Motor City Open 2009
- Date
- Apr 25, 2009
- City
- Detroit, Michigan, United States
- Venue
- Address
- 20680 Mack Avenue, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236
- Website
- Motor City Open 2009 website
- Contact
- Organizer
- Kit Clement
- WCA Delegate
- Dave Campbell
- Information
Registration is $5.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 47
- Registration requirements
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- Highlights
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Eric Limeback won with an average of 12.69 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Jim Mertens finished second (14.92) and Sarah Strong finished third (16.34).
African records: Emile Compion 3x3x3 Cube 15.52 (average), 3x3x3 Cube 13.50 (single), 2x2x2 Cube 3.77 (single), 2x2x2 Cube 5.25 (average), 4x4x4 Cube 1:02.94 (single), 4x4x4 Cube 1:17.20 (average), 5x5x5 Cube 1:31.61 (single), 5x5x5 Cube 1:47.64 (average), 7x7x7 Cube 6:02.18 (single), 7x7x7 Cube 6:11.34 (average), 3x3x3 One-Handed 22.15 (single), and Square-1 36.04 (average).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Eric Limeback | 11.50 | 12.69 | Canada | 11.68 | 14.46 | 11.94 | 11.50 | 15.88 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Emile Compion | 4.68 | 5.53 | South Africa | 5.31 | 5.55 | 6.30 | 5.72 | 4.68 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Jack Moseley | 1:00.09 | 1:02.45 | Canada | 1:15.94 | 1:00.52 | 1:03.43 | 1:00.09 | 1:03.41 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Jack Moseley | 1:38.88 | 1:45.78 | NR | Canada | 1:42.27 | 1:51.78 | 1:43.30 | 2:09.31 | 1:38.88 | ||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Jack Moseley | 5:04.08 | NR | 5:13.28 | NR | Canada | 5:04.08 | 5:20.09 | 5:15.68 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Eric Limeback | 1:40.94 | DNF | Canada | 1:40.94 | 2:08.97 | DNF | |||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Eric Limeback | 20.46 | 22.79 | Canada | 22.41 | 26.00 | 25.28 | 20.69 | 20.46 | |||
| Square-1 | Emile Compion | 30.46 | 36.04 | AfR | South Africa | 30.46 | 41.55 | 35.31 | 35.30 | 37.52 | ||
| Magic | Greg French | 1.68 | 1.73 | Canada | 1.81 | 1.68 | 1.68 | 1.71 | 2.18 | |||
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.