event: Megaminx Open 2009
The Megaminx Open 2009 will be on October 3, 2009, at NAPOCOR Conference Hall, BIR Road Corner Quezon Avenue, Diliman Quezon City. This competition will be official with 10 events in contest. WCA Regulations will be applied throughout this competition.
Note: The competition is limited to ~40 competitors
A Few Days To Go Before the RCPO 2009!
Ready, Set, Cube!!!
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Image from: http://www.aus-speedcubing.110mb.com/
Lube your cubes, look ahead like crazy and practice like there’s no tomorrow! You read it right! You only have four days before the much anticipated Rubik’s Cube Philippine Open 2009 to be held at the Robinson’s Midtown Center Ermita this coming Saturday and Sunday.
There will be more than 10 events you can participate in including: 2×2 to 7×7 speedsolving, 3×3 and 4×4 Blindfold Cubing, 3×3 One-Handed Solving, Rubik’s Magic, Rubik’s Mirror Blocks, Rubik’s Clock, Pyraminx, Megaminx, Rubik’s Master Magic, and even the newest Rubik’s 360.
There are also additional new formats of competition such as the 3×3 Multi-Blindfolded Cubing, Team Solving, and 3×3 Solve Using the Feet! Now that would be interesting!
Please make sure you come on time as there will be a brief demo and discussion regarding the flow of the competition during the first day. For further details, you can check out my previous post.
In other cubing news, you can now pre-order the official RCPO 2009 Shirt at this site. Check out the design below.
event: Rubik’s Cube Philippine Open 2009
Rubik’s Cube Philippine Open 2009 will be on August 29 & 30, at Robinsons Place Midtown in Ermita, Manila.
This competition will be official with 16 events in contest. WCA Regulations will be applied throughout this competition.
WCA Delegate: Jonathan Papa
Registration Fee: TBA
Reminders: Please bring proper identification and observe proper attire. Also please be advised that you should bring your own puzzles as per WCA Regulations Puzzle Standard. Please know the WCA Regulations by heart.
Bulacan Open – Speedcubing Competition Official NR’s and AsR’s
Here are the official New Philippine Records (NR’s) and First Asian Record (AsR) broken by our fellow Pinoy cubers during the last Bulacan Open in list form. Thanks Paololzki!
Kevin Zerzes Sapo
2x2x2 Single Solve
2x2x2 Average
3x3x3 OH Average
Reynaldo Mape Jr.
3x3x3 BLD
4x4x4 BLD – ASR
3x3x3 By Feet – Single Solve
Lorenzo Bonoan
3x3x3 by Feet Average
Guilliano Cayetano
Megaminx Single Solve
Megaminx Average
Paolo Jose Panganiban
Rubik’s Clock Single Solve
Rubik’s Clock Average
Rubik’s Master Magic Single Solve
Rubik’s Master Magic Average
Jonathan Papa
6x6x6 Average
Allan Ortega
6x6x6 Single Solve
Chia-Wei Lu
3x3x3 by Feet Single Solve
3x3x3 by Feet Average
Pyraminx Single Solve
Rubik’s Clock Single Solve
Rubik’s Clock Average
Rubik’s Master Magic Single Solve
Rubik’s Master Magic Average
Bulacan Open 2009 Results
Congratulations to all the competitors of the recently concluded Bulacan Open 2009 held at the Malhacan Elementary School at Barangay Malhacan, Meycauayan City, Bulacan last May 16 and 17. Our very own JR Mape got the fastest time for the 4×4 Blindfolded Event at 11:23.00 making him the fastest in Asia (AsR) breaking the previous record set by Yumu Tabuchi of Japan.
Here are the complete set of winners from the WCA website:
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Winner's Circle
![Top 3 The Tope Three Winners](https://i0.wp.com/i7.photobucket.com/albums/y252/teardrop_hero/top3bulacanopen.jpg)
The Top Three Winners
what a long day!
This post will be short since I will be editing photos and vids of Day 1 of the Rizal Open, held at the Roosevelt College Campus. I wanted to join because someone, somehow convinced me to! Unfortunately, when I woke up, I discovered something horrendous! So horrible that I loathed having “it” today, of all the days!
A bug bit my right index finger. (I’m not even kidding.)
Now, it was so swollen! Darn! I know that my 23-second average won’t even get me to the Finals tomorrow but hell! I didn’t want to be a “spectator” anymore. I wanted to compete! T_T
Anyway, I still went to the darn competition wanting to see the top cubers in the country. However, disappointment still loomed in that department. I expected to see Durben Virtucio (the Philippine Record Holder) and JR (Blindfold Master), I looked everywhere but sadly, they are nowhere to be found. T_T
I got my Cebu Open shirt from Ms. Halley, and sold my Rubik’s Clock to James. I’m still glad that things somehow worked out in the end and I got home safely, amidst the heavy rains brought by the coming typhoon.
