Minnesota Open 2012
- Date
- Jun 23, 2012
- City
- Rochester, Minnesota, United States
- Venue
- Address
- 2204 22nd St NW, Rochester, MN 55901
- Website
- Minnesota Open 2012 website
- Contact
- WCA Delegate
- Bryan Logan
- Information
Registration is here. When you register, you can choose to pay your registration fees online or you can pay the day of the competition. Registration closes on June 19th at 11:59 PM. After that, you will be limited to only certain events (3x3, 2x2, Magics, and Pyraminx).
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 31
- Registration requirements
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- Highlights
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John Brechon won with an average of 11.86 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Christopher Olson finished second (11.90) and Albert You finished third (12.75).
North American records: Christopher Olson 2x2x2 Cube 2.27 (average) and 2x2x2 Cube 2.16 (average).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | John Brechon | 9.47 | 11.86 | United States | 11.86 | 9.47 | 17.58 | 10.03 | 13.68 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Christopher Olson | 1.81 | 2.27 | United States | 2.88 | 2.77 | 1.81 | 2.03 | 2.02 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | John Brechon | 38.41 | 43.61 | United States | 43.13 | 43.56 | 38.41 | 49.56 | 44.15 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | John Brechon | 1:17.31 | 1:23.59 | United States | 1:17.31 | 1:28.09 | 1:23.59 | 1:25.16 | 1:22.03 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Christopher Olson | 1:54.43 | DNF | United States | DNF | 1:54.43 | DNF | |||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | John Brechon | 14.81 | 16.86 | United States | 15.03 | 17.75 | 14.81 | 21.21 | 17.81 | |||
| Megaminx | John Brechon | 1:23.65 | 1:26.37 | United States | 1:23.84 | 1:30.68 | 1:24.59 | 1:23.65 | 1:59.93 | |||
| Pyraminx | John Brechon | 5.47 | 7.31 | United States | 7.05 | 8.05 | 7.31 | 7.56 | 5.47 | |||
| Square-1 | Takao Hashimoto (橋本貴夫) | 17.72 | 20.50 | Japan | 23.22 | 20.16 | 45.05 | 17.72 | 18.11 | |||
| Magic | Takao Hashimoto (橋本貴夫) | 1.09 | 1.20 | Japan | 1.31 | 1.09 | 1.13 | 1.15 | 5.53 | |||
| Master Magic | Brandon Mikel | 2.97 | 3.24 | United States | 2.97 | 3.65 | 3.00 | 3.65 | 3.08 | |||
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.