Pittsburgh Fall 2019

Date: Dec 7 - 8, 2019
City: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Venue: David L. Lawrence Convention Center
Address: 1000 Fort Duquesne Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Details: Meeting Rooms 303-305
Contact: Evan Liu, Stephen Griggs
Organizers: Evan Liu and Stephen Griggs
WCA Delegate: Evan Liu

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Information

Day 1 Events: 3x3x3 Cube, 4x4x4 Cube, 5x5x5 Cube, 7x7x7 Cube, 3x3x3 Blindfolded, 3x3x3 One-Handed, Skewb

Day 2 Events: 6x6x6 Cube, 3x3x3 Fewest Moves, Clock, Megaminx, Square-1, 3x3x3 Multiple Blindfolded

We are using a different set of meeting rooms this time. They may even change from the ones currently listed. If they do, an email will be sent to all approved competitors the week of the competition.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 55

Registration period: Online registration opened and closed .
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There is a competitor limit of 100 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $50 (United States Dollar).
Registration fees won't be refunded under any circumstance.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.

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

The registration fee is $40 if you register AND pay before midnight on November 8.
If you register before midnight on November 8 but do not pay before then, your registration fee will be $50.
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Tanzer Balimtas won with an average of 8.20 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Jack Pfeifer finished second (8.51) and Benjamin Pugh finished third (8.61).

Event	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Tanzer Balimtas	6.60	8.20	United States	8.54	8.59	8.28	7.79	6.60
4x4x4 Cube	Evan Liu	32.18	34.40	United States	36.08	33.64	39.04	32.18	33.48
5x5x5 Cube	Evan Liu	57.50	1:04.42	United States	57.50	1:04.44	1:04.51	1:05.62	1:04.32
6x6x6 Cube	Evan Liu	1:48.07	1:50.72	United States	1:48.22	1:48.07	1:55.86
7x7x7 Cube	Roxy Behrle	2:28.59	2:40.18	United States	2:54.82	2:28.59	2:37.13
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Evan Liu	55.30	DNF	United States	55.30	DNF	1:03.86
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	Evan Liu	32	33.33	United States	32	34	34
3x3x3 One-Handed	Tanzer Balimtas	12.75	13.59	United States	13.23	12.75	16.85	14.15	13.38
Clock	Evan Liu	4.44	5.70	United States	DNF	5.19	5.68	6.22	4.44
Megaminx	Roy Lee	43.67	52.42	United States	52.33	50.01	1:02.64	54.92	43.67
Skewb	Corey Sakowski	3.38	5.23	United States	5.60	4.31	8.50	5.78	3.38
Square-1	Jack Pfeifer	8.32	9.63	United States	12.67	8.69	9.82	8.32	10.38
3x3x3 Multi-Blind	Corey Sakowski	11/17 52:54		United States	11/17 52:54

Address:
David L. Lawrence Convention Center
1000 Fort Duquesne Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Travel Options:

Plane: The closest airport is Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT). It is a 20 minute drive away by car, or 1 hour away via bus route 28X (Airport Flyer).
See here for more detailed driving directions.

Bus/Train: The Pittsburgh Megabus stop is in fact right under the convention center, and the Amtrak and Greyhound stations are not much farther, only a 5 minute walk away.

Parking: There are many parking options downtown, including the convention center's own garage. See ParkPGH for all parking options, real-time availability, and detailed costs.

Hotels: The Courtyard by Marriott Pittsburgh Downtown is right next to the convention center, and there are many other options both downtown and in the surrounding area/suburbs.

Lunch/Dinner: There are several fast food restaurants in the immediate vicinity and an even higher number of choices at Market Square, a 10-minute walk from the convention center.

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:

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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.

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.