Benelux Open 2010

Date	February 19-21, 2010
City	Sint Michielsgestel, The Netherlands
Venue	Zonnewende
Registration	closed
Saturday competition	09:00 - 18:00 (+ evening session for 6x6 and 7x7)
Sunday competition	08:30 - 17:00

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27 Januari, 2010 Registration is closed

Organisation

The Benelux Open 2010 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 18, 2010 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 Ton Dennenbroek.

Cost of registration

Registration for the competition will be 6 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 71 euros per person, depending on how many people will stay at the youth hostel.
This includes:

2 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.

The weekend price without the Friday, so you arrive on Saturday the price is 65.00 euros per person

Optional extra's
12.5 Euro	Extra Dinners
7 Euro	Extra Lunch
25 Euro	Extra Night+breakfast
5 Euro	Bed linnen+towel

(please contact Ton for more details).

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

Event	Round	Time limit (minutes)	Format	#Competitors	Time
Friday February 19, 2010
Informal meeting					16:00-22:00
Saturday February 20, 2010
Event	Round	Time limit (minutes)	Format	#Competitors	Start time
Registration					09:00
Rubik's Cube Multiple Blindfolded	final	1 hour, 10 mins/cube	best 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 Clock	final	1	average of 5		10:40
2x2x2 Cube	final	1	average of 5		11:20
Rubik's Cube Fewest Moves	final	1 hour	best of 1		12:30
Lunch
Rubik's Cube one-handed	first round	2	average of 5		13:45
Pyraminx	final	3	average of 5		14:50
Megaminx	final	5	mean of 3		15:30
Square-1	combined final	3	best of 2 average of 5	times<1:15	16:25
Rubik's Cube one-handed	final	2	average of 5	12	17:20
Winner's Ceremony					18:00
Dinner					18:30
6x6x6 Cube	combined final	8	best of 1 mean of 3	times<6:00	20:00
7x7x7 Cube	combined final	10	best of 1 mean of 3	times<8:00	20:00
Sunday February 21, 2010
Event	Round	Time limit (minutes)	Format	#Competitors	Start time
4x4x4 Cube blindfolded	final	total time for 4x4bf and 5x5bf: 2 hours	best of 2		08:30
5x5x5 Cube blindfolded	final	total time for 4x4bf and 5x5bf: 2 hours	best of 2		08:30
4x4x4 Cube	final	4	average of 5		09:30
Rubik's Cube	first round	2	average of 5		11:00
Lunch
Rubik's Cube blindfolded	combined final	10	best of 2 best of 3	times<3:00	13:00
Rubik's Cube	semi final	2	average 5	32	14:10
5x5x5 Cube	combined final	6	best of 2 average of 5	times<3:10	15:00
Rubik's Cube	final	2	average 5	8	16:30
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 2010.

#	Name	Country	3	4	5	3bf	4bf	5bf	2	3oh	mg	mm	cl	sq1	mnx	pyr	mbf	fm	6	7	gst	FRI	SAT	SUN
1	David Bolsée	Belgium	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
2	Lars Vandenbergh	Belgium	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0		1	1	1
3	Marco Willems	Belgium	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1		1	1	0
4	Olivier Polspoel	Belgium	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0		1	1	0
5	Sam Zwaenepoel	Belgium	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	1	0
6	Di Yan	China	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	1
7	Frank Severinsen	Denmark	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	0
8	Henrik Buus Aagaard	Denmark	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	0
9	Mads Mohr Christensen	Denmark	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		1	1	0
10	Teemu Tiinanen	Finland	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1		1	1	1
11	Christophe Woittequand	France	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
12	François Courtès	France	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	0
13	Olivier Vermersch	France	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1		1	1	0
14	Alexander Springhorn	Germany	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	0
15	Berit Brüster	Germany	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1		1	1	0
16	Fabian Auroux	Germany	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0
17	Florian Weingarten	Germany	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
18	Jennifer Heße	Germany	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
19	Jens Diewald	Germany	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	0
20	Kai Jiptner	Germany	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		1	1	0
21	Karsten Buitkamp	Germany	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1		1	1	0
22	Maximilian Neitzel	Germany	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	1	0
23	Monika Zimmermann	Germany	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0
24	Niklas Spies	Germany	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1		0	1	0
25	Nora Christ	Germany	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1		1	1	0
26	Philipp Rathjen	Germany	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
27	Robin Blöhm	Germany	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0
28	Sébastien Auroux	Germany	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	0
29	Tim Habermaas	Germany	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1		1	1	0
30	Ufuk Satir	Germany	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
31	Chris Karasiotos	Greece	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0
32	Bertalan Bodor	Hungary	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1		1	1	1
33	István Kocza	Hungary	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0		1	1	1
34	Olivér Perge	Hungary	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	0
35	Péter Trombitás	Hungary	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1
36	Maria Oey	Indonesia	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0
37	Shotaro Makisumi	Japan	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		1	1	0
64	Joel Spang	Luxembourg	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0
39	Anja Provoost	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0
40	Arnaud van Galen	Netherlands	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	0
41	Dick van Zalinge	Netherlands	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0		1	1	0
42	Erik Akkersdijk	Netherlands	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	0
43	Frank Provoost	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0
44	Guus Razoux Schultz	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0
45	Ivo Bakker	Netherlands	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	0
46	Jaap Scherphuis	Netherlands	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
47	Koen Arens	Netherlands	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0
48	Martijn Bakker	Netherlands	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1		0	0	0
49	Mats Valk	Netherlands	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	0
50	Robin Kwant	Netherlands	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1		1	1	0
51	Ron van Bruchem	Netherlands	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1		1	1	0
52	Sander Kaspers	Netherlands	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
53	Thijs Engel	Netherlands	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
54	Ton Dennenbroek	Netherlands	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		1	1	0
55	Tristan Paulussen	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
56	Daniel Lundwall	Sweden	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		1	1	0
57	Charlie Cooper	United Kingdom	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1		1	1	0
58	Christopher Ness	United Kingdom	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1		1	1	0
59	Daniel Sheppard	United Kingdom	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1
60	Joey Gouly	United Kingdom	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1
TOTAL		14	55	46	43	30	12	9	46	40	35	20	28	27	30	38	20	33	30	28	11	38	42	7

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.

Benelux Open 2010

Date

February 19-21, 2010

City

Sint Michielsgestel, The Netherlands

Venue

Zonnewende

Registration

closed

Saturday competition

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

Sunday competition