Nebraska Heartland Warmup 2023


Date
Mar 31 - Apr 2, 2023
City
Falls City, Nebraska, United States
Venue

Prichard Auditorium

Address
312 W 17th St, Falls City, NE 68355
Details

Gymnasium

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Lydia Workman, Mickey Doyle, and Tanner Jackson
WCA Delegates
Dan Smith, Lydia Workman, Shain Papalotl Longbehn, and Walker Welch
Download all the competition's details as PDF here.
Information

Please check the HOTELS tab before registering as hotel options in Falls City are limited. We give several options for surrounding cities.

Each day has separate events. Check the schedule to find your favorite events, and it may help with travel plans.

Events
Main event
Competitors
95
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.
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 120 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $50 (United States Dollar).
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.


Highlights
Click here to display the highlights of the competition.

Ryan Pilat won with an average of 6.93 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Alexander Gager finished second (9.34) and Walker Welch finished third (9.51).

Event Name Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Ryan Pilat 6.01 6.93 United States 7.396.546.016.977.29
2x2x2 Cube Nathan Rahn 1.79 2.37 United States 1.792.521.882.732.72
4x4x4 Cube Ryan Pilat 25.10 28.21 United States 30.4825.1027.5026.6531.81
5x5x5 Cube Ryan Pilat 48.45 55.63 United States 48.4557.2952.8856.711:03.70
6x6x6 Cube Ryan Pilat 1:43.32 1:48.90 United States 1:50.841:43.321:52.54
7x7x7 Cube Ryan Pilat 2:31.94 2:40.65 United States 2:31.942:43.542:46.46
3x3x3 Blindfolded Ryan Pilat 28.74 DNF United States 28.74DNFDNF
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Evan Brown 28 United States 28
3x3x3 One-Handed Ryan Pilat 11.93 12.75 United States 13.1013.0811.9312.1812.99
Clock Chris Van Der Brink 5.84 6.48 United States 5.845.986.348.207.11
Megaminx Ryan Pilat 47.74 52.14 United States 57.8452.1547.7449.9254.35
Pyraminx Chris Van Der Brink 2.68 3.15 United States 3.223.242.682.994.44
Skewb Nathan Rahn 3.64 4.35 United States 4.013.644.644.415.47
Square-1 Ryan Pilat 6.31 7.75 United States 7.386.709.1711.176.31
4x4x4 Blindfolded Ryan Pilat 3:18.16 DNF United States DNFDNF3:18.16
5x5x5 Blindfolded Ryan Pilat 12:04.00 DNF United States DNFDNF12:04.00
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Walker Welch 9/9 52:21 United States 9/9 52:21

Falls City, Nebraska has a population of 4,000 and so the hotel options are limited. Most hotel options are within a 30-minute drive

Here are the hotel options for Falls City
Grand Weaver Hotel
Address: 1800 Stone St, Falls City, NE 68355
Phone: (402) 245-2448
Avg Price: $119 for single queens
22 total rooms
3 rooms with 2 Queen Beds
3 rooms with 1 King Bed and Jacuzzi Tub
1 Queen room with Jacuzzi Tub
1 room with 2 Queen Beds plus a sofa
14 rooms with single Queen

Vision Inn
Address: 2621 Harlan St, Falls City, NE 68355
Phone: (402) 245-2459
Avg Price: $99
17 Rooms
2 Singles with Queen Bed
14 Double, Double Queen
1 with Kitchenette, $140/night

Check In Motel
Address: 2824 North Old Hwy 73, Falls City, NE 68355
Phone: (402) 245-2433
10 Rooms Available
Half of the rooms already booked for workforce crews
$70 + tax
Each room two beds, full-size beds

Stanton Lake Park – RV Camping, West 25th Street
YES! Some folks have driven RVs to competitions! :)
Trailer hookups for water, electricity, and dumping station; also features a bath house, lake fishing, picnic areas, sandlot volleyball courts, a new dog park and a playground area. It is located next to the Itha-Krumme Arboretum. The Candlelight Cabin is available for rent 8:00 am to 11:00 pm.
Tents are $5.00 per day.
Campers are $30.00 per day.
For hookup reservations and information, call the City office at 402.245.2851.


