Open12 - Event Details

A few more details for the adrenaline junkies. The event is still evolving, and as such please refer back to these pages prior to the event. We will highlight any changes.

Minimum distances

There will be a prologue to this years Open12 which will not be part of the timed 12 hours but from which you will be able to score points. In addition there will also be a cycle to the start of 10km 180m ascent for which you will have ample time to do complete.

Maximum distances are whatever you can archive in the 12 hours (don't worry there will be plenty to do), remember its not who travels the furthest but who scores the most points.

Timetable

13th June (Friday) Closing date for entries, please call 0845 056 0040 to check for availability after this date.
14th June (Saturday) Final details posted on internet including start location and maps required for event.
23rd June (Monday) Anquet Open12 Maps available for download (see Anquet Map offer).
25th June (Wednesday) At midday the list of control locations and an Anquet waypoint file will be published on the website, these need to be pre marked on your maps prior to the event.

28th June (Saturday)

Parking is a 10min walk from registration / briefing

14.00 Registration opens
15.30 Race Briefing mandatory for all competitors

Competitors must pass kit for transfer prior to the start of the prologue. Control values issued for the entire event after the completion of the prologue.

00.00 staggard starts every minute until around 01.30

Note - pairs who entered the Open5 and hence possibly part of the series will set off first with the leaders leaving first. As such it will be possible for pairs not part of the series to register after the briefing.

29th June (Sunday)

12.00 - 13.30 competitors finish
14.00 prize giving

Maps

Two weeks prior to the event we will release details of the maps required for this event. One explorer map will be required (1.25) or if you prefer for the MTB one landranger map (1:50). The cheaper and arguably better option is to purchase Anquet electronic mapping for the Open12 at an event price of £20, for which we will supply a file that will put the waypoints in the exact locations on the maps for you. You can find out more details on this offer here.

Control Locations

Each year things got a little stressed for a few people in the days leading up to the event as they found that they were unable to view the control locations document. So just in case we have placed an empty control locations file on the website so you can make sure you can open it rather than leaving it till the day before the event.

Example Control Locations file click here (500Kb)

Likewise similar problems occurred with Anquet as people struggled with saving and opening files. Its a pretty simple process and we have put some instructions up here so you can see what you need to do. Again we have also placed a dummy Anquet waypoint file here for you to try out, it lists previous Open5 locations AND ones we are considering.

Open5 locations - Anquet Waypoint File click here

Just to note as Anquet are providing a really cheap service with maps we won't be providing Version 1 waypoint files, it takes us an age to create them right at a time (3 days before the event) when we are pretty busy. To check out which version of Anquet you have go to Anquet - Help - About.

Any questions

OK we have put together a list of commonly asked questions from previous years, as new ones are asked we will add them to the list you can find them here.