Please Be Quiet Belgium 2018
- Date
- Sep 29 - 30, 2018
- City
- Marbais, Belgium
- Venue
Ecole de Marbais
- Address
- Rue du Berceau 18, 1495 Marbais
- Contact
- Organizer
- Jérôme Carlier
- WCA Delegates
- Manu Vereecken and Sébastien Auroux
- Information
This is a quiet competition, where only quiet events will be held.
The winner of the competition will be the winner of 3x3 blindfolded.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 11
- 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.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.
There is a competitor limit of 40 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is €7 (Euro).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 85% of your registration fee.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
More info on the Information tab
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Olivier Vos won with a single solve of 59.52 seconds in the 3x3x3 Blindfolded event. Jérôme Carlier finished second (1:02.91) and Manu Vereecken finished third (1:03.88).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Olivier Vos | 59.52 | DNF | Netherlands | DNF | 59.52 | DNF | |||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Sébastien Auroux | 24 | 26.33 | Germany | 27 | 28 | 24 | |||||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Olivier Vos | 6:17.65 | DNF | Netherlands | DNF | 6:17.65 | DNF | |||||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Jan Bentlage | 12:50.00 | DNF | Germany | 12:50.00 | DNF | DNS | |||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Olivier Vos | 13/14 40:50 | NR | Netherlands | 12/16 50:43 | 11/14 41:09 | 13/14 40:50 | |||||
1) This is a quiet competition where quiet events only will be held (FMC and blindfolded). The winner of this competition will be the winner of the 3x3 blindfolded event.
2) Registering costs 7€. You pay them online right after registering. Your registration will be accepted if and only if you paid the registration fee.
3) If eventually you can't attend the competition, please keep us informed at least 48h before the competition starts, and then we will refund you 6€ (due to bank transfer charges)
4) Guests can watch the competition for free, but we kindly ask you to respect the silence when asked, since this is a quiet competition.
The schedule might change slightly depending on the number of competitors. (For example: we need 16 competitors for 3 rounds of 3BLD.)
This schedule is indicative. Actual start and end times may differ during the competition.
Saturday
| Start | Event | Round | Cutoff | Time limit | Format | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 | Welcoming | |||||
| 9:30 | 4BLD | First | 30min cumulative | Best of 3 | 75% | |
| 10:15 | FMC | First, attempt 1 | 1hour | Mean of 3 | ||
| 11:30 | 3BLD | First | 20min cumulative | Best of 3 | 75% | |
| 12:15 | FMC | First, attempt 2 | 1hour | Mean of 3 | ||
| 13:15 | Submit cubes for MBLD | |||||
| 13:15 | Lunch | |||||
| 14:00 | MBLD | Attempt 1 | 10min per cube up to 1hour | Best of 2 | ||
| 15:15 | FMC | First, attempt 3 | 1hour | Mean of 3 | 75% | |
| 16:30 | 5BLD | Final | 1hour cumulative | Best of 3 | ||
| 17:45 | Secret unofficial event |
Sunday
| Start | Event | Round | Cutoff | Time limit | Format | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 | Welcoming | |||||
| 9:10 | Submit cubes for MBLD | |||||
| 9:30 | MBLD | Attempt 2 | 10min per cube up to 1hour | Best of 2 | ||
| 10:45 | FMC | Final, attempt 1 | 1hour | Mean of 3 | ||
| 12:00 | 3BLD | Second | 15min cumulative | Best of 3 | 12 | |
| 12:30 | Lunch | |||||
| 13:15 | FMC | Final, attempt 2 | 1hour | Best of 3 | ||
| 14:30 | 4BLD | Final | 30min cumulative | Best of 3 | ||
| 15:15 | FMC | Final, attempt 3 | 1hour | Mean of 3 | ||
| 16:30 | 3BLD | Final | 15min cumulative | Best of 3 | ||
| 17:15 | Cleaning venue | |||||
| 17:30 | Awards |
Competitors can stay at the venue (for free) Saturday night if they want. But we kindly inform you that in that case you need to bring everything you need in order to sleep there (matress, cover, pillow). We can bring few extra pillows if needed, please contact Jérôme Carlier for more informations.
This aside, there are few hotels which are (unfortunately) at least 20km away from the venue:
Hotel Leonardo Wavre (~25km from the venue)
Hotel Ibis Charleroi-station (~25km from the venue)
Hotel Ibis Charleroi-airport (~22km form the venue)
There are also a few guest houses located around 10km from the venue. Contact Jérôme Carlier for more informations
Near from the venue (~100m) there is a Proxy Delhaize where competitors can buy some food and drinks. There is also a bakkery (~150m) for breakfast, and a restaurant (~250m) for lunch/dinner.
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).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced (see Regulation A1a2).
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.