Lincolnshire Summer 2023


Date
Aug 12 - 13, 2023
City
Spalding, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Venue

Springfields Events and Conference Centre

Address
Camel Gate, PE12 6ET
Details

Main Hall

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Daniel Partridge, Sam Spendla, and UK Cube Association
WCA Delegates
Eleanor Sinnott and Sam Spendla
Download all the competition's details as PDF here.
Information

If you are a new competitor, please make sure to read all the information in the FAQ and the Important Information tabs before registering. All competitors should be familiar with the information in these tabs.

Spectators may attend for free!

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Events
Main event
Competitors
69
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.
Create a WCA account here if you don't have one.
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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 200 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is £30 (British Pound).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 75% 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.


Make sure to register and pay for the competition to be accepted. We will not accept any registrations at the competition.

Once you have been accepted, you will receive a confirmation email. If registration is full by the time you pay then you will not receive this confirmation email and you will be on the waiting list. If you do not make the competitor list by the limit date for refunds (specified above), then you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee. You may contact us to ask for your current position on the waiting list.

If you can no longer attend, let us know as soon as possible through the contact link on the General Info page. We often have waiting lists so letting us know you cannot attend allows us to add another person to the competition.

If you would like to change events, you can do so on the register page by simply reselecting your events list, and clicking "Update Registration".

Registration changes and deletions will only be processed after a request through the contact form. We will not accept any changes to registrations via any other platform.

If you have any problems check out the FAQ, or feel free to contact us.

Highlights
Click here to display the highlights of the competition.

Daniel Partridge won with an average of 8.14 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Danny Morgan finished second (8.52) and Ben Stokes finished third (9.01).

Event Name Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Daniel Partridge 7.44 8.14 United Kingdom 9.128.297.448.587.55
4x4x4 Cube Dean David 25.41 28.35 United Kingdom 27.6225.4128.6830.5928.74
5x5x5 Cube Daniel Partridge 55.00 57.56 United Kingdom 58.4955.0057.7656.432:00.58
6x6x6 Cube Mark Ostrom 1:41.57 1:44.05 United Kingdom 1:44.711:41.571:45.87
7x7x7 Cube Mark Ostrom 2:29.37 2:34.80 United Kingdom 2:39.142:35.902:29.37
3x3x3 Blindfolded Ben Stokes 20.77 DNF United Kingdom 20.7723.54DNF
Clock Jacob Chambers 3.85 4.78 United Kingdom 4.924.783.857.404.63
Pyraminx Daniel Partridge 2.12 2.77 United Kingdom 4.152.122.323.722.27
Skewb Ariel Benchetrit 2.89 3.44 United Kingdom 2.902.894.364.623.06
Square-1 Ryan Eckersley 7.50 9.14 United Kingdom 9.668.439.347.5012.64
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Ryan Eckersley 28/33 58:26 United Kingdom 28/33 58:26

UKCA

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Frequently Asked Questions

First time at our competitions?

Q: How do I register?
A: Make sure you have created a WCA account by going to the sign-up page and creating an account. Once you have created the account and confirmed your email address, follow the menu bar to the Register page and carefully follow the instructions.

Q: Can I come only to spectate?
A: Yes! There is no need to book - you can just rock up on the day. It can be a bit hectic in the mornings so afternoon is preferred.

Q: Are there different age categories?
A: No, all competitors compete on the same level and all ages are welcome.

Q: Am I allowed to bring a guest?
A: Yes, you can bring as many guests as you want.

Q: How fast do I have to be to compete?
A: Check out the Events tab - if you can make the time limit for the events you want to compete in, then you're fast enough!

Q: Do I have to be there on both days?
A: No, if you only have events on one of the days, you don't have to turn up for the other day. You can see what days your events are on on the Schedule tab.

Q: When can I leave the competition?
A: You are welcome to leave whenever you are not competing. If you have no more events left then you are not required to stay.

Q: Do I use my own cubes to compete?
A: Yes!

Q: How do I find live results?
A: You can see live results as soon as they're entered at WCA Live.

Q: What happens to my results after the competition?
A: Within a couple of days, they will all be posted to this page and if this is your first competition you will automatically have your very own WCA ID assigned.

Q: Do you have a mailing list?
A: Why yes, we do have a mailing list! Sign up here for announcements of future competitions and more.

