for. If you pay the fees online, the cost will be $3 for the first event, and $1 for each additional event. If you pay the day of the competition, the cost is $5 for the first event, and $2 for each additional event. The fees go towards the cost of running the competition, prizes, etc. Any funds beyond that go towards future competitions.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 36
- 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.
Waris Ali won with an average of 14.78 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Connor Grieves finished second (18.49) and Bob Burton finished third (19.03).
North American records: Connor Grieves Pyraminx 7.66 (average).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Waris Ali | 13.06 | 14.78 | United States | 15.46 | 16.47 | 13.33 | 13.06 | 15.55 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Connor Grieves | 4.27 | 5.55 | Canada | 4.27 | 5.96 | 5.00 | 7.03 | 5.69 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Waris Ali | 58.81 | 1:02.61 | United States | 1:00.38 | 58.88 | 1:08.56 | 58.81 | 1:33.40 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Waris Ali | 1:32.34 | 1:47.49 | United States | 2:08.22 | 1:51.00 | 1:55.65 | 1:32.34 | 1:35.83 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Bob Burton | 5:20.13 | DNF | United States | 5:20.13 | 7:00.83 | DNF | |||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Blazer Challander | 26.83 | 29.76 | United States | 28.13 | 26.83 | 37.21 | 32.94 | 28.21 | |||
| Megaminx | Connor Grieves | 2:00.08 | 2:08.37 | Canada | 2:14.30 | 2:10.72 | 2:00.08 | |||||
| Pyraminx | Connor Grieves | 4.97 | NR | 7.66 | NAR | Canada | 6.16 | 8.46 | 8.36 | 4.97 | 10.71 | |
| Square-1 | Siraj Ali | 20.72 | 32.45 | United States | 38.81 | 34.19 | 28.63 | 34.52 | 20.72 | |||
| Magic | Bob Burton | 1.38 | 1.82 | United States | 1.81 | 1.72 | 1.38 | 3.86 | 1.94 | |||
| Master Magic | Bob Burton | 3.93 | 4.43 | United States | 4.90 | 5.93 | 3.97 | 4.43 | 3.93 | |||
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.