Oxford Open 2014
- Date
- May 17 - 18, 2014
- City
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
- Venue
- Address
- 44 Princes St, OX4 1DD
- Details
Downstairs Hall
- Website
- Oxford Open 2014 website
- Contact
- Organizers
- Daniel Sheppard and Evan Liu
- WCA Delegates
- Daniel Sheppard and James Molloy
- Information
Registration will open at 19:00 on Saturday, 29th March. The competitor limit will be 50 although you may still register for the waiting list after this. The entry fee will be £12, payable on the day.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 43
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- 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.
Cornelius Dieckmann won with an average of 9.01 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Ciarán Beahan finished second (10.30) and Breandan Vallance finished third (10.44).
World records: Evan Liu Clock 6.61 (average); Oliver Frost 4x4x4 Blindfolded 2:30.47 (single).
European records: Breandan Vallance 5x5x5 Cube 57.38 (single).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Cornelius Dieckmann | 7.56 | 9.01 | Germany | 7.56 | 8.64 | 9.99 | 9.94 | 8.46 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Sameer Mahmood | 1.86 | 2.40 | United Kingdom | 2.40 | 1.86 | 6.42 | 2.43 | 2.36 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Ciarán Beahan | 33.02 | NR | 40.31 | NR | Ireland | 50.25 | 39.15 | 40.55 | 33.02 | 41.23 | |
| 5x5x5 Cube | Breandan Vallance | 1:06.33 | 1:07.13 | United Kingdom | 1:08.08 | 1:06.96 | 1:06.33 | 1:06.34 | DNF | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Breandan Vallance | 2:21.17 | 2:30.29 | United Kingdom | 2:29.88 | 2:39.83 | 2:21.17 | |||||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Ciarán Beahan | 3:28.24 | 3:45.48 | NR | Ireland | 3:55.73 | 3:28.24 | 3:52.47 | ||||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Oliver Frost | 42.69 | 48.42 | NR | United Kingdom | 55.48 | 42.69 | 47.08 | ||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Daniel Sheppard | 24 | NR | 27.33 | NR | United Kingdom | 29 | 29 | 24 | |||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Cornelius Dieckmann | 14.46 | 16.83 | Germany | 14.46 | 16.15 | 19.47 | 17.54 | 16.79 | |||
| Clock | Evan Liu | 5.82 | 6.64 | United States | 6.97 | DNF | 6.89 | 5.82 | 6.07 | |||
| Megaminx | Callum Hales-Jepp | 1:11.14 | 1:16.84 | United Kingdom | 1:17.51 | 1:32.62 | 1:14.31 | 1:18.71 | 1:11.14 | |||
| Pyraminx | Luke Hubbard | 3.31 | 4.05 | NR | United Kingdom | 4.75 | 4.44 | 3.38 | 3.31 | 4.34 | ||
| Skewb | Daniel Sheppard | 5.94 | 7.46 | United Kingdom | 5.94 | 6.30 | 7.68 | 8.39 | 20.77 | |||
| Square-1 | Evan Liu | 16.65 | 25.80 | United States | 33.59 | 28.07 | 23.81 | 16.65 | 25.52 | |||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Oliver Frost | 2:30.47 | WR | DNF | United Kingdom | DNF | 2:30.47 | 2:39.99 | ||||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Callum Hales-Jepp | 10:06.00 | DNF | United Kingdom | 10:06.00 | 11:46.00 | DNF | |||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Callum Hales-Jepp | 10/14 58:56 | United Kingdom | 10/14 58:56 | ||||||||
| 3x3x3 With Feet | Callum Hales-Jepp | 53.82 | 1:03.86 | United Kingdom | 53.82 | 59.24 | 1:18.52 | |||||
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.