The Glorious North 2015
- Date
- Aug 1 - 2, 2015
- City
- Hale, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
- Venue
- Address
- 233 Ashley Road, Hale, Greater Manchester, WA15 9SS
- Details
Small Hall
- Website
- The Glorious North 2015 website
- Contact
- Organizers
- Adam Greenwood and Zak Walters
- WCA Delegate
- James Molloy
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
There is a provisional competitor limit of 50 competitors. Entrance fee is £12, payable on the day.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 49
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Friday, July 31, 2015 at 12:00 AM UTC and closed Friday, July 31, 2015 at 12:01 AM UTC.
- 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.
Sameer Mahmood won with an average of 8.88 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Simon Crawford finished second (9.57) and Robert Yau finished third (9.85).
African records: Conor Cronin 5x5x5 Cube 1:36.64 (average), Clock 8.29 (average), Skewb 6.00 (average), Square-1 16.31 (single), Square-1 25.88 (average), and 3x3x3 Multi-Blind 4/5 26:33 (single).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Sameer Mahmood | 8.18 | 8.88 | United Kingdom | 9.37 | 8.96 | 8.32 | 9.64 | 8.18 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Robert Yau | 1.96 | 2.61 | United Kingdom | 3.04 | 3.63 | 2.74 | 2.05 | 1.96 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Sameer Mahmood | 35.56 | 37.05 | United Kingdom | 36.36 | 37.04 | 37.75 | 35.56 | 44.38 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Robert Yau | 1:05.12 | 1:08.00 | United Kingdom | 1:15.33 | 1:05.12 | 1:06.56 | 1:10.47 | 1:06.98 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Robert Yau | 2:07.13 | NR | 2:12.63 | NR | United Kingdom | 2:16.42 | 2:14.33 | 2:07.13 | |||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Sameer Mahmood | 3:18.83 | NR | 3:21.14 | NR | United Kingdom | 3:21.91 | 3:22.69 | 3:18.83 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Zak Walters | 1:01.14 | 1:36.28 | United Kingdom | 1:39.44 | 2:08.26 | 1:01.14 | |||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Robert Yau | 13.83 | 15.47 | United Kingdom | 17.16 | 17.08 | 13.83 | 14.86 | 14.48 | |||
| Clock | Conor Cronin | 7.23 | 8.29 | AfR | South Africa | 7.73 | 9.14 | 7.23 | 8.32 | 8.82 | ||
| Megaminx | Chris Wall | 50.18 | 57.24 | United Kingdom | 59.94 | 56.44 | 58.30 | 50.18 | 56.98 | |||
| Pyraminx | Robert Yau | 4.13 | 5.05 | United Kingdom | 5.26 | 4.13 | 4.85 | 5.03 | 7.80 | |||
| Skewb | Robert Yau | 5.27 | 5.79 | United Kingdom | 5.30 | 7.19 | 5.27 | 6.43 | 5.65 | |||
| Square-1 | Simon Crawford | 11.00 | 13.21 | United Kingdom | 11.00 | 17.42 | 11.71 | 13.21 | 14.71 | |||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Nevins Chan Pak Hoong (陈百鸿) | 6:10.67 | DNF | Malaysia | 6:10.67 | DNF | DNF | |||||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Nevins Chan Pak Hoong (陈百鸿) | 15:35.00 | DNF | Malaysia | 15:35.00 | DNF | DNS | |||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Lorenzo Vigani Poli | 15/15 56:06 | NR | Italy | 15/15 56:06 | |||||||
| 3x3x3 With Feet | Jialin Zhou | 1:00.24 | 1:02.91 | United Kingdom | 1:00.24 | 1:03.89 | 1:04.61 | |||||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 5:00.00 | Top 75% advance to next round |
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:00.00 | Top 75% advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 5:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:30.00 | Top 50% advance to next round |
| Second round | Ao5 | 3:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 3:00.00 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 5:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:30.00 | Top 12 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 5:00.00 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Final | Bo1 / Mo3 | 10:00.00 | 1 attempt to get < 5:00.00 | |
| 7x7x7 Cube | Final | Bo1 / Mo3 | 10:00.00 | 1 attempt to get < 7:00.00 | |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | First round | Bo3 | 12:00.00 cumulative* | Top 75% advance to next round | |
| Final | Bo3 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 3:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:00.00 | Top 12 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 3:00.00 | |||
| Clock | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 2:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 30.00 | Top 4 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | |||
| Megaminx | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 5:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:30.00 | |
| Pyraminx | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 1:30.00 | 2 attempts to get < 30.00 | Top 12 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 1:30.00 | |||
| Skewb | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 3:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 30.00 | Top 12 advance to next round |
| Second round | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | Top 4 advance to next round | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | |||
| Square-1 | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 2:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:00.00 | Top 4 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 2:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 1:30:00.00 total for 4x4x4 Blindfolded Final, 5x5x5 Blindfolded Final** | ||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 1:30:00.00 total for 4x4x4 Blindfolded Final, 5x5x5 Blindfolded Final** | ||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | Bo1 | 10:00.00 per cube, up to 60:00.00 | ||
| 3x3x3 With Feet | Final | Bo2 / Mo3 | 6:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 3:00.00 |
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).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced across rounds (see Guideline A1a2++).
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.