Dutch Open Championship 2007

Date

Saturday October 13 and Sunday October 14, 2007

City

Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Venue

Mikrocentrum
Kruisstraat 74
5612 CJ Eindhoven
Netherlands

Registration

Online registration form

Saturday competition

9:30 - 16:45 (Venue open around 9:00am)

Sunday competition

Dutch Cube Day 2007
9:30 - 16:45 (Venue open around 9:00am)


Latest news

  • October 12, 2007 Small update to time schedule.
  • August 14, 2007 Added a second round for 3x3. Busy time schedule, but we hope we can manage it.
  • August 4, 2007 Registration is now open!

Organisation

The Dutch Open 2007 is organised by Speedcubing.com together with World Cube Association, Dutch Cubists Club (NKC) and volunteers.
The competition on Sunday will be held during Dutch Cube Day 2007, a big international gathering of puzzle fans, which includes a puzzle market and some lectures.
The competition on Saturday will be held in the same room, but without any other festivities.

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.

All competitors must be available for scrambling and judging. The scrambling and judging will be done in groups per event. The organiser will inform you about where you have to fulfil scrambling and judging tasks.

More information on Dutch Open 2007 will follow in separate e-mails to registered competitors.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact organiser Ron van Bruchem.

Registration

Dutch Cube Day 2007 and Dutch Open 2007 are only open to registered competitors and guests. Up to two guests per competitor is reasonable. All guests must be registered!
We have a maximum of 60 competitors, so make sure you register early!
Please use the online registration form for registration.

Entrance fee for Saturday is 10 euro per person (competitors/guests). The entrance fee includes lunch and drinks.
Entrance fee for Sunday is 15 euro per person (competitors/guests), NKC members pay 10 euro. The entrance fee includes lunch and drinks.

Registration closes on September 23, 2007 OR when we reach 60 competitors.

Events

Saturday: 2x2x2, Square-1, Pyraminx, Megaminx, Clock, Magic, Master Magic, 3x3x3 One-handed, 3x3x3 Multiple Blindfolded.
Sunday: 3x3x3, 4x4x4, 5x5x5, 3x3x3 Blindfolded.
We are focusing on having a good competition, but also having some spare time to be able to walk around, talk and buy/sell/trade puzzles.

Provisional time schedule

Saturday
EventRoundTime limit
(minutes)
Format#CompetitorsStart time
On-site registration    09:00
Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube Multiple BlindfoldedfinalWCA regulations
2 hours, max 2 attempts
best of 2 09:30
Rubik's Magicfinal0:30average of 5 10:00
Rubik's Master Magicfinal0:30average of 5 10:20
Rubik's Clockfinal1mean of 3 10:40
Rubik's 2x2x2 Cubecombined final1best of 2
average of 5

times<10
11:30
Lunch    12:30
Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube
one-handed
combined final2best of 2
average of 5
 
times<50
13:00
Pyraminxcombined final3best of 2
average of 5
 
times<15
14:00
Megaminxcombined final5best of 1
mean of 3
 
times<3:00
14:45
Square-1combined final3best of 1
mean of 3
 
times<1:00
15:45
Winner's Ceremony    16:30

Sunday
EventRoundTime limit
(minutes)
Format#CompetitorsStart time
On-site registration    09:00
Rubik's 4x4x4 Cubecombined final4best of 2
average of 5

times<1:30
09:30
Rubik's 3x3x3 Cubefirst round2average of 5 11:00
Lunch    12:30
Rubik's 3x3x3 Cubesecond round2average of 52013:00
Rubik's 5x5x5 Cubecombined final6best of 2
average of 5

times<2:40
14:00
Rubik's 3x3x3 Cube
blindfolded
final10best of 2 15:10
Rubik's 3x3x3 Cubefinal2average 51016:20
Winner's Ceremony    16:45

Prizes

There will be some small prizes to be divided among the category winners.
All top 3 finishers receive a signed certificate.

Competitors

The following competitors are currently registered for Dutch Open 2007.
#NameCountry333444555333bf222333ohmgcmmgcclocksq1minxpyrammbfguest
1Gilles van den PeereboomBelgium1111111 11  1 
2Lars VandenberghBelgium111 1   1111  
3Olivier FasbenderBelgium1    1        
4Olivier PolspoelBelgium11 1111111    
5Christophe WoittequandFrance1  1         1
6Clément GalletFrance1111111111111 
7Jean-Louis MathieuFrance11  1 11      
8Mátyás KutiHungary1111111111111 
9Maria OeyIndonesia11  1         
10Alexander OomsNetherlands111 1 111  1  
11Arjan BosseNetherlands111           
12Arnaud van GalenNetherlands1111111111111 
13Conny SchuytNetherlands1             
14Daniël HopNetherlands1             
15Dominique PeetersNetherlands11           1
16Erik AkkersdijkNetherlands1111111111111 
17Grada OomsNetherlands1     1       
18Hans van der ZijdenNetherlands1  1          
19Jaap ScherphuisNetherlands1     11      
20Joël van NoortNetherlands111111    1   
21Koen HeltzelNetherlands111           
22Leon AdmiraalNetherlands11            
23Michel HopNetherlands1  1          
24Rama TemminkNetherlands111 11   1 1  
25Rayner ChotkanNetherlands1   1         
26Ron van BruchemNetherlands111 11  1111  
27Ruben GeelsNetherlands1  1          
28Stefan BayensNetherlands1             
29Ton DennenbroekNetherlands1111111    11 
30Wesley HaksteegNetherlands1             
31Alejandro Lamas PérezSpain1   1 1 1     
32Agniezka KozielPoland1             
33David Calvo VivasSpain111111    11  
34Ernesto Fernández RegueiraSpain1   111 1     
35Ritch KitchingUnited Kingdom              
36Greg AustinUnited Kingdom111 111 1 11 1
37David LitwinUSA111          2
TOTAL 936211613191414812991165

Hotel

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 Friday and Saturday night.
This hotel has a room rate of 99 euros (Park Stay and Go rate) per room per night. With four persons in one room, that is 24.75 euros per person, not including local tax (3.50 per person) and breakfast (10 euro).
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.

Competitors coming from abroad can contact Ron. We may help you find a cheap place to stay.