Nepal Open 2017

Date: Dec 24 - 25, 2017
City: Jawalakhel, Lalitpur, Nepal
Venue: DAV Higher Secondary School
Address: Pulchowk - Dhobighat Rd (behind the Central Zoo), Patan 44600, Lalitpur
Details: Prateek Hall
Contact: (+977)9861202601, (+977)9860190828, (+977)986046436
Organizers: Aayush Ranjit, Anup Adhikari, and Kritika KC
WCA Delegate: Ming Zheng (郑鸣)

Information

Pre-registration on WCA website is compulsory. All participants must register online via WCA website.

It's the 2nd Nepal Open, a WCA santioned official competition open to all nationalities. But only Nepalese people can win prizes and titles.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 117

Registration period: Online registration opened and closed .
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Create a WCA account here if you don't have one.
If this is not your first competition, associate your WCA ID to your WCA account here.
Register for this competition here.
The base registration fee for this competition is Rs.450 (Nepalese Rupee).
Highlights: Click here to display the highlights of the competition.

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Surav Krishna Shrestha won with an average of 11.45 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Manjil Karmacharya finished second (12.75) and Avishek Prajapati finished third (13.08).

Event	Name	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Surav Krishna Shrestha	10.63		11.45		Nepal	14.11	11.93	10.63	11.76	10.65
2x2x2 Cube	Samir Bikram Dhami	3.48		3.93		Nepal	4.18	3.48	4.10	3.53	4.17
4x4x4 Cube	Anup Adhikari	39.55	NR	42.85	NR	Nepal	44.03	42.02	42.51	46.42	39.55
5x5x5 Cube	Ming Zheng (郑鸣)	1:29.22		1:33.46		China	1:29.22	1:32.33	1:43.20	1:29.58	1:38.46
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Achyut Kayastha	3:12.04	NR	DNF		Nepal	DNF	3:33.70	3:12.04
3x3x3 One-Handed	Avishek Prajapati	18.64		22.31		Nepal	24.73	18.79	31.62	23.41	18.64
Megaminx	Avishek Prajapati	1:30.74	NR	1:37.12	NR	Nepal	1:40.84	1:43.43	1:38.44	1:30.74	1:32.07
Pyraminx	Anup Adhikari	4.02		5.88		Nepal	5.31	6.30	4.02	6.04	6.85
Skewb	Anup Adhikari	4.05		5.73		Nepal	4.86	4.05	9.24	6.31	6.01
Square-1	Ming Zheng (郑鸣)	16.59		20.03		China	21.89	16.59	25.43	20.21	18.00

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Registration Fees

A base fee of Rs 450 is applicable which includes 1 event. An additional fee of Rs 50 per event will be applicable.
For example. If you compete in 3 events, you pay base fees for 1 event and additional fee for 2 events. So Tota 450 + (2x50)= Rs 550.
All amounts are in Nepali Rupees (Rs).

Payment

Payment will be done on the spot from 08:00 to 09:00 hours at the venue. You can pay the organizers in person before the competition if you like.

Note

There will not be any on the spot registration. Make sure you pre-register on the WCA website.

Tentative Schedule

Provisional schedule. Subject to change.

Dec 24

Start	Finish	Event	Format	Round	Limits
8:00	9:00	Registration & Staff Training
9:00	9:30	Breakfast Break for Staff
9:30	10:00	Introduction & Demostration
10:00	11:00	Megaminx	Bo2/Ao5	Combined Final	4min Cutoff, 10min Time Limit
11:00	12:00	3x3 One-handed	Bo2/Ao5	Combined First	2min Cutoff, 5min Time Limit
12:00	13:00	4x4	Bo2/Ao5	Combined First	3min Cutoff, 5min Time Limit
13:00	13:30	Square-1	Bo2/Ao5	Combined Final	2min Cutoff, 5min Time Limit
13:30	14:00	Lunch Break
14:00	15:00	5x5	Bo2/Ao5	Combined Final	4min Cutoff, 10min Time Limit
15:00	15:30	3x3 Blindfolded	Bo3	Final	10min Time Limit
15:30	17:00	Staff Rounds of 2x2, 3x3, Pyraminx, Skewb

Dec 25

Start	Finish	Event	Format	Round	Limits
8:00	9:00	Registration & Staff Training
9:00	9:30	Introduction & Demostration
9:30	11:00	3x3	Ao5	First	10min Time Limit
11:00	11:30	2x2	Ao5	First	10min Time Limit
11:30	12:00	Skewb	Ao5	First	3min Time Limit
12:00	12:30	Pyraminx	Ao5	First	3min Time Limit
12:30	13:30	Lunch Break
13:30	14:30	3x3	Ao5	Second
14:30	15:00	2x2	Ao5	Second
14:30	15:10	4x4	Ao5	Final
15:10	15:30	3x3 One-handed	Ao5	Final
15:30	15:50	Pyraminx	Ao5	Final
15:50	16:10	Skewb	Ao5	Final
16:10	16:30	2x2	Ao5	Final
16:30	17:00	3x3	Ao5	Final
17:00	17:30	Award Ceremony

Note

The above schedule is tentative. Small changes may be made after the registration or during the course of the competition. If any change is made, it will be clearly announced in the venue and it is recommended to watch out for announcements.

By Air

The nearest and the only International Airport of Nepal, Tribhuwan International Airport (TIA) is at a distance of 20-25 minutes by a vehicle. You can easily get a taxi or bus or tootle from airport to Ekantakuna. Contact the organizers for exact details.

By Bus

Since the venue is right behind the central zoo, Its a 5 minute walk from the vehicle stopping point.
Ring Road users can use any Ring road bus and drop at Ekantakuna. After getting down, its a 9-10 minute walk to the venue.
If anyone is from in Valley or out of Valley, then they can come up to Ratnapark and get in a micro van or sajha bus that goes to Jawalakhel.

Easiest Way To Travel

Download TOOTLE app for android, which can take you the venue from any place in KTM for a reasonable price. Its the best option for traveling alone and to get to venue if you are confused.

Detailed Map

You can download Maps.me app and download central development region offline map for convenience. Contact organizers for any help.

You can use Booking.com or Agoda.com to find a hotel or hostel for staying.
Please contact the organizers for help regarding accommodation.

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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.