Oman Open 2023


Date
Mar 11, 2023
City
Muscat, Oman
Venue

HORMUZ Grand Muscat hotel

Address
Al Matar St Muscat 111, 128, Oman
Details

room Oryx 1

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Baha Alshwaiki, Farah Omar Alomar, and Ron van Bruchem
WCA Delegates
Aysha Jamsheer, Baha Alshwaiki, and Ron van Bruchem
Download all the competition's details as PDF here.
Information

This is the first WCA competition in Oman.
The competition is the national championship of Oman for the year 2023.
The competition is open to all persons from all countries.

There will be prizes and honours:
- top 3 competitors with the nationality of Oman
- competitors without the nationality of Oman, who finish in top 3 of an event

Events
Main event
Competitors
28
Registration period

Online registration opened Saturday, February 18, 2023 at 5:00 PM UTC and closed Thursday, March 9, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC.

Registration requirements
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Highlights
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Mihir Narayan won with an average of 8.96 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Niko Ronkainen finished second (9.48) and Mohammed Al Said finished third (11.21).

Event Name Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Mihir Narayan 7.14 8.96 India 9.608.2710.287.149.00
2x2x2 Cube Niko Ronkainen 1.62 2.49 Finland 1.982.371.625.573.11
4x4x4 Cube Mihir Narayan 28.84 32.49 India 28.8432.3834.6432.8232.27
5x5x5 Cube Mihir Narayan 1:01.14 1:04.26 India 1:04.281:01.141:03.521:06.161:04.97
3x3x3 One-Handed Mihir Narayan 12.18 13.12 India 12.1812.2513.8913.2314.73
EventRoundFormatTime limitCutoffProceed
3x3x3 CubeFirst roundAo55:00.00Top 75% advance to next round
Second roundAo52:00.00Top 8 advance to next round
FinalAo51:00.00
2x2x2 CubeFirst roundAo52:00.00Top 75% advance to next round
FinalAo52:00.00
4x4x4 CubeFinalBo2 / Ao54:00.002 attempts to get < 2:00.00
5x5x5 CubeFinalBo2 / Ao56:00.002 attempts to get < 3:00.00
3x3x3 One-HandedFinalAo52:00.00
Schedules are subject to adjustments, especially once registration totals are known. Registered competitors will be notified by email of any major changes.

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The time zone for this venue is Asia/Muscat.
Rooms
Oryx
Entrance of Oryx
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  1. Payment of registration fees will be done during on-site registration, in cash only.
  2. Please make sure you arrive 30 minutes before your first event starts.
  3. Discount code for staying in the hotel: GBSCC

If this is your first WCA competition, you need to bring an id card with your name, date-of-birth and a photo.
We will check your data during on-site registration.

Please ensure to read the WCA regulations before the competition. The regulations link can be found below.
https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/

You can also watch the following video to have a better idea on how a competition works
https://youtu.be/dPL3eV-A0ww

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.

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