Princeton Open 2008
- Date
- Mar 22, 2008
- City
- Princeton, New Jersey, United States
- Venue
- Address
- Website
- Princeton Open 2008 website
- Contact
- Organizer
- Sam Boyles
- WCA Delegate
- Bob Burton
- Information
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 86
- Registration requirements
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- Highlights
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Harris Chan won with an average of 13.18 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Sy-Dar Liou finished second (13.60) and Mitchell Stern finished third (13.87).
World records: Alexander Yu 3x3x3 Blindfolded 1:00.62 (single) and 3x3x3 Blindfolded 1:06.05 (average).
African records: Anthony Orji Pyraminx 19.40 (average).
Asian records: Takao Hashimoto (橋本貴夫) Square-1 26.58 (average), Master Magic 4.14 (single), and Master Magic 5.07 (average).
North American records: Sam Boyles Master Magic 2.22 (single).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Harris Chan | 13.03 | 13.18 | Canada | 13.03 | 13.30 | 13.07 | 14.00 | 13.18 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Mitchell Stern | 4.97 | 5.66 | United States | 8.66 | 5.28 | 4.97 | 5.43 | 6.27 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Michael Gottlieb | 56.97 | 1:03.83 | United States | 1:03.86 | 1:01.66 | 56.97 | 1:06.96 | 1:05.98 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Alexander Yu | 1:00.62 | WR | 1:06.05 | WR | United States | 1:12.08 | 1:00.62 | 1:05.46 | |||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Anthony Hsu | 41 | United States | 41 | ||||||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Harris Chan | 21.30 | 23.92 | NR | Canada | 22.80 | 27.52 | 21.94 | 21.30 | 27.03 | ||
| Pyraminx | Michael Gottlieb | 9.85 | 12.81 | United States | 9.85 | 12.72 | 12.65 | 13.06 | 13.09 | |||
| Square-1 | Takao Hashimoto (橋本貴夫) | 24.77 | 26.58 | AsR | Japan | 24.93 | 24.77 | 30.05 | ||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Alexander Yu | 3/3 11:03 | United States | 3/3 11:03 | ||||||||
| Magic | Sam Boyles | 1.21 | 1.32 | United States | 1.33 | 5.44 | 1.22 | 1.41 | 1.21 | |||
| Master Magic | Sam Boyles | 2.22 | NAR | 2.87 | United States | 2.22 | 3.69 | 2.63 | DNF | 2.28 | ||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind Old Style | Alexander Yu | 3/3 11:03 | United States | 3/3 11:03 | ||||||||
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.