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  <h2>News</h2>

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          <b>January 20, 2011</b>: <a href="http://rubiksrun.com/?p=469">Uli Killian</a>, the initiator of "Rubiks Run", a charity run for prostate cancer, was a competitor of Aachen Open 2011. If you want to support him, check out <a href="http://rubiksrun.com/">http://rubiksrun.com/</a>.
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          <b>January 17, 2011</b>: We hope you enjoyed the competition in Aachen! <a href="http://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/c.php?i=AachenOpen2011">Results</a> are already online. <a href="/ao11/s/en/media">Pictures and media appearances</a> will be collected within the next days.
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          <b>January 13, 2011</b>: There will be live results at <a href="http://cube.hackvalue.de/live/">http://cube.hackvalue.de/live/</a>.
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          <b>January 10, 2011</b>: Because of the high number of registrations, we have to ask all reporters/journalists to only visit on friday or saturday, <b>not</b> on sunday. Thank you.
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          <b>January 03, 2011</b>: Registration is now closed. Please understand that we will not be able to make any exceptions (this also applies to spectators or guests of competitors), so if you are not registered, please do not come to Aachen Open 2011!
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          <b>November 23, 2010</b>: Due to some requests we have decided to add another Multi-BLD attempt on Friday. This one will be optional! Everyone who is not coming on Friday but registered for Saturday will be able to participate as planed before. It will not be possible to have both attempts on Saturday.
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          <b>November 03, 2010</b>: The <a href="http://www.cubikon.de/">cubikon</a> team will join us in Aachen. Great opportunity to try out the newest puzzles!
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          <b>November 01, 2010</b>: Registration is now open.
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<h2>Information</h2>

<h3>What is Aachen Open 2011?</h3>

<p>
<i>Aachen Open</i> is the biggest annual german tournament in
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedcubing">speedcubing</a>,
the sport of solving
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubik%27s_Cube">Rubik's cubes</a>
and similar puzzles as fast as you can.
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<p>
In 2009, students from RWTH Aachen University successfully organized
Aachens first speedcubing competition: 
<a href="http://aachen.speedcubing.com/ao09/info-en">Aachen Open 2009</a>.
The event was a big success which pushed the capacities of the venue to its limits
because of the high number of participants and guests.
</p>

<p>
In 2010, we were able to follow up on the success of 2009 and even exceed it
with <a href="http://aachen.speedcubing.com/ao10/info-en">Aachen Open 2010</a>,
which was at that point the biggest german speedcubing championship (except from
World Championships 2009).
</p>

<p>
Third time is a charm, so we decided to try to beat our records again in 2011
and get even more people to compete. We are confident that we will succeed and that
our event will be as nice as before. You are welcome to join us!
</p>

<h3>Where and when?</h3>

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<big><b>January 14th/15th/16th, 2011</b></big><br/><br/>
<a href="http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=de&amp;geocode=&amp;q=Ahornstra%C3%9Fe+55,+52074+Aachen&amp;sll=51.151786,10.415039&amp;sspn=20.808164,39.506836&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=Ahornstra%C3%9Fe+55,+Aachen+52074+Aachen,+Nordrhein-Westfalen&amp;z=16">Lecture Hall Aula II</a> <br/>
Computer Science Building, RWTH Aachen University <br/>
Ahornstra&szlig;e 55, 52074 Aachen <br/>
Germany
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<h3>How much does it cost?</h3>

<p>
The entrance fee for saturday and sunday will probably be
<b>5 euro per person per day</b>.
This applies to <b>everyone</b> (except reporters), no matter if you
are a competitor, guest, parent of a competitor or someone else!
Friday will be free (no drinks or food included).
</p>

<h3>Aaaah, I never attended a competition and I feel totally lost!</h3>

<p>
Don't panic! Everybody is welcome and it's not about winning.
You will most likely not be the only one who needs more than
a minute to solve the cube.
</p>

<p>
There will be plenty of time to test the equipment (for example
the official timing device, the 
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stackmat_timer">Stackmat timer</a>)
and discuss the rules, if you have questions. However, every competitor
should have read the
<a href="http://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/">
official WCA regulations</a> at least once <b>before</b> attending a
competition. You should also have a look at this very nice
<a href="http://www.cubingusa.com/ctutorial.php">competitor tutorial</a>.
</p>

<h3>I have questions, which are not answered by this website!</h3>

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Please feel free to write a mail to
<a href="mailto:cube@hackvalue.de">cube@hackvalue.de</a>.
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