Need to unregister?

Q: What do I do if I can no longer attend?
A: Let us know via the contact link on the General Info page.

Q: If I do not attend do I get a refund?
A: If you inform us you are no longer attending before the limit date for refunds on the General Info page then you will receive a 75% refund. If this time has passed then you will receive no refund.

New Competitors

To register, make sure you have created a WCA account by going to the sign-up page and creating an account. Once you have created the account and confirmed your email address, follow the menu bar to the Register page and carefully follow the instructions.

If you are a new competitor, please make sure to:

  • Familiarise yourself with the WCA Regulations by watching this tutorial for new competitors video. We will also be holding a live tutorial on both mornings of the competition.

  • Bring some form of ID with you such as your passport, driver's licence, or birth certificate. Expired ID or photos of ID are both accepted.

Information for All Competitors

  • Schedule Changes: Please note that the schedule is subject to change up until the Wednesday before the competition. Any major changes should be communicated in the precompetition email.

  • Please help judge! As a competitor, your judging assignments are the absolute minimum you should be doing to help out. Since second rounds, third rounds and finals have no assigned judges, we really need people to help out whenever available for these. If you're a parent you can also get involved with running and juging, it's really easy! We will have a judging tutorial in the mornings as well, which will run through the process and will be tailored towards parents who want to get involved.

  • No flash photography anywhere in the venue.

  • If you are a spectator, please never stand further forward than the front row of spectator chairs.

  • We will be taking videos and photographs of the competition and the environment for our social media pages and website. By attending the competition as a competitor or a guest, you are accepting that you may be filmed or photographed for these purposes.

This competition is sponsored by KewbzUK!

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Venue

This competition is taking place in the Main Hall of the Springfields Events and Conference Centre, ideally situated on the A16 on the outskirts of Spalding, Lincolnshire, adjoining the Springfields Outlet Shopping Centre and Festival Gardens.

Travel

Car: The postcode for the venue is PE12 6ET. Springfields is situated on the outskirts of Spalding in Lincolnshire, easily accessible just off of the A16 connecting Peterborough all the way to Grimsby via Boston. From the South, you will likely exit the A1 at Peterborough, and after a short connection around the A1139 ring road, follow the A16 from Peterborough all the way to Spalding. From the North, take the A1 to Newark then the A17 to its connection with the A16 at Sutterton, follow the A16 all the way to Spalding. Upon arrival, Springfields can be found on the right hand side entering Spalding on the A151, go right at the roundabout, follow the road passing the shops on your right, past the Garden Centre Car Park and down the road on your right signposted "Events Centre". Free parking is available all weekend for competition attendees. A handy map on finding Springfields can be found here.
Train: Spalding Train Station is served by trains connecting Peterborough, Doncaster and Lincoln. From the Train Station, a short walk across to the bus station and a short bus journey will take you straight to Springfields. Please be aware that the trains do not run to or from Spalding on Sundays.
Plane: There are no airports in the vicinity of Spalding. East Midlands, Luton, Stansted and Humberside are the closest. Please refer to their onward travel information for details on how to transfer from the Airport onto Public Transport bringing you to Spalding.
Coach and Bus: There are no major coach services serving Spalding. There are coach services to Peterborough and Kings Lynn, both of which are served by local bus routes to Spalding and Springfields. From the centre of town, a short bus hop on the 505 or 57 buses will connect you to Springfields in as little as 5 minutes.

For more onward travel information including more local bus routes and taxi information, please see below the National Rail's onward travel document here.

Accommodation

The only major chain hotel found in Spalding is the Travelodge Spalding which is situated onsite at Springfields. There are various other independent B&Bs in the town including:

If you'd like to stay further afield, but possibly cheaper, in a chain hotel, other options include the following, with their distance and time to drive to Springfields:

Each event is run in groups, depending on how many people are competing in the event depends on how many groups there are. We call each group up one at a time in order to complete their solves during the scheduled time for the round. We have software that automatically picks what groups you are in, the judges, and who scrambles for each group. This is the minimum amount you should be helping out as it only is for first rounds. We always appreciate extra help!

Please note down which groups you are competing and scrambling in before arriving at the competition!

Groups - Click Here

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).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced (see Regulation A1a2).

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.

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