Latest news
- October 12: Registration is now closed for everyone!
- October 12: We currently have 41 registered competitors from: Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, United Kingdom, USA, Australia, Czech Republic and Norway.
- October 1: Time schedule added.
- September 8: Start of the competition will be at 9:30am. End of the winner's ceremony is planned at 4:45pm.
- July 30: Added the Master Magic event.
- July 23: Added the Square-1 event.
Organisation
The Dutch Open 2005 will be organised by Speedcubing.com together with World Cube Association and volunteers.
During the championship the official WCA regulations will be applied.
The championship will be held during Dutch Cube Day 2005, a big international gathering of puzzle fans, which includes a puzzle market and some lectures. Pictures of previous editions can be found via the Events page.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact organiser Ron van Bruchem.
Events
We cannot have preliminary rounds on Saturday night, like we used to do for previous championships. The reason is that there will be a German Championship on Saturday in Essen.
We also want to have some spare time during the cube day, to be able to walk around, talk and buy/sell/trade puzzles.
Therefore we need to focus on the popular events.
Provisional time schedule
Event | Round | Time limit (minutes) | Format | #Competitors | Start time |
Registration | | | | | 9:00 AM |
Rubik's Clock | final | 2 | mean of 3 | 19 | 9:30 AM |
Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube | first round | 5 | average of 5 | 39 | 10:00 AM |
Rubik's 5x5x5 Cube | final | 9 | best of 1 best 8 after 1: mean of 3 | 15 | 11:45 AM |
Lunch | | | | | 12:30 PM |
Square-1 | final | 4 | best of 1 best 6 after 1: mean of 3 | 11 | 1:00 PM |
Rubik's Magic | final | 1 | average of 5 | 24 | 1:30 PM |
Rubik's 4x4x4 Cube | final | 6 | best of 1 best 8 after 1: mean of 3 | 22 | 1:45 PM |
Rubik's MasterMagic | final | 1 | average of 5 | 8 | 2:45 PM |
Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube blindfolded | final | 20 for 2 solves | best of 2 | 15 | 3:00 PM |
Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube | final | 4 | average 5 | 12 | 3:45 PM |
Winner's Ceremony | | | | | 4:20 PM |
Note:
- Thomas Kohn will do a world record attempt for number of 3x3x3 cubes solved blindfolded.
- Geir Ugelstad will do a world record attempt for 3x3x3 speed blindfolded.
- In the events with a combined 'best of' and 'mean of 3' round, all competitors have one attempt. Immediately after that, the best competitors have two more attempts, to make a mean of 3.
- One puzzle defect is allowed in all rounds (except 3x3x3 blindfolded). This attempt can be changed for an extra attempt, according to the regulations of WCA.
Prizes
There will be some trophies to be divided among the category winners.
Competitors
The following competitors registered for Dutch Open 2005.
More competitors will only be allowed in special cases (courtesy of Ron), or for people already registered for Dutch Cube Day 2005.
# | Name | Country | 333 | 333bf | 444 | 555 | mgc | mmgc | clock | sq1 | accomp. |
1 | Ron van Bruchem | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 0 |
2 | Bob Burton | USA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
3 | Patrick Bellenbaum | Germany | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | 0 |
4 | Thomas Kohn | Germany | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | 1 |
5 | Koen Heltzel | Netherlands | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
6 | Joël Heymbeeck | Belgium | 1 | | | | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 |
7 | Gilles van den Peereboom | Belgium | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | 0 |
8 | Jasmine Lee | Australia | 1 | | | | 1 | | 1 | | 0 |
9 | Olivier Gaucher | France | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
10 | Loïc Charpentier | France | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 0 |
11 | Alexander Ooms | Netherlands | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
12 | Maureen Ooms | Netherlands | 1 | | | | 1 | | 1 | | 2 |
13 | Stefan Pochmann | Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
14 | Joël van Noort | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | 1 | 0 |
15 | Arjan Bosse | Netherlands | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | | 1 | | 0 |
16 | Jaap Scherphuis | Netherlands | 1 | | | | 1 | 1 | | | 0 |
17 | Ruben Geels | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | 0 |
18 | Ton Dennenbroek | Netherlands | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | | 0 |
19 | Hans van der Zijden | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | 0 |
20 | Guus Razoux-Schultz | Netherlands | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | | | | 0 |
21 | Maarten Stoelhorst | Netherlands | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | 2 |
22 | Sander Hendrickx | Belgium | 1 | | | | 1 | | 1 | | 0 |
23 | Jean Pons | France | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | 1 | 0 |
24 | Dan Harris | United Kingdom | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | 1 |
25 | Frédérick Badie | France | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | 0 |
26 | Olivier Mary | Belgium | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | 0 |
27 | Lars Vandenbergh | Belgium | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 0 |
28 | Olivier Mesado | France | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | 0 |
29 | Peter Jansen | Netherlands | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | 0 |
30 | Stefan Bayens | Netherlands | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 0 |
31 | Sean Connolly | United Kingdom | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 0 |
32 | Geir Ugelstad | Norway | 1 | | | | | | | | 0 |
33 | Stijn van Gils | Belgium | 1 | | | | | | | | 0 |
34 | Sébastien Felix | France | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | 0 |
35 | Peter Still | Australia | | | | | 1 | | | | 0 |
36 | Josef Jelinek | Czech Republic | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 0 |
37 | Petra Uhlirova | Czech Republic | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 0 |
38 | Augustijn Ravijts | Belgium | 1 | | | | | | | | 0 |
39 | Maria Rivilis | Germany | 1 | | | | 1 | | 1 | | 0 |
40 | Thomas Boßmann | Germany | 1 | | | | | | | | 0 |
41 | Reiner Thomsen | Germany | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | 0 |
Other events
10:00 - 17:00 Puzzle market of Dutch Cube Day.
13:30 - 14:00 Lecture "An ultimate definition of a Jigsaw Puzzle", by Geert Bekkering.
14:00 - 14:30 Lecture "Puzzles in public", by Joop van der Vaart.
Hotel
Competitors coming from abroad can contact Ron. We may help you find a cheap place to stay.
We recommend you to stay at the Eindhoven Holiday Inn hotel on Saturday night. This hotel is next to Eindhoven train station and close to the venue.
We expect that many cubers will stay at that hotel. And there is a lobby where we can meet on Saturday night.
This hotel has a room rate of 44 euros per room per night. With two persons in one room, that is only 22 euros, not including tax and breakfast.
Check out the hotel website for information and bookings.
If you want to share a room with someone else, then please send an e-mail to Ron.
Other information
Entrance fee for Dutch Cube Day is 10 euro for NKC members, and 15 euro for guests. This includes coffee/tea/cake, refreshments and lunch.
All competitors must be registered before October 1, 2005.
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.
Results of the championship will be added to the official WCA World Ranking.
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