Nottingham Open 2014

General info

Date: Feb 22 - 23, 2014
City: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
Venue: Room A1, Coates Building
Address: University of Nottingham, NG7 2QL
Details: Campus Map
Website: Nottingham Open 2014 website
WCA Delegates: Daniel Sheppard and James Molloy
Contact: Chris Wall, Robert Yau, Tim Mercer, Ryan Jones

Information: Registration will open at 19:00 on Saturday, 11th January. The competitor limit will be 70 although you may still register for the waiting list after this. The entry fee will be £12.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 62

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Alexander Lau won with an average of 8.08 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Breandan Vallance finished second (9.74) and Robert Yau finished third (10.46).

World records: Evan Liu‎ Clock 6.68 (average).

African records: Conor Cronin‎ 6x6x6 Cube 3:42.77 (average), 7x7x7 Cube 5:10.19 (single), 7x7x7 Cube 5:33.35 (average), Clock 8.34 (single), Clock 8.80 (average), Megaminx 1:55.37 (single), Skewb 15.41 (single), Skewb 23.41 (average), and 3x3x3 With Feet 2:47.55 (single).

European records: Breandan Vallance‎ 5x5x5 Cube 58.00 (single) and 5x5x5 Cube 1:02.33 (average); Daniel Sheppard‎ Skewb 2.80 (single).

Event	Name	Best		Average		Citizen of	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Alexander Lau	6.83		8.08		United Kingdom	6.83	7.90	8.43	10.36	7.90
2x2x2 Cube	Sameer Mahmood	1.78		2.59		United Kingdom	3.77	1.87	4.20	1.78	2.14
4x4x4 Cube	Robert Yau	32.50		34.75	NR	United Kingdom	49.60	34.68	32.50	34.88	34.70
5x5x5 Cube	Breandan Vallance	58.24		1:02.33	ER	United Kingdom	1:01.69	1:05.91	1:04.50	1:00.79	58.24
6x6x6 Cube	Robert Yau	2:29.34		2:33.54		United Kingdom	2:29.34	2:41.57	2:29.70
7x7x7 Cube	Jong-Ho Jeong (정종호)	3:35.31		3:52.90		Republic of Korea	3:37.37	3:35.31	4:26.01
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Adrian Lehmann	36.90		DNF		Germany	DNF	DNF	36.90
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Daniel Sheppard	25	NR			United Kingdom	25
3x3x3 One-Handed	Jong-Ho Jeong (정종호)	15.31		16.00		Republic of Korea	15.97	16.12	16.37	15.31	15.91
Clock	Evan Liu	5.78		6.68	WR	United States	7.11	5.78	6.73	DNF	6.20
Megaminx	Chris Wall	52.12		54.44		United Kingdom	54.35	55.97	53.01	1:00.71	52.12
Pyraminx	Ciarán Beahan	3.82		5.06	NR	Ireland	3.82	6.91	5.66	5.22	4.31
Skewb	Daniel Sheppard	6.00		6.89	NR	United Kingdom	6.31	6.81	7.59	6.00	7.56
Square-1	Simon Crawford	13.72		14.21		United Kingdom	14.02	14.16	15.00	13.72	14.44
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Oliver Frost	2:38.74	NR	DNF		United Kingdom	2:38.74	DNF	DNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded	Callum Hales-Jepp	14:30.00		DNF		United Kingdom	14:30.00	DNF	DNF
3x3x3 Multi-Blind	Oliver Frost	22/27 57:35				United Kingdom	22/27 57:35
3x3x3 With Feet	Callum Hales-Jepp	41.68	NR	46.61	NR	United Kingdom	54.93	41.68	43.23

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).

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.