UK Open 2012
- Date
- Nov 3 - 4, 2012
- City
- Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
- Venue
- Address
- University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH
- Details
Main Academy
- Website
- UK Open 2012 website
- Contact
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Daniel Sheppard, James Molloy, Laurence Livsey, Seventowns
- Organizers
- Daniel Sheppard, James Molloy, and Laurence Livsey
- WCA Delegate
- Daniel Sheppard
- Information
There will be an initial competitor limit of 100. Registration will open on September 21st on the WCA site. Competition entry is £5, payable on the door.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 76
- 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.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Alexander Lau won with an average of 9.24 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Breandan Vallance finished second (9.80) and Rowan Kinneavy finished third (10.48).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Alexander Lau | 8.72 | 9.24 | United Kingdom | 9.65 | 9.13 | 8.94 | 8.72 | 10.68 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Daniel Sheppard | 2.80 | 3.23 | United Kingdom | 2.80 | 3.13 | 3.40 | 3.58 | 3.15 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Robert Yau | 39.02 | 41.52 | United Kingdom | 41.13 | 44.28 | 40.31 | 43.13 | 39.02 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Breandan Vallance | 1:08.90 | 1:13.63 | United Kingdom | 1:15.58 | 1:17.22 | 1:12.41 | 1:12.91 | 1:08.90 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Daniel Sheppard | 1:21.72 | DNF | United Kingdom | DNF | 1:21.72 | DNS | |||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Simon Crawford | 16.95 | 19.80 | United Kingdom | 21.44 | 19.44 | 16.95 | 18.52 | 22.03 | |||
| Clock | Sam Zhixiao Wang (王志骁) | 6.50 | 7.30 | NR | China | 6.63 | 7.81 | DNF | 7.47 | 6.50 | ||
| Megaminx | Robert Yau | 1:03.91 | 1:06.26 | NR | United Kingdom | 1:10.52 | 1:05.47 | 1:03.91 | 1:05.81 | 1:07.50 | ||
| Pyraminx | Luke Hubbard | 4.66 | 5.40 | United Kingdom | 7.27 | 5.47 | 4.72 | 4.66 | 6.02 | |||
| Square-1 | Simon Crawford | 11.21 | 16.45 | United Kingdom | 31.31 | 11.21 | 16.79 | 16.97 | 15.59 | |||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Oliver Frost | 6:07.62 | United Kingdom | DNF | 6:07.62 | |||||||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Nevins Chan Pak Hoong (陈百鸿) | 18:53.00 | Malaysia | 18:53.00 | DNF | |||||||
| Magic | Ben Whitmore | 1.02 | 1.18 | United Kingdom | 1.72 | 1.06 | 1.03 | 1.46 | 1.02 | |||
| Master Magic | Daniel Sheppard | 2.88 | 3.24 | United Kingdom | 3.43 | 2.88 | 3.02 | 3.55 | 3.27 | |||
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.