Benelux Open 2009

Date

Saturday February 21 and Sunday February 22, 2009

City

Sint Michielsgestel, The Netherlands

Venue

Zonnewende

Registration

Online registration form

Saturday competition

09:00 - 18:00 (+ evening session for 6x6 and 7x7)

Sunday competition

08:30 - 17:00


Latest news

  • February 17, 2009 Updated time schedule.
  • December 6, 2008 Registration is now open!

Organisation

The Benelux Open 2009 Rubik's Cube is organised by Speedcubing.com (Ton Dennenbroek and Ron van Bruchem) together with World Cube Association and volunteers.

During the championship the official WCA regulations will be applied.
Results of the championship will be added to the official WCA World Rankings.
Before the competition starts all competitors can practice on the official timing equipment: the Stackmat timer.
All puzzle brands may be used during the competition, as long as the puzzles comply to the WCA regulations.

The championship will be held in the youth hostel:
 Zonnewende
 Esscheweg 78
 5271 NA Sint Michielsgestel
 The Netherlands

All competitors must be registered before February 19, 2009 AND before we reach 60 competitors.

All competitors must be available for scrambling and judging. Before the competition the organiser will inform you about where you have to fulfil scrambling and judging tasks.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact organiser Ron van Bruchem.

Cost of registration

Registration for the competition will be 5 euros per person (competitors and guests). We would appreciate if all competitors would stay at the youth hostel. In that case the cost for the whole weekend will be 60 to 75 euros per person, depending on how many people will stay at the youth hostel.
This includes:
- two nights in youth hostel (Friday night and Saturday night)
- breakfast, lunch and dinner on Saturday
- breakfast and lunch on Sunday
- registration fee to cover expenses.
If you will only stay one night, then the price will be depending on the number of competitors and guests that will be in the youth hostel. (please contact Ron for more details).
All competitors and guest you can have optional breakfast, lunch (5 euro) and dinner (7.50 euro).

There are rooms for 8 persons (4 bunk beds) and a few for 4 persons and 2 persons (1 bunk bed). Room allocation will be done by organisation team. The smaller rooms will be allocated for couples.
You can take your own bed linen and towels or rent it for 5 euros for the weekend.

Provisional time schedule


Friday
EventRoundTime limit
(minutes)
Format#CompetitorsTime
Informal meeting    16:00-22:00
Saturday
EventRoundTime limit
(minutes)
Format#CompetitorsStart time
Registration    09:00
Rubik's Cube
Multiple Blindfolded
final1 hour, 10 mins/cubebest of 1 09:00
Rubik's Magic
Rubik's Master Magic
final
final
0:30
0:30
average of 5
average of 5
 10:10
Rubik's Clockfinal1average of 5 10:40
2x2x2 Cubefinal1average of 5 11:20
Rubik's Cube
Fewest Moves
final1 hourbest of 1 12:30
Lunch     
Rubik's Cube
one-handed
first round2average of 5 13:45
Pyraminxfinal3average of 5 14:50
Megaminxfinal5mean of 3 15:30
Square-1combined final3best of 2
average of 5
 
times<1:15
16:25
Rubik's Cube
one-handed
final2average of 51217:20
Winner's Ceremony    18:00
Dinner    18:30
6x6x6 Cubecombined final8best of 1
mean of 3
 
times<6:00
20:00
7x7x7 Cubecombined final10best of 1
mean of 3
 
times<8:00
20:00
Sunday
EventRoundTime limit
(minutes)
Format#CompetitorsStart time
4x4x4 Cube
blindfolded
finaltotal time for
4x4bf and 5x5bf: 2 hours
best of 2 08:30
5x5x5 Cube
blindfolded
finaltotal time for
4x4bf and 5x5bf: 2 hours
best of 2 08:30
4x4x4 Cubefinal4average of 5 09:30
Rubik's Cubefirst round2average of 5 11:00
Lunch     
Rubik's Cube
blindfolded
combined final10best of 2
best of 3

times<3:00
13:00
Rubik's Cubesemi final2average 53214:10
5x5x5 Cubecombined final6best of 2
average of 5

times<3:10
15:00
Rubik's Cubefinal2average 5816:30
Winner's Ceremony    17:10

Prizes

There will be some medals/cups to be divided among the category winners.
All top 3 finishers receive a signed certificate.

