Dutch Masters 2008

Date

Saturday August 23 and Sunday August 24, 2008

City

Sint Michielsgestel, The Netherlands

Venue

Zonnewende

Registration

Online registration form

Saturday competition

09:00 - 18:00

Sunday competition

08:30 - 17:00


Latest news

  • August 16, 2008 Update of the provisional time schedule
  • May 24, 2008 Registration is now open!

Organisation

The Dutch Masters 2008 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 August 16, 2008 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 65 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 and a few for 2 persons. Room allocation will be done by organisation team.
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
finalWCA regulations
2:30 hours total
best of 1 09:00
Rubik's Magic
Rubik's Master Magic
final
final
0:30
0:30
average of 5
average of 5
 10:15
Rubik's Clockfinal1mean of 3 10:40
Rubik's 2x2x2 Cubefinal1average of 5 11:30
Rubik's Cube
Fewest Moves
final1 hourbest of 1 12:45
Lunch     
Rubik's Cube
one-handed
first round2average of 5 13:45
Pyraminxfinal3average of 5 15:00
Megaminxcombined final5best of 1
mean of 3
 
times<2:45
16:00
Square-1combined final3best of 1
mean of 3
 
times<1:15
16:50
Rubik's Cube
one-handed
final2average of 51217:30
Winner's Ceremony    18:00
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 Cubecombined final4best of 2
average of 5

times<1:30
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 53214:15
5x5x5 Cubecombined final6best of 2
average of 5

times<2:30
15:00
Rubik's Cubefinal2average 51216:30
Winner's Ceremony    17:00

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 Dutch Masters 2008.
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1David BolséeBelgium11     1            
2Lars VandenberghBelgium1111  11111111 1 11 
3Ram SteenhautBelgium1               1   
4Christophe WoittequandFrance1111                
5Clément GalletFrance1111111111111111 11 
6Edouard ChambonFrance1  1  11   1 11  11 
7François CourtèsFrance111   11   111   111
8Frédérick BadieFrance111               1 
9Jean-Louis MathieuFrance1111   1111     122 
10Marlène DesmaisonsFrance1     1 1        11 
11Thibaut JacquinotFrance11    11        1 2 
12Anika van OrtenGermany111              11 
13Axel HäckGermany111   11    1    11 
14Dennis StrehlauGermany1111111111111111 11 
15Florian WeingartenGermany11                  
16Jens DiewaldGermany1111  11     111 11 
17Monika ZimmermannGermany11    1      1   11 
18Raffael OrtGermany1111  111     11 11 
19Robin BlöhmGermany11111111    1111 11 
20Sébastien AurouxGermany11111111     111 11 
21Stefan PochmannGermany11111 11111 1 11 111
22Tim HabermaasGermany11111111     11 1222
23Bence BarátHungary111   11 1 111   111
24Bertalan BodorHungary1111  1111    1  111
25Gábor SzabóHungary1     11111      111
26Milán BaticzHungary1111  1111111111 111
27Olivér PergeHungary1111  111111  1  111
28Maria OeyIndonesia111   11         11 
29Anja ProvoostNetherlands1     1      1 1    
30Arjan BosseNetherlands111                 
31Arnaud van GalenNetherlands11111 1111111111 11 
32Conny SchuytNetherlands1                   
33Daniël HopNetherlands   1                
34David VosNetherlands1     1         3   
35Douwe WermerNetherlands1111  1 11  1 1   1 
36Erik AkkersdijkNetherlands11111 1111111111 11 
37Frank ProvoostNetherlands11    1 11   1 1    
38Guus Razoux SchultzNetherlands      11       1    
39Hakan DenizNetherlands111   11       1 11 
40Hanneke RijksNetherlands1          1 1   11 
41Hans van der ZijdenNetherlands1  1                
42Jaap ScherphuisNetherlands1       11          
43Jacco KrijnenNetherlands11111 11111   11  1 
44Jan HopNetherlands1                   
45Koen WermerNetherlands111   11111 1   2 1 
46Marcel HoekstraNetherlands11                  
47Mats ValkNetherlands1111  1111111111 11 
48Michel HopNetherlands1  1                
49Peter JansenNetherlands111                 
50Rama TemminkNetherlands111   11     1 1 11 
51Ron van BruchemNetherlands111   111 1111 1 1  
52Sjoerd BosmaNetherlands11    11       1 11 
53Tom van der ZandenNetherlands111   11111 11 1 11 
54Ton DennenbroekNetherlands1111  111 1  111 11 
55Marek PepkePoland1  1            3   
56Sven GowalSwitzerland11    1111 1 1 1 111
57Can ÇetinTurkey1111  1        1122 
58Charlie CooperUnited Kingdom111   11111  1 1 11 
59Joey GoulyUnited Kingdom11111 11      1  11 
TOTAL 10574436271054136242117141624192513394410

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.