Benelux Open Championship 2008

Date	Saturday February 16 and Sunday February 17, 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

January 15, 2008 Registration is now open!

Organisation

The Benelux Open 2008 Rubik's Cube championship 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.
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 16, 2008 AND before we reach 50 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

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).
If you will not stay in the youth hostel, the registration will be 10 euros, and you can have optional breakfast, lunch and dinner.

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

Event	Round	Time limit (minutes)	Format	#Competitors	Time
Friday
Informal meeting					16:00-22:00
Saturday
Event	Round	Time limit (minutes)	Format	#Competitors	Start time
Registration					09:00
Rubik's Cube Multiple Blindfolded	final	WCA regulations 2 hours total	best of 2		09:15
Rubik's Magic Rubik's Master Magic	final final	0:30 0:30	average of 5 average of 5		10:15
Rubik's Clock	final	1	mean of 3		10:40
Rubik's 2x2x2 Cube	final	1	average of 5		11:30
Rubik's Cube Fewest Moves	final	1 hour	best of 1		12:30
Lunch
Rubik's Cube one-handed	final	2	average of 5		13:45
Pyraminx	final	3	average of 5		14:45
Megaminx	combined final	5	best of 1 mean of 3	times<2:50	15:45
Square-1	combined final	3	best of 1 mean of 3	times<1:00	16:45
Winner's Ceremony					17:15
Sunday
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	combined final	4	best of 2 average of 5	times<1:30	09:30
Rubik's Cube	first round	2	average of 5		10:30
Rubik's Cube blindfolded	final	10	best of 3		12:00
Lunch
Rubik's Cube	semi final	2	average 5	24	13:45
5x5x5 Cube	combined final	6	best of 2 average of 5	times<2:30	14:45
Rubik's Cube	final	2	average 5	12	16:00
Winner's Ceremony					16:30

Prizes

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

Competitors

We have a maximum of 50 competitors, so make sure you register early!
The following competitors are currently registered for Benelux Open 2008.

#	Name	Country	3	4	5	3bf	4bf	5bf	2	3oh	mg	mm	cl	sq1	mnx	pyr	mbf	fm	gst	FRI	SAT	SUN
1	Ron van Bruchem	Netherlands	1	1	1				1	1			1	1	1	1		1
2	Ton Dennenbroek	Netherlands	1	1	1	1			1	1	1		1			1	1	1		1	1
3	Maria Oey	Indonesia	1	1	1				1											1	1
4	Rama Temmink	Netherlands	1	1	1				1	1						1		1		1	1
5	Erik Akkersdijk	Netherlands	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1
6	Lars Vandenbergh	Belgium	1	1	1	1			1	1			1	1	1	1		1		1	1
7	Jean-Louis Mathieu	France	1	1	1	1			1	1	1	1	1							1	1
8	István Kocza	Hungary	1	1		1	1	1	1	1				1		1	1			1	1
9	Mads Mohr Christensen	Denmark	1	1					1						1	1				1	1
10	Jonas Hartwig	Denmark	1						1											1	1
11	Henrik Buus Aagaard	Denmark	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1			1	1
12	Kristine Buus Aagaard	Denmark	1						1		1	1				1				1	1
13	Joël van Noort	Netherlands	1	1	1	1			1	1					1			1		1	1
14	Guus Razoux Schultz	Netherlands							1	1								1
15	Sigurd Wedel Sørensen	Denmark	1	1	1				1	1	1					1				1	1
16	Dennis Strehlau	Germany	1	1	1	1			1	1				1	1	1	1			1	1
17	Jaap Scherphuis	Netherlands	1								1	1
18	Daniel Lundwall	Sweden	1	1		1			1	1	1					1	1	1		1	1	1
19	Gunnar Krig	Sweden	1	1	1	1			1	1	1		1	1	1	1		1		1	1	1
20	Kåre Krig	Sweden	1	1	1	1	1		1	1					1	1	1	1		1	1	1
21	Magnus Claesson	Sweden	1						1	1					1	1				1	1	1
22	Frank Provoost	Netherlands							1		1					1		1	1
23	Peter Jansen	Netherlands	1	1	1														1
24	Arnaud van Galen	Netherlands	1	1	1	1			1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1
25	Marcel Hoekstra	Netherlands	1
26	Michel Hop	Netherlands	1
27	Olivier Polspoel	Belgium	1	1					1	1	1	1		1						1	1
28	Mats Valk	Netherlands	1	1					1	1									1		2
29	Clément Gallet	France	1	1	1	1	1	1
30	Ram Steenhaut	Belgium	1																3
31	Jacco Krijnen	Netherlands							1	1	1		1				1	1
32	Tom van der Zanden	Netherlands							1	1	1				1
33	Alexander Ooms	Netherlands	1	1	1				1		1	1	1			1		1		1	1
34	Agniezka Koziel	Poland	1						1											1	1
35	Kai Jiptner	Germany	1	1	1	1			1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1			1	1
36	David Bolsée	Belgium	1
TOTAL		9	32	23	18	14	5	3	29	22	16	9	11	8	13	19	10	14	6	23	25	5

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 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 Championship 2008

Date

Saturday February 16 and Sunday February 17, 2008

City

Sint Michielsgestel, The Netherlands

Venue

Zonnewende

Registration

Online registration form

Saturday competition

09:00 - 18:00

Sunday competition