And for now, that’s all that counts.
(I hope I can write a much better post tomorrow. So tired… I try to get into more details in the following posts.)
whacked out weather = recurrent headaches
I’m sorry if I wasn’t able post interesting stuff these past few days. I’ve been a bit under the weather lately and have been suffering (literally) from really bad recurrent headaches. (Maybe due to the whacked out weather. It’s summer and it’s been raining like crazy!) I guess I should take care of myself more since I’m usually alone 90 % of the day. Doing almost everything around the house for the past three weeks, not exercising and issues of unhealthy eating ( I only cook boiled anything and fried anything due to time constraints aka lazy. LOL!) made its taken it’s toll on my body and I can’t even spend an hour in front of the computer without getting a nasty headache after.
So let’s go on with it shall we?
Durben Virtucio aka the Fastest Cuber in the Philippines (as of this writing), already posted videos of his solves from the recently concluded Cebu Open held last April 18. He now holds the NR’s (New Records for our country) for the 3×3 category, 4×4 category and 5×5 category. If it’s not that impressive enough, let me remind you that he is only 12 years old.
Since Mom went on vacation, I don’t watch much TV anymore and I spend most of my time online or doing some random household chore. Too bad I wasn’t able to watch this particular episode in the noontime show Wowowee hosted by Willie Revillame. In this episode, the guests are people who have very unique talents or skills (I’m not really sure about this.), and sure enough, JR the BLD (blindfold cubing) master from the Talentadong Pinoy fame and James, was really awesome showing off their skills. JR, of course did a blindfold solve and a couple of dice stacking performances and James did a 2-Handed solve at around 17 seconds and did an OH (One-Handed Solve) later. Here are the vids:
To cubers and non-cubers alike, let me invite you to the upcoming Rizal Open 2009 this May 7-8 at the Roosevelt College Systems Cainta Campus along Sumulong Highway in the heart of Cainta, Rizal. Events such as 3×3(ss), 3×3(oh), 3×3(bld), 3×3 multi-bld, 4×4×4, 5×5×5, 2×2×2, Megaminx, Pyraminx, Square1, v6, and v7 will be featured and this is a great chance to see a new record (or a World Record being broken!) being set by our fellow Pinoy Cubers.
That’s all for now. I hope I can write the way that I want to, but it’s kinda difficult when you feel like your head is going to split open… Oh well, at least I got to go shopping at the supermarket, fitted my old type D with an old yellow core (it’s so much awesome now!) and will cook Tortang Talong later. Till then!
event: Bulacan Open 2009
Bulacan Open 2009 Speedcubing Competition will be held at Malhacan Elementary School at Barangay Malhacan, Meycauayan City, Bulacan at May 16 and 17 of this year. This competition will be a two day event composed of 14 event categories. Since it is a WCA recognized competition, WCA Regulations will be applied throughout the event.
Date: May 16-17
City: Meycauayan City
Venue: Malhacan Elementary School
Address: Barangay Malhacan, Meycauayan City, Bulacan, Philippines
Details: Covered Court
WCA delegate: JB Canares
Events:
3×3(ss)
3×3(oh)
3×3(bld)
3×3 multi-bld
4x4x4
5x5x5
2x2x2
Magic
Master Magic
Megaminx
Pyraminx
Square1
v6
v7
Registration Fee:
Php 250 Basic Events (2×2, 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, OH & BLD)
Php 100 For All Other Events
Reminders:
Please bring proper identification and observe proper attire. Also please be advised that you should bring your own puzzles as per WCA Regulations Puzzle Standard. Please know the WCA Regulations by heart.
Go to this site for more information.
event: Rizal Open 2009
Rizal Open 2009 Speedcubing Competition will be held at Roosevelt College Systems Cainta Campus along Sumulong Highway in the heart of Cainta, Rizal at May 7 and 8 of this year. This competition will be a two day event composed of 12 event categories. Since it is a WCA recognized competition, WCA Regulations will be applied throughout the event.
Events : 3×3(ss), 3×3(oh), 3×3(bld), 3×3 multi-bld, 4x4x4, 5x5x5, 2x2x2, Megaminx, Pyraminx, Square1, v6, and v7 (we may add or remove some of the events depending on the demand)
WCA Delegate: JB Cañares
Registration Fee: Php 200 Basic Events (2×2, 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, OH & BLD)
Php 50 Each Additional Group of Events (Choose 4 remaining events to form a group)
Reminders: Please bring proper identification and observe proper attire. Also please be advised that you should bring your own puzzles as per WCA Regulations Puzzle Standard. Please know the WCA Regulations by heart.
Make Yourself Heard!