Welsh Open 2018
- Date
- Jan 27 - 28, 2018
- City
- Oakdale, Gwent, United Kingdom
- Venue
- Address
- Maesygarn Rd, Oakdale, Blackwood NP12 0NA
- Contact
- Organizers
- James Molloy and Robert Yau
- WCA Delegate
- James Molloy
- Information
The first competition to be held in Wales!
Please read all the information in the tabs above.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 79
- 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.
Cornelius Dieckmann won with an average of 7.34 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Robert Yau finished second (9.08) and Harry Savage finished third (9.28).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Cornelius Dieckmann | 6.21 | 7.34 | Germany | 7.41 | 6.59 | 6.21 | 9.55 | 8.02 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | George Scholey | 1.65 | 1.92 | NR | United Kingdom | 1.69 | 2.09 | 2.01 | 1.65 | 2.06 | ||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Robert Yau | 29.60 | 31.77 | United Kingdom | 30.34 | 29.60 | 32.80 | 33.04 | 32.18 | |||
| 5x5x5 Cube | Robert Yau | 59.79 | 1:01.02 | United Kingdom | 59.94 | 1:06.22 | 59.79 | 1:01.76 | 1:01.35 | |||
| 6x6x6 Cube | Robert Yau | 1:53.71 | 2:12.86 | United Kingdom | 1:57.27 | 2:47.61 | 1:53.71 | |||||
| 7x7x7 Cube | Robert Yau | 2:57.06 | 3:02.41 | United Kingdom | 2:57.06 | 3:05.12 | 3:05.04 | |||||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Harry Savage | 40.39 | DNF | United Kingdom | 40.39 | DNF | 52.57 | |||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Cornelius Dieckmann | 11.67 | 14.44 | Germany | 11.67 | 13.99 | 12.04 | 18.43 | 17.28 | |||
| Megaminx | Robert Yau | 47.74 | 52.52 | NR | United Kingdom | 59.09 | 50.26 | 52.73 | 47.74 | 54.57 | ||
| Pyraminx | Harry Savage | 2.06 | 3.29 | United Kingdom | 3.49 | 4.03 | 2.06 | 3.07 | 3.31 | |||
| Skewb | George Scholey | 1.72 | NR | 3.25 | United Kingdom | 2.59 | 1.72 | 3.08 | 4.09 | 5.71 | ||
| Square-1 | Charlie Stark | 6.91 | 9.73 | United Kingdom | 9.91 | 9.80 | 11.03 | 9.48 | 6.91 | |||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Callum Hales-Jepp | 3:42.24 | DNF | United Kingdom | DNF | 3:42.24 | DNF | |||||
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Cut Off: You must achieve a single time under this time in one of your first two solves to complete the average of 5. If the format is mean of 3, then the cutoff applies after 1 solve. These generally only apply during the first round of an event.
Time Limit: If you take longer than this on a single solve you will be stopped, and given a DNF result for that attempt. These apply for every round of an event.
Total Time: All solves for the round must be completed within this time. For example if the total time is 10 minutes and you take 4 minutes for the first attempt, you will have 6 minutes left for your remaining attempts. This is generally only used for blindfolded events.
Events
| Event | Rounds | Cut Off | Time Limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3 | 3 | 03:00 | 10:00 |
| 2x2 | 3 | 00:30 | 01:00 |
| 4x4 | 2 | 01:30 | 03:00 |
| 5x5 | 2 | 02:30 | 04:00 |
| 6x6 | 1 | 04:00 | 06:00 |
| 7x7 | 1 | 06:00 | 08:00 |
| 3x3 Blindfolded | 1 | 10:00 Total Time | |
| 3x3 One-Handed | 2 | 00:45 | 01:30 |
| Megaminx | 1 | 02:30 | 04:00 |
| Pyraminx | 3 | 00:30 | 01:00 |
| Skewb | 3 | 00:30 | 01:00 |
| Square-1 | 1 | 00:45 | 01:30 |
| 4x4 Blindfolded | 1 | 45:00 Total Time |
The following events are not being held:
- 3x3 Fewest Moves
- 3x3 With Feet
- Clock
- 5x5 Blindfolded
- 3x3 Multi-Blind
Saturday - 27th January
| Time | Event | Round | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:45 | Registration Opens [ALL DAY] | ||
| 09:00 | Introduction to Competing | ||
| 09:15 | 2x2 | 1 | 32 |
| 10:00 | Skewb | 1 | 24 |
| 10:40 | Pyraminx | 1 | 24 |
| 11:20 | 5x5 | 1 | 24 |
| 12:20 | Lunch | ||
| 13:05 | 4x4 Blindfolded | 1 | - |
| 14:20 | 2x2 | 2 | 12 |
| 14:50 | Skewb | 2 | 12 |
| 15:20 | Pyraminx | 2 | 12 |
| 15:50 | 6x6 | 1 | - |
| 16:40 | Megaminx | 1 | - |
| 17:30 | Skewb | 3 | - |
| 17:45 | Pyraminx | 3 | - |
| 18:00 | 2x2 | 3 | - |
| 18:15 | 5x5 | 2 | - |
Sunday - 28th January
| Time | Event | Round | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:45 | Registration Opens [ALL DAY] | ||
| 09:00 | Introduction to Competing | ||
| 09:15 | 3x3 | 1 | 36 |
| 10:30 | 3x3 One-Handed | 1 | 12 |
| 11:20 | 4x4 | 1 | 24 |
| 12:20 | Lunch | ||
| 13:05 | 3x3 Blindfolded | 1 | - |
| 13:45 | 3x3 | 2 | 24 |
| 14:25 | 3x3 One-Handed | 2 | - |
| 14:40 | 4x4 | 2 | - |
| 15:20 | 7x7 | 1 | - |
| 16:10 | Square-1 | 1 | - |
| 17:00 | 3x3 | 3 | - |
| 17:30 | Awards |
Live results at the competition are provided courtesy of Cubecomps. Please note that the results may not be entered immediately. It is important that the competition is running smoothly before we can enter data. Sometimes there might be a delay of up to an hour before the results for a round are entered.
Welsh Open Live Results
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).
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.