CubingUSA New England Championship 2023


Date
Oct 7 - 9, 2023
City
Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Venue

Mass Mutual Center

Address
1277 Main St
Details

Exhibition Hall B

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Alex Cohen, Cube New England, Levi Gibson, Michael Amarello, Thaddeus Ciras, and Tim Reynolds
WCA Delegates
Alex Cohen, Brandon Lin (林博浩), Chris Martin, Evan Liu, Jesse Mailloux, Margot Audero, Ryan Durette, Tim Reynolds, Tommy Szeliga, and Will Russo
Download all the competition's details as PDF here.
Information

We are pleased to announce the first CubingUSA New England Championship!

This competition is open to all competitors, but only competitors who are residents of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine are eligible to win the title of New England Champion.

Events
Main event
Competitors
294
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 400 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $50 (United States Dollar).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 50% 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.

Competitors may only register for events that they are already qualified for.

Highlights
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Jerry Yao won with an average of 7.08 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Krish Shah-Nathwani finished second (7.12) and Christopher Yen finished third (7.28).

North American records: Alexei Sinyavin‎ Megaminx 25.21 (single).

Event Name Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Jerry Yao 4.77 7.08 United States 4.778.236.417.227.61
2x2x2 Cube Quinn Maloney 0.83 1.80 United States 1.831.562.022.260.83
4x4x4 Cube Jerry Yao 23.71 25.71 United States 23.7128.3025.2425.4326.47
5x5x5 Cube Jerry Yao 47.27 51.04 United States 49.9347.2752.6052.8850.60
6x6x6 Cube Kevin Hays 1:17.47 1:21.24 United States 1:24.011:17.471:22.24
7x7x7 Cube Kevin Hays 1:57.24 2:05.11 United States 2:11.991:57.242:06.09
3x3x3 Blindfolded Thiago Han 23.75 DNF Brazil 37.2423.75DNF
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Krish Shah-Nathwani 19 21.67 United States 192422
3x3x3 One-Handed Juliette Sébastien 9.49 11.14 France 11.4012.649.4911.3010.73
Clock Aedan Bryant 4.55 5.48 United States 6.305.005.825.624.55
Megaminx Alexei Sinyavin 27.71 30.08 United States 30.4829.0927.7130.7330.67
Pyraminx Livia Kleiner 1.37 2.04 United States 2.212.151.372.061.91
Skewb Aniket Das 3.21 3.52 India 3.218.223.883.343.35
Square-1 Calix Tang 6.85 8.24 United States 7.3511.038.416.858.95
4x4x4 Blindfolded Thiago Han 3:03.30 DNF Brazil 3:48.433:03.30DNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded Will Russo 22:47.00 DNF United States DNF22:47.00DNS
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Rowe Hessler 51/54 58:43 United States 45/46 56:4751/54 58:43

Registration Process

Before You Register

All prospective registrants need a WCA account. New competitors can create their own WCA account by clicking here and entering the required information.

How to Register Online

Prospective competitors register by:
1. Signing into their WCA account;
2. Clicking "Register" on the left side of this webpage, selecting the events they would like to compete in, and submitting their registration;
3. Paying the registration fee of $50.00. (The registration fee is the same regardless of how many events are selected.) Your registration is not complete until you have paid the registration fee.

The competitor limit for this competition is 400. The list of approved competitors can be found by clicking "Competitors" on the left side of this webpage. If there are already 400 competitors on that list, it means the competition is full, and any future registrants will be placed on the waitlist.

Competitors MUST register and pay online in order to compete. No at-the-door registrations or payments will be accepted.

Any requested changes to registration before 7:59 PM EDT on Friday, September 22, 2023 will be honored. Your registration is not complete until your name shows up on the list.

How to Pay for Registration Online

Payment is processed through Stripe. Click on the "Register" tab on the left side of the webpage to register and pay all in one place! You can start the payment process by clicking "Pay your fees with card."

Refunds

Approved competitors who cancel their registration before 7:59 PM EDT on Friday, September 22, 2023 are eligible for a refund for half (50%) of their registration cost. After this date, no refund requests will be honored. Attempting to file a chargeback for the registration fee will lead to being blacklisted from future WCA events.

Waitlist Information

We will be keeping a waitlist for this competition. To secure a place on the waitlist once 400 competitors have paid, simply pay the registration fee. If a competitor emails us to drop out before 7:59 PM EDT on Friday, September 22, 2023, you will be notified if you are the next competitor on the waitlist. After that deadline, all remaining competitors on the waitlist will be emailed letting them know they did not get off the waitlist and will be fully refunded.

ALL COMPETITORS MUST READ THIS TAB BEFORE REGISTERING

For First-Time Competitors

All newcomers must be familiar with the WCA Regulations before competing. This video gives a basic overview of the rules.

In addition, please read this document before coming to the competition.

For All Competitors

When you arrive, you will receive a card with personalized information detailing your events and what group you will be competing in for each event. In addition, you will also have judging/scrambling assignments on your card. Every competitor is expected to help out during the event(s) they are registered for. The card will look like the following:

If you do not arrive to help during your scheduled event, and there are not enough staff members, we reserve the right to disqualify you from competing.

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/

Of course, those regulations contain a lot of legalese, so 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 Cubecomps.com 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 compeition. 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 cometitors 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!

Please note that the US regions have been realigned as of 2023 - the former Northeast region has been split into the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions.

CubingUSA New England Championship 2023 is open to all competitors. However, the title of New England Champion in each event will be restricted to competitors from Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. In order to be eligible to win a title, you must log in to the CubingUSA website with your WCA account and select your home state by October 4th, 2023 at 11:59pm EDT. After the competition has ended, all regional champions will be required to prove residency in order to claim their titles and prizes.

If you are interested in being on staff, please fill out this application. Staff members are expected to help out for the majority of the groups they are not competing in, even if they don't have a specific task assigned. If you are selected and actively help throughout the competition, you will be eligible for a refund of the registration fee after the competition is over. If you do not apply for staff or are not chosen to be a staff member, it does not mean that you will not have to help out at all.

Benefits will include:
-Refunded registration fee
-Staff T-Shirt(s)
-Lunch provided

Seminars will be on Saturday night from 7:30PM to 8PM. The selected seminars are:
Organizing Cubing Competitions - Michael Amarello
Cubing Together - The Importance of Communities and What We Can Do To Strengthen Ours - Nicholas Bezzerides

This competition is organized by Cube New England, a group dedicated to growing the speedcubing community in New England, USA.

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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.

Qualification

Qualification times must be set in other WCA competitions in order to compete. Qualification times must be set before Sep 19, 2023.

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