Battle of Waterloo 2024

Date: Jun 8 - 9, 2024
City: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Venue: RIM Park
Address: 2001 University Avenue East, Waterloo, ON
Details: The competition takes place at Forbes Hall, on the second floor of RIM Park.
Contact: info+battle-of-waterloo-2024@speedcubingcanada.org
Organizer: Speedcubing Canada
WCA Delegates: Abdullah Gulab, Alyssa Esparaz, Ben Bergen, Brady Metherall, Hevelyn Sato, Jonathan Esparaz, Liam Orovec, Michael Zheng, Nicholas McKee, Sarah Strong, Shanglin Ye, and Tarandeep Mittal

: Download all the competition's details as PDF here.

Information

Registration Reminder

You must register and pay the registration fee before your registration can be accepted. See the Competitor List and Waiting List sections near the bottom of this page for more details.

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Events
Main event

Competitor limit: 180

Number of times bookmarked: 66

Registration period: Online registration opened and closed .
Registration requirements: Create a WCA account here if you don't have one.
If this is not your first competition, associate your WCA ID to your WCA account here.
Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 180 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $35 (Canadian Dollar).
The registration fee has to be paid through Stripe here once registered.
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 95% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Competitors may bring at most 2 guests.

Competitor List

Registrants must pay the registration fee in order to be added to the competitor list. Unpaid registrations will not be accepted. Organizers manually accept registrations one at a time in the order the registration fees are paid, so your name may not appear on the competitor list immediately.

Once the competitor list reaches the 180 competitor limit, registrants who pay the registration fee will be added to the waiting list instead of the competitor list. Due to the competitor limit, completing your registration within the initial registration period does not guarantee you a spot on the competitor list.

Waiting List

The waiting list is ordered based on the timestamp that registrants paid the registration fee. If you are added to the waiting list you will be informed via an email. Additionally, you can ask about your position on the waiting list by emailing Speedcubing Canada.

If anyone on the competitor list deletes their registration, the person at the top of the waiting list will be moved to the competitor list. After May 23, 2024, the competitor list will be finalized and registrants who are still on the waiting list will be refunded 100% of their registration fee. Registrants on the waiting list may email Speedcubing Canada at any time to forfeit their spot on the waiting list and be refunded 100% of their registration fee.

If the competitor list fills up quickly, registration could close earlier than the originally listed date (May 23, 2024). The waiting list will close at the same time that registration closes.

Parking

RIM Park has a large public parking lot with free parking. The recommended area to park is the west end of the lot, closest to University Avenue East.

Entering the Building

The entrance closest to Forbes hall is the main entrance "A" at the west end of the building (see Image 1 below).

Once you're in the building, you can take the stairs or elevator up to Forbes Hall (see Image 2 below). The check-in desk will be on the left side of the hallway.

Saturday vs. Sunday

You only need to attend the competition on the day(s) you are competing. For example, if you are competing in events held on Saturday, you do not need to attend on the Sunday unless you advance to the next round of an event.

Name Tag Pick-up

Competitors will be able to pick up their name tags at the check-in table during both mornings, and at data entry table in the afternoons.

Wi-Fi

There is free public wi-fi in the building. The network is called "Waterloo Public Wifi" and there is no password.

Food

The nearest food option is a small café inside the building.

There is a wider selection of food options at the food court in Conestoga Mall, which is a 7-minute drive from RIM Park.

Please find you groups and judging assignments here: https://www.competitiongroups.com/competitions/BattleofWaterloo2024. These "groups" are when you are assigned to compete, judge, and/or scramble during an event you are registered for.

Per Regulations 1e2 and 1f2, all competitors must be available to help judge and scramble. If you're unsure how to judge, please review the WCA Regulations, watch this video, or ask one of the WCA Delegates at the competition.

Please plan to arrive at the venue at least 30 minutes before the start of your first group and be ready to compete five minutes before it is scheduled to begin. Showing up excessively late to your group may result in not being allowed to compete in that event.

When does the competition start? When should I arrive at the venue?

The check-in desk opens at 8:45 AM, morning announcements are at 9:15 AM, and the first round of 3x3x3 Cube starts at 10:30 AM. Please see the schedule for full details.

What should I expect at my first competition?

Please watch these short videos:

Time limit

If you reach the time limit during your solve, the judge will stop you and your result will be DNF (see Regulation A1a4).

Cutoff

The result to beat to proceed to the second phase of a cutoff round (see Regulation 9g).

Format

The format describes how to determine the ranking of competitors based on their results. The list of allowed formats per event is described in Regulation 9b. See Regulation 9f for a description of each format.