Square-1 on a Madison Square 2023

Date: Oct 14 - 15, 2023
City: Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Venue: Monona Terrace
Address: 1 John Nolen Dr, Madison, WI 53703
Details: Meeting Rooms Q+R
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Carter Kucala, Midwest Cubing Association, Simon Kellum, and Zeke Mackay
WCA Delegates: Carter Kucala, Draco Tong, Joshua Feran, Simon Kellum, and Zeke Mackay

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Information

Competitors are allowed at most one guest, and no guests may attend unattached to competitors.

This competition may be cancelled or other COVID restrictions may be added later if the COVID situation locally or nationally changes.

This competition is supported by the Midwest Cubing Assocation.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 25

Registration period: Online registration opened and closed .
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Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 30 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (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 .
We encourage everyone to register for the events they want to compete in via your online registration, however you may add events to your registration up until the event has started.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Competitors may bring at most 1 guest.

Competitors are allowed at most one guest, and no guests may attend unattached to competitors.
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Brian Johnson won with an average of 8.40 seconds in the Square-1 event. Stanley Chapel finished second (9.10) and Noah Swor finished third (9.12).

World records: Stanley Chapel‎ 5x5x5 Blindfolded 2:10.04 (single).

Event	Name	Best		Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Stanley Chapel	14.64		DNF	United States	14.64	18.19	DNF
Clock	Zeke Mackay	5.07		5.98	United States	5.07	DNF	5.64	6.78	5.53
Square-1	Brian Johnson	6.81		8.40	United States	10.94	10.84	7.01	6.81	7.36
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Stanley Chapel	1:06.58		DNF	United States	1:06.58	DNF	DNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded	Stanley Chapel	2:10.04	WR	DNF	United States	2:10.04	DNF	DNF
3x3x3 Multi-Blind	Stanley Chapel	45/52 59:18			United States	45/52 59:18	DNS

Parking
Information will be emailed to competitors and posted here leading up to the event.

Groups
Will be posted closer to the competition. Due to the nature of this competition, competitors will be expected to help out throughout the competition for groups they are not competing in.

Live Results
Will be posted to WCA Live throughout the competition.

Sponsor
Is TBD.

On Saturday Morning, we will be holding the Wisconsin Location of CubingUSA Great Lakes FMC Championship 2023 at Monona Terrace! You must register for that competition separately, but registration for that competition is free with a completed registration for Square-1 On A Madison Square.

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.