LogoCaltech Spring Open 2014
- Date
- May 17 - 18, 2014
- City
- Pasadena, California, United States
- Venue
- Address
- 330 S Holliston Avenue
- Details
Annenberg Center, room 105. See website for more details.
- Website
- Caltech Spring Open 2014 website
- Contact
- Organizers
- Michael Young and Xi Xu
- WCA Delegates
- James Hamory and Michael Young
- Information
The cost of registration is $2n + 4, where n is the number of events, if registered before 5/10; otherwise, on-site registration is doubled. $1 will go to the WCA. Caltech students are free. See website for more information, particularly about events and schedule.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 77
- Registration requirements
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This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Nick Stanton won with an average of 9.99 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. James Hamory finished second (10.34) and Nathan Soria finished third (10.79).
North American records: Andrew Nelson Square-1 10.31 (single).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Nick Stanton | 8.61 | 9.99 | United States | 8.61 | 10.11 | 9.47 | 10.40 | 13.03 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Nathan Soria | 3.00 | 3.36 | United States | 3.21 | 4.94 | 3.02 | 3.84 | 3.00 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Andrew Le | 1:00.88 | DNF | United States | 1:00.88 | DNF | DNF | |||||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Rob Stuart | 31 | DNF | United Kingdom | 31 | DNF | DNF | |||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Nick Stanton | 14.25 | 17.65 | United States | 14.25 | 14.90 | 21.22 | 16.83 | 22.34 | |||
| Clock | Deven Nadudvari | 7.63 | 8.00 | United States | 8.15 | 7.71 | 7.63 | 8.13 | DNF | |||
| Megaminx | Michael Young | 1:24.94 | 1:37.43 | United States | 1:32.18 | 1:51.63 | 2:00.58 | 1:24.94 | 1:28.49 | |||
| Skewb | Nathan Soria | 5.27 | 7.52 | United States | 7.71 | 11.88 | 5.27 | 7.86 | 7.00 | |||
| Square-1 | Michael Young | 13.22 | 15.92 | United States | 13.50 | 13.22 | 15.59 | 18.66 | 24.27 | |||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Tim Wong | 19:52.00 | DNF | United States | 19:52.00 | DNF | DNF | |||||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Tim Wong | 19/23 59:48 | United States | 19/23 59:48 | DNS | |||||||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | ||
| Second round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | ||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 10:00.00 | ||
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | Final | Mo3 | 1 hour | ||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 45.00 | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Clock | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 30.00 | |
| Megaminx | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:00.00 | |
| Skewb | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 30.00 | |
| Square-1 | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:00.00 | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 10:00.00 | ||
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 20:00.00 | ||
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | Final | Bo2 | 10:00.00 per cube, up to 60:00.00 |
Time limit
If you reach the time limit during your solve, the judge will stop you and your result will be DNF (see Regulation A1a4).
Cutoff
The result to beat to proceed to the second phase of a cutoff round (see Regulation 9g).
Format
The format describes how to determine the ranking of competitors based on their results. The list of allowed formats per event is described in Regulation 9b. See Regulation 9f for a description of each format.