Puzzling in Providence 2023


Date
Jan 7, 2023
City
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Venue

Hilton Providence

Address
21 Atwells Ave, Providence, RI 02903
Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Alex Cohen and Cube New England
WCA Delegates
Alex Cohen, Evan Liu, James Quinn, Lauren Phung, and Will Russo
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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.

Competitors may bring at most one guest.

Events
Main event
Competitors
92
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 110 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (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 by contacting the organization team.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.


Highlights
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Patrick Ponce won with an average of 6.27 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Krish Shah-Nathwani finished second (6.95) and Graeme Stone finished third (7.53).

Event Name Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Patrick Ponce 5.23 6.27 United States 5.716.235.237.136.86
2x2x2 Cube Christopher Chi 1.08 2.17 United States 1.642.094.761.082.77
4x4x4 Cube Patrick Ponce 22.35 24.29 United States 33.4722.5024.9525.4222.35
5x5x5 Cube Patrick Ponce 44.26 48.32 United States 44.2649.9054.5445.2749.80
3x3x3 One-Handed Patrick Ponce 8.42 8.93 United States 8.458.4210.298.679.68
Pyraminx Marcus Kamen 1.88 2.25 United States 2.251.882.531.983.23

As of August 2022, we are not planning on having any COVID-related restrictions, though competitors should feel free to wear a mask if they would prefer to do so. We will continue to monitor the regional COVID situation leading up to the competition date and we reserve the right to make changes to the policies accordingly. Competitors will of course be notified of any potential policy changes before the start of the competition.

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:

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 $30.00. (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 110. The list of approved competitors can be found by clicking "Competitors" on the left side of this webpage. If there are already 110 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, December 30 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, December 30 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 110 competitors have paid, simply pay the registration fee. If a competitor emails us to drop out before 11:59 PM EST on Friday, December 30, 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.

We will post a link to view live results for this competition closer to the start date of the competition.

TheCubicle will be providing prizes for the winners!

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

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All competitors will be expected to judge and scramble throughout the day. If you would like to join the volunteer staff, you may apply to do so at this link. Staff members are expected to spend the majority of the day volunteering, and will receive free registration and lunch.

Group assingments can be found 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).

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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