World Cube Association

News

  • January 20, 2011: Uli Killian, 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 http://rubiksrun.com/.
  • January 17, 2011: We hope you enjoyed the competition in Aachen! Results are already online. Pictures and media appearances will be collected within the next days.
  • January 13, 2011: There will be live results at http://cube.hackvalue.de/live/.
  • January 10, 2011: Because of the high number of registrations, we have to ask all reporters/journalists to only visit on friday or saturday, not on sunday. Thank you.
  • January 03, 2011: 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!
  • November 23, 2010: 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.
  • November 03, 2010: The cubikon team will join us in Aachen. Great opportunity to try out the newest puzzles!
  • November 01, 2010: Registration is now open.

Information

What is Aachen Open 2011?

Aachen Open is the biggest annual german tournament in speedcubing, the sport of solving Rubik's cubes and similar puzzles as fast as you can.

In 2009, students from RWTH Aachen University successfully organized Aachens first speedcubing competition: Aachen Open 2009. 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.

In 2010, we were able to follow up on the success of 2009 and even exceed it with Aachen Open 2010, which was at that point the biggest german speedcubing championship (except from World Championships 2009).

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!

Where and when?

January 14th/15th/16th, 2011

Lecture Hall Aula II
Computer Science Building, RWTH Aachen University
Ahornstraße 55, 52074 Aachen
Germany

How much does it cost?

The entrance fee for saturday and sunday will probably be 5 euro per person per day. This applies to everyone (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).

Aaaah, I never attended a competition and I feel totally lost!

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.

There will be plenty of time to test the equipment (for example the official timing device, the Stackmat timer) and discuss the rules, if you have questions. However, every competitor should have read the official WCA regulations at least once before attending a competition. You should also have a look at this very nice competitor tutorial.

I have questions, which are not answered by this website!

Please feel free to write a mail to cube@hackvalue.de.