Niskayuna Nimble Fingers 2023


Date
Mar 11 - 12, 2023
City
Niskayuna, New York, United States
Venue

Niskayuna High School

Address
1626 Balltown Rd, Niskayuna, NY 12309
Details

Cafeteria

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Alan Achilles, Benjamin Graber, and Empire State Cubing
WCA Delegates
Evan Liu and Patrick Ponce
Download all the competition's details as PDF here.
Information

This competition is recognized as an official World Cube Association competition. Therefore, all competitors must be familiar with the WCA regulations. If you are new to competing, please refer to the Competition Procedures tab.

Events
Main event
Competitors
58
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
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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 60 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $20 (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.
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Competitors may bring at most 1 guest.

Registration is not complete until payment of the registration fee is made.

Highlights
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Patrick Ponce won with an average of 6.26 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Timothy Yang finished second (8.04) and Noah Kim finished third (8.31).

Event Name Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Patrick Ponce 4.85 6.26 United States 5.257.487.264.856.26
2x2x2 Cube Patrick Ponce 1.61 2.29 United States 1.681.994.393.191.61
4x4x4 Cube Patrick Ponce 21.36 23.07 United States 21.3624.0521.5027.8923.67
5x5x5 Cube Patrick Ponce 42.51 47.66 United States 48.4250.6849.3445.2342.51
3x3x3 Blindfolded Evan Liu 58.92 1:05.62 United States 1:10.921:07.0258.92
3x3x3 One-Handed Patrick Ponce 7.90 11.43 United States 12.458.947.9012.89DNF
Clock Evan Liu 4.65 5.27 United States 5.434.657.065.195.18
Megaminx Patrick Ponce 38.01 40.14 United States 38.7338.7738.0144.9442.93
Pyraminx Daniel Goodman 2.10 2.99 United States 3.123.143.062.102.80
Skewb Livia Kleiner 3.00 4.03 United States 3.084.975.504.053.00
Square-1 Patrick Ponce 10.33 11.78 United States 12.6911.7111.9910.3311.65
4x4x4 Blindfolded Evan Liu 5:28.91 DNF United States DNF5:28.91DNF

Address:
Niskayuna High School
1626 Balltown Rd.
Niskayuna, NY 12309

There will be multiple signs directing you to the South Cafeteria, where this competition will take place!

Parking: There will be FREE parking at the venue.

Hotels:
* Courtyard by Marriott Schenectady at Mohawk Harbor - 2.9 miles / 9 minutes away
* Homewood Suites by Hilton Schenectady - 3.3 miles / 7 minutes away
* Days Inn and Suites by Wyndham Albany - 8.1 miles / 16 minutes away
* Park Manor Hotel - 9.7 miles / 16 minutes away

Airport: Albany International Airport (ALB) is roughly 8 miles away from Niskayuna High School (15 minute drive).

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 tutorial 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:

Image description

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.

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 $20.00. (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 60. The list of approved competitors can be found by clicking "Competitors" on the left side of this webpage. If there are already 60 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 11:59 PM EST on Friday, March 3 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 11:59 PM EST on Friday, March 3 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 60 competitors have paid, simply pay the registration fee. If a competitor emails us to drop out before 11:59 PM EST on Friday, March 3, 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.

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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