Competitors

We have a maximum of 60 competitors, so make sure you register early!
The following competitors are currently registered for Benelux Open 2009.
#NameCountry3453bf4bf5bf23ohmgmmclsq1mnxpyrmbffm67gstFRISATSUN
1David BolséeBelgium11                    
2Jimmy CollBelgium1111  11 1 1 11111  1 
3Lars VandenberghBelgium1111  11111111 111 11 
4Olivier PolspoelBelgium111   1111 1 1 1    1 
5François CourtèsFrance1111  11   111 111 11 
6Laetitia LemoineFrance1111  11111111 111 11 
7Stéphane EscaichFrance1     1        1    1 
8Fabian AurouxGermany1     1 1    1     11 
9Janine GraupnerGermany        1          11 
10Jens DiewaldGermany1111  111  1111111 11 
11Kai JiptnerGermany111111111111111111 11 
12Sébastien AurouxGermany111111111111111111 11 
13Stefan PochmannGermany1111  11111 1111 1 11 
14Maria OeyIndonesia111   11           11 
15Anja ProvoostNetherlands1     11     1 1      
16Arnaud van GalenNetherlands11111 111111111111 11 
17Camiel BeentjesNetherlands             1    1   
18Daniël HopNetherlands1  1                  
19Dick van ZalingeNetherlands11    1      1     11 
20Douwe WermerNetherlands1111  1 1111  11      
21Erik AkkersdijkNetherlands11111 111111111111 11 
22Frank ProvoostNetherlands111   11111 11 1      
23Guus Razoux SchultzNetherlands       1       1      
24Hakan DenizNetherlands111   111 1    111 11 
25Hanneke RijksNetherlands1          1 1      1 
26Hans van der ZijdenNetherlands11 1                  
27Jaap ScherphuisNetherlands1       11            
28Jacco KrijnenNetherlands11111111  1 1 11      
29Joël van NoortNetherlands1 1   11       1 1    
30Joris MühlsteffNetherlands111   1               
31Koen ArensNetherlands111   1               
32Koen WermerNetherlands1111  11111111        
33Maarten SmitNetherlands1111  11   11  111    
34Martijn BakkerNetherlands1111  11    1         
35Mats ValkNetherlands1111  111111111111  1 
36Michel HopNetherlands1  1                  
37Rama TemminkNetherlands111   11     1   1 11 
38Robin KwantNetherlands111   11  1  1 1  1   
39Ron van BruchemNetherlands111   111 1111 111233 
40Simon SprengersNetherlands1                     
41Tim SchravenNetherlands1                 3   
42Ton DennenbroekNetherlands1111  1 1 1 1   11 11 
43Charlie CooperUnited Kingdom1111  111111111111 11 
44Patrick StierGermany1                     
45Tom van der ZandenNetherlands111   1 1 1  1 1    1 
46Maximilian NeitzelGermany1                     
TOTAL 64331292153332621151817182411251518720260

Travelling to Sint Michielsgestel

Closest airport is Eindhoven airport.
From Eindhoven airport you can take the bus to Eindhoven train station. From there the train to Den Bosch (= 's Hertogenbosch) and the bus to Sint Michielsgestel. From there it is a 25 minutes walk to the venue.
Other options are Amsterdam airport (AMS, Schiphol) and Rotterdam airport. In both cases you can take the train to Den Bosch, and so on.
The Dutch cubers are very willing to pick you up at Den Bosch train station or Sint Michielgestel bus station. Just let us know by e-mail.