Nottingham Open 2014
- Date
- Feb 22 - 23, 2014
- City
- Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
- Venue
Room A1, Coates Building
- Address
- University of Nottingham, NG7 2QL
- Details
- Website
- Nottingham Open 2014 website
- Contact
- Organizers
- Chris Wall, Robert Yau, Ryan Jones, and Tim Mercer
- WCA Delegates
- Daniel Sheppard and James Molloy
- Information
Registration will open at 19:00 on Saturday, 11th January. The competitor limit will be 70 although you may still register for the waiting list after this. The entry fee will be £12.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 62
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Saturday, February 22, 2014 at 12:00 AM UTC and closed Sunday, February 23, 2014 at 12:00 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.
Alexander Lau won with an average of 8.08 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Breandan Vallance finished second (9.74) and Robert Yau finished third (10.46).
World records: Evan Liu Clock 6.68 (average).
African records: Conor Cronin 6x6x6 Cube 3:42.77 (average), 7x7x7 Cube 5:10.19 (single), 7x7x7 Cube 5:33.35 (average), Clock 8.34 (single), Clock 8.80 (average), Megaminx 1:55.37 (single), Skewb 15.41 (single), Skewb 23.41 (average), and 3x3x3 With Feet 2:47.55 (single).
European records: Breandan Vallance 5x5x5 Cube 58.00 (single) and 5x5x5 Cube 1:02.33 (average); Daniel Sheppard Skewb 2.80 (single).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Alexander Lau | 6.83 | 8.08 | United Kingdom | 6.83 | 7.90 | 8.43 | 10.36 | 7.90 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Sameer Mahmood | 1.78 | 2.59 | United Kingdom | 3.77 | 1.87 | 4.20 | 1.78 | 2.14 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Robert Yau | 32.50 | 34.75 | NR | United Kingdom | 49.60 | 34.68 | 32.50 | 34.88 | 34.70 | ||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Breandan Vallance | 58.24 | 1:02.33 | ER | United Kingdom | 1:01.69 | 1:05.91 | 1:04.50 | 1:00.79 | 58.24 | ||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Robert Yau | 2:29.34 | 2:33.54 | United Kingdom | 2:29.34 | 2:41.57 | 2:29.70 | |||||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Jong-Ho Jeong (정종호) | 3:35.31 | 3:52.90 | Republic of Korea | 3:37.37 | 3:35.31 | 4:26.01 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Adrian Lehmann | 36.90 | DNF | Germany | DNF | DNF | 36.90 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Daniel Sheppard | 25 | NR | United Kingdom | 25 | |||||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Jong-Ho Jeong (정종호) | 15.31 | 16.00 | Republic of Korea | 15.97 | 16.12 | 16.37 | 15.31 | 15.91 | |||
| Clock | Evan Liu | 5.78 | 6.68 | WR | United States | 7.11 | 5.78 | 6.73 | DNF | 6.20 | ||
| Megaminx | Chris Wall | 52.12 | 54.44 | United Kingdom | 54.35 | 55.97 | 53.01 | 1:00.71 | 52.12 | |||
| Pyraminx | Ciarán Beahan | 3.82 | 5.06 | NR | Ireland | 3.82 | 6.91 | 5.66 | 5.22 | 4.31 | ||
| Skewb | Daniel Sheppard | 6.00 | 6.89 | NR | United Kingdom | 6.31 | 6.81 | 7.59 | 6.00 | 7.56 | ||
| Square-1 | Simon Crawford | 13.72 | 14.21 | United Kingdom | 14.02 | 14.16 | 15.00 | 13.72 | 14.44 | |||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Oliver Frost | 2:38.74 | NR | DNF | United Kingdom | 2:38.74 | DNF | DNF | ||||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Callum Hales-Jepp | 14:30.00 | DNF | United Kingdom | 14:30.00 | DNF | DNF | |||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Oliver Frost | 22/27 57:35 | United Kingdom | 22/27 57:35 | ||||||||
| 3x3x3 With Feet | Callum Hales-Jepp | 41.68 | NR | 46.61 | NR | United Kingdom | 54.93 | 41.68 | 43.23 | |||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | ||
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:30.00 | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:30.00 | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Final | Bo1 / Mo3 | 10:00.00 | 1 attempt to get < 4:00.00 | |
| 7x7x7 Cube | Final | Bo1 / Mo3 | 10:00.00 | 1 attempt to get < 7:00.00 | |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 10:00.00 | ||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | Bo1 | 1 hour | ||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:00.00 | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Clock | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | ||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Megaminx | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:30.00 | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Pyraminx | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 30.00 | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Skewb | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:00.00 | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Square-1 | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 50.00 | |
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 20:00.00 | ||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 30:00.00 | ||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | Bo1 | 10:00.00 per cube, up to 60:00.00 | ||
| 3x3x3 With Feet | Final | Bo1 / Mo3 | 10:00.00 | 1 attempt 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).
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.