Saraswati Open 2020
- Date
- Feb 23, 2020
- City
- Raigad, Maharashtra, India
- Venue
Saraswati College Of Engineering
- Address
- Plot No. 46, Sector 5 Near MSEB Sub Station, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra 410210
- Details
Room Number 113 & 116
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Ameya A. Mallya, Jeevan Pawar, Rotaract Club of Saraswati College, and Tanmay Pednekar
- WCA Delegate
- Somya Srivastava
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Contact Numbers:
Rtr. Jeevan Pawar - 9930701137
Ameya A. Mallya - 9137314377
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 78
- 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 120 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is ₹250 (Indian Rupee).
Registration fees won't be refunded under any circumstance.
On the spot registrations will be accepted with a base registration fee of ₹250 (Indian Rupee).
Pay the registration fees here:https://www.cubelelo.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=2895
Registration fee for online registrations:
Number of events Online registration fee 1 250 2 300 3 350 4 400 5 450 6 500 Notes
1. You can't change the events once the registration closes.
2. It is mandatory to pay the registration fees to complete the full registration process.
3. Wait for 48 hours to get your registration confirmed after payment has been done - Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Bhargav Narasimhan won with an average of 8.85 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Nikhil Soares finished second (8.92) and Alaik Bhatia finished third (8.98).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Bhargav Narasimhan | 7.03 | 8.85 | India | 7.96 | 9.40 | 7.03 | 9.27 | 9.32 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Shubham Maharana | 1.29 | 2.33 | India | DNF | 2.67 | 1.29 | 2.08 | 2.25 | |||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Bhargav Narasimhan | 11.44 | 11.75 | India | 11.48 | 11.53 | 11.44 | 12.25 | 12.51 | |||
| Megaminx | Nikhil Soares | 43.13 | 44.75 | India | 43.57 | 43.13 | 45.62 | 45.06 | 50.55 | |||
| Pyraminx | Nikhil Soares | 2.42 | 3.01 | India | 2.42 | 2.73 | 3.35 | 7.42 | 2.95 | |||
| Skewb | Moksh Patel | 2.80 | 4.29 | India | 7.51 | 5.11 | 3.82 | 3.95 | 2.80 | |||
For those of you new to cubing, WELCOME!
We wanted to let you know this event is perfectly fine for cubers of ANY age and experience. We just ask you know a couple things before coming to compete...
First, please be familiar with the WCA Regulations, found here:
https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/
We have also made a video made specifically for new cubers, just to show them the basics of competing. This video will explain most of what any cuber competing for the first time will need to know:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=dPL3eV-A0ww
If you are stoked to compete and ready to sign up, head over to the 'Register' tab and it will guide you to the registration.
FAQs
Q: Do I use my own cube to compete?
A: YES! You are responsible for your own hardware in order to compete. This means you should bring your own cube.
Q: What is the normal age of competitors at these events?
A: All ages are welcome, but in general competitors are between 8 and 20 years old. Don't let this stop you though, everyone can and should cube! In previous competitions participants who were just 5 years of age also solved the cubes.
Q: How do I find results?
A: All results are posted on the WCA page within a week after the competition finishes. However, for the day of competing, go to Cubecomps.com to find information about current events. This is also where you will find information about upcoming rounds of events. Remember, the results are entered by a human so please be patient if you do not see your results immediately.
Q: Are there age divisions?
A: Nope! All competitors compete together.
Q: I want to attend, or I have friends/family who want to attend, but not compete. Do they need to pay as well?
A: No. All spectators are free to view the competition at no cost. There is payment only to compete. But in some cases, venue will be having restriction to allow spectators depending on the competition.
Q: Can I have fun at this event?
A: HECK YES! Cubing is amazing, and we sincerely hope you enjoy the competition!
If you have any further queries, please do mail the organizers & the delegate.
Cubelelo will be backing Saraswati Open this time too!
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.