Hotel options for Hiawatha, KS - 17 miles (20 minutes) away from Falls City

Best Western Plus
57 rooms

Sunflower Motel
~20 rooms


Hotel options for Sabetha, KS - 26 miles (29 minutes) away from Falls City

Rock Creek Hotel
https://rockcreekhotel.com/rooms/


Hotel options for Mound City, MO - 27 miles (32 minutes) away from Falls City

Super 8
43 rooms

Garden Inn Truck Plaza
21 rooms

There will be concessions sold at the venue. Food/snack/drink options will be listed as we get closer to the date of the competition.

Here is a list of restaurants in Falls City:
https://fallscityareachamber.com/explore/business-directory/restaurants-bars/

For those of you new to cubing, WELCOME!

We wanted to let you know this event is perfectly fine for cubers of any age and experience. We just ask you know a couple things before coming to compete...

First, please be familiar with the WCA Regulations, found here:
https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/regulations/

We have a video made specifically for new cubers, just to show them the basics of competing. This video will explain most of what any cuber competing for the first time will need to know.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPL3eV-A0ww&t=2s

If you have any questions after this video, we will be having a new competitor tutorial, Saturday morning of the competition. That would be the perfect time to ask those questions and clear up any confusion.

If you are stoked to compete and ready to sign up, head over to the registration tab, click register, and fill out the information it asks for. This will help you get set up the WCA's system and one step closer to your first official solve!

Q&A:

Q: Do I use my own cube to compete?

A: YES! You are responsible for your own hardware in order to compete.

Q: What is the normal age of competitors at these events?

A: All ages are welcome, but in general competitors are between 10 and 20 years old. Don't let this stop you though, everyone can and should cube!

Q: What is the competition like?

A; Competitions are a bunch of tables where nerds like us get to sit and discuss our favorite thing, Cubes! Of course in addition there is competing, which will occupy one side of the competition hall, where you will see lots of timers flickering with contestants new personal bests, and a vendor, where you can purchase all you cubing related needs. Most competitions have a break for lunch, and the competing is split up into heats, as to better organize who competes when. (Check the Groups tab and listen at the competition for more info on this.)

Q: How do I find results?

A: All results are posted on the WCA page a couple of days after the competition finishes. However, for the day of competing, go to WCA Live to find information about current events. This is also where you will find information about 2nd and 3rd rounds of events.

Q: Why am I not on the registration list yet?

A: Make sure you pay you entrance fee in order to be automatically placed on the registered list, which will also guarantee you a spot in the competition. If payment may be any issue, or you are not sure if you can attend, use the contact button to talk to us, and see if we can work out another payment strategy, or have you pay on arrival at the competition. No matter what you situation may be however, please register online. It is much easier for us to have you register now and pay later, then to have to input information at another time.

Q: Are there age divisions?

A: Nope! All competitors compete in the same group.

Q: Can I have fun at this event?

A: HECK YES! Cubing is amazing, and we sincerely hope you enjoy the competition!

Live results will be updated through WCA LIVE

NOTE: This schedule is subject to change before the competition.

This tab will have the group assignments for the first rounds for each event for the competition. All competitors are asked to help do other tasks to make the competition run smoothly and efficiently.

You are given assignments only in the puzzles in which you're competing. Note that the main organizer and delegate(s) aren't given assignments most of the time because they have many tasks to complete during the day. However, faster speedcubers who are also organizers or delegates may be asked to scramble.

To understand what your information says, if you see something like "3;J1" that means you're competing in group 3 but judging in group 1. Another example would be "2;S3" which means you're competing in group 2 but scrambling for group 3. You will never compete and have a task in the same group.

J = judge, R = runner, S = scrambler

After round 1, we will be asking for volunteers to help with the tasks.

Here's the PDF with your nametags. NOTE: The software doesn't distinguish days just the times. So please be aware of the complete competition schedule
personalSchedules-NebraskaHeartlandWarmup2023.pdf




There is sufficient parking around the building

TheCubicle will be providing prizes to podium winners.

TheCubicle

Cool Cube Merch will be providing giveaway items

CoolCubeMerch

Use code "NEHeart20" now at checkout for a discount prior to the compitition!

Click on this link to order a competition T-Shirt. You must order and pay by Monday March 13th to receive your order at the competition. If you have any questions, please email Rachel Jackson at rjackson4@sentco.net.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14Jy9fUU4GcgaRX4JlRYXk5oSjTCTwbtqrNmJ-t526Qk

Here's what the shirt looks like:

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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