Press

Jumbo Spiele GmbH

You are a journalist and want to report about Aachen Open 2011? Reporters are very welcome. Please read the following notes carefully.

General information

  • Please contact us by mail (cube@hackvalue.de).
  • Reporters do not pay an entrace fee.
  • We would very much appreciate it if you could send us a copy of your article/report about Aachen Open 2011.

The competition

  • We are not the third competition in germany (or even worldwide), but the third one in Aachen. There are many competitions every year (however, Aachen Open 2010 and 2009 did receive an unusually high public interest).
  • Aachen Open 2011 is a german competition, not the german championships (those were held in September in Bottrop).
  • Aachen Open 2011 is not the world championships (however, people from all over the world will be competing).

Camera teams

  • All close-up shots are to be agreed upon with by the competitors.
  • Please take a minimum distance of two meters from every competitor, who is in the progress of solving a puzzle, otherwise, the competitor might get disturbed.
  • Competitors, who are solving a puzzle during an official event, are not to be talked to while doing so.
  • Please announce all bigger material (like tripods or camera cranes).

What's there to see?

  • Many so-called "speedsolves", that is, different puzzles (the well-known Rubik's Cube, for example) are solved incredibly fast (less than 10 seconds in some cases).
  • Many "speedcubing celebrities" will attend and be willing to give interviews, including the world record holder, holders of several national and international records, the organization team, delegates of the World Cube Association and many other cubers of different age.

Organizers

Aachen Open 2011 is organized voluntarily by the following students of RWTH Aachen University:

  • Robin Blöhm (Mathematics, 9th semester)
  • Sébastien Auroux (Mathematics, 9th semester)
  • Florian Weingarten (Computer Science, 10th semester and Mathematics, 6th semester)
  • Monika Zimmermann (Mathematics and social sciences, 9th semester)
  • Berit Brüster (Chemistry, 7th semester)
  • Jens Diewald (Mathematics, 9th semester)
  • Caroline Paeßens (Political sciences, 11th semester)
  • Sebastian Jack (Aerospace engineering, 11th semester)
  • Norbert Kotthoff (Electrical engineering, finished)
  • Jörg Seidler (Computer engineering, 13th semester)

Additionally, we are supported by Prof. Dr. Aloys Krieg of Chair for Mathematics A (Analysis and number theory) of RWTH Aachen University, many volunteers, the World Cube Association and Jumbo Games.