German Open Championship 2008

Date	Saturday April 19 and Sunday April 20, 2008
City	Gütersloh, Germany
Venue	To be announced to registered competitors/guests
Registration	Online registration form
Saturday competition	German Cube Day 2008 9:30 - 17:00 (Venue open 9:00am)
Sunday competition	9:30 - 17:00 (Venue open around 9:15am)

Latest news

April 13, 2008 Update of time schedule.
April 11, 2008 Registration is now closed.
February 29, 2008 Added 4x4 blindfolded and 5x5 blindfolded event.
February 29, 2008 Registration is now open!

Organisation

The German Open 2008 is organised by Speedcubing.com 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.

The competition on Saturday will be held during German Cube Day 2008, a big international gathering of puzzle fans, which includes a puzzle market and some lectures.
German Cube Day 2008 is organised by NKC (Dutch Cube Club, established in the 80s) and only open to preregistered visitors. Up to two guests per competitor is reasonable. All guests must be registered!
The competition on Sunday will be held in the same room, but without any other festivities.

All competitors must be registered before or on April 10, 2008 AND before we reach 70 competitors.
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 compliant with the WCA regulations.

All competitors must be available for scrambling and judging. Competing for most events will be done in groups, with each group judging and scrambling for another group.

More information on German Open 2008 will follow in separate e-mails to registered competitors.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact organiser Ron van Bruchem.

Entrance fee

Entrance fee for German Cube Day 2008 on Saturday is 15 euro per person (10 euro for NKC members). This includes coffee/tea/cake, refreshments and lunch on Saturday.
Entrance fee for the Sunday events is 6 euro per competitor and guest. This includes lunch and refreshments on Sunday, and is to cover our expenses.

Provisional Time Schedule

We are focusing on having a good competition, but also having some spare time to be able to have fun, walk around, talk and buy/sell/trade puzzles.

Event	Round	Time limit (minutes)	Format	#Competitors	Start time
Saturday
Registration					09:00
5x5x5 Cube	combined final	5	best of 2 average of 5	times<3:00	09:30
Rubik's Cube	first round	2	average of 5		10:40
4x4x4 Cube	combined final	4	best of 2 average of 5	times<1:30	12:15
Lunch
Rubik's Cube	semi final	2	average 5	32	13:45
Rubik's Cube blindfolded	combined final	10	best of 2 best of 3	times<4:00	14:45
Rubik's Cube	final	2	average 5	16	16:10
Winner's Ceremony					16:45
Sunday
Event	Round	Time limit (minutes)	Format	#Competitors	Start time
Rubik's Cube multiple blindfolded	final	WCA regulations max. 200 minutes total	best of 2		09:30
Rubik's Magic Rubik's Master Magic	final	1	average of 5		10:00
Rubik's Clock	final	1	mean of 3		10:30
2x2x2 Cube	final	1	average of 5		11:30
4x4x4 Cube blindfolded	final	2 hours total for 4x4bf and 5x5bf	best of 2		12:00
5x5x5 Cube blindfolded	final	2 hours total for 4x4bf and 5x5bf	best of 1		12:00
Lunch					12:30
Megaminx	combined final	5	best of 1 mean of 3	times<2:50	13:00
Square-1	combined final	3	best of 1 mean of 3	times<1:00	13:50
Pyraminx	final	2	average of 5		14:30
Rubik's Cube one-handed	final	2	average of 5		15:20
Winner's Ceremony					16:20

Prizes

Jumbo Germany provided 10 games to be divided among the top 3 finishers.
All top 3 finishers receive a signed certificate.

Competitors

We have a maximum of 70 competitors, so make sure you register early!
The following competitors are currently registered for German Open 2008.

