Results are available

I want to thank everyone for participating to the first Swiss Open. The results are now available on the WCA website: here

Swiss Winter Open 2009

The first Swiss Open of Rubik’s cube will take on the 31st of January and 1st of February 2009. It will take place at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL).

Organisation

The Swiss Winter Open 2009 of Rubik's cube is organised by PolyCube (Sven Gowal) together with World Cube Association and volunteers.

During the championship the official WCA regulations will be applied. Results of the championship will be added to the official WCA World Rankings. Before the competition starts all competitors can practice on the official timing equipment: the Stackmat timer. All puzzle brands may be used during the competition, as long as the puzzles comply to the WCA regulations.

The championship will be held at EPFL:

EPFL (Room CM 0 11)

1015 Lausanne

Switzerland

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All competitors must be registered before January 25th, 2009 AND before we reach 60 competitors.All competitors must be available for scrambling and judging. Before the competition the organiser will inform you about where you have to fulfil scrambling and judging tasks.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact organiser Sven Gowal.

If you have any problem or want to grab a nice beer on Friday you can call me from 16:00 on my mobile phone (+41 78 XXX XX XX).

Cost of registration

To cover the cost of renting the room and buying drinks for everyone, a nominal charge of 10 CHF (or 7 euros) per person will be taken.

Place to stay

The recommended hotel is Jeunotel:

Ch. du Bois-de-Vaux 36

1007 Lausanne

Switzerland

It is located 3 km away from the venue and prices per night start around 40 CHF (~28 euros). Reserve your bed/room as soon as possible.

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Travel

From Geneva airport

This is the closest airport from the venue. When leaving the airport complex, walk (2 minutes) to the airport train station.

Take the IR train (every 30 minutes) direction Lausanne and stop at Rennens. From Rennens train station directly take the metro M1 (TSOL) and stop at EPFL. There is only one metro line leaving from Rennens and this line starts right next to the train platform 1. The metro leaves every 5 to 10 minutes.

Another option is to take the IC train to Lausanne. At Lausanne go out the main exit, you should see a McDonalds on the other side of the street. Take the metro M2 (TSOL), located near the McDonalds, and stop at Flon (1st stop). From Flon take the M1 metro line and stop at EPFL.

From Zurich airport

When leaving the airport complex, walk to the airport train station.

Take the IC train to Lausanne. At Lausanne go out the main exit, you should see a McDonalds on the other side of the street. Take the metro M2 (TSOL), located near the McDonalds, and stop at Flon (1st stop). From Flon take the M1 metro line and stop at EPFL.

By train

Please look at www.cff.ch to schedule your train travel. You can either stop at Lausanne or Rennens (VD), and follow the instruction above. The cff website is able to plan your trip even if the departure station is outside of Switzerland.

By car

Take highway A1 direction Lausanne. Take Lausanne-South (Lausanne-Sud) and exit at UNIL-EPFL. Go straight until you reach a big tower with EPFL written on it. If you are planning to park your car at EPFL, you can park on any of the student parking during the week-end for 10 CHF, but you need to leave a comment telling me that you are taking your car when you register.

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