The Great British Blind Off 2019
- Date
- Jan 19 - 20, 2019
- City
- Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
- Venue
- Address
- 145 Alcester Street, Birmingham B12 0PJ, UK
- Details
Moseley Suite
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Christopher Morris and Sam Spendla
- WCA Delegates
- James Molloy and Sam Spendla
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
PLEASE NOTE: This is a Blindfolded & Fewest Moves specialist competition. There will be no regular speedsolving events held. We do not recommend this competition to first time competitors. Please make sure to read all the information in the tabs above.
The winner of 3x3 Blindfolded will be announced as the winner of the competition.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 31
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at 7:00 PM UTC and closed Friday, January 4, 2019 at 11:59 PM UTC.
- Registration requirements
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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 32 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is £29.95 (British Pound).
If your registration is cancelled before Friday, January 4, 2019 at 11:59 PM UTC you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Make sure to register and pay for the competition to be accepted.
If registration is full by the time you pay you will be on the waiting list. If you do not make the competitor list by the time the competition happens then you will get a full refund.
If you can no longer attend, let us know as soon as possible through the contact link on the General Info page. We often have waiting lists so letting us know you cannot attend allows us to add another person to the competition. By not telling us you are denying someone a chance to compete.
If you inform us you are no longer attending and registration is still open, we will issue a full refund. If registration is closed we will offer a 50% refund. If you do not tell us you are not attending then you will receive no refund.
If you have any problems check out the FAQ, or feel free to contact us.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Berta García Parra won with a single solve of 22.22 seconds in the 3x3x3 Blindfolded event. Sebastiano Tronto finished second (22.66) and Arthur Garcin finished third (25.38).
World records: Harry Savage 3x3x3 Fewest Moves 17 (single); Sebastiano Tronto 3x3x3 Fewest Moves 24.00 (average).
African records: Timothy Lawrance 3x3x3 Fewest Moves 31 (single), 3x3x3 Fewest Moves 31.33 (average), 3x3x3 Fewest Moves 27 (single), and 3x3x3 Fewest Moves 31.00 (average).