#	Name	Country	33	44	55	bf	22	oh	mg	mm	cl	sq	mx	py	mbf	4b	5b	gst	fr	sa	su
1	Lars Vandenbergh	Belgium	1	1	1	1	1				1	1	1	1					1	1
2	Ram Steenhaut	Belgium	1															2	3
3	Clément Gallet	France	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1
4	Jean-Louis Mathieu	France	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1								1	1
5	Térence Lopez	France	1			1												1
6	Andreas Farenbruch	Germany	1	1	1	1	1	1										1
7	Anita Varga	Germany	1
8	Axel Thur	Germany	1	1														1
9	Clemens Neudecker	Germany	1	1			1	1
10	Daniel Budiman	Germany	1
11	Dennis Strehlau	Germany	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1		1
12	Ferdinand Haas	Germany	1
13	Florian Weingarten	Germany	1	1			1
14	Gunnar Krupp	Germany	1
15	Janine Graupner	Germany	1						1
16	Jens Diewald	Germany	1	1	1	1	1								1					1
17	Julian Blöhm	Germany	1
18	Kai Jiptner	Germany	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
19	Karen Schulz	Germany	1
20	Karsten Lenz	Germany	1
21	Kevin Lamberts	Germany	1				1
22	Lukas Kalkhoff	Germany	1
23	Markus Pirzer	Germany	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1			1	1
24	Monika Zimmermann	Germany	1
25	Peter Neumann	Germany	1
26	Raffael Ort	Germany	1	1														1
27	Reiner Thomsen	Germany	1	1	1		1	1						1						1
28	Robin Blöhm	Germany	1	1	1	1	1						1		1	1	1
29	Ronnie Menzel	Germany	1	1	1
30	Sébastien Auroux	Germany	1	1	1	1	1								1					1
31	Simon Weingarten	Germany	1
32	Stefan Falten	Germany	1					1
33	Thomas Bossmann	Germany	1	1		1														1
34	Tim Habermaas	Germany	1	1	1	1	1	1							1	1	1		1	1
35	Timo Schönfelder	Germany	1	1	1		1	1					1					1
36	Tobias Christlieb	Germany	1	1	1		1	1										1
37	Tobias Wendel	Germany	1
38	Tobias Wollermann	Germany	1
39	Valeri Leich	Germany	1	1			1				1
40	Widrian Budiman	Germany	1
41	Bertalan Bodor	Hungary	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1					1
42	Dániel Kovács	Hungary	1	1				1
43	Gábor Róka	Hungary	1	1	1	1	1	1		1		1		1
44	István Kocza	Hungary	1	1		1						1			1	1	1
45	Norbert Hantos	Hungary	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1
46	Olivér Nagy	Hungary	1					1	1	1			1
47	Péter Róka	Hungary	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1			1
48	Sarolta Pánczél	Hungary	1			1						1
49	Arjan Bosse	Netherlands	1	1	1
50	Arnaud van Galen	Netherlands	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1				1	1
51	Conny Schuyt	Netherlands	1
52	Erik Akkersdijk	Netherlands	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
53	Hans van der Zijden	Netherlands	1			1									1				1	1
54	Jaap Scherphuis	Netherlands	1						1	1									1	1
55	Jan Hop	Netherlands	1																1
56	Marcel Hoekstra	Netherlands	1																1
57	Martijn Verschuur	Netherlands	1																1
58	Mats Valk	Netherlands	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1					1	1
59	Michel Hop	Netherlands	1			1													1
60	Ron van Bruchem	Netherlands	1	1	1		1	1			1	1	1	1				2	1	1
61	Ton Dennenbroek	Netherlands	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1				1				1	1
62	Greg Austin	United Kingdom	1	1	1		1	1	1				1	1				1	2	2	2
TOTAL		6	62	34	25	25	28	24	16	13	13	13	12	13	16	6	5	12	19	16	2

Hotel

A large group of competitors will be staying at Center Hotel.
Another suggestion for the hotel is the Hotel und Gästehaus Rhedaer Hof.

Competitors coming from abroad may contact Ron. Maybe we can help you with sharing rooms or travelling.

German Open Championship 2008

Date

Saturday April 19 and Sunday April 20, 2008

City

Gütersloh, Germany

Venue

To be announced to registered competitors/guests

Registration

Online registration form

Saturday competition

German Cube Day 20089:30 - 17:00 (Venue open 9:00am)

Sunday competition

9:30 - 17:00 (Venue open around 9:15am)