US Nationals and Open 2008
- Date
- Jul 19 - 20, 2008
- City
- Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Venue
- Address
- 50 Upper Alabama Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30303
- Website
- US Nationals and Open 2008 website
- Contact
- WCA Delegate
- Tyson Mao (毛台勝)
- Information
Open to all competitiors, US and international.
Registration Fee: TBD
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 104
- Registration requirements
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- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Andrew Kang won with an average of 12.97 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Ravi Fernando finished second (13.58) and Jason Baum finished third (13.73).
World records: Dan Cohen 5x5x5 Cube 1:20.98 (single) and 5x5x5 Cube 1:29.40 (average).
Oceanian records: Peter Still Magic 2.75 (single).
North American records: Andrew Kang 3x3x3 Cube 11.89 (average); Dan Cohen Megaminx 1:27.34 (single) and Megaminx 1:38.55 (average); Jack Moseley 3x3x3 Fewest Moves 31 (single); Mike Hughey 3x3x3 Multi-Blind Old Style 15/15 2:12:00 (single); Rowe Hessler 3x3x3 Cube 9.13 (single).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Andrew Kang | 11.16 | 12.97 | United States | 13.88 | 12.33 | 11.16 | 13.28 | 13.31 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Timothy Sun | 4.08 | 4.34 | United States | 4.38 | 4.08 | 4.25 | 4.40 | 5.68 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Michael Gottlieb | 50.77 | 57.95 | United States | 56.45 | 1:03.46 | 50.77 | 1:03.90 | 53.94 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Dan Cohen | 1:29.38 | 1:32.21 | United States | 1:32.40 | 1:33.61 | 1:29.38 | 1:30.63 | 1:43.72 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Rowe Hessler | 1:04.44 | DNF | United States | 1:19.63 | DNF | 1:04.44 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Jack Moseley | 31 | NAR | Canada | 31 | |||||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Ryan Patricio | 17.47 | 21.94 | United States | 17.47 | 23.59 | 33.11 | 21.58 | 20.66 | |||
| Clock | Stefan Pochmann | 10.83 | 11.30 | Germany | 10.83 | 12.16 | 10.90 | |||||
| Megaminx | Stefan Pochmann | 1:25.63 | 1:37.40 | Germany | 1:41.68 | 1:25.63 | 1:44.90 | |||||
| Pyraminx | Arthur Adams | 8.09 | 10.08 | United States | 12.84 | 8.44 | 8.09 | 9.91 | 11.90 | |||
| Square-1 | Nick Young | 20.64 | 24.05 | United States | 20.64 | 29.45 | 22.05 | |||||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Chris Hardwick | 7:04.41 | DNF | United States | 7:04.41 | DNF | DNF | |||||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Mike Hughey | 24:45.00 | United States | 24:45.00 | DNF | |||||||
| Magic | Timothy Sun | 1.16 | 1.27 | United States | 1.69 | 1.33 | 1.31 | 1.18 | 1.16 | |||
| Master Magic | Sam Boyles | 2.34 | 2.54 | United States | 2.58 | 2.41 | 2.63 | 2.34 | 3.16 | |||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind Old Style | Mike Hughey | 15/15 2:12:00 | NAR | United States | 15/15 2:12:00 | |||||||
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).
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.